I’ve always HATED falling whether it’s ice or just tripping a bit etc. But I got a cruiser board because I’ve always been so so jealous of people that can skate ANYTHING whether it’s skateboarding, snowboarding, iceskating etc. I’m on day two and it’s going better than expected!! I haven’t fallen yet but I know it’s inevitable and I’m so gd scared of it. I practice at like 10:30 pm so no one will see me lol. I just wanna feel the feeling of the wind blowing in my face as I’m confidently zooming with headphones on. I live in LA and I love watching the skaters on Venice.. they inspire me so much considering I see all ages there! Hopefully in a few weeks I’ll have it down :)

Decided to pick up a board and haven’t looked back. Went in thinking I need to learn x trick etc. and tbh I suck.. nevertheless I’m having so much fun cruising!!

Explored more of my city in the last two months then probably the last 10 years 😄

Thought I’d share :)

Is it good?

Hey so as the headline says.

I tried rock to takie on different ramps and overall understand the “theory” behind it but I always find myself bailing or slipping off of a board whilst going back.

It even happens on the ramps with copings that dont require to lift the front a bit whilst going down (due to the curve of the ramp).

I’m just getting frustrated because last sesh I hit my ankle 4 times in a row.

Is it some sort of a mental block? Do you have any tips that might not seem obvious?

I’m just feeling stuck and frustrated. Why the fuck can I 50-50 grind cleanly but still struggle with something as simple as rock to fakie.

Starting to get comfortable enough on the board to not bust my ass lol

how long do ur cruiser wheels usually last? my current set (oj mini super juice) are showing wear (or look like dried out?) but I think they're less than a year old...

im 17 and 5'1. i need help trying to figure out what deck, wheels, etc., to get. im very new to skating and ive been using my friends boards to learn the basics. i wanna know what size, brand and jus everything i need as a beginner. any help is very appreciated thx!!

I got this board several years ago from an abandoned storage unit. Regretfully, I had to get rid of it when I moved. It was my first board and was so unique. I can’t remember what brand/pro-skater’s name is on it. This is the only picture I have. The notable features are the bird smoking on the left near the wheel and under my palm, there is a goblin sort of thing which I also believe is smoking and you can see he’s doing the “I love you“ hand sign. Underneath him is where the name is. It was very worn out and the color had faded so most of the colors that are visible had been colored in with permanent marker that matched the original color as close as possible. I tried to image search it and didn’t find much other than a board that looked similar. If anyone could tell me where this board is from and where I can get an image of it, that would be amazing!

I kinda am used to throwing money into my setup despite being trash at skating. Should I get a new one for that crispy pop or should I reform myself and ride decks till they can't no more?

Edit. Thanks everyone who commented so far I think my itch to get a new one and have some fun with gripping it is too much to handle. I'll get a new one and this one will go to the top of my wardrobe and join the family.

Picked up skating few months back when I graduated HS, Im finally able to ollie now but its not great. Sometimes I land really well no issue, then 100 times after I cant land it. It seems about just near every time I land, my feet are slipping off the board. For reference, I ride goofy.

I pop up and get albeit "air" and when I land, my heels and more of my feet are off the right side of the board. Im not falling off the long way, I mean off the right side of the width of the board. Any tips? I might be able to ollie stationary but I cant ollie while moving for shit.

I think my problem is i’m having too much wait on the coping.

I'm going INSANE trying to figure this shit out 😭 how do I practice timing this right?? Ik I'm jumping too soon it's driving me nuts. 🙏

This an pop shuv attempt

For this attempt I bailed coz the board was not going forward enough.

I've been having trouble doing this trick I also wanna know which foot I should be jumping off of coz in this one I jumped off the back foot and I thought maybe that's wrong

Feedback pls

Im trying to find if this trick has a name for my friend. He wants to do it on a quarter pipe

Edit: The front trucks are ment to land over the coping

I fell on my right elbow two days ago and felt all the impact on my shoulder, it still hurts and I can't lift heavy stuff but it has a full range of motion.

I wanna go to the skatepark later so bad but I'm afraid of falling on it again or something.

What would you do?

Edit: thanks for the replies, I'll be patient and let it heal before skating again.

Hey!

My vacation started and I have a lot time on my hands for once. I'm visiting the skatepark in the morning and usually have it all by myself. Usually during a session I practice:

- Manuals

- Front-/Backside kickturn

- Pumping on a small quarter pipe

- Stationary/rolling ollies

- Switch tic-tacs

- Jumping of stuff

- Shuv-its

- Slappy nosestall

- Slappy nosegrind

- Reverts

- Riding around switch

I'm usually doing this in a couple of hours or so but since I notice little progress in all I wonder if it's better to focus on fewer tricks during a session?

It's always been that way since it was new. I tried rotating the wheels, but same effect. Curious if it might be that the back trucks are loser than the front, but I honestly don't know how to tell how loose to make them, or how tight or loose they are to each other.

I'm not sure what else it could be, hears something about the bushings, but I'm pretty unfamiliar with maintenance. I was a brand new beginner when I bought the board (mostly for a city commute) then shelved it for years after moving. Now I need it again, but it moves so damn slow on flat ground.

Going downhill gets the speed wobbles, but I've gotten a little better control over that with my legs, and the deck is kinda tall off the ground. I still can't stop without slowing down enough to jump off... Look dumb as Hell, but no crashes.

Been using it backwards so far, and it's easier on flat surfaces, and easier to carve, but I'm afraid to take it on a slope cuz my front foot barely stays on the narrow tail (when backwards) and I don't trust it with so little stability.

I still need to test trucks, but no idea how loose or tight they can/should be without falling off. It's possible I might need new wheels or bearings, but idk how to tell really. I don't use it that often, so they shouldn't be that worn, but it has been a while

There's always the stigma of have to learn an ollie asap when skating at all, but in a sense, how often do yall really ollie during long commutes? I find myself just bumping up curbs cause if I were to ollie every crack and curb my legs would be dead before I get to work. I just wonder if ollies be pushed that hard on people learning with cruisers or commute boards.

Hi lads, i want to hear from someone more experienced about choosing wheels for street, I have 8.8 santacruz deck with bullet trucks and ricta 52mm 99a wheels with some sushi abec 5 bearings and it’s really good for doing tricks and cruise till I’m on nice flat ground but when it comes to little bit uneven road etc board gets shaky and so slow, do you know any compromise wheels which will be good for going around town but not much soft so it would be still easy to get Ollie and tricks on that without heavy feeling?

I love watching all the thrasher events where they’re just sending it down rails and everyone gets hyped, do we have anything like that here in the UK?