This a BRILLIANT tutorial! I've had my first ever surf skate for a month & it's been huge fun, but a bit frustrating! This video really is a game changer, especially the foot placement & 4 different body movements! THANKYOU!!! :)
Thanks millions for that tutorial!!! I’m almost 50 yo, beginner surfer, out of shape, never stood on a skateboard or snowboard before. Bought a surfskate today, put on my mtb-safety gear and instantly went out with the board. I tried to copy you exactly and really managed to ride!! Easier than I thought!! Goal of today was wiggling to some speed and start to incorporate knees. Soooooo great tutorial and so fun!! Felt great! The big trick for me was to really put weight on the front truck, as you also instruct. Thanks again, you made my day!!!
the wiggle got me nowhere, but the power of the hips does the trick! Knees and feet follow. TYSM for your videos, they are soooo motivating and helpful!
Lightbulb video right here!! So helpful! I'm a rubbish surfer looking to do some dry land practice (i know i know, for non surfers....), and this really pointed out some of the basic things that had been holding me back!
Got my first ever surfskate (SmoothStar Manta Ray) yesterday. Didnt skate before and went surfing just one time for a week. Some of the trys to Pump allready worked after this video😊 The technique isnt as hard as I thought, but my Fitness was allready done after half an hour😅. Every Pump feels like a squat, so it felt like doing squats for half an hour straight😂 Thanks for the Tutorial👍🏻
Its hard, i really feel old trying to. I wish there was someone close by that can teach me but there is no other surfskater than me. Love this guide and hope a senile bastard like me can learn this .
Thanks mate! Just picked up my first skate - a smoothstar (at 50!) no experience really other than dabbling at board sports, and within an hour i was carving! So much fun!
Great video. You could also call it surf skating for golfers! Same principle of arms, hips, legs working together. Just in case someone is looking for cross training ideas
hi steve ,so many thanks for this video, im french guy 60, just start skate, very usefull video, my body is more flexible right now, very good help, thanks, ....
Thanks so much for your videos, I had my first 2 hours of surfskating (didn’t skate at all before) and thanks to your vids I was prepped. Love surfskating so much now.
I have been carefully trying to select a surfskate and the green room is in the top 3. I'm 6'2" at 200 and with my stance this seems like the board. I've been shying away from the slide board because I think I'll like the wider deck of the carver. Thanks for your videos and web content.
The broader your stance the less energy it takes to push, the more speed you will be able to generate. The tail stance is good for ollies and kickturns, but is not necessary for pumping. I think its good practice to at least get comfortable with tail stances. What helped me out with pumping was going uphill, you can't wiggle your way up, you have to pump your way up, so if you ain't going forward you are using a bad technique. Just turn around and try again, generate some speed on flat ground and once you go up you start pumping as far you can go. Uphill pumping makes the forces more noticeable, it just gives you a better sense of the physics involved.
Thank you for this awesome video! After watching this video and riding my surfskate the third time ever, I got so much better! I got into a nice flow for the first time and damn - it feels good! 😀 PS: Tips for any other beginner out there! Warming up and practising falling for 30mins prior to a session helped me alot! 🙂
Hi Steve. I used your surfskate recommendation tool on your website and I got a Waterborne. I tried it out today and I really dig it. Once I found the grove it felt like I was a warm knife buttering up some toast. Reminds me a little of snowboard through fresh powder actually. Can't wait for an extended run tomorrow. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. Great tutorial. This is probably a silly question but how come we need to go from heel to toe in a zigzag shape to generate speed?
i was skating today and discovered something , the higher and more extended i draw my circle with my back hand , the stronger my pumps are also the more i can lean out off center
I just bought my first surfskate, in fact first skate ever at the age of 54! (What am I doing! my wife is convinced this has 'Emergency Room' written all over it) I tried that heel / toe wiggles and I assume you need to give yourself a bit of push to get going? If I just do heel / toe the board just rocks back and forth and no movement? I am getting better on gentle slopes but that is just gravity pulling me down. I'll keep going and hopefully something will click soon and I'll be carving with the best of them. Love the shoes by the way, are those Vans?
Hey Steve. Awesome video! So I edited my original question because I realized it could be quite subjective. Would you please share the specs of your board used in your video? In advance, THANK YOU. Once I get my surfskate board, I’m looking forward to taking your online course. In advance, thank you.
I am 5'10 179cm I am looking forward to buy a carver surfskate which truck will you recommend for going long distance and carving really smooth? the cx or c7 truck?
Well, there are disadvantages both ways. If it's too short, your front foot will sit too far forward over the front trucks and you could jackknife. Also, pumping is not as efficient. If it's too long, it's harder to pump.
@@SurfskateLove thank you for getting back to me. My board is 30". I'm 171cm tall and weigh 68kgs. I've read this size is actually fine for me but worried I was too impulsive on my purchase. It feels like alot of hard work compared to my friend who has a 32" board.
Be keen to see a review on 66 surfskates. They look like really good quality build for the price, similar to cx4 style truck. I would love to know your thoughts on a comparison.
Btw, I'm in Thailand and it's out of control here. Grandparents to 2yr olds out in force, wiggling away all over the country every evening. Don't know where it came from or where it's going, but it's crazy! Maybe same would have happened if the 70s & 80s skate fads were driven by social media...
@@clintonvargas5050 Yeah I've been watching it on Instagram. Crazy stuff. My understanding is that some celebrities started putting surfskating in music videos and that's how it exploded.
This video is great! Thank you! I just want to support you and get the course. These movements apply to pumping on all the boards right not just surfboards? Thank you so much! I currently have loaded Icarus with really soft bushings and a landyachtz dinghy. Both are pumpabale but of course not as much as the surfskate.
Thanks for the video with great advice. Do you think it is possible to learn Surfskate with Original S6 trucks ? They seems to be great for carving and pumping. Thanks a lot in advance for your answer.
Not at all. Those are the trucks used on Hamboards, and they are very hard to pump. Reason being, they are the same on both the front and back. On other surfskates, the magic isn't just the special truck on the front. It's the combination of the swiveling front truck and a stable rear truck. A stable rear truck enables the pumping motion on the front. Without it, both your trucks are doing the same thing and it's very hard to pump.
@@SurfskateLove Thanks a lots for your deep answer. I asked these question (several months ago) because I already had my Original S6 trucks and I wanted to know if they could be good for surfskate. It’s kind of funny because these trucks are maketed as "easy to pump" :D. Since then, I bought a USA Booster CX and sure it’s night and day. CX all the way :)
Congrats for the channel! Is that a Green Room with C7? I've read one of your posts where you said that CX were your favorite trucks. Have you recently changed your opinion regarding the trucks? I am a nonsurfer guy, 6'10ft tall who wants to use the skate 90% on the streets and 10% in a pump track or skate park (small ramps) , and I was wondering which is the best Carver truck and setup for me. I have read that in longer boards with CX is more difficult to pump. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance and regards from Madrid
I would go with C7 trucks if I were you. You can adjust them for parks and pump tracks. And longer boards on any surfskate truck will be a little harder to pump than shorter boards.
This a BRILLIANT tutorial! I've had my first ever surf skate for a month & it's been huge fun, but a bit frustrating! This video really is a game changer, especially the foot placement & 4 different body movements! THANKYOU!!! :)
Great to hear!
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BRILLIANT!!! Agree! 🔥
Best tutorial ever. I'm a goofy too, and watching a goofy teacher really helps!!!
Thanks millions for that tutorial!!! I’m almost 50 yo, beginner surfer, out of shape, never stood on a skateboard or snowboard before. Bought a surfskate today, put on my mtb-safety gear and instantly went out with the board. I tried to copy you exactly and really managed to ride!! Easier than I thought!! Goal of today was wiggling to some speed and start to incorporate knees. Soooooo great tutorial and so fun!! Felt great! The big trick for me was to really put weight on the front truck, as you also instruct.
Thanks again, you made my day!!!
the wiggle got me nowhere, but the power of the hips does the trick! Knees and feet follow. TYSM for your videos, they are soooo motivating and helpful!
Nice video Steve! Keep em coming
Thanks, man! Much appreciated.
i love there's not a single push in this video! can't wait to try this out, thanks for the tutorial bro
The most useful surf skate for beginners ever!!!
I’ve tried all your techniques and it works amazingly.THANKS!
Great to hear! Thank you!
Just picked up my Yow Malibu and this really helped me. I was pumping almost instantly. Thank you for the great tutorials
Lightbulb video right here!! So helpful! I'm a rubbish surfer looking to do some dry land practice (i know i know, for non surfers....), and this really pointed out some of the basic things that had been holding me back!
Very good, others explain it super complicated, but you are the best! Just took me 5 min to gain speed. Thx a lot
This is pure awesomeness 👌
this really helped me, the body isolation and breaking it down using the ankle first, then knee ... thanks
Got my first ever surfskate (SmoothStar Manta Ray) yesterday. Didnt skate before and went surfing just one time for a week. Some of the trys to Pump allready worked after this video😊
The technique isnt as hard as I thought, but my Fitness was allready done after half an hour😅. Every Pump feels like a squat, so it felt like doing squats for half an hour straight😂
Thanks for the Tutorial👍🏻
Yeah, man, it'll work muscles you didn't even know you had until you get used to it.
Great tutorial! Props to both the coach and the camera operator!
Its hard, i really feel old trying to. I wish there was someone close by that can teach me but there is no other surfskater than me. Love this guide and hope a senile bastard like me can learn this
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Wow, im a student now of surfskate love. Yahoooooo!
Thanks mate! Just picked up my first skate - a smoothstar (at 50!) no experience really other than dabbling at board sports, and within an hour i was carving! So much fun!
Awesome!
Such a brilliant tutorial for beginners. You nailed it :) Things make a lot more sense now :)
Great video. You could also call it surf skating for golfers! Same principle of arms, hips, legs working together. Just in case someone is looking for cross training ideas
Man you made it so easy! Thanks a lot.
I just started with surfskate, thank you
Brilliant. Dont own a surfskate right now but will learn from this video once i get my hands on one.
Superb! Extremely helpful - Thank you 🙂
hi steve ,so many thanks for this video, im french guy 60, just start skate, very usefull video, my body is more flexible right now, very good help, thanks, ....
brilliant processes!
Thanks so much for your videos, I had my first 2 hours of surfskating (didn’t skate at all before) and thanks to your vids I was prepped. Love surfskating so much now.
Thanks for this tutorial. Feet knees hip shoulder integration. Will pracgice more.
THANK YOU STEVE !!! When the board will arrive, this is going to save me a ton of troubles and frustration I'm sure!
Thank you Steve. Really appreciate these helpful advice
Thank you!
Muchas Gracias me has ayudado mucho
Poetry in motion and inspirational! Top tips! Thank You,
I love ur tutorials!!!
I couldn't focus here because your shoes are so nice lol 😆 😂 I want them
Thank you for this!! Been trying to get pumping down and nothing made sense until this! Can’t wait to get out there and try after watching this
Bonjour
Vous avez raison
Il est dommage, que des vidéos en français de cette qualité n ' existent pas
Dude you are the greatest, can't wait to try this out! Such a solid explanation, you've made a subscriber out of me!
Brillante pédagogie, simple et efficace ! Bravo et merci pour ce partage de connaissances.
I have been carefully trying to select a surfskate and the green room is in the top 3. I'm 6'2" at 200 and with my stance this seems like the board. I've been shying away from the slide board because I think I'll like the wider deck of the carver. Thanks for your videos and web content.
Greenroom sounds perfect for you!
Thank you so much!!! I can turn now!!!!!!
Your the best I just got mine so this will be really helpful!
I've watched so many tutorials and I'm still struggling to get started. However this tutorial has been the simplest and really breaks it down.
This is such a helpful video. Thank you!
You're the best teacher of this!
I'm glad you find it helpful!
The broader your stance the less energy it takes to push, the more speed you will be able to generate. The tail stance is good for ollies and kickturns, but is not necessary for pumping. I think its good practice to at least get comfortable with tail stances.
What helped me out with pumping was going uphill, you can't wiggle your way up, you have to pump your way up, so if you ain't going forward you are using a bad technique. Just turn around and try again, generate some speed on flat ground and once you go up you start pumping as far you can go. Uphill pumping makes the forces more noticeable, it just gives you a better sense of the physics involved.
Thanks so much for your videos,
Muy bien explicado, paso por paso. Thanks!
Excellent ad usual! I have been learning a lot from your videos! Thank you so much, Steve!
Cela donne envie, c'est clair, bravo!
Man, what a great lesson! Thanks very much for this!
Hello, the video clip is very useful. Now that Thailand is starting and popular to play, thank you for the excellent tactics.
Great to hear! Thank you!
brilliant explanation
Thank you for this awesome video!
After watching this video and riding my surfskate the third time ever, I got so much better! I got into a nice flow for the first time and damn - it feels good! 😀
PS: Tips for any other beginner out there! Warming up and practising falling for 30mins prior to a session helped me alot! 🙂
Thanks..awesome video. I am total beginner after 2 sessions still can’t get the board to move from standstill😅. Will try from your step 1
Great trip, thanks.
D'You have any instructions how to start pumping on twin tip longboard?
Yep! Start by replacing it with a real surfskate that actually pumps, haha. :-)
Great tuto thank you mate
Hi Steve. I used your surfskate recommendation tool on your website and I got a Waterborne. I tried it out today and I really dig it. Once I found the grove it felt like I was a warm knife buttering up some toast. Reminds me a little of snowboard through fresh powder actually. Can't wait for an extended run tomorrow. Thank you!
Awesome, that's great to hear! Thanks for sharing.
Which waterborne would you recomend?
great tutorial
Brilliant..❤
awesome review thanks steve! come surf with me in florida, you'd be good
Let's do it!
great stuff mate!
All your tips are great! Thank you so much! 🤙
Great tutorial man. Keep up the reviews and tutorials
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful.
Thank you this.
Hi Steve, from Japan 👍👋👋
Thank you
Super nice tutorial Steve. Thanks heaps for this :)
Great to hear, thank you!
Hello! I’m 5’0 and a beginner I would like to know which carver surfskate board would be versatile and best for me on the long run.
surfskate.love/choose-surfskate/
Thank you sir! 🤙
Very useful.
Thank You very much
Very useful
Thank you 😊💕
Thanks my bro🙏🙏🙏
You should try surfing since you surf skate I am sure you will be kinda good at surfing
Surfing is 99% paddling (even for Kelly Slater), hard to practice that on a skateboard...Haha.
Ya Ik
Which Carver board are you using exactly.. ?
Great video..👆
This is the Greenroom C7.
Thank you so much for this video. Great tutorial. This is probably a silly question but how come we need to go from heel to toe in a zigzag shape to generate speed?
Because the momentum is generated by the thrust of your rear truck going one way, which pushes your front truck the opposite way.
GAME CHANGER 🤙🤙🤙
Thanks 🤙
i was skating today and discovered something , the higher and more extended i draw my circle with my back hand , the stronger my pumps are also the more i can lean out off center
Question - how tight / loose should the trucks be?! Thanks! 🙏
That's all just personal preference. What truck are you using?
Is this close to snowboarding too? I do longboard
Your camera guy, he can't possibly drink all the beer he's earned with this one!
She! My daughter. :)
Great video! What truck system are you using here?
This is the Carver C7 truck.
Hey. Thanks. Very clean and useful tips for a starter. And you definitely have a very nice pair of shoes. May I know the brand?
Thanks! These are Vans.
Those are really nice shoes, what are they? Where'd you get them? I want a pair!
They're Vans, and I don't think they're available anymore.
Thank you SIR!!!!!!!🙏🏼
I just bought my first surfskate, in fact first skate ever at the age of 54! (What am I doing! my wife is convinced this has 'Emergency Room' written all over it) I tried that heel / toe wiggles and I assume you need to give yourself a bit of push to get going? If I just do heel / toe the board just rocks back and forth and no movement? I am getting better on gentle slopes but that is just gravity pulling me down. I'll keep going and hopefully something will click soon and I'll be carving with the best of them. Love the shoes by the way, are those Vans?
Yeah, they're Vans, but I don't think they're available anymore. Keep at it!
Hey Steve. Awesome video!
So I edited my original question because I realized it could be quite subjective.
Would you please share the specs of your board used in your video?
In advance, THANK YOU.
Once I get my surfskate board, I’m looking forward to taking your online course.
In advance, thank you.
Found the answer in one of your other videos. Thank you.
ua-cam.com/video/c0cc-jtnl5E/v-deo.html
soulboardiy.com/revolution/
I am 5'10 179cm I am looking forward to buy a carver surfskate which truck will you recommend for going long distance and carving really smooth? the cx or c7 truck?
I think you'd be fine with either, but I'd go with the C7.
This is a great tutorial. I'm a bit worried my board is short. Is it better to have a long or short board as a beginner or does it not matter?
Well, there are disadvantages both ways. If it's too short, your front foot will sit too far forward over the front trucks and you could jackknife. Also, pumping is not as efficient. If it's too long, it's harder to pump.
@@SurfskateLove thank you for getting back to me. My board is 30". I'm 171cm tall and weigh 68kgs. I've read this size is actually fine for me but worried I was too impulsive on my purchase. It feels like alot of hard work compared to my friend who has a 32" board.
Be keen to see a review on 66 surfskates. They look like really good quality build for the price, similar to cx4 style truck. I would love to know your thoughts on a comparison.
First I've heard of them. They're currently out of stock but I'll grab one when I can. Thanks!
@@SurfskateLove Thanks for the reply, your videos are on point with genuine honest reviews. Best resource in this space.
Btw, I'm in Thailand and it's out of control here. Grandparents to 2yr olds out in force, wiggling away all over the country every evening. Don't know where it came from or where it's going, but it's crazy! Maybe same would have happened if the 70s & 80s skate fads were driven by social media...
@@clintonvargas5050 Yeah I've been watching it on Instagram. Crazy stuff. My understanding is that some celebrities started putting surfskating in music videos and that's how it exploded.
This video is great! Thank you! I just want to support you and get the course. These movements apply to pumping on all the boards right not just surfboards? Thank you so much! I currently have loaded Icarus with really soft bushings and a landyachtz dinghy. Both are pumpabale but of course not as much as the surfskate.
Nice view behind
Thanks for the video with great advice. Do you think it is possible to learn Surfskate with Original S6 trucks ? They seems to be great for carving and pumping. Thanks a lot in advance for your answer.
Not at all. Those are the trucks used on Hamboards, and they are very hard to pump. Reason being, they are the same on both the front and back. On other surfskates, the magic isn't just the special truck on the front. It's the combination of the swiveling front truck and a stable rear truck. A stable rear truck enables the pumping motion on the front. Without it, both your trucks are doing the same thing and it's very hard to pump.
@@SurfskateLove Thanks a lots for your deep answer. I asked these question (several months ago) because I already had my Original S6 trucks and I wanted to know if they could be good for surfskate. It’s kind of funny because these trucks are maketed as "easy to pump" :D. Since then, I bought a USA Booster CX and sure it’s night and day. CX all the way :)
This is bible for surf skate beginners
Thank a lot, this video unblock me and made me understand basics steps
That’s great to hear!
No one talks about trucks is it better to have tight trucks in the back or angle riser or a rail adapter?
How to generate more speed?
That's just personal preference. As far as generating speed, this video may help: ua-cam.com/video/XL5KX-RnkBs/v-deo.html
I just got my first surfskate. But I've got CX trucks. Are they harder to start off rather than a c7
How did it go?
Anyone know where I can get shoes like this exactly? Thanks friends
They're just Vans. Not sure if they're still available though.
Does this help with emulating pumping on a surfboard?
I'm sure a little, but you'd want to watch a surfer for that.
Congrats for the channel! Is that a Green Room with C7? I've read one of your posts where you said that CX were your favorite trucks. Have you recently changed your opinion regarding the trucks? I am a nonsurfer guy, 6'10ft tall who wants to use the skate 90% on the streets and 10% in a pump track or skate park (small ramps) , and I was wondering which is the best Carver truck and setup for me. I have read that in longer boards with CX is more difficult to pump. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance and regards from Madrid
I would go with C7 trucks if I were you. You can adjust them for parks and pump tracks. And longer boards on any surfskate truck will be a little harder to pump than shorter boards.
QUESTION: Do you put your weight on the front foot, back foot, or is it equally divided on both when pumping?
You should definitely be more weighted on the back foot.