Skill Levels for skate

[CorneliusCardew]

I have been going through a skate identity crisis. I can't find any external standard for judgment. So I ask all of you:

What are the skill levels in skating?
What can the average skater do?
What can a good skater do?
How to distinguish?
They're also a whole bunch of other ways of formulating this question which you can feel free to respond to...

I would appreciate any information. It doesn't need to be precise or anything but I am just genuinely curious about how people think about this question. Also I'm not really thinking about stuff like to get sponsored or anything like that I'm thinking more just regular skaters like what distinguishes someone who's good, how can you tell, when did you realize you were"good" etc

P.S. also I recognize that the whole notion of like good skating bad skating is kind of b******* but at the same time really curious about it.

[PatrickSkateman]

This is the gold standard by which skillz are judged.

[ziggy]

fuck all of that shit

this is SLAP, fits are all that matter

[fakie butt drop]

if you can get mad and focus your board first t your good

[Ziad]

Are you having fun skating? that's all what matters you're not in competition with anyone

[CorneliusCardew]

Are you having fun skating? that's all what matters you're not in competition with anyone

I know that's true but I feel like there is some cultural system

[TheLurper]

If you can't do a 900, I suggest quitting immediately.

[cucktard]

I have a loose system for snowboarding which can translate into skating.

AAA-Top-tier pro

AA-Pro

A-Small brand Pro

BBB- Amateur

BB- Couple of sponsors/flow

B-Shop flow/ local shredder

CCC- Shredder

CC- Competent

C- Decent

D- The rest of us

And population-wise, its a pyramid, with the smallest amount of people at the top, largest population base at the bottom.

[ungzilla]

If u can back tail you're a level 9 warlock

[GardenSkater77]

It always comes down to how many bloards you can Ollie. Also, according to the 11 year olds at the park I may be sponsored and possibly know Tony Hawk.

[companguero]

can you balance on one leg long enough without tippy-tapping your kick leg while pushing?

can you no-pop shuvits going fast without clutching your pearls?

can you powerslide BS & FS?

carve and pump bowl?

ollie / nollie?

vert?

[CannerSpaghetti]

I feel like if you have a little bag of tricks for every normal obstacle (ledge, manny, tranny, flatbar, 3-4 stair) and a trick or two on larger stuff like a handrail or a large set then you are around average. Doing all this with style/having bigger bags of tricks for each thing is what makes you good. But it’s hard to say cuz someone might be a beast on tranny but have no manny game so maybe everything I just said was bullshit.

[bigbevev]

Being well rounded gives the appearance of a “good” skater, do with that what you will. Doing tricks on the nose and tail, transition skills, flip tricks and rails. Jumping off stuff is somewhat irrelevant these days.

[Brguy]

I think it all comes down to a few things, you can ollie over, onto and down stuff, you can do some manuals, you can do a 50-50 or a noseslide even if not that greatly, you can carve a bowl no matter the size and maybe do a few tricks depending on what it is. To me that's really all you'd want to do and the rest is just extra. Also flatground and bombing hills.

[goodatmeth]

I recently learned switch tres and got a notification that I leveled up

[Easy Slider]

I recently learned switch tres and got a notification that I leveled up

What's next?

Level 1: Ollie
Level 2: Kickflip
Level 3: 360 Flip
Level 4: Switch 360 Flip
Level 5:

[Prostate Exam]

This ain't no MMO

[non-playable character]

I recently learned switch tres and got a notification that I leveled up

[Paul Cicero]

I feel like if you have a little bag of tricks for every normal obstacle (ledge, manny, tranny, flatbar, 3-4 stair) and a trick or two on larger stuff like a handrail or a large set then you are around average. Doing all this with style/having bigger bags of tricks for each thing is what makes you good. But it’s hard to say cuz someone might be a beast on tranny but have no manny game so maybe everything I just said was bullshit.

This is pretty accurate. Have at least one trick for any spot.

True rippers have all around game, tranny to flat ground.. think Penny, Ishod.

[SneakySecrets]

You have to have bs lipslides on flatbars, at least one kickflip in ledge trick and atleast one stylish switch flip trick.

It may sound random but if you've never experienced the mental battle of committing to bs lipslides then you aren't a skater.


Basically i don't consider 99% of slap to be skaters which is sad considering my low standards.

[Dead to Me]

I've long felt like 360-flips have pretty much become the new "kickflip" in terms of being a metric of how much time/effort someone has put into skating. But then there's those that you can tell rushed into learning those before even being able to do a solid 180 and can barely do anything on transition/ledges. Parroting everyone else, I think how well-rounded you are says a lot more about where your "skill level" is.

[silhouette]

I have been going through a music identity crisis. I can't find any external standard for judgment. So I ask all of you:

What are the skill levels in music?
What can the average musician do?
What can a good musician do?
How to distinguish?

Edited your questions for extra perspective, hoping to convey my take better than I would with lorem ipsum. Even if not, paralleling the practice of skating with music, or acting, or the bigger picture of art in general is always good for hindsight or so I find.

[cky enthusiast]

i gotta say for a communist you’re really concerned w/ hierarchy my man

[Hyliannightmare]

Whatever the Olympics uses

[cherry]

Doug pineapple saladino and then work your way backwards down the list. If you’re not even top 1,000 skater of all time focus your life

[hairdo]

I've long felt like 360-flips have pretty much become the new "kickflip" in terms of being a metric of how much time/effort someone has put into skating. But then there's those that you can tell rushed into learning those before even being able to do a solid 180 and can barely do anything on transition/ledges. Parroting everyone else, I think how well-rounded you are says a lot more about where your "skill level" is.

idk I feel like many people find tres naturally easy. it might actually be an easier trick than a kickflip if you learn it right. once I learned the "trick" to doing them  it took me less time to get solid than kickflip. even to this day I have to practice kick flip all the time to hang on to them, whereas I can just whip a tre around after not doing them for weeks

[Youoverthere]

I have a loose system for snowboarding which can translate into skating.

AAA-Top-tier pro

AA-Pro

A-Small brand Pro

BBB- Amateur

BB- Couple of sponsors/flow

B-Shop flow/ local shredder

CCC- Shredder

CC- Competent

C- Decent

D- The rest of us

And population-wise, its a pyramid, with the smallest amount of people at the top, largest population base at the bottom.

[Jewel Runner]

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I've long felt like 360-flips have pretty much become the new "kickflip" in terms of being a metric of how much time/effort someone has put into skating. But then there's those that you can tell rushed into learning those before even being able to do a solid 180 and can barely do anything on transition/ledges. Parroting everyone else, I think how well-rounded you are says a lot more about where your "skill level" is.

[close]

idk I feel like many people find tres naturally easy. it might actually be an easier trick than a kickflip if you learn it right. once I learned the "trick" to doing them  it took me less time to get solid than kickflip. even to this day I have to practice kick flip all the time to hang on to them, whereas I can just whip a tre around after not doing them for weeks

Shit now I gotta learn 360 flips

[lucascbn]

fuck all of that shit

this is SLAP, fits are all that matter

[SatanicPanic]

I feel like if you have a little bag of tricks for every normal obstacle (ledge, manny, tranny, flatbar, 3-4 stair) and a trick or two on larger stuff like a handrail or a large set then you are around average. Doing all this with style/having bigger bags of tricks for each thing is what makes you good. But it’s hard to say cuz someone might be a beast on tranny but have no manny game so maybe everything I just said was bullshit.

Plus some flat ground and some dork tricks