Second Sunday Skateboard Session Episode 9, and 10 - Shuv-it Revelation and Did I Improve?
The final two episodes of my ten part YouTube series documenting my process of learning the first seven basic skateboard tricks from Braille Skateboarding's, Skateboarding Made Simple.
These are the links to Episode One, Episode Two, Three to Five, and Six to Eight, should you feel the need to see where I started or you want a bit more background on my personal skateboarding journey that began in 1988.
I won't ramble on in this final introduction to my last two sessions, other that to say, episode ten is the highlight in terms of getting a direct comparison from episode 1 with side by side footage.
Episode 9 - Frontside Pop Shuv-it Revelation
The only episode not filmed on the second Sunday, thankfully due to the weather raining Sunday out and not my lack of willingness to continue. Monday was also very rainy but I managed to fit my session in during a small window of no rain late in the day.
It was a little bit of a difficult session in that I could only utilize the dry space directly under the carport but I did come out of it with some insight on better controlling my frontside pop shuv-its. Seemed like putting my front foot closer to the front edge of the board was helping to keep the board more underneath me. I even came close to landing a moving one except, toe drag.
Episode 10 - Comparing First to Last - Did I Improve?
Filming the final episode heading into Aussie Winter was always going to be hit or miss weather-wise. Unfortunately it was a miss and I was confined to skating the dry area under my carport again. The session was also rushed because it was windy, and the forecast was promising rain by the afternoon, so I was mainly just trying to get through everything as quickly as possible.
It was actually one of my worst sessions, with a bit of an angry meltdown (edited out) because I felt I wasn't able to really demonstrate my progress compared to episode one.
That aside, in this video I have inserted my best attempts from episode one alongside my attempts this session. In my opinion there is definitely some improvement but mostly with the harder tricks, and, of course, landing my pop shuv-its, even if they're not really popped.
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Overall I think this series was a success for my skateboarding.
Rather than just go out and 'noodle around' doing random stuff, it gave my sessions purpose and direction that makes my skating feel more productive. The consistency of trying the same tricks every session really helps track improvements, as well as discovering various adjustments that may get you closer to landing.
As an example, when I started, I really struggled to get the board to flip on heelflips. Presently I know exactly how to get the board to flip almost every time. To the point where, if I just put my back foot on, it would be a land. Not there yet though.
As mentioned in the last two videos, I do intend to do another ten part series but I'm going to wait until the Spring. This will give me time to think about the format, and hopefully make something a little more watchable.
I am kind of disappointed my final episode, after being up for two weeks, only has 12 views at the time of writing this. Though I think it's partly due to the video title not mentioning a single skateboard trick that YouTube's search might pick up.
Regardless, this series was always for me. To make sure I had something to show that I was honoring the commitment I made to film a ten part series of me learning skateboarding basics. Totally worth doing, and I'd recommend you try it too, if you're learning to skateboard.
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