5 Ways to Progress Faster in Skateboarding

How to Progress in Skateboarding Faster - If you're feeling stuck and you'd like to improve/get better at skateboarding fast, these are my top 5 tips and secrets that will help speed up your progression and get you back on track!

0:00 Quick Introduction
0:16 Forge Your Own Path
1:23 Choosing Your Crew
2:26 Stepping Stone Tricks
4:01 Skate Gear
5:14 Goals and Deadlines

Deck Sizing Recommendations
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Men's Shoe Size -- Deck Width
4-7 -- 7.0-7.75"
8-10 -- 7.5-8.25"
11-12 -- 7.75-8.5"
13+ -- 8.0"+
Note: If you prefer transition skating over street skating like me, choose a board on the wider end of the spectrum.

Choosing Trucks
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I recommend choosing trucks that are 1/4" narrower than your deck if you ever want to use the board to do freestyle tricks. Otherwise, getting trucks that are the exact same width as your deck is fine.

Choosing Wheels
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Choosing Bushings
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Skater's weight -- Bushing hardness

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Intro Music: ZEST - You. & Me?
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[Spelonker]

I'll add: Always have multiple tricks you want to learn. That way when one starts to frustrate you or you've spent an hour and not made any progress, swap over to a different one for a bit. This includes "non-tricks" like kickturns, throwdowns, cavemans (cavemen???), just pushing around at speed, etc. All of it contributes to control over your board so getting better at just generally riding around should help build up your confidence and balance.

[phantomt-rex]

If you are a beginner, don't give up just because everyone is better than you

[paradoxartworks]

I was on a rampage at one point, learning tricks in under an hour mostly and one of the secrets I practiced was to believe I already knew how to do the trick. Another tip you can try with any trick is to practice keeping the board below your feet.

[Grimmcatz]

Number 6... DONT QUIT! I see so many kids start to get there bearings on their board or just start to Ollie properly and they are DONE, never to be seen again. Don't get discouraged! Everyone even Tony Hawk couldn't stand on their board at one point, the more time you spend with your board and other skaters things will rub off on you and you will improve no matter what.

[abigaylschultz]

*skate with people that are better then you*

I’m the only skateboarder in my town, everyone else rides scooters 😂

[TinaShmina]

“Don’t turn it into a job” I’m kinda happy he said that, idk..

[allkinds]

This dude helped me pump on a board years ago, been flowing the parks since. I agree so much with the 'hanging around with better skaters' tip. Good vid

[tonisoda]

Shaved head, I knew this day would come, and I gotta say, lookin good

[astreet]

Hey buddy just wanted to say thanks for the info, I’m 35 yrs old and just picked up a board about 3 months ago. I just retired from racing dirt bikes and figured I would try something new, all I can say is you guys make it look a lot easier than it really is!! Thanks for the videos, I have watched a lot of different people teaching skating and your the best one so far! Keep up the good work!

[paradoxartworks]

When you start to learn a trick its about feeling the board out, getting familiar with how the trick forms. When you're having trouble landing a trick that you've been at for hours and you're too stubborn to give up and try another day, that's when you break down the trick into components (keeping the board below you, popping right, flicking at the right time, rotating your body, rotating the board).

[kaizenyashin]

Shoes, grip and board play a vital role in your progress. Don't stick with the same brand like its a religion. Not all shoes are the same quality. Those $40-50 slides may be affordable and work for you now, but eventually you will realize that they limiting your progress due to the design. Save up an extra 20-50 bucks and buy a shoe that will offer support and can take a beating.

The same can be said with other skate equipment. I recently bought a pair of Nyjah's SB Free and a new deck. I was able to bang out a nollie tre on the fourth try and a full cab with no pivot. I havent been able to nollie tre in over 5 years and it wasn't until I bought quality gear that I was able to land it.

[rsgthepvs]

Always practis tricks while riding at slow speeds. Never practis by standing becose while you practis standing you pic up bad habits with your shoulder positioning.

[oliverskou]

Being the best in the group and explaining every step to do a trick also has its benefits. Constantly having to explain the detail of a trick, makes you actively think more about each step and perfecting them. Repeating is key

[deftonesmetallica]

All the advice this dude says, really resonates with me, I feel that this is one of the best channels for teaching people skate. I'm 29 and starting skateboarding and the advice given to me by this man, has motivated me a lot, I don't feel embarrased anymore by trying to learn skate. Greetings from Tijuana Mexico dude!!

[ryanohara]

best advice i ever got: “just be chill” changed my life

[kyrahgeib]

the best advice ive gotten has been from strangers in the park encouraging me : ) also big thanks to the skate friends ive met who taught me so much!!!

[martinsandoval]

his posture is so good
it weirds me out

[iambodge]

I never felt like I was making progress skating and my mates always ended up being far better than me in the parks and I constantly tried learning tricks that they could do that I couldn’t, then I took the vids advice and found tricks I was interested (mainly pressure flips) and found skill level wasn’t much of a difference it was more an interest thing thanks man you kept me in the sport

[CertifiedChigga]

The skate with friends tip really helped so much, my friends always push me to keep trying when I feel like giving up. Thanks a lot!

[surrealisticinfinity]

Haha the diss of Braille was funny :D and also a very good point. I learned bs180's, kickflips and heelflips before I could fs 180. I learned that one later on when I understood skateboarding more.