It kind of works for me, but not always :) I spent a lot of time focusing on it, but I think it only works when you lock on your grinds without really thinking about it. While you are building muscle memory you still have to take a peek at where are you landing, and only then you can focus on "where are you going" :)

@@VandKoala You look at feet when you land then look at end of obstacle!!

Hey mate thanks for coming back and letting me know! Very happy it worked for you! I used it a lot myself yesterday, now I can royale so many things frontside and backside as well! :)

Haha that is not going to happen :) the transition is super steep. There are some wooden obstacles here ridable with big wheels though :)

@@VandKoala One moth later... How I am riding the wooden bench with big weels! hahaha No, don't do it, I would want to see more videos from you not some hospital stories :)

Cheers mate, give it a try. I was doing royales on coping today and I had to keep my shoulder back or could not land them otherwise :) best of luck!

Thank you Josh, not only for the comment, but for actually helping me to learn the trick. I was looking at your footage again and again until it got me thinking “he is almost doing royales fakie” :)

Super rewarding to hear it actually helps someone :) thanks mate for taking the time to write a comment!

Have fun trying mate! My favorite trick now :)

Thanks man. Give it a try, hope it helps a bit. Royales gets frustrating sometimes

Super happy it helped someone else man! :)

Great to know you enjoyed it! Thanks man

Thank you mate, glad you found it useful!

Wish you get them fast! :) get some shin guards just in case though 🙄

Thank you mate, give it a try and let me know. My son landed his royales in first couple of sessions when he started paying attention and found that courage to actually “face” the obstacle with his shoulders. Have a good sess! :)

@@VandKoala Hey it worked!!!Focusing on that angle and shoulder position gave me the confidence every time. Got 3 or 4 to slide a couple feet on angle iron ledge. I also added a step. When locking the grind I lean into big toe of front foot and pinky toe of back foot. It really helps. I think getting this trick dialed is the key to getting confident more with topside. I see the path. Gonna keep working on it. Thanks again!!!

Well, best of luck mate! I hope it works :)

@@VandKoala it worked! thanks. Did my first decent royales today armed with this technique adjustment.

Hope it helps :)

Thanks bro, glad you liked it! :)

The Aeons are great skates, even if the soulplates become slow over time for grinds - groove tricks still work fine :) Have fun learning mate!

Thanks man, I think you have your royales dialed in already :)

Well, every day you put the skates on - you are getting closer :)

Give it a go mate :)

Happy Saturday mate! I love both free skating and doing some grinds. :)

Aeons are not bad, but they are not easiest ones to land the royales - the H block is not super tall, but not shallow either. When I landed my first royales on kaizer fluid 4 or flt3 I could not land on aeons. Now I do not see that much difference - can land on either. If you can get kaizer fluid IV- give them a try. One of the lowest H blocks. If it will strech your wallet - stick to aeons. FLT3 are also very close. You can try and loosen the back legs’ buckle by a tooth or two to get the boot down easier as well.

Shameless plug. Gonna put a grey pair of Large fluid Iv on ebay in next few days. Almost mint. Awesome frame especially for learning. I went flat and switched to slimline 2.

Small details add to a large difference :)

I got a good slam on my ribs today :D that was the first time it wasn’t my butt or shin :)

Crash pads are saving my life now thankfully. Great tip on body position, I find that every grind has a special body trick to unlock.

I do wear crash pads, shin guards and wrist guards - helps for sure :) I agree, sometimes you just get a trick right without even knowing. This time I struggled quite a bit to find it.

I only wear shin guards as thats my usual

I guess we are all different :) it took me 7 months of 3-5 sessions a week to start landing royales reliably 😅 And acid is 99999 times easier than soul grind to me 🙄 while my son locks on the soul like a magnet :)

@@VandKoala so true. I think royales were always easy because of ice skating what with all the parallel stops I’d do.

Yeah mate, I don’t know why it took me like 7 months to figure it out :) despite that just had a great buttock slam on the same ledge on royale. Shifted my weight way too muh forwards, wheels started rolling on the top of the ledge and I fell with my butt on the edge and then down on my back, glad I had a helmet, butt will heal up 😂

Went to try it in my garden rail but bottled it. I’ve got to get so low to get my plates on the rail. I think it’s just a technique thing I need to work on.

It does not hurt to at least check it :) thanks man!

First of all - I know it is super frustrating trick - spent so much time on my butt :D keep at it - you will get it for sure. Keep shoulders parallel to the obstacle. The rear hand should stay at the rear. You can turn your head towards the grind direction, but keep the shoulders at least parallel. It will actually allow you to have your legs further apart and this will make sure you don’t slip out. It feels very awkward at first, but when you just slide those first centimeters you start to trust the sliding sideways thing :) Honestly - I do not think too much about the front leg - it is just being somewhere there. It probably has 40-50% weight 🙄 Try landing really wide stance. If you are too wide - you will probably result in frontside. Then go a bit narrower until you find the widest stance that you can land boot-down and not slip out. Shoulders will help with it. Let me know if it helps. You can film one with your phone, maybe on slowmo and send me on insta

When I struggled doing them I was so annoyed people calling royales “beginner trick” :)) it takes a bit effort :)

Hi, hope to meet you on ramps again soon! :)

I feel like I slide all over the place especially when it's polished concrete or indoor

When I go to indoor park I prefer using aluminum core wheels with 88a urethane - Famus, Undercover Milky. They have fantastic grip and really good speed :)

That is interesting, will try this out for sure! Thanks mate

@@VandKoala not sure if it actually helps but I think it helps me not overthink and just actually put my feet in the right position 😅 god knows, give it a try and let me know if it's all in my head 😂

I really like them! They are a bit chewing my plastic p-rail with the sharp edge. Other than that I see no real downsides. Antirocker-like wheelbite protection!

Mainly skatepro & loco skates