How To Skate Bowls & Skateparks For Beginners!

How to skate transition bowls starting with basics! From carving, pumping, dropping-in, to figure out the basics, and the mental state of how to skate bigger transition. It doesn't happen over night, but I hope these tips improve your transition skateboarding.

▬ Contents of this video ▬

0:00​​ - Introduction
0:32​ - How To Pump & Carve Bowls
4:18​​ - How To Drop-In
7:00​ - How To Roll-In
8:26​​ - How To Fall On Transition
11:00 - How To Grind Bowls

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[ZackDowdy]

I'm uploading daily in April, give me trick tip ideas below!!

[yotusiaol]

Here to appreciate how early in the AM you had to get to this park to film the empty bowl. Great vid as usual

[markpolitowicz]

Zack, thanks for the tips. With your tips I'm doing stuff at age 59 that I couldn't do at 18!

[kevinrice]

Thanks for the help dude classic case of street skater brain here

[Panchoxx]

the best tip I’ve ever gotten was to act like a bug was on your board and stomp it. That’s how I learned to drop in!!

[tim.jenkins]

drop in. get somebody to hold your hand.... i started skating at 45 and slammed so hard 3 times... i knew i could do it but i couldnt get the motion. finally after a month out in real put my ego away and asked the best skater at the park to hold my hand... he smiled and said yeah no worries... he watched my hard falls... within 10 mins i could do it... it took 3 goes with his hand and then a few where he was there by less help each time... he is now one of my best mates.... and 2 years on i hold so many kids hands.... they get it after 1 hold normally... dont take pain unecessary !!! accidents are different... this can be managed...

[talalcockar]

This series on transition skating has been really helpful for me. I was mostly skating street in my youth but now I'm enjoying skating transition a lot more and this is helping me figure it out.

[davepoplin]

I’m an old rebeginner and this video is super great and helpful. Thank you Zack!

[SkateandScripture]

My town is getting a bowl soon so i am super excited to learn how to skate one ive never tried before

[NoValsVideos]

Here to appreciate this video, man.
I'm 33, so this class was right on the spot.
Specifically, the option for the knee slide. Great content.

[robertgoodwin]

THANKS! Great video. Very helpful. I’m recovering from a concussion I got skating the big bowl at Fremont. I can’t wait to get back to the skatepark. I love the idea of the butt slide.
I’m 57 years young and 2 years skating. I’’m really starting to enjoy generating speed through pumping. Got my first 3 wheels out grind on the coping on a quarter pipe at Newark skatepark last week and that has me SUPER STOKED!
I really love skating pools/bowls. This summer my goal is to learn how to drop in. I can almost reach the tile in a 12 foot deep bowl starting by climbing in first. Thanks again for your efforts and I will watch more of your vids as I’m not allowed to skate for at least 1 week - but who’s counting🧨🤣💥 C’mon I feel fine today! (just kidding 👹)

[patrickisles]

I love skating bowls so much compared to anything else and, frankly, I find bowl and transition skating much easier than street. Sure, I love doing clean ollies and powerslides but transition skating is the most fun imo.

[BigAlSkateTutorials]

Killed it once again my friend! Great tips!!!

[danielwhite]

I'm rewinding the tip for how to roll in.
Next I would like to see tips for how to fly out.
Effective skids or reverts and fakie or switch carve techniques.
Thanks

[natedangernews]

Definitely needed this video for my pool skating confidence. If you could make a video about some basic coping tricks that would help a lot. I can comfortably flow most bowls and slash grind coping, but need some bread and butter tricks i can go to at all times. Thanks for the great video!

[Coogan_Beggs]

Awesome Zack ...just what i need right now. Im an older guy just getting back to skating after many years break and these were very useful tips! Thanks 👏

[paulopaixao]

Thanks so much Zack! These videos give me so much hype to skate transition. I'll be practicing this until I finally hit the copping. Droping in is also on my list, ways always afraid of it but I know it's just a matter of fully committing because the theory and the body movement I'm quite sure I already have it.

[fishthatdrounds]

The videos keep getting better & better with each one, much love

[carlosroubert]

Excellent advice and technique. The but slide. Clever! Never heard before but it makes a lot of sense. Thank you!

[jaluviano]

Dont ever stop making vids bro you’re the best