Learning How To Skate Rails In My 30’s!

Ever since I had back to back knee injuries about ten years ago, I have lost a lot of my basic tricks as well as my confidence with ollies. Now, being sober and focusing more on my health, my body feels better than ever and today I decided to work on some tricks that I have always wanted to learn as well as a few that I’ve done in the past but haven’t felt confident with recently. I’m psyched to keep practicing round rails and eventually take it to the streets. If you guys have any tips for skating round rails leave them in the comments below!
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[@ChadCaruso]

Anyone have a good tip for skating round rails?

[@wesktit5225]

I’ve heard crosslocking helps but I don’t know

[@smithsfan425]

Pray

[@joaquinesparza3846]

You just gotta lock on right

[@SheldonWarehime]

Smiths and feebles on round rails feel the bessttt an so smooth. You just glide thru it

[@traddad9172]

S p e e d & precision

[@valentingarriga1674]

"Gotta warm up the legs a lil bit" *absolutely obliterates the bank

[@ease3784]

Fr😂

[@aysechrystaka]

his warm up is shit I will never be able to do 🤣🤣

[@Kadehollan]

That's what I was thinking lol

[@r4pid1337]

The only Skate Vlogger that I really like watching. Not saying that I dislike the others, but your stuff is just so chill to watch.

[@sk8phux640]

I love your channel dude

[@sugamanspodcast]

i love how u did a follow cam behind the board by just crouching and filiming the back of the board, very creative!

[@CaptainUncle1836]

I'm almost 30 used to skate for 5 years as a teen broke my foot on a 3 stair trying to tailslide a shitty lit bin and never went back.. thinking about getting a setup for a while now and watching your videos has fully inspired me ..thanks dude

[@kristelevision]

I'm 41 and have been skating for a couple months for the first time in abt 10 years.. got my blunt fakies back, my mini ramp heelflips, backside airs and plenty of rail slides.. but man, grinding any rails esp with kinks is so scary.. never felt more mortal.. way to rep the senior class, bro

[@TheVDN]

Awesome content...u are a humble dude and a inspirational one...God bless

[@milehighmike1895]

Good on you man......I’m 44 and just got back into it after 8 years off. I’m 8 weeks in and recording my progression. It’s vids like this that keep me amped.

[@tomaa3522]

your growth mindset is inspirational! keep at it homie

[@surpriseshoveit3514]

How could i miss this awesome channel? Instant subscribe and hiiit that bell 🙌🏻

[@VictorAOSouza]

Good Job man . Novo aqui no canal, ansioso pelos próximos videos. 50 50 was amazing

[@SlinkSkateboards]

Sick! That tall rail was no joke

[@liznarducci3461]

You’re awesome! I’m 4.5 years sober and I just started skating at 34. You and your girlfriend are beautiful! Put a ring on it, lol. But for real, thank you for the vids and the tip tricks and just being a cool guy that people love to hang around!

[@eddy_with_a_y]

Sounds like you’re using Final Cut Pro, to avoid that robotic sound when doing slow motion, select the clip, and check “preserve pitch” and it’ll sound way cooler. Also, if you use “range” tool instead of cutting to choose what you want to slowmo, you’ll get the ramp up and ramp down option put on the slowmo automatically. Hope this helps!! Love your videos, wish I had the courage to talk in mine, really adds to the experience. Keep up the good work!

[@ChadCaruso]

Thanks Eddy but I don’t use final cut. Everything on this channel is filmed and edited on my iPhone. Appreciate the help though

[@eddy_with_a_y]

Chad Caruso damn dude! I’m sure whatever app you’re using has a way to remove the “preserve pitch” option. Regardless, your videos are awesome, so I hope you don’t take it the wrong way! Keep up the good work

[@ChadCaruso]

Eddy Butler Thank you! Yeah, iMovie doesn’t have that option but I will look into other mobile apps that might. Cheers

[@TABJJ]

the curb in the back at the beginning

[@geraldhoffman2606]

Love to see rail skating

[@thomasbuchanan3559]

No joke that back 5050 last one was really clean even if it was a little short

[@EpicKungFuGrip]

"Aahhright guys" Keep up the good work Chad! Nice video.

[@mariolucena]

Great my friend🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️🛹🏆

[@advankidney3224]

u deserve way more subs

[@18JR78]

It’s getting there

[@Derekgromling]

Lmao I didn’t think Baldwin skatepark was ever gonna make fame 😂😂

[@smallfaucet]

"In my 30's" LOL! You're a young man bro!

[@LBastone]

New paltz, NY that’s where I live man!

[@y2keefus]

Why was he trying to wreck his camera with the 3 flips?

[@late.night.rituals]

I could not figure that out either. He almost hit it every single try and then he finally did smack it. Why wouldn’t he just move it out of the way?

[@quafee]

I think he was recording at that angle. I could be wrong.

[@keithstewart5849]

'Lemme just point all these tre's at the smallest most expensive object in the park'.

[@MrXav360]

Glad you took time for you to relax (and heal up!). With your absence, I had more time to go out and skate instead of watching videos haha!

[@tigrider]

Rizzippppper🙌🙌🙌

[@joaquinesparza3846]

Love your channel

[@Jayerbruh]

What a chad👍🏻

[@shaglicious3727]

New Paltz, NY is always giving people infections

[@MotoSly]

Dakota... stop skating into camera's... great your getting back on the board again!

[@johnlorenzo4212]

I also use to have great Smith grinds until just recently I keep missing them for some reason and eating shit everytime

[@TreyyDaMenaceFan]

9:45 yw

[@helikontex2467]

You look like a pro doing some of this can we get a novice 30 year old doing rails

[@Surfnet47]

30 bro ha ha I M 40 and thanks to you I m back to skate !

[@keelo-byte]

Chad, *Sal Flip* Please!

[@bryanhawkins9418]

Yeah I love sal flips! Andy Anderson throws some beautiful ones!

[@Rufusdos]

Such a dope trick, especially to fakie on a quarterpipe.

[@keelo-byte]

@@Rufusdos He doesn't do many grabs but I can see Caruso owning that trick on mini.

[@magicwood2360]

🤙

[@3RASR1]

what deck do u have in this vid

[@adi2205]

Im 39 still skate rail and anything else..but 5min rest 5min rest my hearrt beat so fast if not rest...not like young just hard pusshing trick

[@urwaxxx]

Quick question, what board size do you skate?

[@ChadCaruso]

8.2

[@urwaxxx]

@@ChadCaruso thanks man! Also keep up the skating man, Love your style and content!

[@traddad9172]

Warms up with nollie frontside heels💪🤣

[@samtabor]

Wow that last rail is so intimidating haha. Sick vid man!

[@matty9365]

Love your vids

[@ChadCaruso]

Appreciate that Sam

[@CoreyJames-ed7oe]

I skated for 30 years. Im 49 mow and i just started again after 7 years off. Its goin pretty good just the muscle tone isnt what it used to be. Your vids inspire me.

[@JamesSully]

Accidentally did a little "WOO" when he got that second Tre and almost woke up my roommates!

[@elmercyperro]

appreciate your humility....

[@wingedeathnoisewave]

As do I approve of the verbal humility, but his trick selection, and ability to succeed, makes the humility seem false.. if you’re trying to Smith a ledge, and 180 out, and have never done it before, and SUCCEED I don’t see the need for humility

[@kushedout7]

wingedeathnoisewave wtf are u even saying kook

[@wingedeathnoisewave]

Son. I’m sorry, I was wrong. Humility is always an admirable quality.. I have just skated for over 30 years, and had awesome days where I learned a new trick that I hadn’t been able to do before. But to film one session and just be pulling off tricks you’ve never tried before and succeed seems a lot harder in my experience than what this guy makes it look like. He rips! If he can go to the skate park and learn two new tricks that he’s never done in one day and pull them off, within a year he should be one of the top pros.

[@wingedeathnoisewave]

@@oyophant4745 that’s amazing development, you put in the work you get the reward.. I don’t want to be a negative person, or a keyboard warrior.. keep learning new things! That really is the amazing thing about skating... some tricks come more naturally, and some seem impossible to wrap our head around.. but most of it starts up here 🧏‍♂️

[@MD-hx3wf]

Love this man. I haven't skated for 15 years and just started back up again with the mentality of back when I was solid in my basic tricks. Now I see and feel that I need to get back my confidence and control and the thought crossed my mind that it might be too late since I just turned 30. Thanks for the video

[@griffinsemple]

Glad you included Dakota. That dude is an inspiration.

[@ToniLovesSkateboarding]

"think of it as a feeble" Me: I can't feeble... xD

[@TheNiktator]

Dude I just want to say I love this video and you've earned a new sub. I recently am getting back into skating after 10 years and watching you filled me with excitement and optimism! Keep at it!

[@bargerkenneth]

Yeah Dakota! So rad! You'll be back and shape and shredding hard in no time.

[@hankwilliams3063]

Put your girlfriend in the thumbnails you'll get a ton more viewers

[@DannyTorres]

Daddy Chaddy tryna hit a hand rail in the street vid? 😳

[@WolfWould]

Thanks for always inspiring us other old guys to still kick around and have fun! 🛹👍

[@TheVDN]

So true

[@y0urit]

Seeing Chad always makes me want to skate. Some many more old dudes picking it up again during quarantine it seems as well. Love that.

[@WolfWould]

@@y0urit For sure! 3 of my buddies have bought boards and go skate with me now. It's been 15-20 years for them but they are having fun! Chad is rad. I loved his 50 states series.

[@seferis101]

Really nice camera angles, editing and overall production quality on this one! Props! 👍

[@gamerfanification]

First try back 50 on the tall hand rail... he’s a real CHAD

[@gerardlange4156]

when i was a kid you taught me how to do a spine transfer at that park! loved that mini ramp there and the weird life guard on the big ramp.

[@smallfaucet]

This would be more impressive if you were in your 40's mate. 30's are fawking great years man!

[@turtle5607]

For being a 33 year old man that is a truck driver. The 1 trick that I liked doing on a skate rail was the K grind. I don't care what anybody says but a K grind on a skate rail is just as satisfying doing a clean kick flip catching it over the bolts and compressing your knees like Andrew Reynolds.

[@joaquinesparza3846]

Lmao the parking curb in the beginning

[@Rubble1]

The worst thing about round rails when you’re first learning them is it feels different every time you lock your tucks. The rail could be by under your heals or under your toes or worse yet toe and heal and the problem is you don’t know what you got till you’re already on the friggin thing. Once that weirdness goes away and you’ve done enough to where you’re okay with any truck position that’s when you start to get good at them and can really try harder stuff with real confidence. I miss skating.

[@xcessive9566]

Yo pls start skating again bro and the part with 5050s is I always found it easy to lock in but for me it was hard to get out cuz I landed on the rail weirdly. My feet went from normal to nollie position lmao

[@ZeusOrangejuice]

I'm a simple man. I see a Chad upload, I click like.

[@NICKYMGTV]

Chad just broke my heart when I heard the words “my girlfriend”

[@themoog924]

urgh.

[@lucasnutting8266]

nice to see you here doc. didnt know u skated

[@zentient1117]

Hell yeah Dakota! Love your videos chad!

[@bradleysmith9924]

Glad you're back man! :)

[@CFCVideos]

Brilliant video :)

[@liamburgess5029]

Subscribing to this channel in my 20s

[@SuperKimjong]

36 and 6 years out not skating. These vids are super inspiring. Getting me itching to pick up the board again :) My last 'comeback' lasted about 2 weeks when I rolled an ankle again... but just landing some of my basic tricks again felt so good. Fitness is a killer tho... didn't even notice it in my early 20's!

[@Damoforce]

I feel the anxiety of that camera.

[@cannibalisticzombie6663]

35yr old here, re-starting skating, really scared of rails: Mad props for taking this on! Question Chad: You skate so good Mini, why do we see you so rarely skate bowl? Greetz from Germany!! :)

[@t.j._edits9669]

I teard a little when he hit the camera after the Tre

[@rawrbrz]

I think you already know how to skate rails by my definition xD wonder how it will be to actually do your first boardslide in your 30s

[@ferndells]

it’s great neck rail time

[@ChadCaruso]

Soon.

[@davidalanwatters9683]

Doctors don't do anything about a heartrate dropping to 105 blood pressure.... Wondering what kind of food doctors could prescribe for Chad regarding anti-inflammatory's. It's like when my dog breaks out in a rash, something helps. David is sanein, "Doctors helping me beekeep with the Cell 1 for skitzophreniks is all I've heard.

[@rollsaround2096]

Hey dude. I jist turned 39 in May of 2020 and just before that in January I decided I want to skate. Best decision ever. I jist wanted to thank you for all the tips but mainly leading by example. You have perseverance. And that is what I am learning hard this year. And when I watch your videos I really get this message of perseverance especially the 50 states. So, with much love and appreciation. Some random duder lol.

[@facksmasheen]

in 20 years i don't think i've back 5050'd a round rail lmao... always scared the shit out of me too, feeble, 5-0, blunt, crook.. anything else is less scary

[@FredRaclette]

are you me?

[@facksmasheen]

@@oyophant4745 I guess everyone is different, I see lots of people do them like they are nothing. I always did them less on other obstacles too so that's part of it.

[@joewalkerskateboarding]

Awesome video chad 👍 hats off to you for encouraging Dakota you guys put in the time in this one / stay legendary mate

[@meloshredder86]

Glad you're back, I feel ya on the tooth infection. Had the same thing, face swelled up and had to get mine pulled on the 14th last month.

[@stvnhill]

I’m 32 and after 20 years, I’m still not comfortable with grinding round tails. I’d much rather slide them. A noseblunt slide feels safer than a 50-50

[@creamcheese7845]

I’m 33 and I started skating today for the first time in 15 years and my god, I suck. I’m way over weight and so unfit but hey I pulled of two moving ollies. Tomorrow kick flips🤜

[@kfc4736]

That bank looks sexy ngl

[@mitch3384]

Been a while man, good to have ya back. That park has one of those big road barricades.. have you thought about learning a backside 180 nosegrind, failing, and raging the fuck out, like Rob Dyrdek?

[@Tin_Town]

I've come back from an 18 year break it's great to see us older lot still rippin. Your videos have helped me massively especially on the mini ramp big up from the UK 🇬🇧

[@shakeywithlife]

man, I'm about to turn 30.. snapped my kneecap about 8 years ago. Haven't skated since, got two metal bolts in my knee. Anyway been getting back into it the last 6 months or so and love it so much, knees holding up well and I've got a new found love for rails and ledges. Love the vids man, good to see it can still be done, and done well :D

[@darrinsiberia]

This is gunna seem weird. I mean no offense. But seriously. If you went vegan. W a little meat and fish like 3x a week only. But mostly vegetarian and cut out dairy. U can seriously increase your energy and stamina 1000 percent.

[@dandrechesterfield5411]

The intro is basically everyone in 2020. Injured leg, tooth issues... I just got into a car accident 10 mins ago, got hit on my motorcycle, lost work, lost gf, dealing with internet bullies... shit never ends

[@gregpohlmeier]

Back 50s on rails have always scared me also, especially round ones. It’s just an awkward feeling trick. Props on hitting it first try on that behemoth rail though!

[@ImBlackIvy]

Your big spins r clean

[@sbvarg]

You have good style!

[@chinarello2928]

The most inspiring thing was that a mini-ramp legend like Chad be intimidated by a rail. Those things absolutely terrify me. I just know I’m going to hit my shin frontside :)

[@LL-wc4wn]

That crossing trucks style for 50 50 is wack. Dont learn it like that man. If you have your weight on your heels and both wheels locked in, it is so unecessary to lock in like that. It is like pushing mongo imo

[@TommyLGarage]

Chad has a girlfriend! Chad has a girlfriend!

[@samuelgomez2273]

Frontside Smith? It’s just called a Smith grind. If you do it backside it’s a Nolder grind.

[@TheFernando11520]

I used to skate from Freeport to Baldwin just to skate this park. Great times there! If only they got rid of the whole left section to add those ledges and rails and instead polished the right side where the half pipes and the small hubba was it’d be an amazing park. Used to be ledges and a good rail that were missing in that park. Now it’s the transition stuff that’s missing lmao 😂 greetings from NC!

[@dsrree]

I feel for that big dude trying to relearn all his shit. I tore my ACL which took me out for like 2 years and when I was healed I went back to the park like 40 pounds heavier and just felt like a struggling fatass the whole time. It ended up being a positive thing because I became used to doing tricks like it took a lot of effort and then as I lost weight by skating I still had that same effort but less weight and the tricks felt even easier to land than before I got hurt.

[@lasal8613]

Wishing you well from Oakland, CA. You have to come try the skateparks we have in our city!

[@TheNoobComment]

I stopped skating after a year or two after highschool and just getting back at it this summer. Man, telling you ollie was the hardest shit ever...

[@nicholasmorales5484]

Man if I still lived in New York City I would totally skate with you you are really cool and I just turned 29 in September

[@K1ckpu5h2]

Us old man skaters his stick together lol

[@natobounader1421]

Damn you poor bro that would of sucked with the leg and infection. Loving the clips 🙏🏻

[@UrbanLikwid]

Pretty damn good for your 30's. Where is that park at? See Labor stickers there, figure its somewhere in the NY area?