/r/skateboardhelp

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This subreddit is for skateboarding help, ranging from trick tips to gear help.

Please read the rules before posting.

Overview

Welcome to /r/skateboardhelp! Post your skate footage if you seek help on tricks, gear, or anything else related. Skaters of all skill levels are welcome.

Please read the rules before posting.

To prevent spam and trolls, brand new accounts cannot post on here initially. Gain karma from other subreddits or wait until your account is old enough.

Rules

Full rules with explanations can be found here.

  1. All content must be related to skateboarding progression or help.

  2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, and harrasment.

  3. Refer to the wiki before asking for help.

  4. No gear or art posts. Submit these to the discord server or /r/Skateboardlove.

  5. No reposts.

  6. No advertising or spam.

  7. No memes.

  8. No NSFW or sexually-suggestive content.

  9. No NSFL content or injury posts.

  10. Media must be of yourself skating.

  11. Use the pinned discussion megathread to share prohibited content (with some restrictions).

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Best place to buy blanks?

I want to start printing or painting my own graphic on decks and wqs wondering where the best place to acquire said blanks would be?

0 Comments
2024/10/31
10:46 UTC

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truck baseplate

this might be a stupid question but i have 2 pairs of ace trucks, ace af1 33 hollow and ace af1 44 lows. im currently riding an 8.25 and i dont wanna spend money on another pair of ace trucks. if i put the ace af1 33 baseplate on a ace 44 low hanger does it become a standard ace 44 truck?

3 Comments
2024/10/30
22:27 UTC

7

id these wheels?

im not certain but i think it says proof crethane 57 millimetres, searched it up and didnt find much, anyone help me out?

7 Comments
2024/10/30
18:47 UTC

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Indies baseplate question

So I have these two sets of indies stage 11 high in 149 and 151, the thing is that the 151s have a 6 hole baseplate but I am not sure if the geometry of bot baseplates is the same so I can swap hangers on the go, I want to do it mostly because of wheel duros and it's way quicker to swap hangers than wheels.

Maybe I should just try it and see how it feels, but I've seen a couple of baseplates destroyed because of truck mixing and it would suck to have to buy new baseplates just for science.

7 Comments
2024/10/30
15:56 UTC

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Is my foot position something I need to fix? Can a bigger setup help?

14 Comments
2024/10/30
07:49 UTC

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should I buy a complete or make my own?

I'm new to skateboarding and I' have a board I got for £7 and I want to get something better my budget is around £40-80 and idk if I should just buy a complete or build my own and if anyone has any recommendations!! (also building one myself isn't a problem)

1 Comment
2024/10/29
20:49 UTC

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I can't decide weather or not I want to skate these🤦🤷

35 Comments
2024/10/30
00:38 UTC

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What’s wrong with my ollie?

Been trying to Ollie for over a year now and I’ve been unable to progress past this point for the last couple of months. What am I doing wrong?

21 Comments
2024/10/29
22:46 UTC

27

Should I get seen?

Acid drop of my like tall chest thing in my dad's room drunk with no room to plan it really wasted a week now I can walk it's broken just twisted or sprained but better everyday my gf says don't skate for a long time then idk

53 Comments
2024/10/29
21:42 UTC

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Tanner Van Vark

Does anyone know where Tanner Van Vark went? I went to his IG to watch some old clips since he hasn’t posted anything in a while and his profile is gone? He’s one of my favorite skateboarders so I’m trying to get answers. Is he still on the Real team? How does electricity and / or fire extinguishers work?

6 Comments
2024/10/29
16:51 UTC

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Vans MTE UltraRange Exo?

https://www.vans.com/en-us/shoes-c00081/mte-ultrarange-exo-shoe-pvn0a4u1kqlz

I am currently skating the Nike Nyjah 3's, and I love them. I have been really into the more athletic style of shoes lately. I was browsing on Vans and came across these. Has anyone skated them? I know they are technically not a "skate" shoe, but I really dig how they look and was curious if anyone has tested these for skating.

*Note* I do very low impact skating these days. No ollies, flip tricks, etc. Mainly just some very basic freestyle stuff, cruising/carving, a few shuvs, and some footwork things.

10 Comments
2024/10/29
14:18 UTC

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Local Sierra has this for $30

42 Comments
2024/10/29
13:07 UTC

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should I get es accel OG or the muska?

like how the muska looks but idk about the board feel

4 Comments
2024/10/29
04:48 UTC

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My bearings are slipping out of place inside the wheel.

After every 10 minutes of skateboarding, I need to put the bearings back in place. What should I do?

10 Comments
2024/10/28
21:45 UTC

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Looking for responses on my screener survey for a class project. If you have a few minutes and feel like helping out it would be greatly appreciated!

I am currently working on developing a social media app primarily meant for sharing locations, photos, and clips from your favorite skate spots as part of a class project. If you have some free time and would like to help me out it would be much appreciated! It should only take 2-3 mins to complete. Thanks!

Link to my survey

3 Comments
2024/10/28
19:57 UTC

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ankle still hurts after year and a half of no skating

stopped skating about a year and a half ago after rolling my ankle while tre-flipping a hip. my left ankle got caught under my wheels and twisted. i remember the pain at the time was so bad and i could barely walk for a few days. when i went to the doctor a few days after, they told me it was just a sprain.

after 6 months, got back on the board and foot still hurt very badly if i tried to do any type of trick involving me flicking (because it was my left foot and i am regular so i use it to kick out when kickflipping etc.)

now, after a year and a half (rolled it in june 2023) i can do basically any tricks, but the second i try to flick my ankle the pain still comes right back. i feel helpless because skateboarding was a massive part of my life, and i was good at it. cant really afford physical therapy, nor do i have time for it, so any exercises i can do would really help. it just seems like theres nothing i can do

22 Comments
2024/10/28
18:43 UTC

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How to calculate the radius of a circle on an existing skate ramp>

22 Comments
2024/10/28
18:05 UTC

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Getting into skateboarding with bad knees?

Skateboarding looks like so much fun, and I have deep envy for folks who are able to. I'm 29 and suffer from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and my knees already have the beginnings of arthritis from several dislocations. Would there be any way for me to safely get into the sport, or would I just end up doing more damage to myself? Should I (literally) sit this one out? Thanks, folks. (I do own a Landyachtz cruiser board, but I'm still very wobbly and unstable on it :/)

Edit: From what you folks are saying, seems like it's definitely better to remain a fan rather than a participant. Time to pick up a copy of Pro Skater 2 :B Thanks.

7 Comments
2024/10/28
16:13 UTC

0

How to do a ollie

I'm new to skate boarding and I want to know how to ollie

12 Comments
2024/10/28
13:07 UTC

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Has anyone tried the new Peralta dragon formula 88a ? There are barely any reviews around

Just bought some and wondering how they feel and slide

15 Comments
2024/10/28
07:21 UTC

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Why does my front foot move closer to my back foot while I shuvit

Please help

8 Comments
2024/10/28
01:02 UTC

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New to skateboarding..

Hey guys! I am writing the post because I would like to know more. Two days ago I was with my friends in a skatepark and one of my friends had a skateboard. I was curious because he was skateboarding around a year and he is good at it. He asked me , if I want to give it a shot (I was only skateboarding in skate 3 so I didn't had any experience with skateboard). But anyway I tried and for the first time it was bad what do you expect but I was driving and driving and I liked it. Even if my friend was laughing cause I didn't had any balance and was driving first time with my hands in pockets lmao. And when I came back from skatepark to home I got a little keen to start skateboarding, so I started surfing the internet and I found a used globe on the brink 8,25 skateboard for 42$ (it has some scratches on nose and tail because some guy's daughter was giving a shot on a parking lot and braked so it had only one session, and the board cost 114$ in skate shop).And I would like to ask if its a good skateboard for the beginner and also some advices how to start etc.(my driving skills are not that good cause I just pull two times and that's it , it was my first experience with a skateboard) I would be grateful for help :))

PS:Sorry for any mistakes of my English writing, I from Poland and my English is not quite good ://

3 Comments
2024/10/28
00:37 UTC

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Any tips on not being scared when just riding on steep hills

I’m gonna go to a park this Friday and it’s pretty steep and i keep eating the ground every time i try them. Please help

5 Comments
2024/10/27
21:24 UTC

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Ankle hurts when doing tricks

Literally first ollie of the session and im already limping, even worse on kickflips. i rolled my flicking ankle 3 weeks ago, and my popping ankle 1 week ago, they feel normal but right when i try tricks is when flicking ankle feel bad again.

6 Comments
2024/10/27
15:34 UTC

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Skate shoes

Which shoes last longest and not very expensive?

Thanks.

20 Comments
2024/10/27
13:05 UTC

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