How to fall || Downhill Skateboarding

[@downhill254skate]

Daniel Kwan just pointed out a great tip - get closer to the ground when getting wobbles or any sketchy situation. Helps prevent you from falling at a height and lessens the impact

[@AnthonyBackwoods]

Also, if you are not already close to ground then by doing so it will apply a force downwards which reduces wobbling. Ofc if eskateboarding, letting go of the throttle helps too.

[@MatthewMurraycogswoth]

please don't stop making videos, they're very helpful

[@downhill254skate]

haha i won't!

[@anotheryoutuber_]

falling is an art.

[@demai4253]

So true cuz , i rollarblade n falling properly is key to getting back up n sk8ing.

[@brianjames3753]

Yes very useful! Thanks 😁 I saw another video and the guy recommended Hightop shoes for ankle support and protection. Us old guy need all we can get.

[@apmikalogran]

Propably the best chanel bravo mate greetings from greece

[@alexandre52045]

Dislocated my arm with the first way to fall, might have been the strain of holding the position on a steep road for quite a long bail. In hindsight a pair of knee pads would have saved me :( Don’t skimp on protections guys, injuries can cut short your riding forever

[@jayseven5eight253]

Thanks for this particular video; I am a slower healer now than 20 years ago, so protection is key for me if I want to keep skating and progressing. I wanted to share my particular method for butt protection… I noticed I was hitting the same place on my right side regularly when learning Coleman slides. I sewed a Velcro patch over that spot on my pants and slapped a worn-down slide puck on there. I wear padded shorts, but the puck saves my pants and the pads underneath if I wash out.

[@downhill254skate]

Wise advice! I wish i had done that, would have saved my pants so much haha. Actualyl so genius lol

[@jamesondoggomus4023]

Thank you for this!

[@zzzaaannnn]

hey man! thanks for all this awesome content even during these times when most of the other channels are likely down, there's not much fresh longboad content on youtube lately.. i found your channel a few days ago and i'm loving it! i started longboarding 3 ~ 4 months ago and i'm starting to learn some slides.. yea, pads are absolutelly a must.. i just got me some new shin pads.. hip pads i never saw.. maybe not available where i live.. anyways. cheers bro!

[@downhill254skate]

Check out the G-form crash shorts (another name for hip pads). Yeah, hoping to provide some much needed content! Thanks for checking it out

[@greencoxy]

Thanks for the info great video.Thanks to dkwan for sharing

[@franciscohompler2773]

I would also recommend rain skating because you fall often and sliding out takes longer which adds a lot of experience of falling

[@downhill254skate]

Good tip!

[@PatrickWilliamMartin]

It takes some athletic ability to ride a board at speed over concrete/asphalt. Natural athletes, apply within. All others, show yourselves out. Stay safe.

[@mr_blugoo1338]

Ayyy I love ur vids all useful 🤠

[@downhill254skate]

Thanks for watching!

[@CharlesLutta]

I love this

[@-zoave-]

Nice video once again. My main fear is the fall on the back like at 3:41" With no time to turn around and fall on the hands or knees. I tried this a couple of time, it's painful... Also, I often fall on the shoulder. Two years ago, I fell on the shoulder, at slow speed (!!), but shoulder's bone break...! Two months to heal... Once again, no possibility to fall properly. Even at slow speed, because of my position when I fell, no way to turn around and fall on the hands/gloves or knees/pads. Sometimes there is no way to fall properly (but for me it's more "often" than "sometimes" aha... :)

[@downhill254skate]

with the right protective gear, you'll be ok for the most part. But as you said, someimes theres isn't a way to fall properly :(

[@-zoave-]

Yeah right, but for me it's really common.... Yesterday I fell, doing a backside slide glovedown, and once again I fell on the shoulder and the hip bone... I don't know if one time I succeed to fall properly... Infortunately, it seems to me that there is no protection to protect shoulders from bone-breaking shocks. Just some with shoulder pads, but it's just to protect against abrasion and small shock, not against breaking bones, like motorcycle back protectors can do. I think my main goal now is to learn to fall :) I'm going to fall 100 times a day, instead of trying to learn slides, aha ;) Before this shoulder's bone break, I never be afraid with speed, since my childhood, I have always been a hothead, I have done several extreme sports without ever being afraid of injury. But since the day I broke my shoulder bone, (at really slow speed, almost standstill...! I don't understand how I managed to do that...) I'm afraid to slide with speed, to learn stand up slides... Little by little, I manage to ease my apprehension, I slide at higher and higher speeds, but not yet at really high speeds, I haven't exceeded around 35/40 kph yet. Also, I hope to get to stand-up soon. And so, do stand-up on small speed, moderate speed, higher speed... It's why I need to manage to fall properly :)

[@marcuswalker7312]

One thing I learned from silverfish back in the day is to put gorilla tape on your butt where you slide on it. Learning to heelside slide you will go through tons of shorts and the gorilla tape means you only go through one pair and don’t have to worry about butt rash

[@franciscohompler2773]

You can sow leather patches to shorts/pants and once they are worn put new ones on. And better use salopettes for more protection

[@KenjiNitta]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. What companies do you recommend buying protective gear from?

[@downhill254skate]

TSG, Triple 8, S1! All good companies!

[@jasonlovi8745]

I wish this existed when I started skating, I slid on my hip bone.

[@ItsNotDerk]

Man they gave me this a bit too late 😂 I fell off my electric longboard going 30+ mph and broke my elbow and got massive road rash 😐 but it could’ve been worse by a lot. Luckily I didn’t try to catch myself or run it off..

[@downhill254skate]

It happens! It's all a learning experience :)

[@vommir.]

Hey man great video as usual! I've read tons of your articles on your blog great source of informations! I have a question. I want to build a "cheap" topmount downhill set up. Which one would you rather go for between 160mm Caliber Hanger + Randal 42 degree base plates OR 165mm Arsenal trucks /44 degree ? Having downhill in mind. I'll probably go for a 31-35" x 9.25-10" longboard deck. Thank you!

[@downhill254skate]

Both sound good! I'd probably go for the Arsenal setup. What wheelbase you gonna use? Really stoked you enjoy the content! :)

[@vommir.]

@@downhill254skate Thanks! Probably something around 22-25! I've heard the bushing that comes with those are not top so will get Venoms or Riptide tall bushings

[@franciscohompler2773]

About the problem of slowing down when falling: On my leather I have shoe sole patches that really slow me down. You cant do that when only wearing knee pads of course. I think when wearing leathers braking patches could make the difference of hitting an obstacle and not hitting it. Do you think you could benefit of having braking sole kneepads and elbows on leathers?

[@downhill254skate]

Yes there could be a benefit. Could slow you down. However I can see them catching on the ground and maybe twisting a arm or a leg in a way it's not supposed to. I guess leather is fine cause it can slide

[@therealforestelf]

any recommendation on the leather going inside of the pants butt section or outside? - I'm kind of lost but but maybe both is considerable

[@downhill254skate]

I've only ever seen people put it on the outside 🙂

[@konan8353]

Do you value your clothes more or how you look when you skate

[@therealforestelf]

I always skate* in* pretty dead clothing anyway because I'm keen to fall :D

[@franciscohompler2773]

go to a motorbyke store/tailor. They will give you the most suitable leather

[@craftycraff7938]

Any e-skate specific tips?

[@downhill254skate]

Umm ... wear slide gloves ... or wrist guards, something that allows you to use your hands when you fall. Otherwise, tbh I've never ridden an eskate so can't provide any really great info

[@konan8353]

Please make a video on the best longboard trucks to get girls with

[@downhill254skate]

thats a secret I'm taking to the grave

[@andrewkariuki8888]

Fallen a ton of times....thank God Abuga wasn't there with a camera.😂 By the way, where's the fails compilation?😂😂

[@downhill254skate]

Haha, plenty of chances to capture you from now on. You just wait haha.

[@andrewkariuki8888]

@@downhill254skate I'm just built different... your camera will not work when I fall😂

[@downhill254skate]

@@andrewkariuki8888 **screenshots** it's on

[@aloneboarder]

Why don’t you use elbow pads?

[@downhill254skate]

Slide pucks usually do the job elbow pads do. but I do get some nicks on my elbows sometyimes

[@steeze2390]

just don’t fall

[@downhill254skate]

OK Vin diesel

[@andreibestia6395]

For the algorithm.