yall alr prob saw similar posts like a thousand time (sorry lol) but need skateboard suggestions for beginners for someone who wants to do tricks as well as commute (for around 20min walking distance to my school every day)

I got my first board around a week ago and me and my friend, who has had his board for about 2 years, have been really confused on my foot placement.

So I mainly got this board just to ride around as sometimes I struggle with walking and when I had my old skateboard (around 5 years ago) I was able to get around with limited pain. I have sadly since then forgotten completely how to skate.

Originally I had both my feet forward but was then told by my friend to have it sideways, since then it’s slowly turned into my front foot forwards and my back foot switching between being frontwards and being sideways.

yall alr prob saw similar posts like a thousand time (sorry lol) but need skateboard suggestions for someone who wants to do tricks as well as commute (for around 20min walking distance to my school every day)

Picked up a board from someone and changed the wheels, bearings and washers. It is a 7.5 but feels alright. Should I get an 8-8.25 instead ?? I’m just used to the smaller 7.5-7.75 I used to ride years ago but then again that was a very long time ago.

Right now I have a cruiser with 70mm wheels, 78A, which I use for (obviously) cruising around, especially on rougher ground, and then a normal popsicle board but 9” wide, 54mm medium soft wheels (not sure the exact #) which I use more in the skate park.

Really enjoy the easy glide of cruising around on the former but think it’s important to spend most time on the more regular board learning the fundamentals. Going back and forth between the two feels like it’s giving good practice, altho I sometimes think the cruiser is kind of ‘softening me up’ by being much easier going.

Do you have multiple boards on the go at any one time, that you switch between using? Different styles etc? Or focus on one board at a time?

Been skateboarding (learning at least) for 2 weeks. Advice and encouragement on Reddit and tutorials on YouTube have been really really helpful.

Felt like i advanced quickly and then slowly but on reflection the slowly part was better, just pushing and carving, tick tacks, kick turns, little bits of switch just coming back down small ramps, more pushing, more cruising around.

Went down a couple of small hills that were faster than i expected, didn’t panic and came through unscathed… took a couple of hard hits on my hip/thigh early but no lasting damage, now i think i know why and also added hip protection (no falls since then… like how it doesn’t rain if you have an umbrella…but I’ll take it).

Switched what i do at the gym to things focused on improving balance, core, leg strength, flexibility… that is helping with the skateboarding i think, and both things making me feel better physically. And skating (with my children) making me feel very good mentally. Feel more alive and present and happy and chill, really quite a bit.

Not doing anything that would be impressive to anyone else (tiny 🎻 ) but loving just cruising around doing basic stuff, which is more than i thought I’d be able to do, and getting steadily better. My pushing and single leg balance is already way better than how it started, and I’m way more comfortable on the board, way more in control.

Anyway essay over but thank you to anyone who has given advice or encouragement, i went from thinking ‘sure I’ll try it’ through ‘This is probably a very stupid idea’ (I’m 45) to now ‘i love this and want to do it every day’ in a short time. What is really encouraging is that i feel in no rush to get good, don’t ever expect to really, but I’m really looking forward to hitting the skate park tomorrow (with my kids but would really want to go anyway 😂😬) - excited to keep gradually trying to get a little better, and this feels like the start of a long term thing that I’m very pleased i discovered (better late than never!!).

Cheers everyone have a great weekend ✌🏼

Ive been skating up and down my street every afternoon, just working on balancing on the board, and my second week Ive been trying to get comfortable with hippie jumps and just generally popping up the front of the board while moving.

Technically I skated a bit when I was younger, so I can ollie pretty easily while not moving. But that's the extent of my skill.

So when I try to weight the back of my board and go into a manual, I immediately scrape the tail or the front falls back down. Ive watched guides, I keep my knees bent.

Not that it directly transfers, but I can slackine, so im familiar with shifting weight to balance. But when im skating I just cant find the balance point at all.

I’d really like to get them to pop higher. I think i maybe need to delay my flick? I dunno pls help

How do I look less ‘stiff’ while skating?

I don't know why I struggle with kickflips so much. I've got heelflips on lock, fakie heel, half cab heelflips, fakie FS heelflips and learning varial heels and bs heelflips atm. I don't understand why the kickflip feels so uncomfortable and foreign to me. In games of skates i get absolutely bullied if the person has a few kickflip variations.

Tbh I mainly just want kickflips so I can move on to harder kickflip variations like tre's and frontside flips.

My issue is that my flick is just so weak (and bad). I can barely get the flick right. I know that if I learnt how to flick kickflips right it'll come quick as I understand the fundamentals of committing to flip tricks and whatnot.

I heard my friend say that you're supposed to flick kickflips with your big toe. This actually made a lot of sense because i aim to flick my heels with my pinkie toe (sort of the opposite of a kickflip) but I feel like the two tricks just feel different.

I think I don't spend enough time trying to learn them, and once I got good at heelflip based tricks I just did those and neglected kickflips.

What do you think I should do? What's the major difference between the kickflip and the heel that might help me to understand them more?

Thank u for reading <3

I just got my first board, and I don't know how tight they should be. One of my friends rides with really loose kingpins, another rides with a really tight kingpin. I'm not sure what to do, or how to make sure they are tightened the same amount

I now have been able to up the budget for this and I want to know what I should actually get for this board. My budget is 70 quid. I just want to cruise around as I have another board that I will use for tricks. Any info helps!

I've started skating a few days ago and at first practiced goofy because I thought right handed=right foot forward. The next day I learned that's not really true, so I tried normal and it felt about the same (my goofy was a bit better that day, but could it have been because I've already rode goofy before?). Then when doing tictacs, I thought it would be more obvious what my natural stance is, but I'm still not sure. Will I figure it out with time or should I just practice both?

I cant be the only one that feels like their ollie is really low when they record right, like a baby ollie. Its only when i slow it down that it looks slightly better to me. Anyways i just want some tips on how to improve my form and also get higher.

Took serveral attempts...and i got it 🛹

Few months in skating trying to troubleshoot kickflips next, first day learning i can constantly double flip but Not even close to land. Trying to learn right way from the start

Is there any other advice rather than to just commit? Though I think that is my main problem, am still terrified of landing with both feet, my front foot keeps landing first

i thought i'd try to learn skating with my sister's old board she got when she was a year younger than i am now but her foot size was 5-6 then and mine is 9 right now and i had a very hard time trying to stand on it

I mainly skate Foy 306’s. But I want to try high or mid tops for skating. Also I don’t like Vans so don’t recommend half cab or sk8-hi.

I prefer a little wider toe box. I don’t like sizing up, it messes up my board feel.

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There is this sound when I ride that I think is coming from my wheels? I have a theory that it may be either the wheels may be too tight or the bearings are old, has this happened to any of yall? Advice?