Landing that probably felt sooooo cathartic; feels like you’re flying up there when you get a smooth landing. I was never this level but this video makes me miss skating
Yes! It’s easy for students to lose themselves to their ego and ignore instructions or blank out. I know because I’ve been guilty of it before. Took me until I was 28 years old before I learned to put my ego aside and listen.
This kid doesn’t have this problem. At his age having this kind of drive and attitude will take him far. I will follow his career with great interest
I'm a firm believer in paying for lessons when learning new instruments for this reason. Working with a vocal coach for years has been this exact thing, and now my wife got a drum set (she's been drumming for years) and I got a sweetheart deal from her teacher to take lessons for that, and it's similarly helpful.
Aspects like balance, seat height, foot muscle activation, specifics about finger and wrist technique, all of that shit can be pointed out just like in this video and improved upon incredibly quickly, even as an adult learner. The only pitfall most adult learners fall into is their ego getting in the way of unlearning and relearning things correctly. I can't say I'm immune to it - as a self-taught guitarist for almost a decade and a half, you'll get rid of my 3-finger pick grip when I'm dead, I'm damn good even with that slight handicap - but you can always step forward with grace and learn talent.
It's hilarious to me that in most sports, you're washed out by 40. In skateboarding, that age is like 16 nowadays. Watching Tony Hawk get beaten by an 11 year old with a trick that surpassed the 900 was a pretty crazy moment in the sport.
Depends... with skateboarding, being heavier can help you get more speed and air higher off ramps.
Watch women's vs men's park riding. The guys go bigger and faster. Thats not a jab at the women in any way, they're skilled as hell... it's just a matter of how physics work.
It's VERY hard on the body. My right knee sometimes feels like there's an ice pick in it because of the style of skating I did for over a decade. (gaps, drops, and stair sets)
In the last (?) XGames women's skateboarding comp, out of like a dozen competitors, only one was over 18. Gotta be an ego-buster being the only adult in a "Women's" comp, and being beaten by a bunch of "girls".
Pretty sure the teacher is Mitchie Brusco! He’s a pro legend that landed the 900, 1080 and even a 1260 on the mega ramp quarter pipe! I’ve heard he’s super nice too.
Even for experienced skaters its hard to put into words what works right since a lot of it is internal and more a feeling than a thought. He’s by far the most fluent in recognizing and saying what’s going wrong and what should go right
This is so true. It's almost useless to ask an experienced skater advice on a trick they can do well. Everything is muscle memory, and they have long forgotten the nuance that helped them land the trick for the first time. I've gotten my best advice from 9 year olds who just learned the trick I'm asking about.
It's something else seeing him able to explain steps to land the trick. I was always pretty physically gifted, gymnastics in high school and skateboarding/rollerblading in and after high school. But I can't teach others how, because to me it's all happening in my head and body. I could never explain some things because to me they were just a feeling.
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Huge props to both. The guy taking the time and the kid who is obviously very talented and working hard to keep getting better.