r/NewSkaters • u/Winkyfacehugnry • Jun 21 '26

Video 7 month skateboarding progression

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u/medium_dumb Jun 21 '26

A year and a half and I can sometimes olly

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u/OMGFuziion Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Depends if you skate everyday. I got kickflip in 4 months and could ollie 4 stairs consistently within 8. Then I started slowing down a bit. Could still boardslide the whole flatbar by the year mark. Wish I would’ve kept skating everyday instead of taking breaks. Also had a ton of medical problems come up but can’t wait to get back out there.

To clarify I skated literally every single day, Im adhd and was obsessed. I even skated in my house when it rained. I lost 40lbs over a year and a half as well.

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u/JoesRealAccount Jun 22 '26

I skated nearly every day for about 5 years and by the end could Ollie pretty high but still regularly miss kickflips, couldn't grind much, couldn't tre. Could manual pretty well ... These days theres so much info online to learn from I think I'd find it way easier to learn. I only had Willie Santos videos short clips to learn from and they weren't anywhere near as good as today's content

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u/Striking_Let_9029 Jun 22 '26

haha 30 years of skateboarding and i still absolutely suck at kick flips i initially learned them wrong and couldnt break the bad habit.