Park No comply tailslide So there's this small feature, a set of 3 long but low steps, between a hubba and ledge. You can do roll-on grinds on that ledge. On and off I'm trying no comply tailsildes there. It's such a cool trick. When done well, it
Park Ledge Boardslide This one took me a while. I think I landed one by accident last year, but could not repeat it. This time I paid attention to put the wheels all the way on top of the ledge, and down. Add wax to the top where the wheels would touch down,
Park Bank Tailslide Working my tailslide up to larger and slightly steeper banks. I guess the trick is really to roll up with enough speed to comfortobly get on top of the bank, and still have enough momentum left to initiate a slide. Also the angle, it works better for my if I
Park Small Pyramid Repertoire That's basically my wax in the photo above. As far as tailslides go, I think I can hold them over 1m by now, pretty much over that waxed stretch. For Bluntslides, it's the dismount that's not great, but ok, better than no dismount at
Park Ride-on 50/50 I'm doing this since I started going to the park. The ride-on grind over that taco (or whatever that type of obstacle is called) is such an easy but very satisfying trick. Holding your balance over the entire arc looks much easier than it actually is. For the
Park Mini Tailslide on Bank Going over the corner helped my tailslide on that little pyramid. It's now a factor of speed, angle, wax and a little hop to slide a little bit further on every try. It's just a very satisfying trick, gotta love that bark!
Park Blue Parking Block My favorite curb, the red one close to where I live is gone  😿 Not sure what happened, but it's not there anymore. It's not an easy obstacle to remove, heavy as can be. But somebody put a parking block there now. Painted blue, and equally slideable.
Park No Comply Tailslide Little bit more practice, litte bit more speed, adjusted angle and better timing and we slowly get more tail slide. Such a fun trick!
Park Micro Tailslide Quick morning session after vacation camp drop-off. Started trying tailstalls on a bank again. It caught me by surprise how easy and well (for my standards) they turned out to be. Going a little faster, and with slightly more angle I even managed to put in a few micro tailslides!
Park No Comply Tailslide This is one trick I always admire when I'm seeing it in a video. People usually just drop it in, it always looks so effortless and casual. I want to get there!
Park Here we go again... Late March, warmer then it should be at this time of year, and first time out on my skateboard again after a longish Winter break. I had hoped to get a few more Snowboard runs in, but weather didn't really cooperate. After a solid March snowdump, the temperature
Park BS 90 Gotta take advantage of those last warmer days we have, when everything is still dry, not snowy and especially not salted. Backside anything is extremely hard for me. One of the goals I have is to being able to backside ollie small hips. It's extremely awkward, but that&
Park Back tail practice We're getting closer. Still in backside pivot to tail stall land, but at least those are becoming smoother every time I try them. I'll get it eventually, it takes patience, and some perseverance I guess.
Park Overwhelmed I'm in Las Vegas this week. Before the trip I asked another guy who knows Las Vegas for a recommendation where to go skate here. He recommended Craig Ranch. So I went. Boy is this park is huge, completely overwhelming. Not sure how many bowls and banks and
Park Bank to curb Sneaked in a 30 Minute session this morning after kids' school drop-off, and finally I've been getting a little bit more conistent in dismounting the bank-to-curb boardslide. I've been trying this the last couple of times I went to Lynch. So satisfying to roll away!
Park Vienna curb I was too tired from the night before to work that curb longer, or a little better, but it's probably the best curb I've skated so far. Long, super smooth and waxed like there's no tomorrow. At the very least I got a few
Park Austria We're visiting Family & Friends in Austria. I brought my Skateboard to try a few old nostalgic spots here, like bombing the hill where I basically learned how to ride a board. I guess I was a little bit more fearless as a kid. Going down that hill,
Park Ollies Controlling Ollies, and getting the timing right, is one of the basics I'm often having difficulties with. This morning I put up a little cone to practice my Ollie timing a little bit. But then I'm not so sure how much I'll need Ollies.
Park A week in nose slides Every day this week I was trying to nose slide over that table, every day. On Wednesday I almost got it, but the I chickened out dismounting from the slide into the bank on the other side of the small pyramid. However, there are a few more things I learned
Park Nose slides This week's focus was nose slides, getting them right, to say it more precisely. It's fairly easy to get a nose slide started, and slide for let's say 20 Centimeters or so. But getting over the first sliding stretch, finding a stable position and
Park Another curb This time it's on top of the small pyramid. My new favorite spot to try nose slides. My goal would be to come in with enough speed and nose slide the whole table... and then pop shove-it out into the bank :)
Park Blocked I'm working on tail blocks. It seems it's another mellow trick, that you can quickly integrate in a line. What I underestimated is how much work the bending-down-and-grabbing-the-nose part is. I guess that's aging right there. And that "scoop" motion to pop
Park South Beach Park 85F at 6AM, paired with insane humidity is no joke. It takes 20 Minutes and I'm completely soaked. Like sweat-dripping-off-my-shirt soaked. But I still went out there every morning I could. It's a pretty good park layout, all round, and you can just keep going. I
Park Pain For the last few weeks I've been battling weird smaller and larger ouchies. The larger ouchie is definetely the lower back pain. A dull constant pain right around the lower end of the spin, or where it touches the hip. I'm doing acupuncture to get it
Park Higher Turns out you can nose slide low ledges by slappying the board up there. I've seen other's doing that, getting into a nose slide without an Ollie. So, I'm now trying to increase the height of my nose slide slappies. Next stage, after curbs,
