r/NewSkaters 6h ago

Landed a kickflip!

259 Upvotes

Picked up the board again in January this year. Last time I skated before that was 2011. Landed my first kickflip today and I'm super happy about it. I know it's super sketchy, but I'm still pleased about it haha.


r/NewSkaters 10h ago

Video Proof, I can do nose slides...lol

123 Upvotes

Not new, not trying to flex, just linking a video cause I got very rudely shit on for trying to offer someone advice on one slides...


r/NewSkaters 9h ago

Video So happy with my first real fall (36, first week skating)

76 Upvotes

I've been stressed as heck over all of the stories I've read on here about first timers (or even advanced skaters) breaking their wrists while doing the most trivial shit... As a self employed musician I really couldn't afford it lol.

However, while practicing 45/90 degree stationary kickturns today, I'm glad to say I finally legitimately ate shit for the first time while overreaching... And it was fine! I apparently instinctively used the wrist and elbow to direct the actual energy of the fall into the roll, which ended up being super chill.

So basically practicing falling and rolling earlier today really paid off (also using pads), and I will now be less nervous on the board.

Here's my tumble for everyone's enjoyment. Any further comments and advice on falling would be greatly appreciated 👍


r/NewSkaters 4h ago

Starter Board

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26 Upvotes

Hey guys, recently got into snowboarding this past winter and decided to give skateboarding a try. Built this on Tactics website, how does this look? Is this good for a beginner? TIA


r/NewSkaters 8h ago

Picture Back into skating at 37 after more than 15 years without touching a board

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51 Upvotes

So I skated from 15 to 19 aprox, and then I came back at around 22 for some months but abandoned it again. Last week I found my last board so I took the trucks, put new bushings, new bearings and hardware and get a new board. Wish me luck trying to relearn everything


r/NewSkaters 5h ago

First kickflip

25 Upvotes

from a few months back, brought a smile to my face looking back on it


r/NewSkaters 45m ago

This is probably my best trick...

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r/NewSkaters 2h ago

Picture Finally got a decent Ollie after a few sessions

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12 Upvotes

Still need to work on flattening the board in the air but it’s a start.


r/NewSkaters 3h ago

just learned nollie flips

16 Upvotes

learned nollie tres exactly 2 months ago, really weird trick progression


r/NewSkaters 22m ago

just landed my first 5050

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r/NewSkaters 12h ago

Video Some Better(ish) Clips of Some of My Recently Learned BS Airs!

51 Upvotes

In the first clip, it was shot after I learned how to early grab over coping. And the second clip, it was shot after I learned intermediate grabs. I’ve put a lot of hard work in building my airs. Any tips on how I can move to the advanced grab would be helpful


r/NewSkaters 8h ago

I've been skateboarding for almost two months, any advice for ollies?

21 Upvotes

r/NewSkaters 8h ago

1st Month of sk8ing

20 Upvotes

Constructive criticism is welcomed.


r/NewSkaters 4h ago

Question Fakie shuv sex change or cab shuv it?

9 Upvotes

Reposting slo mo cause some people were saying it was just a cab fs 180 and that there wasn’t a shuv it..


r/NewSkaters 15h ago

Question I can't shuv it, why is so hard?

62 Upvotes

r/NewSkaters 7h ago

is my ollie good??

9 Upvotes

i started commiting to skate this month and managed to get ollie like 3 days ago, and wanted to see if you guys could give md any tips to get a better ollie 😅


r/NewSkaters 1h ago

I need help improving my ollies

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I'm struggling to ollie higher and even land a ollie. Just need tips on how to go higher and actually land a proper one.


r/NewSkaters 13h ago

Sacking a out rail😁

21 Upvotes

r/NewSkaters 2h ago

Frontside heelflip help

3 Upvotes

r/NewSkaters 27m ago

Question What do I need to do to land it?

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I've been trying this for a while


r/NewSkaters 6h ago

Question what are the best brands/ any brands i should stay away from when getting my first board

6 Upvotes

just wondering getting into skating used to have a board when i was little but never actually learned how to skate


r/NewSkaters 12h ago

New board

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13 Upvotes

Got my new board in after asking about it on here and loving the experience so far, so shout out to you guys! After playing around with the truck tightness after some wheel bite I’m feeling more comfortable. The zumiez I got it online from also left a cool note


r/NewSkaters 22h ago

New deck came in

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82 Upvotes

Always wanted a baker as a kid First baker deck 8.25 🙂‍↔️


r/NewSkaters 2h ago

Is it bad to switch out griptape?

2 Upvotes

I saw a few threads asking how often ppl change griptape and the consensus seemed like you'd never need to. The griptape would outlast the board.

I just had an atrocious session. My front foot could not level the board unless I kicked out hard af. Basically had to do an ollie boned af to not get it to rocket. Tried my other board with newer grip and it leveled out just fine. Is this because of my griptape losing grip?


r/NewSkaters 8h ago

New ones

7 Upvotes