yes my brother, what I great time we hade on the skateboards even when we weren't in the water 🙌🏼 Hope to catch you sometime here in Europe man!!! I'm currently still in quarantine and studying 10+ hours a day for my med school finals :D - Life is great 😆
Thank you so much 🙌🏼 with the Medical School 🏫 finals behind me now I can start sharing everything that I filmed in Namibia I met Koa Smith and surfed with him - and also filmed that ;)
Thank you so much for that valuable feedback Daniel - I will keep on with the surfskate tutorials, once I'm back in germany end of next week - it's a bit rough filming those here in Namibia =)
This is an amazing tutorial! I'm really excited to try Tulio's technique. Right now I'm stuck in a rut in the same way you were, Chris -- loading my front foot and swinging my back foot gets me to 90 degrees max and I'm extremely lucky if I don't fall off. I love how you guys relate it back to surfing too!
Hey there, thanks for this amazing review of our video =) And yes sounds like you have the exact same problems I was/am struggling with. When you're trying to implement that new technique and unlearning the old habits, don't beat yourself up and know that it'll take some time to click. But I'm sure you will get this 🙌🏼
Excellent tutorial, I think front foot placement here is also really important to minimise jackknifing. You did a really good job at highlighting setting the rail, other tutorials missed this part. Keep up the good work!!
thanks a lot Jordan :) I think a lot of the tutorials really focus on the surfskater, with it becoming so popular, there are just so many people out who don’t care about it as a means of surf skill practice :)
Kool...Tulio is da man..Ive been doing them similar to you and lifting weight off my back foot to slide the back out..i,m using the surfskate as a surf training tool and glad i,ve got a better idea of how to do it properly in relation to surfing and engaging the rail..
yes he really is :) wow cool, you’ve got to take away something from that video. I def learned a lot that day and even more analyzing the video afterwards 🙌🏼
@@ChrisGenau yea its probably the best vid on the subject ive seen..you answer all of the things I would have asked and explain the differences between your style of doing it and Tulio,s..most tutorials are for the stylistic photo version rather than the surf equivalent version.
Thanks so much David 🙏🏼 yeah people really liked the analysis part of it - and since that’s my strong suit, of course I had to make it a part of this one 🙌🏼
Thanks for making these videos. I'm new here and new to sk8ing. Been surfskating a little over 2 months and it is the best exercise I have ever done. I hope to see more of your in depth analysis videos brother. Greets from Thailand my friend. Yew 🤙🤙🤙
hey my friend 👋 thanks so much for your kind words :) I’m currently in quarantine but preparing now to filming new videos. is there any specific maneuver/trick you would like to see analyzed next?
@@ChrisGenau ooh hope all is well. Get out of quarantine soon and back to having fun. I can't think of anything to analyze but I'm sure the comments section will provide you will some ideas. I am onboard with everything you produce Chris. Goodluck 🤙
Love the comparison between Tulio and your technique Chris, the emphasis on front leg extension/ heel side rail engagement was cool to see. On FS Snaps usually the arms lift up overhead in surfing so that might be your next work on after figuring out the front foot pressure. Would love to see skate to surf comparisons to see how it translates to your surfing also.
Thank you 🙏🏼 I’d love to see that too, but I struggle, probably like any surfer, to find someone with the time and will to follow me around on surftrips and hold the camera :D
Now, please correct me if I am wrong because although I was a hardcore surfer, that was quite a while ago. When you mentionned the snaps that look cool, but don't relate, I see several ways they relate; re-entry, off the lip, maybe even a floater, and just making a turn of the wave at a similar angle to stall out for the heck of it. At times, during these manouvers, we may extend the tail a little further(by accident or choice) and need to move our tail a bit to alter direction, or, we accidentally dig the rail in on a poor angle. I see it relates here to give us that certain muscle memory of engage/re-engage at an angle almost 90 degrees to the face of the wave. Also, often during these manouvers we are perhaps 'old school' and are only twisting 90 degrees to the face of the wave land these, not doing 360s. I like your videos and see you are good hearted. Any surfing videos to show surfskate translations to the water?
Hey there, I agree with you that I should’ve articulated better - that only for the carving to tail blow turn there is no relation of the aforementioned technique that would translate into the water. But you’re certainly right - especially a speed check to stall into the barrel is basically exactly the technique demonstrated by me on the surfskate. There is no such video of me surfing, because I usually do not have anyone to film me. So I only have go pro mouth mounted footage of myself surfing mostly. But I’m planning on extending on that the next few surf trips :) currently I’m all landlocked in Germany and going through my final year of med school. Thank you for your comment and taking the time to leave your thoughts 🙏🏼 I really appreciate that
Well I only skate my Carver stock wheels - the yard 70mm and duro 78a - they work fine for me in all the conditions I’ve skated so far. Streets, parks, bowl and even the rough sidewalks here in Namibia right now but I do use the surfskate a lot as a means of transportation so I need these softer wheels. if you want your board to slide easier and your mostly skating smooth concrete, you can go with smaller wheels and a little harder too - it will make the slides easier. but honestly it’s just about finding what feels right to you :)
well to be honest, Tulios setup can't even be considered that. The skatedeck is a old and worn down regular skateboard, and the trucks are some generic trucks he got once - he doesn't even have skate hardware so they were screwed in with regular bolts, with the head being a little too big so they're sticking out on top of the deck. To be fair it's amazing how he's still able to skate that thing - and showed me again that correct technique is much more important than the system one is skating 🤙🏼
@@ChrisGenau Thanks Chris. I am clear where I am failing: lack of commitment and confidence in the maneuver. I see it clear in my mind, but the last fall still hurts. I am 48 years old and I tend to be more conservative and less risky.
@@davidcondes ah I See - well in that case first a big shoutout to you for getting after it anyways. Being less risky isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it keeps you from hurting yourself - however there is a threshold that you need to identify for yourself, where you feel like it’s starting to hold you back too much. I have two tips for that. 1st and probably a faster fix (if you’re not doing that already) wear some protection to ease your mind and be able to take more risks again. 2nd explore your fears and if these are founded on true chances of you really possibly injuring yourself or if these are maybe a bit overly exaggerated and you’re just having too many concerns :) Whatever it might be - I hope you’ll keep it up and progress through it
@@ChrisGenau You‘re welcome. I miss the term powerslide as i saw Tulios nice technique, because its the basic of this move. But nice tutorial to show up whats possible with snaps and slides 👍
@@zefe3886 I have 1,5 more weeks before I’m finally done with med school and have time again to live my creative life here on UA-cam :)) working 48h weeks in the hospital this past year has been taking so so much more time and focus than expected. But there is some light at the end of the tunnel and I’m happy some of you guys are still here and looking forward to more videos :))
@@ChrisGenau understand, mate. Hardship before success. Persevere and things will be better someday. Take your time, my friend. Whenever you are ready. Looking forward to more vids from you 🙏🏻
Nice video! Very clear, also awesome program, what program is this on the ipad? You also edit on the ipad? But I am going to practice this, I do it exactly the same way you do it, disconnect upper and lower and counter rotate from each other. For some reason that is the most natural thing to do, but committing to your new technique is scary dude! Have you tried on his board btw? It could also be that your wheels arent hard enough and you need more force to get it sliding (just a thought)
Wow thanks so much for that feedback :) Yep committing can be scary in the beginning, but it gets so nice once it starts clicking with that technique 🙌🏼 Tulios board is super old, wheels are almost the same ^^ but to be honest it’s quite impressive that he’s able to skate that board at all That app is called “Coach’s eye” from the App Store - it’s great And yes I also edit on the iPad with an app called LumaFusion. Super powerful for most of the things I’m doing - when I’ve made enough money from the buymeacoffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/chrisgenau I’m upgrading to Final Cut Pro and also the camera ^^
Damn watching this is memories on memories 🤙🇳🇦 very happy that i could help. Hope to see you soon chris 🤙🔥
yes my brother, what I great time we hade on the skateboards even when we weren't in the water 🙌🏼
Hope to catch you sometime here in Europe man!!! I'm currently still in quarantine and studying 10+ hours a day for my med school finals :D - Life is great 😆
Dope clip Chris! Have a great time in Namibia!
Thank you so much 🙏 for the feedback and the wishes 🙌🏼
Great to see vids coming from Namibia! Keep up the great content!
Thank you so much 🙌🏼 with the Medical School 🏫 finals behind me now I can start sharing everything that I filmed in Namibia
I met Koa Smith and surfed with him - and also filmed that ;)
Great help! Thank you! Tulio, spend time pushing regular instead of Mongo. It worked for me in one summer. Now my push is stylish and strong
Thank you, and I kept telling him that as well :D he's too young and doesn't want to listen :D
Great stuff Chris! Super relevant I haven’t seen this anywhere else. Bring more technique vids please! Enjoy surfing…
Thank you so much for that valuable feedback Daniel - I will keep on with the surfskate tutorials, once I'm back in germany end of next week - it's a bit rough filming those here in Namibia =)
This is an amazing tutorial! I'm really excited to try Tulio's technique. Right now I'm stuck in a rut in the same way you were, Chris -- loading my front foot and swinging my back foot gets me to 90 degrees max and I'm extremely lucky if I don't fall off. I love how you guys relate it back to surfing too!
Hey there, thanks for this amazing review of our video =)
And yes sounds like you have the exact same problems I was/am struggling with. When you're trying to implement that new technique and unlearning the old habits, don't beat yourself up and know that it'll take some time to click. But I'm sure you will get this 🙌🏼
Best vid explaining it so far imo ❤
Thank you so much =)
Happy Tulio and me were able to provide some help to you.
You look like a giant next to tulio 😂😂😂
Nice vid as usual 🔥
Thanks Mike 🙏 and I know right?! Now imagine yourself next to him - you'd be absolutely massive - Gandalf and Frodo basically :D
😆 😂 thought the same thing
😄 on Point
I liked how you related that to surfing. Keep it on!
Thank you for watching - and thank you even more for taking the time to leave some positive feedback and words here 🙏🏼 I really appreciate that!!!
Many thanks for the video. I slide with my surfskate for a while and the hints will help a lot to improve.
Looking forward for more videos
thank you very much for your feedback 🙌🏼 is there anything you would like to see a video made about?
Excellent tutorial, I think front foot placement here is also really important to minimise jackknifing. You did a really good job at highlighting setting the rail, other tutorials missed this part. Keep up the good work!!
thanks a lot Jordan :) I think a lot of the tutorials really focus on the surfskater, with it becoming so popular, there are just so many people out who don’t care about it as a means of surf skill practice :)
Kool...Tulio is da man..Ive been doing them similar to you and lifting weight off my back foot to slide the back out..i,m using the surfskate as a surf training tool and glad i,ve got a better idea of how to do it properly in relation to surfing and engaging the rail..
yes he really is :) wow cool, you’ve got to take away something from that video. I def learned a lot that day and even more analyzing the video afterwards 🙌🏼
@@ChrisGenau yea its probably the best vid on the subject ive seen..you answer all of the things I would have asked and explain the differences between your style of doing it and Tulio,s..most tutorials are for the stylistic photo version rather than the surf equivalent version.
Keep doing what you are doing...
Thank you that really means a lot to me. I appreciate you.
Awesome clip. I‘m also fighting with 180! Great explanations. Love the Desk Session 🤙
Thanks so much David 🙏🏼 yeah people really liked the analysis part of it - and since that’s my strong suit, of course I had to make it a part of this one 🙌🏼
Geil erklärt - mehr davon!
Danke :) was für ein Trick/Movement würdest du dir am meisten wünschen?
@@ChrisGenau backside snap, oder roundhouse cutbacks wären noch cool - und wie es mit deiner surf progression vorangeht würd mich interessieren!
@@average0citizen Cool, backside snap ist bald fertig ;)
Thanks for making these videos. I'm new here and new to sk8ing. Been surfskating a little over 2 months and it is the best exercise I have ever done. I hope to see more of your in depth analysis videos brother. Greets from Thailand my friend. Yew 🤙🤙🤙
hey my friend 👋 thanks so much for your kind words :)
I’m currently in quarantine but preparing now to filming new videos. is there any specific maneuver/trick you would like to see analyzed next?
@@ChrisGenau ooh hope all is well. Get out of quarantine soon and back to having fun. I can't think of anything to analyze but I'm sure the comments section will provide you will some ideas. I am onboard with everything you produce Chris. Goodluck 🤙
Love the comparison between Tulio and your technique Chris, the emphasis on front leg extension/ heel side rail engagement was cool to see.
On FS Snaps usually the arms lift up overhead in surfing so that might be your next work on after figuring out the front foot pressure.
Would love to see skate to surf comparisons to see how it translates to your surfing also.
Thank you 🙏🏼
I’d love to see that too, but I struggle, probably like any surfer, to find someone with the time and will to follow me around on surftrips and hold the camera :D
Now, please correct me if I am wrong because although I was a hardcore surfer, that was quite a while ago. When you mentionned the snaps that look cool, but don't relate, I see several ways they relate; re-entry, off the lip, maybe even a floater, and just making a turn of the wave at a similar angle to stall out for the heck of it. At times, during these manouvers, we may extend the tail a little further(by accident or choice) and need to move our tail a bit to alter direction, or, we accidentally dig the rail in on a poor angle. I see it relates here to give us that certain muscle memory of engage/re-engage at an angle almost 90 degrees to the face of the wave. Also, often during these manouvers we are perhaps 'old school' and are only twisting 90 degrees to the face of the wave land these, not doing 360s. I like your videos and see you are good hearted. Any surfing videos to show surfskate translations to the water?
Hey there, I agree with you that I should’ve articulated better - that only for the carving to tail blow turn there is no relation of the aforementioned technique that would translate into the water.
But you’re certainly right - especially a speed check to stall into the barrel is basically exactly the technique demonstrated by me on the surfskate.
There is no such video of me surfing, because I usually do not have anyone to film me. So I only have go pro mouth mounted footage of myself surfing mostly.
But I’m planning on extending on that the next few surf trips :) currently I’m all landlocked in Germany and going through my final year of med school.
Thank you for your comment and taking the time to leave your thoughts 🙏🏼 I really appreciate that
love from 🇳🇦🤟🏽
thank you very much 🙌🏼
this is fire 🔥🔥
thank you Nats 🙏🏼 also Tulio is sitting in the car next to me right now and says -> He loves you!!!
rly love riding those skates 🔥
Yep, me too =) so much fun 🙌🏼
Can you do the slide using 78A 70mm wheels?
yes, that are exactly the kind of wheels I’m skating on all my boards :)
Dope!
Thanks man 🙏🏼
Very nice video! Can you recommend the size and hardness of the wheels?
Well I only skate my Carver stock wheels - the yard 70mm and duro 78a - they work fine for me in all the conditions I’ve skated so far. Streets, parks, bowl and even the rough sidewalks here in Namibia right now
but I do use the surfskate a lot as a means of transportation so I need these softer wheels.
if you want your board to slide easier and your mostly skating smooth concrete, you can go with smaller wheels and a little harder too - it will make the slides easier. but honestly it’s just about finding what feels right to you :)
Wow, how cool is it that you connected to the local scene and giving us a glimpse into that 😯
Thank you Martin 🙌🏼 I'm grateful myself for getting into the serene in the first place 🎉
I have a freeride friend who did this slide as well as tulio, I'm gonna ask him
def ask him. There is no better way than learning first hand with someone next to you, that is able to do it already 🤙🏼
What's Tulio's setup? Looks like wedged tkp's
well to be honest, Tulios setup can't even be considered that. The skatedeck is a old and worn down regular skateboard, and the trucks are some generic trucks he got once - he doesn't even have skate hardware so they were screwed in with regular bolts, with the head being a little too big so they're sticking out on top of the deck.
To be fair it's amazing how he's still able to skate that thing - and showed me again that correct technique is much more important than the system one is skating 🤙🏼
So cool! I think I should be able to do that by now, but I'm not. So frustrating.
Where do you think you’re failing most to do it? I might be able to help :)
@@ChrisGenau Thanks Chris. I am clear where I am failing: lack of commitment and confidence in the maneuver. I see it clear in my mind, but the last fall still hurts. I am 48 years old and I tend to be more conservative and less risky.
@@davidcondes ah I See - well in that case first a big shoutout to you for getting after it anyways.
Being less risky isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it keeps you from hurting yourself - however there is a threshold that you need to identify for yourself, where you feel like it’s starting to hold you back too much.
I have two tips for that. 1st and probably a faster fix (if you’re not doing that already) wear some protection to ease your mind and be able to take more risks again.
2nd explore your fears and if these are founded on true chances of you really possibly injuring yourself or if these are maybe a bit overly exaggerated and you’re just having too many concerns :)
Whatever it might be - I hope you’ll keep it up and progress through it
@@ChrisGenau Thanks, Chris. I'll let you know when I get it done!
Short: Tulio is doing a 180 powerslide. Chris is doing a 180 frontside snap. You wanna slide like Tulio watch a tutorial how to powerslide. :)
Very good way of putting it. Even up until now, I never really thought about it in these kind of terms.
Thank you
@@ChrisGenau You‘re welcome. I miss the term powerslide as i saw Tulios nice technique, because its the basic of this move. But nice tutorial to show up whats possible with snaps and slides 👍
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Thanks that really means a lot :)
Soon there will be new videos again regularly :)
The tutorial I was waiting for ! Thanks ! Backside snap is the same technique ?
Backside snap is a little different - would you be interested in a tutorial on that as well? =)
@@ChrisGenau yes of course ! Please !
@@ChrisGenau it is 1yr a little late but please! UA-cam lacks of a proper tutorial that replicate surfing on a surfskate
@@zefe3886 I have 1,5 more weeks before I’m finally done with med school and have time again to live my creative life here on UA-cam :)) working 48h weeks in the hospital this past year has been taking so so much more time and focus than expected.
But there is some light at the end of the tunnel and I’m happy some of you guys are still here and looking forward to more videos :))
@@ChrisGenau understand, mate. Hardship before success. Persevere and things will be better someday. Take your time, my friend. Whenever you are ready. Looking forward to more vids from you 🙏🏻
Nice video! Very clear, also awesome program, what program is this on the ipad? You also edit on the ipad?
But I am going to practice this, I do it exactly the same way you do it, disconnect upper and lower and counter rotate from each other. For some reason that is the most natural thing to do, but committing to your new technique is scary dude! Have you tried on his board btw? It could also be that your wheels arent hard enough and you need more force to get it sliding (just a thought)
Wow thanks so much for that feedback :)
Yep committing can be scary in the beginning, but it gets so nice once it starts clicking with that technique 🙌🏼
Tulios board is super old, wheels are almost the same ^^ but to be honest it’s quite impressive that he’s able to skate that board at all
That app is called “Coach’s eye” from the App Store - it’s great
And yes I also edit on the iPad with an app called LumaFusion. Super powerful for most of the things I’m doing - when I’ve made enough money from the buymeacoffee page www.buymeacoffee.com/chrisgenau I’m upgrading to Final Cut Pro and also the camera ^^
@@ChrisGenau haha yes pretty impressive he is riding that thing! Sure bro, I am gonne give you a coffee! ☕️
@@POLPO_WOOD thank you so so much for the coffees my brother =)