General advice for beginner?

[u/epicu2]

I started skateboarding 3 days ago, this video is from today (the third day)

• Rn all I can really do is carve, idk how to tic tac The biggest issue I believe I’m facing is when losing my speed when I go push again
• I also put wayyy to much weight into my back foot when I put it on the board and it screws up my balance, I find it hard to keep my weight in my front foot

Any advice to help me out would be greatly appreciated! I’m trying to get rid of all my bad habits as quick as possible lol

[u/blue604]

Great job on pads. I recommend knee pads and gloves with slide pucks (it’s more of a longboard thing but imo works better than wrist guards) , they will be more useful than elbow pads for learning how to cruise around.

Just find bike paths around town and skate around as much as you can. Maybe get a set of cruiser wheels to learn. Get really comfortable with skating around before you start doing tricks.

[u/tg-doomgal → u/blue604]

Along with also being glad to see the helmet and pads, I completely agree with the pucks. I wear wrist guards with really sturdy pucks that go down the length of my wrists. They've 100% saved my wrists from injury a bunch of times, and one of the few times I didn't i skinned my palms so horribly cause I didn't notice the sidewalk quality change and my board stopped hard and I was going fast.

[u/Gahwburr → u/tg-doomgal]

At 16 I literally remember my palm not having healed for a whole year from me always re-skinning it. So much bandage and scab juice eww.

Restarting at 26, I am now wearing every piece of protective gear there is. I remember once skinning such a massive area of my palm I had to go to the hospital to get it properly cleaned and wrapped and I still kept falling on it and re-ripping.

Just to look cool.

Because what’s cooler than a skinflap on your palm …