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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Eggie Vedder on May 04, 2021, 11:55:19 AM
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The red top thread made me think about my own skating superstitions and I was curious what other weird tics other skaters have.
For me, I have to do a kickflip before I do an ollie when starting a session. I’ve kept the streak for over 20 years without fail. This includes if I’m just going to cruise to the store. If I want to ollie up a curb I will have to have kickflipped first. I stopped skating for 3 years and when I started skating again I still had to do a kickflip before I would let my self ollie. I even broke my ankle so bad I had to do physical rehab for 6 months before I could skate again and sure enough I did a kickflip before an ollie. I’m extremely logical in my everyday life and believe in no other superstitions but this is one I for some reason can’t let go.
Am I alone in this? Does anyone else have an inexplicable superstition they need to keep and if so how long is the streak? Will I get 7 years of bad skating luck if I were to drop the streak?
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When I have a bad session it's because I touch myself at night – God is always watching.
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If I’m going out for a sesh, I have to stop at the same store to get the same drinks every time.
Once I’m at the sesh, if I’m battling for something or skating like garbage, I’ll always bum a cigarette off my buddy and skate with it, we always say we’re doing it for cancer Dan.
I won’t skate transition if I’m not warmed up for a good hour skating flat ground/ledges. That’s more of a safety precaution though, I broke like 5 bones in 2019 by going straight to the deepened without much of a warm up other than stressing.
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When I have a bad session it's because I touch myself at night – God is always watching.
Lennie is that you??
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There’s a crack at my local that I refuse to ride over when exiting the park. Gotta ollie, tip-toe, or walk across upon my exit.
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The red top thread made me think about my own skating superstitions and I was curious what other weird tics other skaters have.
For me, I have to do a kickflip before I do an ollie when starting a session. I’ve kept the streak for over 20 years without fail. This includes if I’m just going to cruise to the store. If I want to ollie up a curb I will have to have kickflipped first. I stopped skating for 3 years and when I started skating again I still had to do a kickflip before I would let my self ollie. I even broke my ankle so bad I had to do physical rehab for 6 months before I could skate again and sure enough I did a kickflip before an ollie. I’m extremely logical in my everyday life and believe in no other superstitions but this is one I for some reason can’t let go.
Am I alone in this? Does anyone else have an inexplicable superstition they need to keep and if so how long is the streak? Will I get 7 years of bad skating luck if I were to drop the streak?
That's amazing
I try to finish every session with a flatground kickflip, got that from og skate buddies, but no real streak
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After setting up a deck i have to do at least one slide trick to get a slide mark on there before i can actually start skating it. It's usually a boardslide on a ledge or flatbar, but noseslide or tailslide can work in a pinch.
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All of mine are logical. Can't help.
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Snaking is bad luck. Just yet another reason not to do it.
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I like your kickflip before the ollie rule! Keep the blade sharp.
Im probably the only dude who gets this, but usually when I'm like about to (for example) frontside flip something like Wallenberg or the Hollywood 16, i gotta like touch mad amounts of shit a certain amount of times or like tap my tail the same amount of times or I won't land fuckin bolts as fuck.
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^^i didn’t know Reynolds posted on slap
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If I break any hardware I quit my session immediately. For me it is a bad omen.
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Awh man I have a bunch of skate superstitions I can’t shake, but here’s a couple I can think of rn:
If someone takes a serious slam, I won’t go after them even if it was my turn
I gotta leave the sesh on a landed trick, usually a kf but if im tired I’ll take anything. Otherwise I think about it all day
Less of a superstition but if a homie lands a trick i know they are hyped on, I will always make a comment of stoke. I always feel like if i knew they did something new and were genuinely stoked and I acted like I didnt care then skate karma will bite me.
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I remember there being a stigma against skating red blanks for a while. Bad luck or something. I think someone may have taken a heavy slam on one and then the superstition spread.
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Awh man I have a bunch of skate superstitions I can’t shake, but here’s a couple I can think of rn:
If someone takes a serious slam, I won’t go after them even if it was my turn
I gotta leave the sesh on a landed trick, usually a kf but if im tired I’ll take anything. Otherwise I think about it all day
Less of a superstition but if a homie lands a trick i know they are hyped on, I will always make a comment of stoke. I always feel like if i knew they did something new and were genuinely stoked and I acted like I didnt care then skate karma will bite me.
I can co-sign on all of these.
Ending the session with landing something is a must, even if it's just a shove it or a no comply.
I've never really thought about it before but I never go after someone slams, at least not try the trick I was going to try. If I do go right after, I'll go for an easy set up trick instead. Kind of start over.
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When I have a bad session it's because I touch myself at night – God is always watching.
Probably why I'm still terrible 20 years on.
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If someone says "last try" it has to be the last try. No "one more". I've had that fuck me up, and have seen some of my friends get worked on that one. Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
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If someone says "last try" it has to be the last try. No "one more". I've had that fuck me up, and have seen some of my friends get worked on that one. Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
Never call the last try.
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I gotta leave the sesh on a landed trick, usually a kf but if im tired I’ll take anything. Otherwise I think about it all day
I also gotta leave on a make. Usually I’ll just do an easy shuv it as I’m leaving the park if I didn’t land the last trick I tried.
This is something I do because of a book I read in elementary school called The Million Dollar Shot.
It’s a about a kid who plays basketball and shots 500 free throws a day because he has a chance to shot a a free throw to win a million bucks. And his coach tells him, if you miss #500 keep going until you make one, never leave on a miss.
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No Adidas
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If someone says "last try" it has to be the last try. No "one more". I've had that fuck me up, and have seen some of my friends get worked on that one. Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
Never call the last try.
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Leave on a make.
And if someone slams I scale back what I was trying or wait to go.
When putting trucks on I put the bolts in on a pattern like top right bottom left then top left Then bottom right.
If I’m not feeling like skating for some reason. I won’t make myself. One day I wasn’t feeling it. And was like you gotta go this may be only day this week you can and I hurt myself so now I won’t force myself to go.
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Sometimes I envision the worst possible outcome and it helps me land my trick
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Gotta land a fast ledge trick before any flip tricks, I usually go medium speed back 50, then fast back 50, then fast 5-0 or tail slide to confirm I am ready to start flipping my board
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If someone says "last try" it has to be the last try. No "one more". I've had that fuck me up, and have seen some of my friends get worked on that one. Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
mother of god man, who says this and continues to skate? terrifying...
never...and i mean never leave the warning sticker on the board under the grip....i feel anxiety just saying that out loud.
line in grip always has to be in the front, behind the front bolts, never...and i mean never in the back, in front of the back bolts...i won't even step on a board gripped like that.
all wheels with plain side out, except the front right one--graphics out on the front right one, then...and only then are we ready to rip...
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Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
New Board + New Shoes is a death sentence.
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Have to put on my left shoe first.
Have to check if all nuts are tightened to the right amount.
One nut has to be colored (Gold right now).
Have to crucify myself when I try something hard.
Instantly stop skating when I hear an ambulance somewhere and wait til they are gone.
Last trick of the session has to be an switch ollie.
But like a good, clean and nice one.
Otherwise, no superstitions.
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Have to put on my left shoe first.
Have to check if all nuts are tightened to the right amount.
One nut has to be colored (Gold right now).
Have to crucify myself when I try something hard.
Instantly stop skating when I hear an ambulance somewhere and wait til they are gone.
Last trick of the session has to be an switch ollie.
But like a good, clean and nice one.
Otherwise, no superstitions.
crucify yourself or cross yourself? crucifixion seems kind of counterproductive if you wanna hype yourself up
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Have to put on my left shoe first.
Have to check if all nuts are tightened to the right amount.
One nut has to be colored (Gold right now).
Have to crucify myself when I try something hard.
Instantly stop skating when I hear an ambulance somewhere and wait til they are gone.
Last trick of the session has to be an switch ollie.
But like a good, clean and nice one.
Otherwise, no superstitions.
crucify yourself or cross yourself? crucifixion seems kind of counterproductive if you wanna hype yourself up
ah damn.. English isn't my first language.
I mean crossing myself with my hands. Like you do, when you enter a church. I started with that a few years ago and always got my trick soo..
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Have to put on my left shoe first.
Have to check if all nuts are tightened to the right amount.
One nut has to be colored (Gold right now).
Have to crucify myself when I try something hard.
Instantly stop skating when I hear an ambulance somewhere and wait til they are gone.
Last trick of the session has to be an switch ollie.
But like a good, clean and nice one.
Otherwise, no superstitions.
crucify yourself or cross yourself? crucifixion seems kind of counterproductive if you wanna hype yourself up
ah damn.. English isn't my first language.
I mean crossing myself with my hands. Like you do, when you enter a church. I started with that a few years ago and always got my trick soo..
hah dw, im just being pedantic. crossing yourself it is then. cool that it seems to work
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Another thing - front truck always gets 3 bolts, with one of the front two missing, started after losing a nut a few years ago but now i need that little hole to see the ground through
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If someone says "last try" it has to be the last try. No "one more". I've had that fuck me up, and have seen some of my friends get worked on that one. Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
mother of god man, who says this and continues to skate? terrifying...
never...and i mean never leave the warning sticker on the board under the grip....i feel anxiety just saying that out loud.
line in grip always has to be in the front, behind the front bolts, never...and i mean never in the back, in front of the back bolts...i won't even step on a board gripped like that.
all wheels with plain side out, except the front right one--graphics out on the front right one, then...and only then are we ready to rip...
not removing the warning sign = bad luck
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why did we start put the graphics on wheels inwards? why is it uncool to have the picture facing out?
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why did we start put the graphics on wheels inwards? why is it uncool to have the picture facing out?
My homies who started skating before me just rationalized it by saying it looked cleaner from the start that way. They always said the graphic looks shitty once it starts getting chipped away and there's no point in even putting the graphic facing out because it starts flaking off so fast. Makes sense to me, provided you want your setup looking fresh right after you put some new wheels on it.
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I do the skier "two more runs" thing when I'm over trying something scary. I'll tell myself I'm trying something a couple more times even though it's only once. "One more try" is mad scary
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why did we start put the graphics on wheels inwards? why is it uncool to have the picture facing out?
I do this and I can't remember why haha
Not so much a superstition but sometimes when I'm skating I have an intrusive thought of something really graphic, like breaking my leg really bad, or smashing my face and knocking my teeth out, no idea why, I suppose you just have to drown it out by fist bumping people and shouting YEEEEE
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I don't wear my carhartt pants with my dickies coach jacket. Feels off and something akin to ppl who wear nike socks with vans or something like that.
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It’s funny that a lot of mine are the exact opposite of the norm. I don’t know that I’d call them superstitions though.
-wheel graphic always faced outward.
-no white socks, only black, grey, brown, etc.
-no shorts/tanktops no matter how hot it is outside, usually wear all black or dark colors anyway.
-new board/trucks: after each grind or slide I have to check the marks it made on said deck or trucks until it’s sufficiently thrashed.
-If I have intrusive thoughts (getting hurt, losing focus) I don’t try, go back to the starting point and clear my mind. Too many injuries when I was unfocused/spooked but went for it anyway.
-if I’m skating a spot on a busy street and cars stop at a red light, I always wait for it to turn green before I can go too.
-if someone yells do a kickflip I usually don’t acquiesce, but I have started to if they seem genuine about it and not like they’re trying to take the piss. People actually get really stoked when you do it.
-if I accidentally snake someone, I turn off and say sorry and don’t go for my trick, I feel it’s bad karma even if it was an accident.
-always leave on a make, no matter the difficulty.
That’s about it I think...
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The red top thread made me think about my own skating superstitions and I was curious what other weird tics other skaters have.
For me, I have to do a kickflip before I do an ollie when starting a session. I’ve kept the streak for over 20 years without fail. This includes if I’m just going to cruise to the store. If I want to ollie up a curb I will have to have kickflipped first. I stopped skating for 3 years and when I started skating again I still had to do a kickflip before I would let my self ollie. I even broke my ankle so bad I had to do physical rehab for 6 months before I could skate again and sure enough I did a kickflip before an ollie. I’m extremely logical in my everyday life and believe in no other superstitions but this is one I for some reason can’t let go.
Am I alone in this? Does anyone else have an inexplicable superstition they need to keep and if so how long is the streak? Will I get 7 years of bad skating luck if I were to drop the streak?
That's amazing
I try to finish every session with a flatground kickflip, got that from og skate buddies, but no real streak
I do the same thing bro. I have to kickflip after every session or I think I'll lose them lmao. It's weird.
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I didn't realize this until very recently, but I bookend every session, meaning whatever the first trick I did was, that's the last trick I do as well
and of course, always end on a make
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I can't have mud spots on grip or I will fixate on it and fuck up foot placement. Also to warm up: Ollie, fs 180, switch from 180 then kick flip. Or just go home because it's bad luck
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why did we start put the graphics on wheels inwards? why is it uncool to have the picture facing out?
Rumor has it pros with a wheel sponsor would ride the competition and turn the wheels so the graphics faced inwards to hide the brands.
Personally, I just grab the wheels and pop in bearings, whichever side faces in or out is the way it's gonna be until I rotate them or swap them.
Leave on a make. No matter what the trick.
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for me to not lose a trick i have to land it 6 times each session. doesnt need to be in a row just do it 6 times.. this came from when i was learning the basics, i would write down what i landed and i always set a goal for 5, and then when id do the 5th and final one, id do the "one more for good measure" and land it so id write down "pop shuv 5+1" so then it just became 6.. 6 fs 180, 6 bs 180 and so on.. haha maybe when im better ill let this go but it does seem so weird now that ive explained it
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"one more" is a curse for me every time I'm trying a trick. If I say "one more", I immediately know I've fucked up. It's weird, because even if I'm aware of it and try to control it, I subconsciously revert to bailing out of it. Non-committal shit
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Every hour I'm not skateboarding, my skill, confidence regresses slowly, and this stirs up some kind of anxiety in my soul. It's like fear of losing a power. This is obviously not true....or is it?
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I keep praying into my hat but have yet to land anything. Any tips on how to get this to work?
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"one more" is a curse for me every time I'm trying a trick. If I say "one more", I immediately know I've fucked up. It's weird, because even if I'm aware of it and try to control it, I subconsciously revert to bailing out of it. Non-committal shit
I need to tell myself this especially when wrapping up the session. If I land the trick sloppy I will take what I can get and get don't get upset. If not I end up spending another 20 minutes battling it out to squeeze a marginally better one out, 99% of the time the juice isn't work the squeeze.
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I don't wear my carhartt pants with my dickies coach jacket. Feels off and something akin to ppl who wear nike socks with vans or something like that.
I feel you on the mixed branding!
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I never talk about injuries out loud. I consider it to be bad luck to an extreme extent.
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If I’m getting close to finishing and think ‘one more try’ for anything I’ll just stop the session right there. Never do one more try.
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I only ride Swiss bearings and I always pop the shields off.
I also only cut griptape from the bottom, never from the top.
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Always white wheels, any other color is bad luck
Last try is okay, saying ‘three more tries’ almost always guarantees a slam on the third try
If I slam and make a big deal about it and complain, expect more slams. As long as i’m physically okay then I have to shrug it off and laugh
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If I’m getting close to finishing and think ‘one more try’ for anything I’ll just stop the session right there. Never do one more try.
Posting this made me think ‘don’t be silly’ so I had the one last try then I’ll go and shrugged it off. Then on my roll up I promptly hit a rock as going in for a slappy Krook and flew like a heap into the curb.
Lesson learned
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being superstitious is bad luck.
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I never say I got your back, or this is it this try or anything to that degree. I broke my leg backing up a friend, so I'm a bit superstitious. The board I was riding was a bit soggy too, so as soon as I feel my board flexing, I set up a new one.
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Does anyone switch out a board they've hurt themselves on? Like the board is still good, but I've rolled my ankle twice skating it – haven't rolled my ankle with any other set up before.
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smoke weed everyday
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Wheel graphics in
Wearing all white is bad luck
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Always end on a make.
If I'm going out on a cruise I usually do the same route every time and I ollie pretty much non stop until I turn right at the boulevard so I'm warmed up for curbs when the real cruise starts. That's because the last leg of my cruise has a really long, super nice sidewalk and I love to pump down and ollie off the transitions.
If the initial ollies feel fucked, I turn around, go back home and do it again until they work right, and THEN I turn the corner and get cruising. I NEVER turn on the boulevard if the ollies aren't locked in. Sure I could just keep going and lock them in on the boulevard but fuck that shit. The boulevard rolls so nice I want to fully enjoy it.
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i feel yuck when i stand on a skateboard with phillips hardware, i don't think i could skate the same if they were on my board
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Never say 'last try'. It always results in injury.
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bought 2 pairs of nyjahs like a year ago; something bad happens everytime I wear them, still can't find the courage to throw them away cause they are basically new, but cursed :o
"last try" out loud it's been giving me a lot of tricks lately, so I must say it in order to commit my shit
Can't smoke pot before the session, everything start to hurt, my legs feel sore, I skate way better sober, 100 percent. Used to smoke and skate for like 6-7 years, now I don't feel comfortable
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I don't wear my carhartt pants with my dickies coach jacket. Feels off and something akin to ppl who wear nike socks with vans or something like that.
I endorse this message. Can't have any kind of clashed branding (i.e. two diff board brands/wheel brands/etc.)
Used to draw on and cut up my grip, gotta run it plain now or I can't envision my board flipping correctly.
If i'm in the middle of a line/approaching an obstacle and someone is (physically) very close to what i'm skating I have to go for it and try to land with them there. stopping mid-line throws off my streak and sometimes ruins my sesh.
absolutely no pushing in the bowl/pool.
you will hang up or hit a stop rock in your run if you do an east coast drop in.
if I hold a footplant or stall trick for more than a second without flipping out/jumping back in I will surely clip the hardest I have ever clipped.
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Almost never ride Philips bolts but if I do I need them to all be straight like + signs. Maybe top left as an X.
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warm up sober then smoke one to unlock extra power
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Always end on a make.
If I'm going out on a cruise I usually do the same route every time and I ollie pretty much non stop until I turn right at the boulevard so I'm warmed up for curbs when the real cruise starts. That's because the last leg of my cruise has a really long, super nice sidewalk and I love to pump down and ollie off the transitions.
If the initial ollies feel fucked, I turn around, go back home and do it again until they work right, and THEN I turn the corner and get cruising. I NEVER turn on the boulevard if the ollies aren't locked in. Sure I could just keep going and lock them in on the boulevard but fuck that shit. The boulevard rolls so nice I want to fully enjoy it.
I was once fortunate enough to get to skate to work and the best part of the skate was this road at the bottom of a hill that was essentially a X2 wide bike lane... anyways it was real smooth and all the manholes you could want but if a missed the fake of the curb into hill start over. I was late to work a few times cut I was fiddling with my "run".
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why did we start put the graphics on wheels inwards? why is it uncool to have the picture facing out?
My homies who started skating before me just rationalized it by saying it looked cleaner from the start that way. They always said the graphic looks shitty once it starts getting chipped away and there's no point in even putting the graphic facing out because it starts flaking off so fast. Makes sense to me, provided you want your setup looking fresh right after you put some new wheels on it.
for me it's the other way around. fresh wheels = graphic inside, but i love having wheels, which have scrapped up graphics, so after a couple of sheshs i turn the graphic outside
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No egg roll, ever
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I ride two bolts only
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Does anyone switch out a board they've hurt themselves on? Like the board is still good, but I've rolled my ankle twice skating it – haven't rolled my ankle with any other set up before.
I am seriously thinking about doing that. The poor 14 year old in me hates myself for that thought. Rode that board for like 7 sessions and got a nice clip with that board. Even took the wheels off that board and only riding my big boy setup the last weeks. I am not sure what to do with that "cursed" board. What have you done with that set up?
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I ride two bolts only
One for each truck?
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I was once fortunate enough to get to skate to work and the best part of the skate was this road at the bottom of a hill that was essentially a X2 wide bike lane... anyways it was real smooth and all the manholes you could want but if a missed the fake of the curb into hill start over. I was late to work a few times cut I was fiddling with my "run".
You get it. Wouldn't want the shadow of a miss hanging over you all day at work.
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warm up sober then smoke one to unlock extra power
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If I miss my first kickflip of the day I’ll lose some confidence for sure. I skrrt the “last try” by saying “if I don’t get it right here I might be over it” lol. I have to have some kind of cut or art on my grip. Plain grip gives me no personal connection to my board, like I’m skating someone else’s.
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never...and i mean never leave the warning sticker on the board under the grip....i feel anxiety just saying that out loud.
line in grip always has to be in the front, behind the front bolts, never...and i mean never in the back, in front of the back bolts...i won't even step on a board gripped like that.
I have to take off the sticker too, and it has to be a clean removal, I can't leave a little adhesive or a little bit of the bottom layer of the sticker ripped off even though I pretty much know there would be no way I would be able to notice it after I gripped my board.
Recently I've been finding the center of gravity of my board and then putting my grip line right there. I don't think it really helps for much of anything other than maybe front shove foot positioning but it makes me feel good knowing I have it there for reference. I'm pretty sure that's gonna become a new superstition of mine
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I don't wear my carhartt pants with my dickies coach jacket. Feels off and something akin to ppl who wear nike socks with vans or something like that.
I endorse this message. Can't have any kind of clashed branding (i.e. two diff board brands/wheel brands/etc.)
Used to draw on and cut up my grip, gotta run it plain now or I can't envision my board flipping correctly.
If i'm in the middle of a line/approaching an obstacle and someone is (physically) very close to what i'm skating I have to go for it and try to land with them there. stopping mid-line throws off my streak and sometimes ruins my sesh.
absolutely no pushing in the bowl/pool.
you will hang up or hit a stop rock in your run if you do an east coast drop in.
if I hold a footplant or stall trick for more than a second without flipping out/jumping back in I will surely clip the hardest I have ever clipped.
What’s an “East Coast drop in”?
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I just thought of another weird set-up habit that I have, after I grip and before I put in hardware and screw on the trucks I have to remove the griptape over the hardware holes, it won't cut it to just poke a hole through the griptape I have to make the hole completely clear of griptape and chamfer the hole with the Phillips part of my skate tool to remove any griptape burrs. I've ruined a few bolts of hardware by slamming them through the griptape and then screwing in the nuts without removing the ripped off griptape from the threads and even though hardware isn't that big of an issue to replace I just don't ever want to deal with that again
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I just have to cruise a bunch to get warmed up. I know a lot of ppl warm-up with flat. But I just have to do a bunch of kickturns, pump, basic tranny tricks etc even tho I'm a street skater.
If I don't land a 360 flip within the first 3 tries then I know it isn't a "treflip day". Even though I have them pretty much on lock.
Always when it has taken me more than 3 tries then it becomes a small battle to get one.
When I get a new deck it feels like I have to re-learn kickflips meanwhile my heelflips are at their peak with a new deck.
No more that I can think off right now atleast.
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I just thought of another weird set-up habit that I have, after I grip and before I put in hardware and screw on the trucks I have to remove the griptape over the hardware holes, it won't cut it to just poke a hole through the griptape I have to make the hole completely clear of griptape and chamfer the hole with the Phillips part of my skate tool to remove any griptape burrs. I've ruined a few bolts of hardware by slamming them through the griptape and then screwing in the nuts without removing the ripped off griptape from the threads and even though hardware isn't that big of an issue to replace I just don't ever want to deal with that again
I usually take sharp knife and cut of a bit wood too, to get my hardware sit nice and flush.
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After reading all this I am going to force myself to begin and end with a kickflip! Got to keep them up, at my age.
When I get to the spot, I roll around looking for rocks and things that will stop you, before warming up.
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Only 2 really. If I slam I have to get up if I’m physically able and do it again and land it. If I’m injured it’s gotta be the first thing I do when I can skate again. If not, I’ll never be able to do it again. The other is calling last one. Never call it.
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I ride two bolts only
Zesty, just 1 on each truck rolling loose?
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No egg roll, ever
One day I was so foolish to order the egg roll. About an hour later my back truck hung up on the roof of my Cadillac and I slammed my lower back into a curb. Never making that mistake again.
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If im starting from a standstill then I have to do a throw down, otherwise I wont get the make.
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One day I was so foolish to order the egg roll. About an hour later my back truck hung up on the roof of my Cadillac and I slammed my lower back into a curb. Never making that mistake again.
Same thing happened to me.
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I don't wear my carhartt pants with my dickies coach jacket. Feels off and something akin to ppl who wear nike socks with vans or something like that.
I endorse this message. Can't have any kind of clashed branding (i.e. two diff board brands/wheel brands/etc.)
Used to draw on and cut up my grip, gotta run it plain now or I can't envision my board flipping correctly.
If i'm in the middle of a line/approaching an obstacle and someone is (physically) very close to what i'm skating I have to go for it and try to land with them there. stopping mid-line throws off my streak and sometimes ruins my sesh.
absolutely no pushing in the bowl/pool.
you will hang up or hit a stop rock in your run if you do an east coast drop in.
if I hold a footplant or stall trick for more than a second without flipping out/jumping back in I will surely clip the hardest I have ever clipped.
What’s an “East Coast drop in”?
Start with your back wheels butted up against the deck-side of the coping on a quarterpipe, then full commit drop in. Extra points if you can hear your kingpin clip on the way in.
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New board new shoes, pink tops ( simply aesthetics), no chips in the nose or tails, anything based in function or aesthetic seems pretty fair to me, ya’ll are crazy
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I just thought of another weird set-up habit that I have, after I grip and before I put in hardware and screw on the trucks I have to remove the griptape over the hardware holes, it won't cut it to just poke a hole through the griptape I have to make the hole completely clear of griptape and chamfer the hole with the Phillips part of my skate tool to remove any griptape burrs. I've ruined a few bolts of hardware by slamming them through the griptape and then screwing in the nuts without removing the ripped off griptape from the threads and even though hardware isn't that big of an issue to replace I just don't ever want to deal with that again
I use countersink drill bit, no need to overtighten the hardware to flush it.
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Personally I will never skate with a new board and new shoes in the same session. Did it once and fucked up my ankle real bad, so never again/
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New Board + New Shoes is a death sentence.
Definitely not. New Board New shoes Fresh Grip is as good as it gets. Only superstition is listen to the voice in your head because it’s right.
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Does anyone switch out a board they've hurt themselves on? Like the board is still good, but I've rolled my ankle twice skating it – haven't rolled my ankle with any other set up before.
I don't have that, but I'll never use a board smaller than 8 after I twist my ankle in a 7.8, I just need that tail to nose room that smaller boards usually don't have.
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It’s not illogical, but I skate ten times as good when I’m wearing good clothes. When the kit is right as the Muska would say
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If my board is facing the wrong way (nose towards me) i have to go switch and push a few swongos before i can turn around to regular. I think it's because i pop all my switch tricks of the nose.
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bringing this shit back
could barely skate yesterday and i think its because my pants were cuffed
it took me like an hour to get a really really easy trick but i think the pants gave me an irrational fear of smashing my ankles
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It’s not illogical, but I skate ten times as good when I’m wearing good clothes. When the kit is right as the Muska would say
Half of skateboarding is mental.
Confidence is key.
The right fit can lend confidence.
How much, varies by person.
I skate better when my fit is easy to skate in and makes me stoked.
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Yellow top sheets are a big no for me, anytime I’ve rode one I’ve been broken of
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No Adidas
I enjoy a lot the look of the shoes but I never felt confident in adidas
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I skate with a toothpick between my teeth and if someone talks about how i could swallow it or stab it through my cheek, I'm done skating for the day. Don't bring bad luck into my sesh by talking about that shit
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I can't have dirt (like clumps/ dots etc) where my front foot will kickflip or I will obsess over it and misplace my foot.
new wheels must be put on graphics in.
when skating... have to start with ollie, fs 180, switch fs 180... then we're good
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If my board is facing the wrong way (nose towards me) i have to go switch and push a few swongos before i can turn around to regular. I think it's because i pop all my switch tricks of the nose.
Don't we all pop our switch tricks from the nose?
Idk why I've always done this... skating regular my nose is on the front, skating switch my tail is on the front
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I have to land the first kickflip that I try with a new board and shoes. I never do and it never makes a difference but in my head I have to land that first attempt
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It’s not illogical, but I skate ten times as good when I’m wearing good clothes. When the kit is right as the Muska would say
I skate better when my fit is easy to skate in and makes me stoked.
Firm believer in this.
If I'm riding a fresh board and the grip gets dusty, it puts it in my head that my board is soggy. I'm that dude at the park who slaps their grip to get the dust off it every 15 minutes. Superstitions are a funny thing
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Never, under any circumstances, jerk of before I skate. Makes me feel like I have jelly legs and no balance.
I know a few pro boxers had this same mindset, but I learned this lesson the hard way before learning about those peeps.
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I skate with a toothpick between my teeth and if someone talks about how i could swallow it or stab it through my cheek, I'm done skating for the day. Don't bring bad luck into my sesh by talking about that shit
Cody?
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I skate with a toothpick between my teeth and if someone talks about how i could swallow it or stab it through my cheek, I'm done skating for the day. Don't bring bad luck into my sesh by talking about that shit
Cody?
Nah he's biting my art
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Stickers at the front of my board will weigh it down and automatically make my kickflips tweaked.
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When I hear some sort of sirens I wait until I can't hear them anymore and continue with the session.
There is no particular reason for it, but it is how it is.
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Stickers at the front of my board will weigh it down and automatically make my kickflips tweaked.
That's interesting you say that, I almost exclusively put my stickers on the nose of my board
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I skate with a toothpick between my teeth and if someone talks about how i could swallow it or stab it through my cheek, I'm done skating for the day. Don't bring bad luck into my sesh by talking about that shit
Cody?
Nah he's biting my art
That's the loosest use of the word "art" I've heard in a while lol
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I hope they bring up the toothpick hazards every session because guaranteed you look like an asshole. You could always put their dicks in your mouth to soothe your oral fixation as well. Do you skate with a rolled up pack of cigs in your sleeve too?
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Miss the first kickflip of the day? Just go home
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Stickers at the front of my board will weigh it down and automatically make my kickflips tweaked.
That's interesting you say that, I almost exclusively put my stickers on the nose of my board
How tweaked are your kickflips though, if they aren’t pointed straight down then you are doing incorrect kickflips….
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Stickers at the front of my board will weigh it down and automatically make my kickflips tweaked.
That's interesting you say that, I almost exclusively put my stickers on the nose of my board
How tweaked are your kickflips though, if they aren’t pointed straight down then you are doing incorrect kickflips….
Uhh they kinda differentiate from time to time, sometimes I whiff the flick and rocket em, sometimes I do em straight, sometimes they're kinda boned, I suppose most of the time they're straight
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I won’t put stickers anywhere besides super close to the trucks or low on the nose. Never on the tail.
I’m a big user of the forbidden 13 so can’t have anything mid-deck.
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Ran up on gap to the point where dudes wanna leave or camera died. Did land a lot of stuff first try but obsessive running up, looking back was horrible plan. good thread dude. It is so cool how personality directly affects the board.
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If I’m going out for a sesh, I have to stop at the same store to get the same drinks every time.
Once I’m at the sesh, if I’m battling for something or skating like garbage, I’ll always bum a cigarette off my buddy and skate with it, we always say we’re doing it for cancer Dan.
I won’t skate transition if I’m not warmed up for a good hour skating flat ground/ledges. That’s more of a safety precaution though, I broke like 5 bones in 2019 by going straight to the deepened without much of a warm up other than stressing.
Those are definitely superstitions, wow! good read. You super good at anything else? it reminds me of a genius. I could see Einstein only skating if he rolled the spliff like Penny did or the day is off.
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One for each truck?
I knew a dude that literally kept tools with him, and rode trucks with one bolt on each truck and tightened like constantly. months of sessions later, we figured out he didn't have 9/16 wrench because he lost his dads. within minutes dude was ripping with our hardware, (like we all went down to 6 bolts or something) and dude totally ripped. I found out later his dad beat him for losing the wrench, and he had like serious issues with tools after that or something. I don't talk to him now but his business won best pizza in pittsburgh years ago. I am sure he still skates and assume he purchased a Tesla.
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I hope they bring up the toothpick hazards every session because guaranteed you look like an asshole. You could always put their dicks in your mouth to soothe your oral fixation as well. Do you skate with a rolled up pack of cigs in your sleeve too?
I compulsively grind my teeth, that's the reason why i have one, but you sure look like an asshole without anyone's help
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Don't we all pop our switch tricks from the nose?
Idk why I've always done this... skating regular my nose is on the front, skating switch my tail is on the front
2 main reasons I'd guess:
1. Most people learn fakie ollies before anything switch, and they use the tail for popping those because that's how they learned to ollie initially (and for us nerds: because fakie is supposed to be backwards). So they start riding switch with the tail in the front and just go with it.
2. The tail is in the front after landing most tricks a beginner would learn. 180s, anything to fakie... I'd wager that's how many people start riding switch in the first place rather than throwing down switch.
On topic: Not a superstition, but I make it a point to give props to anyone I'm skating with. I regularly skip my turn or abort a try because I don't want to miss a make.
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Don't we all pop our switch tricks from the nose?
Idk why I've always done this... skating regular my nose is on the front, skating switch my tail is on the front
2 main reasons I'd guess:
1. Most people learn fakie ollies before anything switch, and they use the tail for popping those because that's how they learned to ollie initially (and for us nerds: because fakie is supposed to be backwards). So they start riding switch with the tail in the front and just go with it.
2. The tail is in the front after landing most tricks a beginner would learn. 180s, anything to fakie... I'd wager that's how many people start riding switch in the first place rather than throwing down switch.
On topic: Not a superstition, but I make it a point to give props to anyone I'm skating with. I regularly skip my turn or abort a try because I don't want to miss a make.
It would also be stupid because you'd only use the tail and razor it down way faster otherwise. Which is one of the reason twin tails are the shit, even if you don't skate switch at all, you just doubled the life of a deck.
Also on your last sentence: I do the same because seeing a homie land something nice warms my heart and I'm super bummed if I miss someone finally landing their trick.
Possible superstition but actually just psychology and stoke: I'm 70% more likely to commit and land my trick after a homie landed theirs.
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If I chip a board I'll keep the chip in my pocket and superglue it back in when I get home or that's it for that board. I hate any wood showing on top of the board. sometimes I'll cut the grip into squares but I'll put them on touching so there's only half a mm gap. I hate the bolts sticking up out of the grip tape.
I think this is all from hating the difference in feeling of the changes. Guess the superstition is that it's somehow gonna mess me up by sticking to my shoe or something.
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Don't we all pop our switch tricks from the nose?
Idk why I've always done this... skating regular my nose is on the front, skating switch my tail is on the front
2 main reasons I'd guess:
1. Most people learn fakie ollies before anything switch, and they use the tail for popping those because that's how they learned to ollie initially (and for us nerds: because fakie is supposed to be backwards). So they start riding switch with the tail in the front and just go with it.
2. The tail is in the front after landing most tricks a beginner would learn. 180s, anything to fakie... I'd wager that's how many people start riding switch in the first place rather than throwing down switch.
On topic: Not a superstition, but I make it a point to give props to anyone I'm skating with. I regularly skip my turn or abort a try because I don't want to miss a make.
It would also be stupid because you'd only use the tail and razor it down way faster otherwise. Which is one of the reason twin tails are the shit, even if you don't skate switch at all, you just doubled the life of a deck.
Also on your last sentence: I do the same because seeing a homie land something nice warms my heart and I'm super bummed if I miss someone finally landing their trick.
Possible superstition but actually just psychology and stoke: I'm 70% more likely to commit and land my trick after a homie landed theirs.
This is accurate as fuck! I suck at committing and when i see a homie land some shit it makes me wanna commit and thats the only time I land tricks lol.
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Skateboarding as a group identity is kinda superstition-y. The culture is dead af, that's a given at this point. But the group identity part was always long-term detrimental generally while benefitting the power structure. Means to an end.
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my superstitions were so fucked when i was younger. still got em but not as bad. if i get to a spot and walk up to the run up, if i turned around to my left or right i’d have to turn around that way every try. can never miss a step walking up stairs, even if i was rushing id have to walk up each individual step and count them in my head. every crack id have to step over with my right foot first and never step on one. if i did i’d redo the process. and before throwing down i’d have to whisper “yeah” to myself. i have no clue why i do these things.
also skating something with multiple people taking turns, if someone fucked up the rotation id have to redo the process. looking back on it i was probably such a fuckin nause to skate with.
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I hope they bring up the toothpick hazards every session because guaranteed you look like an asshole. You could always put their dicks in your mouth to soothe your oral fixation as well. Do you skate with a rolled up pack of cigs in your sleeve too?
I compulsively grind my teeth, that's the reason why i have one, but you sure look like an asshole without anyone's help
Dude, mouthguard, fuck that is so terrifying to me
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I hope they bring up the toothpick hazards every session because guaranteed you look like an asshole. You could always put their dicks in your mouth to soothe your oral fixation as well. Do you skate with a rolled up pack of cigs in your sleeve too?
I compulsively grind my teeth, that's the reason why i have one, but you sure look like an asshole without anyone's help
Dude, mouthguard, fuck that is so terrifying to me
I don't wear a helmet, you think I'm gonna wear a mouth guard? No thanks
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If the crows start going crazy at my park and it's empty, I go home. Crows know when things are about to get serious.
One time I was at the park alone crows suddenly started squaking and I was a little tired and tried something easy but I bailed fakie on some transition and my foot came down on the board which has never happened and shot out and all a sudden I had one foot on the ground forward, my back foot in front of my front foot, and a shit ton of backwards momentum. I could visualize my mom visiting me at the rehab home after my head slammed and to this day I still have no idea how i managed to merely eat shit and not die. It was definitely one where I stayed on the ground for a hot minute not from pain but from adrenallin.
When the crows now talk I listen.
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If the crows start going crazy at my park and it's empty, I go home. Crows know when things are about to get serious.
One time I was at the park alone crows suddenly started squaking and I was a little tired and tried something easy but I bailed fakie on some transition and my foot came down on the board which has never happened and shot out and all a sudden I had one foot on the ground forward, my back foot in front of my front foot, and a shit ton of backwards momentum. I could visualize my mom visiting me at the rehab home after my head slammed and to this day I still have no idea how i managed to merely eat shit and not die. It was definitely one where I stayed on the ground for a hot minute not from pain but from adrenallin.
When the crows now talk I listen.
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If I break something serious im getting rid of that deck immediately, if i roll my ankle super hard or even break it i probably wont wear those shoes again either.
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Don't we all pop our switch tricks from the nose?
Idk why I've always done this... skating regular my nose is on the front, skating switch my tail is on the front
2 main reasons I'd guess:
1. Most people learn fakie ollies before anything switch, and they use the tail for popping those because that's how they learned to ollie initially (and for us nerds: because fakie is supposed to be backwards). So they start riding switch with the tail in the front and just go with it.
2. The tail is in the front after landing most tricks a beginner would learn. 180s, anything to fakie... I'd wager that's how many people start riding switch in the first place rather than throwing down switch.
On topic: Not a superstition, but I make it a point to give props to anyone I'm skating with. I regularly skip my turn or abort a try because I don't want to miss a make.
It would also be stupid because you'd only use the tail and razor it down way faster otherwise. Which is one of the reason twin tails are the shit, even if you don't skate switch at all, you just doubled the life of a deck.
Also on your last sentence: I do the same because seeing a homie land something nice warms my heart and I'm super bummed if I miss someone finally landing their trick.
Possible superstition but actually just psychology and stoke: I'm 70% more likely to commit and land my trick after a homie landed theirs.
Agreed on everything. You're definitely on to something with your last point, momentum can carry over from homie to homie. Nothing better than getting hyped off of someone else's make and also landing your trick next try.
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If I'm filming a clip, I'll try to stand in the same 1sq meter every time I take off by using some visual marker on the ground.
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I had a weird dream where this crackhead ran over and started fighting me while I was doing a blunt to fakie on a mini ramp and now every time I try one I get insane deja vu. Yesterday there was this really weird mentally ill lurker at the park that was half following me around, locked into one on my way out and my shit just started pumping adrenaline instantly
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I count my pushes when I'm skating a spot and have a scale in my head for what counts as a full push, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 push. I even do it when I play sessions I can't help it. I think it's a piece of the puzzle for getting the same speed over and over on the approach when trying to get a trick. I even do it if I run and throw down; each step is equivalent to a push at the same scale. I thought everyone did it but every time I've ever told anyone they thought it was weird. I dunno how everyone else keeps track. I've tried to shake it and I just can't.
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There is this Japanese snack that comes with hologram anime stickers and I have to have one on my board. Started off as a joke and now it's gone deep enough that the cooler the character I get means the board has more luck/is going to skate better.
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I count my pushes when I'm skating a spot and have a scale in my head for what counts as a full push, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 push. I even do it when I play sessions I can't help it. I think it's a piece of the puzzle for getting the same speed over and over on the approach when trying to get a trick. I even do it if I run and throw down; each step is equivalent to a push at the same scale. I thought everyone did it but every time I've ever told anyone they thought it was weird. I dunno how everyone else keeps track. I've tried to shake it and I just can't.
I don't know if that's weird but I think that's pretty sick, I don't really verbalize it the same way but I tend to do the same thing with counting pushes, as in I won't just settle for technically getting the right speed for the right obstacle but I'll also try and get it the 'right way', calculating how many full pushes I'm going to need for which distance and trying to eliminate weak ones. If anything that might just mean you're self-conscious about harmony, the way you describe the rhythm sounds a lot like music theory at an elementary level, I can dig that. For what feels like a similarly mythical reason I also never throw my board down, or at the very least I hate having to do that. I need to push or at least ride into whatever I'm skating. Which also means at skateparks I'll often only drop in on transition for speed when the park design seriously calls for it and pushing up to the obstacle would be positively inconvenient (for me and/or others).
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I count my pushes when I'm skating a spot and have a scale in my head for what counts as a full push, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 push. I even do it when I play sessions I can't help it. I think it's a piece of the puzzle for getting the same speed over and over on the approach when trying to get a trick. I even do it if I run and throw down; each step is equivalent to a push at the same scale. I thought everyone did it but every time I've ever told anyone they thought it was weird. I dunno how everyone else keeps track. I've tried to shake it and I just can't.
I don't know if that's weird but I think that's pretty sick, I don't really verbalize it the same way but I tend to do the same thing with counting pushes, as in I won't just settle for technically getting the right speed for the right obstacle but I'll also try and get it the 'right way', calculating how many full pushes I'm going to need for which distance and trying to eliminate weak ones. If anything that might just mean you're self-conscious about harmony, the way you describe the rhythm sounds a lot like music theory at an elementary level, I can dig that. For what feels like a similarly mythical reason I also never throw my board down, or at the very least I hate having to do that. I need to push or at least ride into whatever I'm skating. Which also means at skateparks I'll often only drop in on transition for speed when the park design seriously calls for it and pushing up to the obstacle would be positively inconvenient (for me and/or others).
Birds of a feather lol... I also hate throwing down or dropping in. I'm trying to throw down more tho, running and jumping on your board little kid style only works in so many scenarios, especially when skating street.