Dusting Off the Board Slider - Second Sunday Skate Sessions S02/Ep01 (Skateboard Basics)

TET sitting alongside a home made board slider 'curb'.

My home made 'curb' board slider.

Season 02, Episode 01 of my ten part, Second Sunday Skate Sessions Series is here. I'm still working to master the tricks of Braille Skateboarding's Skateboarding Made Simple Volume One, however, this season will be more focused on my 'curb' Board Slider, that I built, and seeing what tricks I can learn on that.

If you're actually interested in following my full progress of relearning to skateboard, the first season can be viewed in these posts:

In this episode I do a quick run through of Skateboarding made simple tricks just to show you where I'm at before working on getting my board slider to actually slide.

I made this board slider many years ago, and you have seen it in my previous videos, the last time being in 2020 in, TET Skateboards: Heelflips, Kickflips, Rock'n'Rolls, & Nose Slide Persistence.

In the video I'm not entirely sure how long the slider has been sitting in my shed. I just know it was an exceptionally long time. Anyway, you can watch me bring it back to life as I attempt to relearn board slides.

Season 2, Episode 1: Second Sunday Skate Sessions

Season 1 was incredibly satisfying for me personally, even though it didn't gain much traction in terms of viewership. I came out of it with more purpose for my skateboarding and an entirely new trick that I'd never learned before.

Season 2 is off to a rocketing start, being posted for a full five days at the time of writing, and only getting 2 views (both mine on the first day!).

I'm not expecting my videos to go viral but it is a little disheartening watching other skaters, on the same journey, even with the same skill level, somehow raking in enough views to monetize their YouTube channels within months.

I've had my TETLife YouTube channel since 2006 and it's still hasn't cracked 1000 subs. Which is on me because the channel has been all over the place when active, and spent many years in hibernation too.

It's largely focused on my skateboarding now, but clearly I need to do something to make it more interesting while still serving the purpose of giving myself some accountability to keep going.

Anyway, that's for another time. I'll probably post these, three episodes at a time so I don't fill up the blog with just skateboarding content. If you want to see them as I upload then subscribe to the TETLife YouTube Channel.

About the Series:

Each video is filmed on the second Sunday of each fortnight to check in on my progress. In between episodes I try to practice all the tricks at least every second day. More if time allows. Each episode is just to show where I'm at. This is not a persistence. If I don't land a trick after a few tries I move on to the next.

About Me:

I'm a 55 year old skater who has been skateboarding since the age of 18. The mid 90s were the peak of my abilities where I mostly skated mini ramps and curbs. While I've never fully stopped skateboarding, I didn't maintain my skills through the early 2000's. I mostly skated to get from A to B. In the last decade I've been trying to get my confidence back and learn to skateboard well, and maybe be more consistent at tricks that I never really needed to master on a mini ramp back in the day.

Tricks covered in the video:

Ollie, Frontside 180 Ollie, Backside 180 Ollie, Pop Shuv-it, Frontside Pop Shuv-it, Heelflip, Kickflip, backside board slide.

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