Dope vid dude subbed 🤙🏽🔥🛹

I'm 43, stopped at 17. Body memory is still there but I lost agility and strength. I wonder whether it would help me get back balance and strength or be detrimental to my knees...also, feel a bit silly surrounded by kids in a skatepark:)

Anyone tried resin?

Thanks for this, I’ve just been using this glue for the first time tonight on my skateboards nose, it’s cracked and has a bad pop. Using claps on it

Crazy how you rock being 40 on cam but on the board in skinnies you look 20 haha. Skateboarding keeps u young

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Why mounting hardware did you use?

Just got a new board and was about to hit the bowls today after spending the past couple weeks learning the foundations again and BAM, I woke up with pain in my patellar tendon.. I don't think its a complete tear, so hopefully 1 weeks rest can recover it. I ride my bike mtb or bmx everyday for 1-3 hours for transport, so this with learning to skate again has made me overuse my legs. So I'm stuck here looking for soft wheels so I can skate and hopefully not get injured again. Moral of my story is to make sure you stretch once you hit your 30's and listen to your body when it needs recovery. My knees have been popping for a few days prior and that should've been a warning to take things easy, but that popping of my patellar tendon has lead to damaging it from overuse. This also means that if you're under 30, to take advantage of that young body before you become an old fart who needs to spend 10min warming up before an activity... In my experience the body starts to decline at age 33. Have fun and keep the wheels side down

hey this is a great idea, we really should be doing things like this to help save trees. ive found that almost boards razor tail a little slower than other brands because of the resin glue they use. most of their boards also have some form of their impact tech, which really helps keep the pop longer. ive tested them back to back over months against regular 7 plys, and was pretty impressed. you can also re-grip older boards too. combine all these things together with your glue idea, and you could have some seriously long lasting boards. it's hard for sure to fight that urge for new ones, but it's worth it to ride them until you actually feel they hold back your tricks

This is awesome! I’m also about to get back into skating after more than 15 years. I’m 32 now. Thanks for the inspiration

Lots of great content in here…just started working on kickflips with my son. Found this video extremely helpful!! Thank you for sharing

Great tips

Thanks man really helpful video

as i kid i couldn't really afford new boards.. ever? i basically survived on hand me downs til i got my first job! there was this one board that i had this exact idea for! i used to fill in chips with wood glue too! that board in particular in the end was more wood glue than board! it basically had no kicks by the time i was done with it. i remember finally getting a newer board from a friend and i could finally pop again haha!

Great video, I just found your channel and subscribed. I love setup videos and sorry you messed up your foot but stoked you are back.

Awesome tribute and I hope you saw Ben on the nine club. Do you think you’ll be getting Ben’s new deck from antihero? I think I might.

love your vids man! inspirational. 37 here from the UK and almost have a kickflip. love skatboarding now more than ever!

Brother just turned 34 and the bottom of my feet are nowhere near the strength they were I quit skating around 2010....wtf I was humbled really quick....Re-learn balance and just at the skate park the cruising around started to hurt my feet, went down a rabbit hole with wheels...it showed me how little I actually knew about the actual mechanics of a skateboard bought ricta clouds 52mm 92a (swapped from spitfire something again old gear from 2010) and now I get a good 1hr ish before my feet start to hurt. I have some independent truck idk what model. But point being here I am trying to understand all this new light tech plus the new players of ceramic bearings ( any type of bones bearings "were" the go to..)wtf what a time to be alive...

Sounds more like a question of finding the best technique on tricks

You have a good kickflip but your shoulders are not straight! It will help you be more consistent

I've been debating trying to skate again. I'm 34, and in the best shape of my life now, and feel like I need some sort of sport. I used to mess around on a skateboard as a teen, but similar thing, couldn't really do tricks. The occasional ollie. It seems like it could be a lot of fun, but it's daunting, man...

Only thing you need for a kickflip is the pop and the flick. This video is way too confusing

What a pure wholesome video.

So I've just started skating again at 38, after a 20 year break. I've never been able to do kickflips and its a trick I've neglected. After watching this i gave them a go again... and after just 9 attempts i landed one! It wasn't pretty but it was a kickflip and now i have something to work on👍

Peace, thank you for this, im 47 and been a loooooong time for me due to bad decisions etc i miss it so much and dont know why just want to get comfortable again , fxck the skaye park i could get down on a curb str8 up lol peace n good energy from 732Nj ✌🏻💨 its hard finding anyone to sk8 w anymore lol

32 years old, getting back into skating after 15 years. Got the kickflips back pretty quickly, and while moving. Still trying to clean them up, get better height, less rocket. In just a day, with adjustments in mind, I went from landing on the board as it hit the ground, to catching it in the air (not very high but still.) I’m gonna focus much more this time around on mastering my tricks and making sure they look good.

I’m so inspired by this bro

interesting about the humidity! @10:00 . I have decided my 93 dragons are just really good cruiser wheels. X97 or X99 bones for when I actually want to skate and do tricks but still get the benefit of this formula.

Bones X97 are the exact same thing but slightly harder duro. HIGHLY recommend. the 99s are pretty good too but if you're in bad rough crusty ground, or the joints issue is a thing, 97 all the way. slide way better, less RUBBERY feel. Spitfire is releasing a new 93 that slides right now also!

this is smart. gonna keep my flight deck razor tails from stabbing my ankles haha

Gonna have to give this a try! The only thing I was worried about b4 seeing your video, when I had a similar idea is the glue being softer than the wood. Buy like u said, worse case senario is it wears right off and I don't like it so don't repeat... Thanks

Opened shoulders is not a problem, opening up your shoulders will cointain kijetic energy and can cause problems.

Just got my toddlers boards . I’m 33 and haven’t skated since I was 14. Literally landed a 360 flip after a few try’s . Obviously I had to warm up but I realized that my mental ability to perform completely exceeded my physical ability lol I was sore as shit the next day and I only was messing around for about an hour lol 😂

Thats Why U don't do Tricks when your an Older skater....I'm 57 and Bowl riding, going of curbs, firecracker maybe, possibly drop in at the extreme limit. Just Enjoy the transitions

Havent skated since the being of the Iraq war now my son wants to learn how to. So im picking it back up for Him.

That’s really consistent I am 48 n contemplating of getting back. I learn skateboarding in my 30s n stopped at Ollie up kerbs coz it’s too scary 😂

Awesome! 😄

Good video. Some helpful info here. I'm trying to figure out a setup I like myself. I'm 5' 9", 180-185, size 9 shoe. I grew up riding 9 x 28 and 10 x 30 boards because that's what boards were back then. Since I came back, I think I've been riding boards that were way to big for me. My first street board after many years was 8.75...huge pig. It had Thunders and I've come to the conclusion I should like them for Ollies and manuals (still finding my manual legs) but I hate the way they turn. It also had massive 58mm 103a wheels (absolute WORST wheels for east coast streets). Finally got some Grind King Disruptors and some 56mm 99aSpitfire formula four classics. The Grind Kings were better. They are definitely more turny than Thunders but not quite like the Indys I used to ride. They're probably about midway between a Thunder and an Indy. Should be ideal, but I'm still not crazy about the turn. Probably going to try Slappys next. I'm not nuts about the Spitfires in terms of slide (I like really barky wheels when I slide), size (though they're coning down now) or shape, so I got some Acid Chemical 53mm 101a conicals that so far I like better. I also got a set in 54mm which are a mm wider riding surface to see if I prefer that. My board after the Jimmy Wilkins 8.75 was an 8.5" blank popsicle that I honestly hate also. It still feels too big and heavy. I just got the new Andy Anderson 8.25/8.4 (over the trucks) Vajra board which is basically a smaller width, smaller wheelbase twin tail with a 7" nose and tail. So far I like it the best. I may try an 8.25 Flight Deck or something from a smaller brand next, not sure, but I hate the process. Nice skating. Would love to get to your skill level. I've gotten better at manuals and nose manuals and am starting to flat-ground ollie again. No flip tricks yet. Want to learn shove-its, big spins, fakie Ollies and half-cabs, nose and tail slides and board slides again. As well as a bunch of grind tricks. I'm just having fun. For the first time in my life I'm trying to learn to ride switch, which is basically taking how much you suck when you don't skate for decades and come back to it and have to learn almost everything over again...and trying to make it feel worse. Oh well. It will all make me better in time. Trying to enjoy the process more this time around. God bless, bro.

To me that's a 360 nose shuvit. It has to pop to be called a nollie 360 shuvit. I learned these in the Summer of 1991 when I was 15, and I'm still doing them at 48 :) Massive respect for learning these fresh in your 40's man!

crazy part is when I was young I would laugh at people wearing protective gear, thought it was stupid, but now being 27 and getting back into it, I realized that I enjoy falling so much more now that i'm not bashing my head on concrete.

It’s an olie with the role of the ankle. I used to kick out and my k/f’s were not consistent but when I think of them as an olie where I just bring my front foot up and role the ankle instead of kicking out my k/f’s have became a lot better

Lots of good points

Great tutorial. Very methodical and logical. I'm an older skater too...ehrm...uh, older than you maybe. I've been back skating for a couple years now, but have been inconsistent due to work and work-related injuries. Trying to get out a little more consistently now. I was wondering about some details about your setup. I'm 5' 9", about 180 lbs. I'm riding an 8.5 with 55mm wheels. My next setup is closer to 8.3 with 53mm wheels. Wondering if I need a narrower board. When I first started skating as a teen, boards were 9 to 10 inches wide. No wonder we worked so hard to ollie! Also thinking about trying hollow trucks. Anyway, wondering what your setup is. Great video though. I subbed.

TBH - the difference between the standard and 'super light' is only 360 grams....

Quarter of a lifetime

No offense bc this is very cool but most of what was holding you back was just fundamentals like shoulders, pop, jumping..not that specific to kickflip. At the end you say your kickflip will never get better than this - but tbh you've barely even started perfecting your actual kickflip technique. You are landing them at least 50% of the time, so start adjusting your flick and pop timing. A kickflip that spins under you a few inches over the ground is great, but one that slaps into your feet a foot and half over the ground is immensely satsifying

I’m 39 just getting back into skateboarding. I was a hardcore skater from 1998-2015. I was pretty good in my athletic prime. I had most flip tricks and grinds consistent. Skated the park the first time yesterday riding felt awkward at first but felt more natural after about ten minutes. Landed a clean Ollie first try. I’m trying to get my bearings back. I’m hoping I have it in me to get at least close to as good as I once was.

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I found that the hybrid mini logo are really similar and way cheaper. But agreed that dragon is still a solid choice for older skater ;)

10:22 Im from parkour and I've noticed that too. I'd get upset I was injured, but would usually end up coming back better because my body had proper rest, i thought about technique, and got some stretching in or basic practice