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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2022, 12:23:16 PM »
kickflip
I mean fuck i've been skating for over twenty years now and every freakin kickflip feels different, and i never really feel like I can get to the point where I know how to do it properly and on / over obstacles..
like those type of skaters that can do the same kick flip over and over.
pretty jealous of this actually

Take a wider stance, cover the rear two bolts of your front truck with your front foot (or just slightly behind). Dont angle your front foot much. should look almost like an ollie, but with less of your front foot on the board Kick STRAIGHT off the nose. move your back leg to allow the board to level out.

You can do it.

After having horrible kickflips for like the first 14 years of me skateboarding, i forced myself to re learn them. best decision i ever made. feels so good to stomp them cleanly and consistently.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2022, 12:42:09 PM »
loops and spins on half pikes

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2022, 12:43:20 PM »
kickflip
I mean fuck i've been skating for over twenty years now and every freakin kickflip feels different, and i never really feel like I can get to the point where I know how to do it properly and on / over obstacles..
like those type of skaters that can do the same kick flip over and over.
pretty jealous of this actually
i can definitely relate. I've spent hours in parking lots just drilling kick flips and wearing out the toe of my shoes and I can hardly kick flip off a curb still

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #33 on: November 07, 2022, 12:49:05 PM »
Gonna sound fried but pop shuvs. Flat they are a no brainer but if i’m going fast or down anything bigger than knee height i struggle so hard

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #34 on: November 07, 2022, 12:49:48 PM »
Forgot to mention f/s bigspins. People make them look so easy but they are hard AF

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #35 on: November 07, 2022, 01:26:47 PM »
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Starting lots of bad topics looks pretty easy, how hard is it?

Also 360 pop shuvs, I can only do them fs for some reason.
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not very difficult when all you feel like doing is procrastinating your college assignments by talking about skateboarding :D

360 shuvs are difficult. I had an uncle tell me that I should learn them before tre flips, and I still think that's kinda crazy lmao.
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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #36 on: November 07, 2022, 02:35:45 PM »
frontside heelflips and big heels.

i can do both switch with my eyes closed, almost like they arent even flip tricks.  just switch 180s with different pressure points.

ive only done a handful of fs heels and big heels regular that felt nice and popped/caught.  people like layton, Chima and Shane who have fat ass regular ones trip me out. 

such a hard trick.

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« Reply #37 on: November 07, 2022, 03:23:59 PM »
I'll start by saying that slappy grinds look easy as fuck when you see someone do it but when you go to actually do them, they are pretty hard. Same with wallrides. Although, wallrides make it look like you defy gravity, which makes them look more difficult. People that can wallride steezy make that shit look easy tho...

i disagree on the wallrides, they're a really easy trick if you learn them on progressively steeper banks over time. once you get to a vertical wall, it doesnt feel that different from a jersey barrier

for me, bigspins. just a pop shuv with an extra 180 right !?!

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #38 on: November 07, 2022, 03:25:53 PM »
Basically every trick. Skateboarding is hard man

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #39 on: November 07, 2022, 03:31:00 PM »
Basically every trick. Skateboarding is hard man

pros make it look so easy

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #40 on: November 07, 2022, 03:50:40 PM »
Front board
Front nose
BS Nosegrind
Front 180 switch manny
Anything involving a fakie manny

Gotta agree with the slappy back 5-0 comments too, and relate heavily to the kickflip story

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #41 on: November 07, 2022, 03:56:17 PM »
Stand up grind
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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #42 on: November 07, 2022, 04:37:06 PM »
Whoever said slappy back 5-0 is spot on. To add to that, front crooks look simple, but is the hardest fucking trick. Everything else I’ve ever learned on a ledge or rail is miles easier than front crook

ive actively been trying front crooks every sessions for years and only landed maybe a handful, only 1 id consider clean, maybe im just bad

holding front boards more than 1m is super hard

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« Reply #43 on: November 07, 2022, 08:19:52 PM »
A proper frontside rock and roll.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #44 on: November 07, 2022, 08:29:55 PM »
FS blunt slide.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #45 on: November 07, 2022, 08:46:05 PM »
Switch pop shuv.
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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #46 on: November 07, 2022, 09:02:16 PM »
legit back 5-0s in tranny.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #47 on: November 07, 2022, 10:15:59 PM »
Fs tail

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #48 on: November 07, 2022, 10:49:30 PM »
Switch back tails…

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #49 on: November 08, 2022, 01:34:34 AM »
Biggie front board

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #50 on: November 08, 2022, 02:01:28 AM »
frontside heelflips and big heels.

i can do both switch with my eyes closed, almost like they arent even flip tricks.  just switch 180s with different pressure points.

ive only done a handful of fs heels and big heels regular that felt nice and popped/caught.  people like layton, Chima and Shane who have fat ass regular ones trip me out. 

such a hard trick.

i agree with this. i don't think that many people would say so looking at them on paper, but of the tricks i can do i consider regular fs heel the hardest. on flat any way. they're pretty easy on bank, but also abominable looking.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #51 on: November 08, 2022, 02:53:02 AM »
Any thing I think of, I just realize “well that’s why I’m not pro”. My standards are ridiculous.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #52 on: November 08, 2022, 04:18:07 AM »
Slappy crooks.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #53 on: November 08, 2022, 04:33:19 AM »
pop shuv, switch fs shuv. I can do them bu they look and feel gross.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #54 on: November 08, 2022, 04:57:06 AM »
pop shuv, switch fs shuv. I can do them bu they look and feel gross.

Ok, last piece of unsolicited trick advice, but only because i struggled with pop shuvs for a while too. The key for me is popping from the pocket between your bolts/tail, instead of out farther on your tail. For me it helped keep it level and from over rotating as much.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2022, 06:27:35 AM »
BS 360s on flat.  I’m old and they were the thing then but could never do it without pivoting

rage! I can do them fakie of course but can never get the rotation regular
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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #56 on: November 08, 2022, 07:52:13 AM »
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Whoever said slappy back 5-0 is spot on. To add to that, front crooks look simple, but is the hardest fucking trick. Everything else I’ve ever learned on a ledge or rail is miles easier than front crook
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ive actively been trying front crooks every sessions for years and only landed maybe a handful, only 1 id consider clean, maybe im just bad

holding front boards more than 1m is super hard
do you have the problem where the ones you do lane you come out sideways? I can’t get em straight for the life of me

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #57 on: November 08, 2022, 10:35:22 AM »
Maybe I'm doing my back 5-0 slappys the wrong way but I find them way easier than regular ol' back slappys.

I feel like anyone can ride into a curb and just pull up their nose and get into a 5-0.

I thought I had back slappy 50-50s but I was really just riding into a back 5-0 then letting my nose down for the 50 and I thought front slappys were impossible. Then I learned front slappys after a long winter skating a curb in a parking garage and realized I never could back slappy so I had to kind of apply my front slappy knowledge to my back slappys and relearn them which, even though learning front slappys was quite a struggle, I found even harder.

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #58 on: November 08, 2022, 10:55:44 AM »
switch pop shuv it nosegrind 180. all the dudes do em to start lines or on shoot out ledges and its so sick.

Trick is fucked

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Re: Tricks that look easier than they actually are...
« Reply #59 on: November 08, 2022, 11:05:58 AM »
legit back 5-0s in tranny.

This, and you rarely see people doing them properly and extended. I reckon Monty grind is easier.