4 Tips for Tighter Surfskate Carving

In this surfskate tutorial I give you four tips to get tighter carves on your surfskate.
VIDEO TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:12 Get the Proper Foot Placement
01:10 Use "Triangle Knees" to Balance & Steer
02:11 Stack and Fold to Get Low
02:45 Look Where You're Going
03:26 Surfskate Carving Demonstration
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[@rickydasler6354]

Good information here. It's so easy to be lazy and just stay in an upright position when cruising. Being supple with stretching and things like pilates has helped me as an old guy skater to be able to flex and get low for carves. Plus it adds variety to the fun.

[@williammadray7818]

Your new surfskate setup/system is the absolute bomb.

[@freedomnichoy]

I really loved your tutorials on how to surf skate, I bought my very first surf skate and learned all the way from your videos.

[@Frau.Hafner]

me too - as a non-surfer i totally love steve's tutorials and method :)

[@MrGerryr53]

Same here!😁

[@MrKidOcelot]

Triangle knee - in skateboard parlance from circa 1977 is Alva tuck knee - I'm sticking with TA....always!!!

[@rightuppercut1426]

Old guy here. Used to skate back in the 70s/80s. Ordered a Carver Prismal and tried it out today for half an hour. My knees hurt and I’m sweating, but it’s heaps of fun. Have a lot more practicing to do and your channel is amazing with great advice, Steve. Keep it up.

[@nateross14]

Some good tips in this video. When you're learming to ride, a wider foot stance is more stable and it may be better to put your rear foot behind the rear trucks starting out, but riding with your rear foot infront of the rear trucks with a narrow stance is another way to ride that opens up many riding options and allows you to carve in ways you can't when your rear foot is behind the trucks. My advice would be to learn to also ride with a narrow stance after having a lot of time on the board and being comfortable with riding and balance. Riding the same way over over gets boring after awhile and a rider that can ride with multiple stances has a lot more options and will be a much more style and functionally diverse rider. It's important to mention this because beginners may get locked into the miss notion there is only one correct foot stance, which will limit their future progression.

[@SurfskateLove]

Spot on! Great point.

[@gustavoplaza_]

I agree! being able to move your feet as you ride makes it more fun and allows you to do different things.

[@AlexisDaddy05]

Steve, started following you during the pandemic when I discovered surfskating. For the past couple years I got busy with work and fell out of it, but now I intend to get back into it and rediscovered your channel. Congrats and props to your channel's incredible evolution of great material! Hope to skate with you someday when you have your next group meeting!

[@auctus6641]

This is great! You deserve more subscribers man

[@fishfinder3573]

Sweet board and shoes!

[@Didgeman80]

Hey Steve, As usual, great tips and great video! The part about foot placement and Jacknifing.....I'm super done with that; I add a remora wheelbase extender, (from Whitetail) , and now my foot sits in the foot pocket and over top of the truck, right in its most natural spot. The whole 'possibility of Jacknifing' needs to be changed in surfskate design. Now that I've experienced it eith the remora, I'll never go back. Now, your new longboard deck is a different story and way cool 😎

[@dangdang7873]

I'm 59 years old and I'm practicing from KZbin. Still playing now and I am fc Yours for almost 2 years. ไทยแลนด์

[@joshuathomsen2411]

Lookin’ good

[@KINOSHINOBI]

Flex em calf muscles with pride bruddah. Great tutorial. More plz!

[@ChristopheGP]

It´s cool te see à tuto made by à goofy rider ! Thank you !

[@GentlementorJB]

Ok… I am a skater of over 40 years. I rode hard and heavy in the 80’s and have loved skateboarding my entire life. Coming from a street skating background and currently falling in love with SurfSkating, I have a serious question for you all. Since everything is different in SurfSkating that Street (if I have to watch another stupid Ollie flip trick I may gag) I understand that so many things about SurfSkating is different; front trucks and back trucks are different (width is different, kingpins are different either rkp, swivel, bushing and cushings durameter, truck functionality front to back differs… so on and so on). Why run the same kinds of wheels on the front and back trucks. It seems to me that the front wheels needs to be wide and grippy, but the back wheels needs to slide. Would it enhance performance to change the rear wheels to embrace sliding (narrower, harder durameter, ie. Powell Dragon formula wheels might be great) and rock wider, grippier, softer front wheels? I ask because I am slowly building my own SurfSkate piece by piece, and I am pondering parts. I do not have a SurfSkate yet and I am seeking more knowledgeable opinions than my own.

[@SurfskateLove]

I've seen some people do that. I don't because I prefer grip. With surfskate pumping your back wheels can slide out if they're not grippy enough.

[@Talesfromthepit666]

Dude , I just upgraded my set up to this , harder wheels on back for slides and grippy on front , starting to experiment with different bushings now. And yea over 40 also, this has been a great way to get back into street skating like the 80’s / 90’s

[@bcrocks3935]

Huge thumbs up! Great video Steve.

[@MrGerryr53]

Steve gives the most comprehensive surfskate videos on the internet!

[@lilycat1694]

I am going to apply the technique discussed in this video. Hopefully my CX trucks will turn as good as the YOW Merakis. 😊Never have tried those.

[@gustavoplaza_]

there is a huge difference on the turning between those two.

[@MrKidOcelot]

They won't but you'll turn better lol

[@topy2688]

Nice shoes

[@wimgertenaar8529]

In surfing there's another reason to Tuck that back knee in. If you don't, your knee can hit the wave and slow you down or even make you fall of your board.

[@maxisworld]

❤✌️✌️🤙🏼🤙🏼🌊🎶✨ one love!!!!! Thank YOU ALL💗💗💗

[@lilycat1694]

Great tutorial 🛹 BTW, are you riding CX trucks?

[@SurfskateLove]

YOW Meraki in this one.

[@lilycat1694]

@@SurfskateLovethey turn real good. Thanks 4 responding.

[@chargencarve]

whats the length of that board?

[@SurfskateLove]

34" Soulboardiy Revolution Adam

[@steveo7767]

Are you wearing Vans? They look different.

[@SurfskateLove]

Yes these are Vans.

[@steveo7767]

@@SurfskateLove Are they customs off the website?

[@tristanbrookes1246]

For the record -Triangle knees is not a good thing on a snowboard.

[@SurfskateLove]

That's not what other snowboarders tell me, but surfers also disagree on techniques, so... 🤷‍♂️

[@apzzpa]

if you're riding duck foot probably but if you riding double posi then the theory applies which makes sense as traditionally double posi is used by snowboarders interested primarily in carving.

[@tristanbrookes1246]

@@SurfskateLove only time would do that with knees is going flat out in a straight line. But even then you risk damaging them. Even positive angles it wouldn’t be advisable, way more balanced to have your knees slightly outwards, but looking in the right direction.

[@HizusHiz]

@@SurfskateLove seems you talked to hardbooters ) but they are a small percentage of snowboarders. Moreover, the stance with triangle knees is a very controversial and debatable issue. Check out the article "Separate the knees" on alpinesnowboarder site

[@longebane]

​​​​​​@@tristanbrookes1246you sure m8? I immediately recognized his stance because it matches optimal snowboarding. I think snowboarders can seriously benefit from stacked position, "triangle knees" for carves especially for standard angles (including duck foot). It's what I do, and what I instruct others to do for carves. Without that stable base, they'll be skidding all over the place. Especially apparent during heelside carves, where if you're not tucked in then you'll initiate the turn with a skid or wave your hands in the air trying to compensate balance