Good shit man keep at it!

Nice love it

Hell yea Jon! You're kicking ass/ taking names! Definitely make sure when getting into more speed, those trucks are a lot tighter! 😅

gj

Zen-state while downhilling unlocked. Nice! Side note, I feel like your trucks are now TOO loose. lol A little preload helps to add rebound, which helps for the hooking back up and regripping up part after a slide. Optimal bushing preload can be obtained as follows: 1. Tighten kingpin to the point where the roadside washer/bushing cannot be spun by hand anymore. Do the same for both front and rear trucks. 2. Go do some very hard pumps to try and loosen the whole thing through usage. One minute of continuous hard pumping should do the trick. 3. If the setup loosens up, repeat Step 1 and 2. If not, continue to Step 4. 4. Add the amount of preload you want - making sure that they're the same for both trucks. The optimal preload range can vary (by personal preference) from a quarter turn to a whole full turn. However, personally, I always go for half a turn because it's just a happy medium that is also easy to remember. 5. Go skate! 6. After you finish a skate sesh, recheck the spinnability of the roadside washer/bushing. If they are spinnable again, repeat from Step 1. However(!!!), this really shouldn't happen at all, since the preload will be the locking mechanism to keep everything nice and tight regardless of how much usage you put in. The only likely cause for the setup to ever become loose again on its own is a failing or near-failing kingpin nut's nylock.

Fantastic progress. Next things to think about: At your current speed you wont be able to bring the board back around and under you. If you want to learn a full Coleman that is the next piece. Incorporate some stretching in to make your hip/ankle flexibility better. This will help with squatting on your board, and that is why your back leg is up in the air and not flat on the board in your slide. You have a two handed toeside, try a one handed toeside. This will help to wear your wheels more evenly and it also starts the toeside pendy journey.

Respectfully to the other comments about the trucks now being too loose, my experience is that it is better to have very loose trucks at start because it forces you to build muscle memory and strength to control the board from the get-go. And there is no more, no less mental learning curve to learning on twitchy, compared to stiff, trucks. And if you start with twitchy trucks, you don't then have to learn that in addition, after you have learned to somewhat-control the board with stiff trucks. And conversely... if you master loose trucks first, you can regress back to stiff trucks as you progress to more demanding speed challenges. Lastly... the above is premised on wearing full head, body and limb protection from the start, as yeah.. you're gonna fall off more with twitchy trucks.

What trucks and bushings you using? Colemans are looking good and like your thoughts on starting with loose trucks. Someone mentioned having the trucks tight enough so the washer wont spin which is what ive always heard and do. Just like to go with softer bushings to keep them loose, although im sure you already know about bushings

Trucks WAY to loose! Accident waiting to happen! The washer needs to be at least tight enough that it can't spin. Tighten them up and try softer bushings