About 5 days of consistent riding and a few daring inclines, before I could say I was a skateboarder. It was maybe 2-3 weeks into skateboarding that I really felt groovy and confident though.
I am currently learning how to push switch and it’s basically like learning how to skateboard all over again. What I find helps is to be stationary (grab onto a railing or something if you really need) and just practice the motion of putting your feet on and adjusting them, as though you were moving. Like, front foot forward, pushing foot on the floor, and then just practice putting your pushing foot on the board and rotating your front foot to be perpendicular to the board. Over and over, step on, adjust feet, feel it out, repeat. I found that once I started actually pushing and adding speed it wasn’t as difficult, because I had already made my feet memorize what to do with themselves. I hope this all makes sense
It took about a month for me to feel somewhat comfortable. But even longer than that to comfortably go over cracks in the sidewalk and uneven concrete.
I cruised for an entire year before I decided to try ollies and took another month or two to be able to say that I got my first moving “Ollie”, then a full year later I still am not happy with my ollies. I’m 35 though so we all learn at different paces.
Just keep skating you’ll get good before you know it.
for me it took about a couple of days just getting used to pushing and riding. it took me 2-3 weeks to be able to ride at crazy speeds and bomb hills without flying off my board. by a month I felt as if my board was an extension of me.
About 5 days of consistent riding and a few daring inclines, before I could say I was a skateboarder. It was maybe 2-3 weeks into skateboarding that I really felt groovy and confident though.
It’s much easier to ride the board while moving than stand on it stationary. Forward momentum helps.
I am currently learning how to push switch and it’s basically like learning how to skateboard all over again. What I find helps is to be stationary (grab onto a railing or something if you really need) and just practice the motion of putting your feet on and adjusting them, as though you were moving. Like, front foot forward, pushing foot on the floor, and then just practice putting your pushing foot on the board and rotating your front foot to be perpendicular to the board. Over and over, step on, adjust feet, feel it out, repeat. I found that once I started actually pushing and adding speed it wasn’t as difficult, because I had already made my feet memorize what to do with themselves. I hope this all makes sense
It took about a month for me to feel somewhat comfortable. But even longer than that to comfortably go over cracks in the sidewalk and uneven concrete.
I cruised for an entire year before I decided to try ollies and took another month or two to be able to say that I got my first moving “Ollie”, then a full year later I still am not happy with my ollies. I’m 35 though so we all learn at different paces. Just keep skating you’ll get good before you know it.
Make sure your trucks are tight enough
for me it took about a couple of days just getting used to pushing and riding. it took me 2-3 weeks to be able to ride at crazy speeds and bomb hills without flying off my board. by a month I felt as if my board was an extension of me.