What To Do When You Can't Skate

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  • čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
  • What To Do When You Can't Skate
    Whether it's due to rain, snow, an injury, or whatever it may be, not being able to go out and skate sucks. So, here are some random tips that can hopefully give you some ideas of ways that you can still have fun on and off of the board while you're stuck inside.
    This video turned out way worse than I would have hoped but I am currently dealing with covid which has made me have to use a bunch of old clips and not go too hard skating in any new fofotage. Hope to be back strong in the new year as soon as I feel better!
    Main talking points:
    Skate in your garage or other covered area at home
    Go out and find a parking garage or covered area at a park or school
    Carpet Boarding
    Balance Boarding
    Find skate spots on Google Maps
    Watch skate videos and skate related content to stay motivated
    As always, thank you for watching and I will see you next time! :)
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  • @noah.mp4411
    @noah.mp4411 Před 2 lety +336

    This man is the holy grail to learning tricks and anytime someone asks me too give them tips I tell them to go watch a VL skate vid

  • @usertab9543
    @usertab9543 Před 2 lety +79

    When there's around a meter if snow outside and you want to go skate... thank you for this video!

  • @liambowe8435
    @liambowe8435 Před 2 lety +120

    pov: you have covid and this pops up as soon as you test positive

  • @Spelonker
    @Spelonker Před 2 lety +81

    London is GRIM this time of year, but luckily living in a basement apartment means I can carpet board. I can't go too nuts because it's in my living room in range of things I could break if I slip out really badly, but even just freestyle-y footwork types things are great to stop yourself from getting rusty. Not everything translates 100% to concrete though, so it's always a good idea to REALLY get your balance down.

    • @oasissharp
      @oasissharp Před 2 lety +2

      theres a couple of covered skateparks in london too! baysixty6 is paid but is p solid :P.
      my usual skatespot in london is a flyover so if its just damp i can sorta ignore most the time lol

    • @tenchskate6066
      @tenchskate6066 Před rokem +1

      Go to southbank

  • @lesterhalfjr
    @lesterhalfjr Před 2 lety +46

    I have been holed up at a parking garage nearby for the last month. They have these poles that are perfectly set up for doing flatground tricks. I have even managed to do a switch heelflip. it's fun in a video game sort of way but obviously doesn't count

  • @rabbitruler44
    @rabbitruler44 Před 2 lety +2

    I live in Canada so it’s snow everywhere or covered areas have salt and gravel all over them ): I also don’t have a garage and live in an apartment above people so carpet boarding isn’t an option. It’s so hard, I feel like I regress each year because of this. I have a balance board though so there’s that! Loved this video thanks dude!

  • @Pairrot
    @Pairrot Před 2 lety +6

    Finally got back into skateboarding for the first time in like 5 years at literally the most inconvenient possible time: right before a giant snowstorm. I got like 2 days in before I realized I was really enjoying myself and wanted to actually try to improve so I’ve just been skating in my garage until the snow melts away

  • @mRSasha-dv3mb
    @mRSasha-dv3mb Před 2 lety +7

    Shout out to garage skaters. Always got the best tricks

  • @TrainzStudios
    @TrainzStudios Před 2 lety +5

    Just bought my first board not too long ago, still trying to get comfortable on a board and whatnot, gotta say this channel has been very helpful in showing me what to expect when it comes to skating 👌🏽

  • @Hedrix44
    @Hedrix44 Před 2 lety +4

    found a big ol abandoned parking lot that my friends and I like to skate at, even if its raining theres a big concrete pad with an awning to practice flat round stuf on

  • @MrMongo
    @MrMongo Před 2 lety +19

    Love the videos keep it up
    I just started skateboarding and you have helped a ton

  • @captainwormburner
    @captainwormburner Před 2 lety +8

    Just took up skateboarding before snow came. bought a snowskate and tbh a lot of stuff seems to cross over. I can only skateboard in my house doing stuff like kickturns right now, but improving my balance on the snowskate seems to make the skateboard easier to control. Either way, they're both fun and that's what really matters

  • @petewallace
    @petewallace Před 2 lety +2

    Duuuuddee.. Thank you. I was just thinking about on how much I miss skating and boom your vid.

  • @bakerhalt
    @bakerhalt Před 2 lety +28

    I really don't know if it helps skating but snowboarding is some of the most fun I've had this snow season. Maybe my ollies and manuals improved a bit since you can do those on a snowboard but other than that it's another fun sport that you can get into easier than an average person because you understand the motion of it.

    • @Mafon2
      @Mafon2 Před 2 lety

      For themost folk snowboarding has no practical use. There're simply no suitable slopes and it costs an arm and a leg. More like a fun one time distraction and not something to pursue.

    • @Jownzy
      @Jownzy Před 2 lety

      @@Mafon2 doesn’t cost a arm and leg if you commit to it lol

  • @antoniomota2494
    @antoniomota2494 Před 2 lety

    Love your chanel man, the general vibe, is so good! Thank you!

  • @StinkleDink
    @StinkleDink Před 2 lety +6

    you know it's a good day when you see vlskate in your sub box

  • @wesbyk8338
    @wesbyk8338 Před 2 lety

    theres currently a blizzard passing in my area and this video gave me so many ideas, seriously, thanks

  • @The_Wampy
    @The_Wampy Před 2 lety

    It snowed last night and I've been blessed by this video

  • @airlize9793
    @airlize9793 Před 2 lety

    Miss this man ! So underrated

  • @TNTNTS
    @TNTNTS Před 2 lety +3

    This video came just at the right time for me, thank you :)

  • @insanityoverflow4462
    @insanityoverflow4462 Před 2 lety

    love to see you uploading, ur vids help a lot

  • @Nikitadepauw
    @Nikitadepauw Před 2 lety +2

    The goat posted

  • @alberteinstein2212
    @alberteinstein2212 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you for teach me everything Love You From India 😻

  • @fysiskt_aktiv
    @fysiskt_aktiv Před 2 lety +4

    I recently buy a snow skateboard.
    Super hard, but a real fun toy to have👍

  • @anthonycovello
    @anthonycovello Před 2 lety

    glad to see these vids man, love this stuff

  • @miauzey3400
    @miauzey3400 Před 2 lety +2

    your vids are exactly my vibe

  • @Devon_maloy
    @Devon_maloy Před 2 lety

    Love your channel!

  • @Itsxjustxmee
    @Itsxjustxmee Před 2 lety

    I wonder if you could teach us tips on Skateboard Dancing!
    Amazing video you are one of the people who inspired me to start skating!

  • @UTCSB
    @UTCSB Před 2 lety

    Omg i needed this today thank god tmrw its better

  • @howdyyall4335
    @howdyyall4335 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the tips. God bless 💓

  • @samueldiaz8197
    @samueldiaz8197 Před 2 lety

    First, I love your Channel and love your videos!

  • @Mafon2
    @Mafon2 Před 2 lety +1

    Here in Russia there's shit weather half a year, school yards are forbidden areas, parking lots are guarded with life and there are 9000+ neigbours under and above your cardboard-thin flat. The last roof-covered skatepark closed some time ago, but there are plenty of churches and WW2 monuments.
    When I was a schoolboy, my skateboarding classmates skated in underground crossings. I tried it too a few times. If you can find one that has little use, they are pretty okay actually. The only problem is ECHO, which is LOUD as HELL. And I'm super afraid to hit my head with a ceiling.

  • @bingusyoutube
    @bingusyoutube Před 2 lety +4

    0:13 really had his ass come out onto the wet ground for the clip🙏

  • @bonesreds
    @bonesreds Před 2 lety +1

    See the notification that u posted a video makes me so happy

  • @thatsdaniellelol
    @thatsdaniellelol Před 2 lety +3

    Yes‼️ Winter sucks for skaters lol
    I fw the parking garage skating tho!!

  • @agh101
    @agh101 Před 2 lety +2

    LOVE THIS VIDEOOOOO

  • @nicholashavery273
    @nicholashavery273 Před rokem

    Thank you. It snows a lot where I live.

  • @joshiemah
    @joshiemah Před 2 lety +9

    Ty for teaching me how to skate :)

  • @iamaposer9880
    @iamaposer9880 Před 2 lety

    The goat is back

  • @ec_kami4936
    @ec_kami4936 Před 2 lety

    thanks for the ideas man 👍

  • @chrismahon2643
    @chrismahon2643 Před 2 lety

    welcome back!

  • @michaelplace4754
    @michaelplace4754 Před 2 lety +12

    Just got a new job that’s extremely physical draining I hope I will be able to find the motivation and will to keep skating once it gets nice out. Does anyone else work a job that is so taxing you can’t skate some days? Really sucks

    • @alanramirez7368
      @alanramirez7368 Před 2 lety +1

      Same here man, the navy is ruthless

    • @michaelplace4754
      @michaelplace4754 Před 2 lety +2

      @@alanramirez7368 ty for your service

    • @Blue_Wing7
      @Blue_Wing7 Před 2 lety

      If your having fun, you will find the time trust me
      I work a 10 hour shift every day

    • @sivart2207
      @sivart2207 Před 2 lety +1

      i used to do drywall and i would be so physically broken after every shift i didnt even want to skate so yeah :/

    • @brandon.-.5997
      @brandon.-.5997 Před 2 lety

      Yeah the navy is it for me

  • @gregsweet4303
    @gregsweet4303 Před 2 lety

    Growing up when I was living in town I used to always skate at this strip mall right beside my house. Wasnt much but there was more than enough room for flat or even a flat bar if u had one. Now that im older I don't usually like to go out into the cold

  • @JIMENEZ..323
    @JIMENEZ..323 Před 2 lety

    I love to take a board with no trucks or wheals when it snows and just skim board on the snow with the deck it’s so fun after you get the hang of it

  • @lubo3934
    @lubo3934 Před 2 lety

    LETSSSSS GOOOO HES BACKKKK

  • @sagingmilk
    @sagingmilk Před 2 lety

    I just picked up snowboarding and its pretty easy to pick up if u can skate!

  • @Beaniboi
    @Beaniboi Před rokem

    I live in Nevada... the weather for skating is heavenly all throughout the fall and winter here but it is SCORCHING at 3pm in the summer right now

  • @Burgerss
    @Burgerss Před 2 lety +16

    Remember, Fingerboarding or handboarding could also be an option😳

  • @eddier7182
    @eddier7182 Před 2 lety

    VLSkate uploads = good day

  • @SPEEDYSEWEYY
    @SPEEDYSEWEYY Před 2 lety

    yeah man i have the pain. we in silver spring, MD got snow on the third of january. now on the 13th i think we got a snow storm and school was canceld for both!

  • @Gyberman07
    @Gyberman07 Před 2 lety

    the return

  • @drillofthedeath879
    @drillofthedeath879 Před 2 lety

    YEAH YOURE BACK

  • @beatsbybabybird9055
    @beatsbybabybird9055 Před 2 lety

    Thank you it just started snowing

  • @pilotboysMSFS
    @pilotboysMSFS Před 2 lety

    thank you!

  • @itsjjstyles
    @itsjjstyles Před 2 lety

    Wtf, weirdest timing, I got the worst knee scrape of all time yesterday and will probably take a month to heal, nice to have this video

  • @Icaro_mori
    @Icaro_mori Před 2 lety

    I love your vídeos

  • @randomguy6127
    @randomguy6127 Před rokem

    I like the fact that you specifically said 'skateboarding fix'😂

  • @garretteverett2613
    @garretteverett2613 Před 2 lety

    I made the grasshopper choice and spent the last nice days of autumn skating instead of levelling my garage floor. Big mistake. I've been riding a snowskate down a toboggan hill but it's not the same, although wiping out is more fun.

  • @andrewoidx1658
    @andrewoidx1658 Před 2 lety

    texas needs this rn

  • @doot1176
    @doot1176 Před 2 lety

    Although I just started skating again at the tail end of winter, this winter was so annoying, there wasn’t enough snow to actually do anything, or low enough temperature to do wintertime things, and it wasn’t warm enough to do summertime things. This fall was like a crappy annoying fall that lasted too long (usually we have long enough summers and winters, but this year it was a long, crappy winter)

  • @XDontscam
    @XDontscam Před 2 lety

    Perfect timing

  • @AetherDreamSeeker
    @AetherDreamSeeker Před 2 lety

    I'm already carpet boarding just to practice my balance. Now I want to get a balance board too.

  • @tommytwospirit4197
    @tommytwospirit4197 Před 2 lety

    Im surprised you never brought up snowskating especially when people have to deal with snow like myself due to living in Canada

  • @astromango3777
    @astromango3777 Před 2 lety

    posted this on my b-day

  • @rtssk8crew681
    @rtssk8crew681 Před 2 lety

    Carpet boarding sucks for tbh but thankfully in Boston we break into parking garages or public transtations and make pop up skate parks

  • @thevirginofthewheneverawar2446

    Me and my brother know the shifts at our local store and we know this cool guy who lets us use the parking garage without getting kicked out so we go there every Tuesday and Friday 😎

  • @comradejosephstalinoftheus8698

    So I live about an hour away from the nearest skate park and its been freezing cold out recently, so I've been skating in my garage and its great, I can go skate literally whenever I want. I did fall on my arm and sprain my wrist for a while though, I need to sweep my garage better I guess 😂.

  • @wBoros
    @wBoros Před 2 lety +1

    Yay new vid

  • @michalsedlak8366
    @michalsedlak8366 Před rokem

    if you have some money to spand you can also do custom griptapes and boards. Its a lot of fun

  • @twee881
    @twee881 Před 2 lety

    This is my favorite skabt3eoarding viodeo

  • @GRREZ
    @GRREZ Před 2 lety

    I'm skating regardless of it being cold down here in texas which is not an ideal climate but as long as it doesn't rain I'm good.

  • @brockbungo8711
    @brockbungo8711 Před 2 lety

    If it snows/ices you can take an old skate deck and go snow skate. It’s pretty fun and good if you always wanted to ski\snowboard

  • @TheRogueAdventurers
    @TheRogueAdventurers Před 2 lety

    I bought a cruiser board to ride around when its rainy or wet out, and to ride to work

  • @CaitofFate
    @CaitofFate Před 2 lety +3

    I wonder how skating is in some of the colder places, like NY or Seattle, was this winter

    • @trontosaurusrex9532
      @trontosaurusrex9532 Před 2 lety

      Not too bad so far,as long as it does get too windy or snow, there's some nice spots near me. (In NY).

  • @axelsb08
    @axelsb08 Před rokem

    I have a balance board! It's a small log 🪵 with an old skate deck!

  • @thndr_5468
    @thndr_5468 Před 2 lety

    This couldn't come at a better time in Eastern Idaho!

  • @MegalodonShark
    @MegalodonShark Před 2 lety

    when it snows i usually just snowskate because it feels close to a skateboard and u can still do most tricks

  • @clutchless_pilot
    @clutchless_pilot Před 2 lety +1

    Another thing you could have said: If you don’t have any way of enjoying skateboarding just play some skateboarding games whether it’s skate 3 or tony hawk or skater xl

  • @poseresau8254
    @poseresau8254 Před 2 lety

    I just got a notification from yt to watch this lol

  • @dont-feed-ben4833
    @dont-feed-ben4833 Před 2 lety +1

    another thing i'll add as a northern midwest skater: consider shoveling off part of your skatepark or a street spot! if you can just get a few sunny days in a row it's worth it especially if you can get some buddies to help out. with some shovels and snowmelt and you can get a spot skateable by the next day easily

    • @captainwormburner
      @captainwormburner Před 2 lety

      Have you noticed the salt effecting the skateboard at all? Do the wheels get crunchy?

    • @garretteverett2613
      @garretteverett2613 Před 2 lety

      I'd have to go full Calvin and Hobbes here and get out the hair dryer 🤣

    • @dont-feed-ben4833
      @dont-feed-ben4833 Před 2 lety +1

      @@captainwormburner I sweep it off with my broom but it's really an annoyance more than anything else. I basically keep a snow-shovel and a wide-brimmed broom in my car at all times haha

    • @captainwormburner
      @captainwormburner Před 2 lety

      @@dont-feed-ben4833 That's not too bad. Might have to get a beater board and try that now

  • @samsondugger45
    @samsondugger45 Před rokem

    Watching this as it’s raining right after having spent all day at work daydreaming about skating after work. 😭

  • @misfit8141
    @misfit8141 Před 2 lety

    If you skate and none of the options are listed is available to you, besides those my fav skate itch is simply Finger Boarding… Also it takes me back to my childhood til this day I can’t get enough of it!! (:

  • @canadapwns886
    @canadapwns886 Před 2 lety +1

    I just snowboard. It's not the same, but it's a board sport with lots of tricks to do, so it's close enough.

  • @alexb9597
    @alexb9597 Před 2 lety

    Snow skating is fun as hell

  • @altinduriqi1860
    @altinduriqi1860 Před 2 lety

    fingerboarding is fun too

  • @ericstory801wheelgang7

    you should try a onewheel they are super fun!!!!

  • @niceguyhector
    @niceguyhector Před 2 lety

    Rain here in the bay is basically over so this has never really been a problem for me

  • @Flooo161
    @Flooo161 Před 2 lety

    finger skateboards are also a really good distraction 🛹

  • @EMTMILITIA
    @EMTMILITIA Před 2 lety

    finger boarding is pretty fun i’m ngl

  • @occupiedllama53
    @occupiedllama53 Před 2 lety

    yooo the harmony grove park plaza was in there

  • @leonide8683
    @leonide8683 Před 2 lety +2

    So what if I'm from Lithuania and there's snow and ice everywhere outside, plus it's cold and I also live on the second floor of an apartment building so I can't skate inside or in any garage?
    It's literally terrible, I'm a beginner too, so I want to be somewhere alone, but there are no skate spots and even if it's the summer there's only one normal skate park in our whole city (which is the god damn capital too) and the skate park is not only bombarded by hundreds of scooter kids, but it's a hang out spot for everyone in the city centre, so you have at least 10 eyes on you at all times.
    I'd not care for anyone if I was skating with friends, but none of them skate so I'm left to be by myself

  • @instaplutoriannn2987
    @instaplutoriannn2987 Před 2 lety

    can you do a trick tip for dolphin heel flips

  • @user-kh8oc2yf4r
    @user-kh8oc2yf4r Před 2 lety

    Is there any tips for when your bushings freeze and its hard to turn? This happens a lot in my country where its -20°c every day so i usually skate inside at winter

  • @oldladyfalling7844
    @oldladyfalling7844 Před 2 lety

    I wish I didn't live in a third floor apartment..no outside space, no garage, no carpet boarding..I've been digging out snow and putting a carpet on the ground in the park ha....also my bands practice space is in a building that's completely empty after 5, and has amazing smooth floors, I have 24/7 access....but it means a trip on the subway rather then being in my skate radius!

  • @CrispianProductions
    @CrispianProductions Před 2 lety

    Finger/hand boarding is also a way I stay entertained

  • @ryansmith1777
    @ryansmith1777 Před 2 lety

    Surprised fingerboard didn’t make the list,despite how nerdy it is haha if actual skating(parking garage) just isn’t possible thats my go-to

  • @dragin5759
    @dragin5759 Před 2 lety

    one i like to do is take an old deck out to the snow and carpet board the snow

  • @Grey-sq7dy
    @Grey-sq7dy Před 2 lety

    Got so much nostalgia when Strictly Skateboarding popped up after you searched for videos…

  • @echobostic227
    @echobostic227 Před rokem +1

    I recently injured my shoulder going up the half pipe and was told not to touch my board for three weeks- I’m going to say that using a balance board doesn’t count…

  • @harisbo6
    @harisbo6 Před 2 lety +1

    broke my jaw recently from a skate injury and now i can't skate yet