I've noticing that my flip tricks aren't popping as of late ( over the last year or so). I thought it was because I was skating steeper boards. Ive started skating mellower boards with shorter wheelbases and its still been an issue. I usually run Ace Classic 44s with 54mm wheels. Curious where to go from here, lower trucks? Smaller wheels? Longer WB?
Anyone had a similar experience? What did you change to fix it?
Not to take away from any product info and knowledge, as there are often many suggestions and things work for different people, but as a different take, could it be more the human body and not the skateboard?
Reason I say this is as I get older, things slow down and I really feel like I am getting less and less able to do a lot of stuff I used to do, but when I think about it, I am not actually doing much to try to change that fact, as I flatly refuse to go to a gym or do much in the way of working out, but there have been a whole lot of suggestions from others who have made it a priority to stay in as good a physical condition as they can, so they can keep skating more.
That said, small things just around the home (or skate shop) people can do, stretches, small exercises, generally things people might not think of so much, but definitely NOT a big hour work out session ending drenched in sweat and feeling like you need a long bath or whatever.
A few guys I know are all about that sort of thing and I have tried to do a bit more when and where I can, even though I am pretty lazy with stretches and exercise in the athlete type of deal, but I think it really does help a lot and I realise how much I have dropped off, from when I was younger and could just do whatever I wanted.
Just a thought anyway.
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