….skating faster

[MC3]

Ok, so I know the straightforward answer is “don’t be a bitch”, but without fail when I try and start doing tricks while moving faster, I always involuntarily abort or miss the pop or tense up, or whatever. I was trying to do longer and longer grinds on a skatepark ledge, that I knew was sliding and grinding well, but I would get to a point where it was damn near impossible to make myself pop into the trick. I don’t think I’m scared of the slam, but I hit a hard mental wall and it was pissing me off.


Do you guys have any tips to do tricks faster/commit to doing faster grinds and slides. I’m not trying to be Casper Brooker or anything, but I’m tired of watching my clips and being annoyed at skating snail speed

[biaherl]

Get use to going faster than you ever would. it slows down the speeds before it

Hills and snowboarding helps. Longer slides and grinds has a lot to do with technique

What's the fastest you've ollied a flat gap?

[Plan9Customs]

Just start by taking 1 more push than you normally do. You’re not going much faster so it’s less if a mental block.
Then after doing that for a bit(don’t know how long it takes for you to get comfortable so…)add another until you’re going as fast as you wanted.

[SatanicPanic]

Probably most effective was at one point deciding I just want my tricks to look good. If I’m working on a trick I try to land it. If I land it, I keep doing it until it’s easy. And then I keep doing it until it looks good- no tic tacs, no flailing arms, no slowing down a ton on the roll away. Just keep repeating it, even if you look like a weirdo to your friends. The easier you feel like a trick is the faster you can go.

[IusedToSkateMore]

Im older and lazier and skate less than before and do my tricks pretty slow but i still try to push as fast as i can. The more u are used to skating fast, the easier the tricks become. Pick a trick, or rather, find a trick that you can do while goijg as fast as you can. For me its a simple pop shove it. Its easier for me to go fast and blast it than slow