You are the first youtuber to recommend watching other tutorials too

Hi Ben, this is a great video. I am new to skateboarding (April 18) at 32 and I tried a Axel Stall drop in (as I am a wimp), I hung up and fell flat on my stomach and fractured my ribs. Was out for 6-7 weeks! I will defo try from a much smaller ramp next time but trying to perfect my rock to fakie and nail my first tail stall! Keep up the great work, Tom from York in the UK

look at that beautiful skatepark and one person there. what i would do for that park you don’t even know

Great advice, I nailed one of these for the first time this morning (relearning to skate at 33). I definitely practiced dropping in from the stall position for a bit on the 2-3 ft ramp until I felt comfortable. Hopefully I’ll be able to move up to the 4ft ramps soon 👌

Your videos are the only straight forward instructions on this stuff man thank you for making them.

You're awesome Ben! Doing these indepth tutorials is what sets you appart from the others!

I’ve been trying to work on this and wow, you really broke this down to each little component in such a clear and precise way that it really helped. Nice work, thank you!

All of your tutorials are so "thought out" and intentional! Keep up the really great work and thank you. I am just trying to nail this trick right now so I need all the help I can get!

When I’m going for a 50-50, dropping in after is just easier in the moment since you don’t have time to think, you just do cause you’ve already reached that goal of 50-50’ing

Quick note: what a beautiful park and look at that sky. Love this video.

Ben, thanks for all the great lesson details 🛹 it makes it so much easier for us to get better fast! especially the finer details and nuances like wheel placement, and how to work up to it / multiple approaches. It's also awesome that you do flat and transition tricks!

Iv been skating for 15 years I’m still working on this. Awesome vid thanks for the help !

You are a legend! Thanks for putting so much effort into these videos

The bushing squeak on the slow mo gave me a smile, thanks! 😄👍🏻

this is the most informative and detailed video on this trick, thank you!

Thank you, I have been really struggling to get up onto the stall and not be doing some lame sort of stall with my board inside the ramp. I feel it is just a commitment thing, the park here has noping and it freaks me out. I know if I get just one that will be unlocked, it is doing my nut in!!!

Good job! I betcha it helped people get the feel for this basic but elusive move

Great tutorial Ben! As usual the way you breaking things down is really impressive.

Great tips, sir. I’d also suggest including reference to foot placement. It’s my experience this move is easier with toes flush to the side of the board and heels of the feet hanging off. That way, it takes minimal effort to one’s heals to get the trucks up.

got rocks and rock fakies down. Need this next. Thanks for the great videos Ben. Prob the best skate youtuber. No negativity, never says anything misinformative that I can think of, has good taste. Just a great guy. Dang I wish Ben was my neighbor or something.

Please Keep doing this kinda of tutorial they are very helpful and complete 🙌

They say that threes a charm, lol. Good video again though, nice to watch while I recuperate from this knee injury. :)

Great Vid. Your great at teaching as well. Best Vids out there on teaching... Thx.

I love how he adds in his fail on the bigger quarter pipe because it shows that you won't get everything on the 1st try but if you keep trying you can accomplish your dreams.

Oh man great video, I've been doing the "powerslide up" for years on bigger ramps and I always thought I was weird and it was a bad habit that I needed to kick - because you can't use that technique on ramps with a pool coping that really sticks out. So I tried to force myself to do a clean turn to sort of pivot my way into the axle stall but the higher the ramp the more I slide up because I get scared, just like you explained :-) I still haven't gotten to the bottom of this but I think it has to do with speed as well... if you're going a little too slow then that slide-up helps, if you're going faster a clean turn might do, and if you're really fast you'll sometimes have to angle into the 50-50, just to go somewhere with the excess energy. It's odd, I've been doing this stuff for years but I still haven't figured it all out... I also agreee that it works better on 149s and decks above 8 inches but I never thought about the grind grooves helping you gain stability. One other thing that helped me were wheels with a more square side cut, so you're more confident in locking against the coping. On that note: Can anyone explain to me how to crosslock consistently? I tend to do heel-locked 50-50s which some people find more stylish but they're a bit unstable, too.

Last time I tried, my truck hung up on the copping and I just fell forward really hard Thank god I’m okay Since then I tried it a couple times, I can lock both my trucks into 50-50 but I just can’t drop in again cause I’m traumatized from my last experience Will defo try it again with your advice and I wish I saw your video earlier 🙏

This video really unlocked the stall for me. Especially the bs power slide explanation

Great attention to detail. Subbed

2:02 you can notice since he was talking about the form that he has his feet in a comfortable position and his trucks aren't to close and yet not too far they are in the center which is what is meant when he said about bad placement (just so make it more simple I guess.)

Tremendous value. Pound for pound as good as anything out there

this helped me so much ben

This video is really good! One question after watch the axle drop in, that is easier that de “regular” drop in? Because looks easier because the wheels are more close to the ramp! Right? Anyway, thanks for the video!

WTH I’ve been subbed to your carpenter account and randomly came across this account! Dope content man!

Great video. Thanks!

Excellent tut

These are important infos Thanks!

Great vid! And at my favorite park!

Bless you Ben!

Skated for 12 years street and never did it properly. Came back a few months ago and now after this video I made it.

front side before back side is insane, but hey goes to show how peoples brains work different haha, great instructional video

Great video! Looking forward to do that trick someday!

Just started again after longer than 32 years off. Find it easier if I approach the top as though going for a front side 5/0 then quickly sliding into a back side stall. Used to do this years ago and it let me fakie along the copping.

Thank you sooooo helpful

Thanks for the tutorial... I am really working on my backside stall and it’s being hard...

Great tutorial

Thank you, sir

yay. love the daily vids.

Hey man! Really enjoyed watching this video and your others, thanks for them. I’ve tried the backside before but slid out and fucked myself up and landed on the coping haha. Heard you say you started with the frontside and more comfortable with that. Can you please post a 50/50 frontside?! Would be amazing. Much love keep up the good work 👌🏼

got super comfy when i first learned it. trick is to get the back truck super heel side so it’s easy to get back in

Great videos as always, what width of deck are you riding here with your 149 indies? If you remember :D

Are those the pivot cups squeaking or your old knees? Just joking man love your vids, some of the best tutorials on KZfaq

Thanks Ben!!!!

Thanks for the shout out

Hey Ben nice channel, i've just discovered it, that give me inspiration for minde thanks !! II SSUUUUBBBB !!!

Ben awesome videos!! One question, what type of construction do you do? I do industrial concrete repair and was wondering if you do something similar.

that skate park is sick

Very good video

I can do tre flips and stuff but I don’t know why but I struggle so much with this trick. I can get both of my trucks to touch the coping but I can’t stay on top of the ramp and stall, I just tap the trucks and fall down again. Do I need to shift my weight back more or do I need to go with more speed?

what size of wheels do you ride for transition and bowls ?

I can’t do this style but I can almost do the 50-50 however it always feels like I’m leaning too far into the bowl and I can’t turn back in

Them bushings sound funny slowed down like that.

Right now I can’t really drop back in on the 5050 that leaves my back to the bowl so I go 5050 to tailstall but my 5050 where I face the bowl is alg

very helpful

What skateboard do you have because I am trying to find a good stakeboard

About the abrasion on the trucks, I have some in depth questions. Also which park is this?

Any recommendations for Small ramps in Vancouver ? ubC so scary for learning

what camera did you use to film this ?

I was at that skatepark in ladner

This is why I look at tips for things I thought I knew...I always locked in wrong...I never hung up...But I would go over the coping alot and it's annoying

Great Vid Ben. Your stuff is so good... Question for you ? Do you recommend 99 Foumula 4s which I have or should I get 101s or even Bones, the reason I ask this funny question is just for that little slide on the way getting up to it. Im sure once you are really good at it, it won't matter but to learn it, is it better to have a wheel that slides better ? I love buying products so I'm good if so. lol. Thx Bro.

This guy is good

Does the steepness of the ramp matter?

Your in UBC skatepark! My friend Shem says he knows you

I can Fs ollie but not Bs. I cant Fs 50-50 but Bs is pretty good on mini ramps and still working on it in bigger ones.

thanks, ben

I will subscribe

i have perfect 50/50s dont know why im watching this but great video.

I only have 6” ramps where I live

How big is ur deck?

Yew great video

That odd I feel backside stuff is easier then frontside when my back is to the ramp it make me nervous even frontside kick turns I have trouble with. I’m gonna start working on them tomorrow at the skate park when I go. I skated when I was young and was a maniac but I am now 40 and it been rough on my body started about 4 days ago took me 1 run and then the next day I dropped in again. But I’m pulling muscles in my legs cause my body not use to it but having so much fun. Skating through the pain to get my body use to it I have no choice I’m sure after a few week or a month th it will go away. Also not to good at going down the ramp backwards anymore when I get high in the transitions want to learn fakie rock and roll but I guess I should learn the 50/50 stalls again first there easier for me

Which park is it again?

For me, fs axle stall was a lot easier to learn. While doing the bs it happened really often that my front truck landed way behind the coping or I could not find the right balance at the top, probably because of leaning too much backwards. Obviously, coming back is much easier with the bs because you see where you are going to, but placing the tracks on the coping was a lot harder for me this way, specially when riding fast.

what skatepark is that

Good tutorial why the skatepark empty tho it’s such a good skatepark

I love the skate community where I live, but damn I wish the park was a empty every once in awhile like it is in most of your clips.

Where is this park?

I can drop 50-50 but I cant get to it. Every time I try it I end up grinding for like 2 seconds and either falling or dropping back in. Any help to stall?

I can't help falling forward as soon as I lock in, instead of staying right up on the coping. I try to transfer my weight to my heelside but it happens the same.

I know how to axel drop but can't figure out how to get myself into the stall.

john mulaney skates?

Ur a good boy

What city is this in?

I think I'm going to have to practice on a bank. Hopefully won't slide around too much. I got some ACE 66s.

nice video, but there is something wrong with the sound ?

Who da fuc{ dislike this video? Great video like and sub

I want to learn how 50-50 then rewind back in

i can 50-50 slide by just doing half kick-turns on the railing, but i cant stall in a single position.

Or you can just push back trucks outwards that’s what I’ve been told and it works

Ankle stall