I learned this when I was about 50. After I fell and got a sweet concussion it was all good after that. I figured it can't get any worse. The furthest I rode was about 10 miles on it. Great workout!
Got one of these like 8 years ago or so and had to learn by trial and error. I was only twisting the tail to speed up without relation to the nose lol. Just ordered a new one after giving my old one away to a family friend and cant wait to try it out
I had one about 10 or 12 years ago, rode it all the time while the kids rode their bikes, now I got one at a thrift store for $15 and got the smaller one for my 8 year old, he learned very quickly and now it’s literally all he wants to do, even inside and now I have to do some drywall repairs but at least he’s not staring at a screen all day.
I remember my cousins and siblings would play ripstick soccer. Was so much fun because the board is so maneuverable and you could get some cheeky kicks by flicking out the tail as you pass the ball.
I just found two of these on the side of the road. And it's way more comfortable than I could imagine. I didn't know I missed out on over a decade of this thing
Yeah I thought so as well until I practiced now I can get decent speed. I've only been practicing for a day and I've also gotten pretty aggravated with it but stick to it you'll get better.
Bought one in 2024 and I'm 30. No regrets. 😅 Also, first time I'm watching a how-to for it, and found out I was teaching myself wrong! (Mounting it backward cause it's easier for me, starting from a stop rather than a propulsion, no friend or wall helping me balance, etc. 😂). Gotta love that my natural instinct is to make it harder for myself!
Honestly this didn't catch on as well as it shouldve. Maybe the bright design and toy like feel. But its so relaxing, smooth and fun to use. Im on it for hours a day after work. Its such a great low impact exercise for your legs too.
Here's how to stop without looking like a noob. 1. Bend your knees and reach for the torsion bar in the middle. 2. Step off with your front foot and use that same foot to lift your body off the Ripstick while you pull the Ripstik forward off the ground by grabbing the torsion bar. 3. Move the Ripstik to your side and walk like a boss.
I’ve been riding a ripstik since 2010. I advise not taking it down a steep hill. I learned that the hard way a couple years ago and I used a car to balance.
The street I live on is on a hill and I’d bomb it with no helmet or pads or without knowing if there was gonna be a car at the intersection at the bottom. Rode that damn thing until the back wheel was so worn down to the bearing. Loved it so much.
@2looney29 I'd definitely go with the Classic. I have the Classic, the RipSter, and a friend of mine has the G. The Classic I use if I'm coasting around town or bombing some decent hills, (when I miss snowboarding enough haha) and the RipSter I'll use if I'm in the mood to just carry it/coast with it a little bit just to get somewhere close or to have a little fun, and I'd say the G is mostly for attempting skateboard tricks. Whatever you want to do, I'd start with the Classic.
Some people think that using your front foot to move is weird it is just easier to me and others and if that's hard to you just simply use your left foot mostly
My brother got a ripstik a few years ago and never used it since 2 years, so I pulled it out and find it hard to do the twist motion, should I get a new one?
This is good but some riders will need to mirror it, preferring to put their right foot in front. Nearly everyone has an innate preference but some aren't sure which foot likes to be in front and which foot pushes off. If you're struggling, try both ways.
😂😂 I bought one from Walmart but haven't tried it yet. I thought it adjusts but I found out it doesn't. Welp, guess I'll have some Bruises & busted Knee Caps tomorrow. 😂
Me and my friends found ripstiks by the trash. I took them home cleaned them and then learned how to ride them. They didn't want to help so I sent it never fell never got hurt. it's really easy to ride
I already have a waveboard which is basically the same thing but cheaper.I really want. Ripstik air badly but it's just really expensive here in the Philippines
Found one in the park 2 day when back the board was still there then i said it was meant for me... Is not easy i fell down but i will learn to ride this stick.
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“If you don’t have a friend”
What a relief
I learned on my own!
I literally use a ripstik the same way as a skate board and it works
I cant relate more than this comment
Don't worry you can substitute your need of a friend with a wall.
Petrichor my life story
I got ripstik in 2020 and I can’t BELIEVE that I missed out this long
same here lmaoo
Haha same! I'm watching this video now
Same! I got so bored cause of quarintine but ive been missing out for an entire decade!
Same!!!
Saaame
Am I the only one watching this in 2020 during quarantine because I have nothing better to do
No your not 🤝
Nope I’m here
same here😔
Im not in 2020
I am lmao
the guy said if you don't have a friend use a wall FOREVER ALONE XD.
Same
marc morcilla lol
I’ve been using a wall
I'll stick with the wall
yeh lol
Ikr
Same
Literally
Yeah that's so embarrassing have a friend help you
I watched this in 2009 right after I got my RipStik and now I'm watching it again in 2020
Same!
Hashtag relearning 🤣
I learned this when I was about 50. After I fell and got a sweet concussion it was all good after that. I figured it can't get any worse. The furthest I rode was about 10 miles on it. Great workout!
You’re insane man. That’s awesome
Wow 😲 are you ok? Reminds me of me getting a scooter, getting super drunk and falling and busting my lip. The alcohol literally saved my life 😭
Got one of these like 8 years ago or so and had to learn by trial and error. I was only twisting the tail to speed up without relation to the nose lol. Just ordered a new one after giving my old one away to a family friend and cant wait to try it out
it sucks that it has a limit on what kind of terrains you can ride it on.
Apple try going up hill
@@punman5392 HAH *no.*
OFF ROAD RIP STICK!
Yeah alot of roads are rocky and sidewalks will send you flying if they are old and have large gaps and steep stones
Yeah I’m really disappointed being I have no where to learn and I don’t have a helmet so I don’t want to try on concrete
I'm 60 and learned in 10 minutes, but not smooth yet
Jdogg Nathan’s ???
Jdogg Nathan’s way to be a dry piece of shet under that has been under the sun for too long
@Not My Name riding a carver on my half pipes down here in so. Mexico.
@@Jimmy-jr4bj if retired, surfing, skating half pipes and playing music everyday is old and dead? I'm dead as fuck! What did you do this week?
@@Jimmy-jr4bj did you insult people about their age and death? Or is it easier faceless?
I have 7 years with my ripstick, I can ride it but never learnt how to get on it, so now I'm watching every ripstick video
I love how at 0:20 they say where all your safety gear and yet the guy is only waring a helmet :3
you only really need a helmet
dgxe fnt🙂😎😋😍🙂😏
@@rajnibadwani8727 r/ihadastroke
BestMegaGamer wear*
Wear*wearing*
I had one about 10 or 12 years ago, rode it all the time while the kids rode their bikes, now I got one at a thrift store for $15 and got the smaller one for my 8 year old, he learned very quickly and now it’s literally all he wants to do, even inside and now I have to do some drywall repairs but at least he’s not staring at a screen all day.
I remember my cousins and siblings would play ripstick soccer. Was so much fun because the board is so maneuverable and you could get some cheeky kicks by flicking out the tail as you pass the ball.
I wanna see how this looks like lol
Just thrifted one for $3.50, hands down my best purchase ever
i just got a ripstick and its 2017
and that vid was taken in 2009, wow ;-;
Alexandra Long 2018 and I just got one
2018 I I just got one
I also got
2012
jackson. how old are you guys?
I’m 33 learning to ride one of these so I can help my 8 year old learn. Pray for my knees and back.
How'd it go Mr. Shackelford?
@@MC-dz8be I learned and my son now 10 is quite capable of riding. My clumsy 8 yo daughter is not able to ride yet.
@rustyshackelford3781 damn, that's awesome bro! I'm sure your daughter will get it soon too!
@@rustyshackelford37812 years ago and now 7 days ago... how is it going? I just bought mine and want to ride too
About to buy my first ripstik off marketplace and I can’t wait to learn, I longboard and this looks like it’s gonna be so fun!
I just found two of these on the side of the road. And it's way more comfortable than I could imagine. I didn't know I missed out on over a decade of this thing
That's crazy my friend I have just found one outside on the road too I am curious about it
bro i jus found one too
Whose here for the Nostalgia? The good old days when we used to battle and stuff lol
Ripstik vs ripstik surf board death battle
13 y.o learned it in one hour by a help of a sibling! So fun actually. Still need a push to move, but almost well! This video helped much~
If you don't have a friend...... That's me alright.
Same here. 🙄😭
I’m so old, I can remember watching this as a kid. Crazy that I’m here 10 years later!
gaining speed is not that easy....
Ikr? If you've gotten any more info on gaining speed and turning in 6 years, then tell us!
Yeah I thought so as well until I practiced now I can get decent speed. I've only been practicing for a day and I've also gotten pretty aggravated with it but stick to it you'll get better.
What I basically do is wave the back part faster and it kinda works
Bruh seven years do they still even make ripsticks?😭
@@jackpokrywka542 UES they still make them
So helpful! Rotating the front foot feels very difficult. I can only manage to speed up with the back foot so far.
i am just learning to ride the rip stick and on my first day i could do all execpt the stopping because i didn´t watch it today is the first day
Sweet video! My son (11) got his Ripstick last year and he loves it!! Thanks for the videos!!
Everyone is saying they're watching this in 2019 or 2020 and think that's cool. But I'm watching this a few days before 2022
My dad just bought me a ripstick, i already tried step 2. Thanks for the tut! Really helpful!
I agree, It's very well explained and helpful.
Bought one in 2024 and I'm 30. No regrets. 😅
Also, first time I'm watching a how-to for it, and found out I was teaching myself wrong! (Mounting it backward cause it's easier for me, starting from a stop rather than a propulsion, no friend or wall helping me balance, etc. 😂). Gotta love that my natural instinct is to make it harder for myself!
Honestly this didn't catch on as well as it shouldve. Maybe the bright design and toy like feel. But its so relaxing, smooth and fun to use. Im on it for hours a day after work. Its such a great low impact exercise for your legs too.
2023 just got it off Facebook Marketplace for $5 😂 got a helmet from Walmart for $30.. let’s do this
8year old me come outside with my ripstick,da boys on their porch knowing what time it is 💪
I’ll stand by this product and say when I first started learning how to snowboard I was terrible and it really did help me having this
I found a nice one cleaning out a tenants apt. I'm 50 so a little nervous...I do snowboard tho, once you get going is the footwork similar?
I for this like 2 years ago and never touched it, just learned how to do it in 15 minutes with this video. Thank you.
Here's how to stop without looking like a noob.
1. Bend your knees and reach for the torsion bar in the middle.
2. Step off with your front foot and use that same foot to lift your body off the Ripstick while you pull the Ripstik forward off the ground by grabbing the torsion bar.
3. Move the Ripstik to your side and walk like a boss.
Video really helped me learn how to ride A ripstick
Why am I watching this even though I already know how to ride a ripstik
Haha same tho
Woah someone watched this 19 hours ago for the same reason which is for no reason. 🤯
Damn I was about to ask you
Nostalgia
Lucky haha
I got one for christmas cant wait to learn how to ride it and ride at the park when im bored so ready to have fun. :D
WazyChris ...6 Christmases letter...
It is fun I just need to know how to get faster 😔
I’ve been riding a ripstik since 2010. I advise not taking it down a steep hill. I learned that the hard way a couple years ago and I used a car to balance.
Lol same, scraped the shit out of my knees jumping off
ughh i cant do it
The street I live on is on a hill and I’d bomb it with no helmet or pads or without knowing if there was gonna be a car at the intersection at the bottom. Rode that damn thing until the back wheel was so worn down to the bearing. Loved it so much.
I havent ride on in 5 years but i found it and im still using it
The guy doing the demonstration makes it look so frigging EASY!
Anyone here on Christmas because one of your family members thought it would be funny to get you a RipStik
Yes
Here I am in 2024. My friend just got one.
my parents got a ripstik for me and my siblings for christmas a while back and i just now took it out of storage so i guess it’s time to learn
Thank you so much i finally got the hang of the ripstick :D took me like 1.5 months but it was worth it
Dude thanks I could never got this but this is scary so ya i got my rips tickets from my brothers boss and I’m happy that she or he gave it to me
I always started with the back foot first... I'm so stupid 😐
Kayla Fitzpatrick I did that too
Lol same
Wow, I did that too! 🤪😎
Kayla Fitzpatrick same... but is that because I’m left handed???
Same
Yooo 2023 just got it off salvation army for 14$ wish me luck lmao
Thank you so much for this video! Learned a lot of information my former rip stik teacher so foolishly left out of my first lesson!
still watching this in 2023
yeonjun looked so cool riding it and it looked like sm fun since i like boarding already so this has been my new obsession ive been missing out
He did a great job explaining it’s just I still can’t seem to be able to pick up speed the way he does I start wobbling then I crash.
This video is much better than the DVD I got with my Ripstik when I first bought it.
wow! i was just wondering how to gain speed on these, thanks dude ;)
@2looney29 I'd definitely go with the Classic. I have the Classic, the RipSter, and a friend of mine has the G. The Classic I use if I'm coasting around town or bombing some decent hills, (when I miss snowboarding enough haha) and the RipSter I'll use if I'm in the mood to just carry it/coast with it a little bit just to get somewhere close or to have a little fun, and I'd say the G is mostly for attempting skateboard tricks. Whatever you want to do, I'd start with the Classic.
That's what I got. Haven't used it yet but I will try tomorrow. Yay!
0:57 ouch why you gotta be like that
Learning to ride one of these so that I can get better at snowboarding
Bro i can't believe I've been missing out for so long its so badass
You can push these just like a skateboard - you go faster and your wheels last so much longer!
2019 homies hit that like
Some people think that using your front foot to move is weird it is just easier to me and others and if that's hard to you just simply use your left foot mostly
i also use my front foot instead of my right which is because that's how i learned to balance
My brother got a ripstik a few years ago and never used it since 2 years, so I pulled it out and find it hard to do the twist motion, should I get a new one?
I would get an origional. They have a rubber bar and are very easy to ride, with a bit of practice, of course
I live in a open area with no rails but only a sidewalk or walls got a l9t of course I have not got the hang or it yet but I'm working on it
Is it hard to learn to ride a rip stick
This is good but some riders will need to mirror it, preferring to put their right foot in front. Nearly everyone has an innate preference but some aren't sure which foot likes to be in front and which foot pushes off. If you're struggling, try both ways.
I remember I use to ride one of these in middle school and one day I went down a car walk with one and scorpion Ed myself good times good times
I was obsessed with this as a kid.
Me and my homie Cassius would cruise around the cul-de-sac like we was them niggas 😎
I am learning how to ride one and this vid helped me a little
Hey that and all is okay but how do u get a friend from?
I cant really do that wiggle part. so I can't gain speed and go forward. Can you help me in that?
I just bought one of these suckers for $10 on goodwill. Best $10 and destroyed knee caps EVER.
😂😂 I bought one from Walmart but haven't tried it yet. I thought it adjusts but I found out it doesn't. Welp, guess I'll have some Bruises & busted Knee Caps tomorrow. 😂
help! i think my ripstik is broken! when i put my left foot on the nose, the tail is not leveled with the nose!
😞
fcantil u can adjust it
@@arifadha7898 4 years too late
@@eitannoy2496 4 months too late
@@MC-nu7wn 5 weeks to late
@@nikhilmoodaley3590 3 weeks too late
do you have to tae off the rubber in the middle part. mine platforms don't seem to do the wave motion
Me and my friends found ripstiks by the trash. I took them home cleaned them and then learned how to ride them. They didn't want to help so I sent it never fell never got hurt. it's really easy to ride
I already have a waveboard which is basically the same thing but cheaper.I really want. Ripstik air badly but it's just really expensive here in the Philippines
Found one in the park 2 day when back the board was still there then i said it was meant for me... Is not easy i fell down but i will learn to ride this stick.
My mom just ordered my sister and I a ripstik and I can't wait to ride it!!!😁😁😁
Daughter just opened hers for her 8th birthday,i remember them from waaaay bacj lol will be fun to teach her😊
anyone else watched this because your brother bought one before you were born?
YES
I got one in 2015 and never rode until now
This video came out when i was 2 and im still riding these
“If you can oearn to ride a bycicle, you can learn to ride the ripstick.”
F***
Damn I felt that
@@RowsOfTeeth and i have two of them. i got a scooter, a bicycle, a hoverboard, a stakeboard, and a ripstik.
I just got one for christmas so i'm excited to try it
Busted my ass on these things in college one too many times I’m good lmao
I just started it 2 weeks it is so fun . I haven’t enjoyed anything else so much a
I got mine yesterday.
My brother used to do this all the time when he was younger, when these were very popular. Now in 2021 I’m bored so I’m trying it out! 😂🤣
i love mine i taught myself but i juss wanted to see how other people did it
I'm 32 and learning to ride with my daughter laughing at me from the garage.
My rip stick is 8 yrs old and the wheels are rusty. Can someone tell me how to fix this? Edit: just bought a skateboard lol
i learned how to ride a ripstick 8 years ago
Mine is 25 years old it's from my brother it's very rusty still in very good shape
Thank you so much this helped me a lot!!!
pov ur watching this in quarantine
Allie Fisher got this shit during cristmas trying to learn how to ride 💀
Ahhh bro this brings back memories