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Today's trick tip is the one and only, Drop In! The first transition ramp trick you want to learn and a scary one to try but you've got it.
Dropping in on a mini ramp/halfpipe/quarterpipe is a dream for anyone whose interested in or starting to skate. It’s the beginning of a whole world of ramp and bowl skating that you’ll love. When learning to drop in, it’s simple but scary. This tutorial breaks it down and has a secret hack to help you.
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Today's trick tip is the rock fakie or Rock To Fakie, depending on what you want to call it. It's the basis of all ramp tricks and it's a scary one to learn (wait it'll my goofy mattress hack!) I've broken it down as much as possible to help you get it. The key to this one is slowly building up the skills and steps for the trick, and finding a nice small ramp to learn on.
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Today's trick tip is the frontside kick turn on a ramp. It's a good basic trick that will help you build confidence and get speed on transition. When you’re learning this turn on a bank, or in a ramp, it really is all in the shoulders and head to get the turn. Lead with your eyes and arms and the lower body (and skateboard) will follow
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In this tutorial we're showing you one of the fundamental basic skills for being at a skatepark and skating ramps: How to Pump on transition. Pumping is the way we generate and manage speed on a skateboard. It's all about the transfer of energy from us through to the ramp to help generate or wipe off speed. Enjoy!
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A breakdown of my go to recovery smoothie. A healthy fruit smoothie packed with protein, collagen, creatine and turmeric to help improve recovery after big skate sessions.
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Whether you dream of taking Gold at the Tokyo Olympics for Skateboarding, or being named Thrasher Magazines Skater of the Year and releasing the best street part ever, it’s good to have a dream and chase it. ESM Australia is helping develop Aussie action sports athletes to help build their career.
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The perfect first step for any beginner skateboarder going to a skatepark for the first time is learning how to roll down a bank (or flatbank). This tutorial from the Skate Basics Series will get your skating progressing to the next level.
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Learn the best ways to get strong for skateboarding with this short video of fundamental exercises for skateboarders. From beginner to Pro, these exercises will help keep you strong on your board and reduce injuries.
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Are you looking to improve your skating? Struggling with a specific trick or how to progress? Online coaching could be just what you need to help you improve. Whether you’re skating at home, at the skatepark or out in the street all you need is an internet connection and a phone that can record video. Remote lessons will help you get to the next level, get on board!
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All you need to do is skate more! Sounds good. Sounds easy, but skateboarding is hard, and sooner or later, all that impact and strain on your body will catch up with you.
This is where the gym is our saviour. Our path to skating more.
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What skateboarding had failed to teach me about injury prevention, recovery, fitness and health, high performance surfing delivered by the bucket load. What started as an obsession to surf better became the start of a journey back towards skateboarding.
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How to kick flip, with all the details you wish you’d been told.
This tutorial is one of the longest, most in-depth videos I’ve made so far. The kick flip is such a landmark moment for any skater, it really takes a lot of time and dedication to learn. I’ll show you the exact technique to learn kick flips as well as what you might be doing wrong, how to fix it, and a few hacks to help you along the way.
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t’s Thursday which means another tutorial for you. This week, it’s the ledge basic - Frontside 5-0 Grinds.
I absolutely love this trick and I think you will to. I’ve gone into a heap of detail about this one, breaking the trick down into 4 stages and also showing 3 different ways to do the trick.
Enjoy!
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Get the mini ramp trick of your dreams with the pivot fakie. One of the best feeling tricks on transition.
This short tutorial will show you just what you need to learn this trick.
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Learn how to progress your skating with the shuvit and pop shuvit, if you can roll on your board and do small Ollies, then you can learn this!
This one is all about the back foot. For the shuvit, the back foot sits right in the pocket and scoops the board. For the pop shuvit, the back foot sits more in the middle of the tail, kicking down to get the pop and then scooping back to get the board to shuvit.
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Here’s the secret recipe for the ultimate recovery and inflammation blast drink. Sit down, relax, and recover from that skate session with Golden Milk.
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Matt Beare from The Daily Push comes onto the podcast to discuss his background, education, and how this rabbit hole has helped him improve his skating, fitness and health. All good stuff to help you skate more and spend more time on board.
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Creatine and Skateboarding, really? Can it help? First up, It Increases Power Output. That means it can help us to have more power. More power means more pop, better ability to hold balance in manuals and grinds, and a better ability to do tricks.
Secondly, It Reduces Fatigue. Creatine can help reduce fatigue and build our performance during exercise time. Harder pushes, faster flicks, less exhaustion. Feel like Busenitz crossed with Luan Oliveira, yes please.
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This episode I talk with Cornish legend Josh Daniel, a surfer, surf coach and co-owner of Smooth Movers from Cornwall UK.
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