Skateboarding Life Hacks Part 2
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Skateboarding Life Hacks Part 2
Here we are with another set of random skateboarding life hacks! Some of these are pretty useful, some are a bit dubious, and at least one is downright weird. Either way, you might find something useful in here to make your skateboarding life a tad easier. If you have any fun skateboarding hacks let me know down in the comments!
Things covered in this videos:
Heating up grip tape
Breaking in bushings
Putting grip under your trucks
Guitar rack for skateboard storage
Flipping front bolts
Using trucks as a bearing press
Rotating Wheels
As always, thank you for watching and I will see you next time! :)
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Just started skateboarding at the age of 41! You're videos have been a great help. Thanks.
I just started agin at the age of 33 not skated in about 12 yrs lol
@@kevine8722 Same here!
12 lol
38 here, after 20 years of not doing it. Hes been a boon for me shaking rust. Also learned a lot of new stuff.
Awesome!
I landed my first Ollie today on my 4rth day of having a skateboard. felt amazing
THATS SO GOOD WHAT WELL DONE BESTIE
nice
Bruhh how 😭
@@jgp6703 just do it😤
Congrats, did you start doing em stationary or while moving. I’m struggling myself and I’ve heard doing em while moving is easier
Your background music reminds me of my first days of skating and watching your videos to learn some amazing stuff, some feelings that I forgotten about.
Another hack I discovered is taking your shoe off, placing your board gripside-down and rolling the sole of your foot on your wheel. This helps with muscle-recovery and loosens up the fascia on the underside of your foot. Like foam-rolling but for your feet.
I wouldn't recommend getting a skateboard too warm (e.g. in the sun). I had issues with a permanently warped deck because of too much heat (left the board in a car for 2 hours).
And the griptape-under-truck-tip works better when the sticky side of the grip tape is on the side of the truck. This way, the sharp side of the grip tape "digs" into the wood of the deck. But make sure the direction of the truck is okay before tightening the bolts. Professor Schmidt recommends putting something like a long ruler on the sides of both baseplates simulataneously to line up both trucks before tightening the bolts.
The guitar rack is a perfect idea!!
You’ll get pressure cracks quicker if you heat the deck too much, too. It inspired me to try a butane torch to melt the grip into the deck along the nose and tail with a new deck. Never thought of that before, and it might not even work, but I’ll give it a shot. My grip always peels back around those areas on new boards.
@@Dodes6040 I found out that the grip won't peel off when I grind it down at the edge completely before I cut the grip. I rub it with a round iron object (the side of the shaft of a screwdriver) until is almost separates all by itself. Then it will stick and not peel.
Using a guitar rack for storage is freaking genius!
I started skating 2 years ago and watched your videos, I could barely do an ollie, but now I can do halfcab heels, varian flips and now I'm even learning pressure flips. thank you so much you have been a big part of my skating career
Just landed my first ollie! So pumped to learn more
Congrats dude! [: how’s it goin now?
Will use these awesome hacks!!!
5:56 So we're just going to ignore how he extended the background music? That sounded so good
I have waited, and waited VL
Keep it up peeps. Don't get discouraged.
Woop woop!! Best skate channel!
Whoop whoop ninja!
Game changer for me - bearing spacers. For only 2 dollars you get soooo much better feeling
You need washers and bearing spacers if you want your bearings to last longer because they'll break down faster if you have the nut too loose. Also with these components, you'll be able to tighten your wheel almost fully while getting the most amount of speed out of jt
Yeah I love your vid‘s and you made me inspired to ride a skateboard I’ve been doing great so far I’ve been learning how to pop shove it and kick flips and you inspire me so much
you have the most oldschool youtube videos ive seen in a long time and i love them. very helpful and informative as well!
1:23 Indy bushings are notorious for this and I've blown them before doing exactly this : cranking them down before they're broken in. And sometimes they will even somewhat harden on their own.
same, learned this the hard way with Ace myself
It's usually the weather/temperature... not just an unknown reason 😉
Another good hack is putting a drop of speed cream in the pivot cup or soap shavings. When your trucks squeak, it's most likely the pivot cup.
I’m a simple person…
I wait for a VLskate video
I see a VLskate video
I watch the VLskate video
I like the VLskate video
I comment on the VLskate video
Simple as that
vlsakte vids are always a dub
im really putting the effort into skating now and trying to learn tricks, your vids always help man
Awesome video! Thank you so muck for all the great tips!
Love the guitar stand idea. Thanks!
Your dog is so cute ☺️
Been skating for two years now, learnt ollies, pop shoves and kickflips thanks your videos. I recently broke my ankle and can't skate... Probably not for a year... I'm not sure if you have any experience with this, but I would really appreciate some tips on how to get back into skating after an injury.
Either way, thanks for what you do, your channel is always my first port of call when I want to learn a new trick.
guitar rack. amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Always nice to hear your voice 😎 calms me down
Lots of love broo
He’s back
the proper term for flipping your bolts like that is called "death bolts". It was for yes ollies but it was mainly for vert skaters to keep there feet on while doing "JT airs" now known as a bs ollie.
Love the dog just chilling
I like the dog just chilling in the background
Let’s get VLS over 1M subs please! The content is awesome, and recognition is well deserved!
Let’s go you uploaded
Nice video man!
I watched your pop shuvit video and finally landed it ❤️❤️
Brooo you help me soo much with grip tape. Like video all!
let’s go another one video ❤️
I'd have to disagree with the "not tighten the nut all the way" the wobbly wheel makes a jet noise, and the sliding bearing is putting random stress on the hanger and the nut, it's better to use spacers and speedrings to properly tighten the nut
YES! I was just recently explaining to someone how I don't see any reason NOT to run spacers, but lots of reason to use them. They add negligible weight and potentially preserve lots of life in bearings.
Nice vans!
guitar rack is a great idea, I will buy one for my guitars AND skateboard
Thanks man
1:55 I had this same problem with one of my boards but this fix seems a bit silly to me. Might work for a while but I'd recommend just buying some flat washers and putting them inbetween the screws and trucks. Haven't had a problem since
Thanks✌
Return of the best skating youtuber 😎
Nice one. I think the first video had more useful "hacks", but these were still good. 😁
i love your dog
Awesome
You help me skat I am still bad but you and your vids help me
I’ve been looking for a rack for over a year now and you instantly solved my problem and for cheap too! Just ordered what looks like that exact model. Fantastic!
Beautiful dog
Wall mounted guitar hooks will also work, but obviously you can only hold one board on them. They will grab the truck hanger nicely and then whenever you go skate you just get it off the wall instead of having to bend down because that's just too much effort.
After pushing the bearing into my wheels I then tighten up the nut as much as I can to make sure the bearing are in the wheel straight, then I loosen it off 👍
The dog is so cute
not to early but still decently
Nice
Love your pit bull man. I got one just so she can come with me in skate sessions.
If you don't want air bubbles, don't apply your griptape like he did.
Either apply it from the center without letting it touch the rest of the board, or start at one end.
Starting it flat like that, spanned across the tail and nose and then trying to press in into shape is quite literally asking for one massive air bubble
dont leave a space between your bearings and the nut if you use your bearing spacers.
You could do that to the truck or just use washer in the scews that help the truck but liying them between the scews and the board
This dude is the Binging With Babish/Cocktail Chemistry of skateboarding
I got the same Zero Deck
Thanks a lot man, great content !
Didn't understood well the bushing setting in... First ride them as they are and then tight them a little bit if needs be ?
Pretty much :)
@@shahtayyib thx man, nice ride !
@@lucienlagrange38 no worries my dude stay blessed 💓
Omg, I have that "your board doesn't roll straight" thing, I'm so tired to fix it every time, I didn't know why my hangers a little bit not straight
I have that Sovrn deer deck
He back
Yo I just realized today that Tre flips are easier than I thought, but still don't have em down yet
Take the wax paper from the grip and lay it over your new grip on your board and rub until it heats up
Honestly I just take the washers out my trucks and skate them ode loose af u break them in mad fast af plus I take out my old bushing and put them in my new trucks if they still got life
1:28 well that explains a lot
Hi. I’m new here and to skateboarding. How are those Vans to skate in?
Wow I’ve never been kinda early
Just had my first ever big fall. I fractured one of my ribs and hurt my shoulder.
nice dog
Ye
I have a question i want to buy a gadget that can save mij bearings when its raining that i kan put it on mij wheels does this exist?
Someone help me: I'm going from a fakie shuv to trying the pop shuv (riding normally) and I land it sometimes but the board keeps bouncing me off I've tried changing the foot position some tell me what to do
Yo bro, what is the music you play at the beginning of all your vids?
Can you please make a full tutorial, for when the skateboard turns itself just like at 1:28 ?
What is your guys’ background music? It sounds sick
i love how how he literally never changed his voice tone eve on the parts he disliked,he sounds like he's saying "well that sucks for you"in the tone he talks
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A upload. :)
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2:26 dog -doodoo time
I use mambo
It’s time to sweep bro, that’s a crunchy ass road
If you leave you board out in the sun you can end up with sun spots on the grip.
3:08 I didn't know that my skate was just old, I thought it was special or something (Yes, I'm still new at skating)
Put the grip adhesive side on the base of the truck. I think you did it the wrong way. Disregard if I just saw it wrong.
Rotating your wheels seems like an obvious hack.. that I've never thought of lol
Anyone have any tips on ollies?
Does anybody have any idea as to why my pop shuvits want to flip like a heel or kick when I pop for Roto?
You might be popping too far onto one side of the tail, if so try popping a little closer to the middle of it, almost like how you pop an ollie. Everyone is comfortable with it a different way tho, so this may or may not work for you
Miss this kind of your content..
4:50 I did it broke the bearing. The outer part is stuck in the wheel now 😭😭😭
First like
Bro your still posting I used to sub to you 4 years ago and your still post I did not know 🙂
I heard eating griptape
yo
what da dog doin