How To Frontside Axle Stall -The Art Of Ram - Beginner Mini Ramp - Skateboard Trick Tips

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[@semigloss]

I’m 44 and just landed FS 50-50s for the first time in my life, thanks to this.

[@trogarmy]

no way!!! congrats. got a clip to share?

[@MCrObOt18]

Nice! I'm 42 and just did my first 5050 stall drop in after eating it so many times

[@merlebump5328]

I'm learning as an old fart too. 🙂

[@jimmibearful]

Just wanted to say you are by far the best How To videos on KZbin I have ever seen.

[@trogarmy]

I appreciate the kind words. Stoked to put out more videos as time allows.

[@Gunjaroo]

‘Coulda landed it” hahah your my fav coach! Thanks

[@skidmark7915]

Some people take from the wood pile, some people add to the wood pile. Trog, you are a LUMBERJACK stacking logs all day long. Thank you sir!

[@trogarmy]

You made my day! Thank you!!!

[@kanu_2021]

that knee drop-in was awesome!

[@trogarmy]

Give it a try for more success!

[@sergiosegal4871]

Thanks for video. I'm Brazilian Guy old years 42, this is nice lesson for me. I'm starting skateboard.

[@VaizardDaishi]

We gotta get Trog to 1k for all this knowledge he's dropping.

[@trogarmy]

how???

[@jakejohnowen]

You are a great teacher dude!

[@trogarmy]

I appreciate the kind words and lmk if you ever get stuck on a trick that has a video made and we can break down the trick more!

[@dneck]

amazing detail. the "where to look" and where to put weight on what part of the feet at what times etc helps a lot. Great approach!

[@ReparandomiAutocaravana]

Thank you! From Spain

[@trogarmy]

Love it!!

[@MrPopestar]

Great video man. Really appreciated

[@HisBeverness]

Love these videos, you're a great teacher 🙌 Thanks, from an old guy re-learning how to shred...

[@trogarmy]

Thank you sir

[@TheHairyDurdles]

This series & past vids are great! You’ve helped me learn the rock ‘n’ roll, Fakie Tail-stall to Trog Stomp, & front side axle stalls... looking forward to more progression with your vids! Thank you!

[@trogarmy]

Any specific requests and thank you boss, Namaskate

[@josephhosebcc870]

Trog! I Appreciate the video...great instruction...perfect break down for an OG like myself!!! Keep them coming...the Ram soldiers need em !💥🔥💥

[@trogarmy]

Sir yes Sir

[@skater_scott]

Nice, man! Thank you!

[@user-kk2ph4xe9v]

Sir-! you are the best skate instructor I've ever seen-! you have such a nice and obvious diction that I can easily comprehend what you intend to depict -! Thanks to you ,I have made my first bs axle stall and I am going to try and challenge this one tonight. Thank you very much for all of altruistic effort to share your precious knowledge and experience and always respect you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you again from South Korea~!

[@trogarmy]

Thank you so much. Do you have an update on this trick? did you get it?

[@miuszik2081]

Very good video! I especially like that you teach the bail out too

[@JoelSimbrow]

been trying and trying. I'm gonna get this tomorrow!!

[@trogarmy]

Ram it down! Let us know, what it took to ride away for you!

[@ericricardo2419]

Ótima didática! parabéns...

[@KyleAndersonSkates]

Learned this one this morning thanks to you Trog! The tip at 6:16 really helped, been skating for years and been terrified of fs axle stalls. Going to be putting it in a video for this friday!

[@trogarmy]

Tag me on insta so i can check it.

[@KyleAndersonSkates]

@@trogarmy It's on youtube, latest video on my channel!

[@Knightgil]

Great teaching, small channels like yours are often much more interesting than the mainstream ones that youtube keep recommending, but are much harder to find for that reason, unfortunately.

[@airbus-driver]

Would love to see a clip of all the bailing technique from most common tricks. Cheers!

[@David_Drills]

It’s amazing how well and clear you explain things, very very VERY well done man! I am 34 from Milan, Italy, and I am skating from a couple of years now. I love transitions and i spend a lot of time doing miniramp. I have a solid bs axle stall and I am trying and trying and trying on fs axle stall. Sometimes I do it clearly, sometimes I hang with the back truck on the copping and I fall. I still can’t understand this: during bs axle stall is safer to shift the back truck toward the ramp (and you demonstrate it on the dedicated video), but I can’t understand why when doing the fs axle stall we need to drop back in without shifting the back truck into the ramp. My back truck often hang to the copping when trying fs axles, it never happens when trying bs axle because i push the back truck against the copping. Any help would be very appreciated... keep going with the great job!

[@trogarmy]

So the reason you are lapping over the deck into a hang up is from no being enough into ramp as you turn in. If you are to on top of the deck as you lift and turn you will slip into a rock more than often. You really have to start throwing your body weight starting with the head and shoulder, in and down into the transition. You will probably be doing a micro pressure ollie in it will feel like. Remember to pivot on the back heel as well lots of kids I teach keep the weight on the toes for the stall to long also causing the hang up. Hope that helps soldier!

[@andrewbzdok1537]

Why don't you go to the toe side of the back truck to avoid catching similar to how I think you're supposed to be on your healside while dropping in after a backside stall?

[@budlawrence4847]

Nice

[@martijnsmit6086]

The amount of information provided in all these videos is tremendous, and of enormous value. The way it is explained is just so good. We should be paying for this.

[@trogarmy]

You're too kind. Tell a friend

[@martijnsmit6086]

@@trogarmy I already did, and will do. Keep up the good work.

[@benoduartebd]

The bail out pattern is helpful. I didn't think I was going to need it but I did not get my front foot enough away from my board. It carried it away behind me and real pulled on the tendon the inside of my knee. I feel it could of been worse. I will be practicing it for now on. It hurt.

[@sarahbrown1623]

So glad you are back with the tutorials! Is the vert ramp still there? I am a 45yo lapsed skater, Just started again this summer after 25yrs! My dream is to air on vert, would love to come down and get some private lessons on vert!

[@sarahbrown1623]

I am commenting using my wife's youtube name, haha

[@trogarmy]

Its there for now. plans to take it out this fall. come down and get a one on one and welcome back!!

[@tomgreenwood1030]

Awesome vid, thanks Trog! And thanks for all the vids, super helpful how you break em down. I'm battling this right now and keep eating it. Do you have a tip on shifting your weight from inside the ramp to up top on the coping?

[@trogarmy]

Great question and if you like to send me a video to check out just hmu @trogarmy on insta. however lets see if we can troubleshoot this issue. Have you learned... a straight roll out by rocking out? a straight roll out by bonking back wheels? a straight blunt roll out? fs roll out? where you bonk back wheels and turn 90 frontside? Frontside slasher? If you can do all those and are pretty consistent then it seems like the timing of the trick is off. lots of people push down on their toes and the balls of their feet while turning frontside, instead of pivoting on the back heal. This creates a slip down to palms a lot of the time, and hope fully it never turns to a chest, arm pit or throat or jaw smash but i have seen all that. Pump up the ramp do a late fs slasher lock in back truck smash down front truck then press on toes to stall and deck front side make sure heal side wheels are both locked in. Shift back on the heals, twist, spot landing and point and look where you want to go. I hope this helps on your journey. If you have more questions. send them over!

[@tomgreenwood1030]

Hey @@trogarmy thanks for the really nice reply man ✌I'm outta action with a knee thing for the month or so ... but yup I can do all that apart from the blunt roll out. And I got the fs axle-in down the other day (just before I twisted my knee 😂) Thanks for the tips on the fs axle-in man, that's awesome advice! My thing is that the board goes flying up over the coping and I crash back into the ramp which really sucks. I had the same thing when I was learning bs axle-stalls. I've kinda got fs smiths down. Maybe it's just practice ... I'll send you a vid if I get one where I eat it again :) Cheers buddy, and thanks again!

[@davidbubbsoar2555]

great vid man! I seem to be able to get into the position, but had bad memories hanging the trucks while re-entering. I'll keep working on it though!

[@trogarmy]

i usually say you fall once on every trick you learn. sounds like you already took your slam. now its time for a land. plus skateboarders dont give up! Ram it Down

[@davidbubbsoar2555]

Trog Army yknow... you’re totally right, I guess I just figured I’d eat shit every time and stopped trying em... I’ll get back on em tomorrow!! Thanks 🔥🔥

[@jamesbondred9997]

Another great video , planning to learn these this weekend , my ramp is 4ft with 6 ft radius it's a bit scary as I havnt rode transition before , I can rock to fakie , rock and roll slash grind , b/s axle stall (sometime) . Should I mellow my ramp out? Thsnks again for your tutorials

[@trogarmy]

that is a steep ramp, but fun too how wide?

[@jamesbondred9997]

Its 8ft wide , I'm 45 and loving it I just did my first bs feeble stall. Not sure if I'm to stick to this size ramp as I've only been skating for 3 months and might regret cutting it down when I've got more confidence

[@jamesbondred9997]

Just got the stall today , scared sh#tless of coming back in , I'll keep on trying your instructions, 🤞🤞🤞

[@shanemcnallie]

Did you ever get it? I'm close to getting the stall but am in the same boat with being scared to drop back in backwards

[@jamesbondred9997]

@@shanemcnallie yes I have got it now, I just set myself up on top of coping and went for it , lean back on your heel and look under your armpit at bottom of ramp where you want to go , I over exaggerated the sort of hop you need to do , don't do that it will come naturally, just pad up and go for it, everytime you fall you will feel what your doing wrong and you will have it in no time , took me about 20 times with a few slams but mostly run outs , doing it on the exhale really does work , you've got this , I'm 45 and started skating last August, watch these videos over and over again, I'm nearly landing frontside disasters thanks to the art of ram , just go for it👍👍👍👍

[@shanemcnallie]

@@jamesbondred9997 thanks for the tips. I will be 40 soon and am trying to get it before then. One step at a time but this one is definitely taking a while

[@jamesbondred9997]

@@shanemcnallie it took me a while , just go for it , step off ,do the same again, eventually you will feel the heel and lean back motion , and be able to go , first few times you will probably bail but then you will get it , one thing keep doing it once you get it as I had to relearn it because I didn't have it consistently, you've 100% got this

[@CollinGill7]

2 minutes in and i already understand why i cant land fs 5050s, ive had my front toes too far back for years!

[@trogarmy]

Well look who just found a key!!! Many more to discover and many more doors to open my friend! Welcome

[@billmullane3514]

I’ve been doing these for a few years, what’s it like when you take it to vert? Do you still get right on top?

[@trogarmy]

On vert you have to get low to lock in but yes once you are locked in on top you can drop past the vert and roll away. i personally don't do stand up fs axels on vert i will do fakie fs 5050 or frontside pivots. its not really a good set up trick. now a fs 5050 grind that is a different story...

[@MattStorstad]

W

[@trogarmy]

I watched your DIY spot videos. keep up the hard work creating!

[@MattStorstad]

@@trogarmy you’re the GOAT Trog 🥺🥹🥰😭

[@patongpanda]

He didn't talk about the hangup?

[@merlebump5328]

do you recommend frontside or backside first?

[@beaboarder6026]

that all falls on the rider. Im sure you know i could go into a entire series on this, but traditionally backside is easier for the fact of you are spotting the landing just about 100% of the time.

[@oldbonz]

What's the amount of flat on that micro? I'm building one in my basement at 2'6" and was going with a six foot radius but now rethinking it.

[@trogarmy]

did we talk on the phone the other day?

[@oldbonz]

@@trogarmy - nope. Just saw this vid and because I'm in Colorado and want to skate this winter, I'm gonna put a micro in the basement. 24-30 inches high. Planned on 6 foot tranny and just trying to figure what a good amount of flat looks like? Nothing too quick but don't want to kill myself pumping it either.

[@trogarmy]

@@oldbonz if you can get 9' you would be so stoked. The rule of thumb is the steeper the ramp the more flat you want

[@patximendizabal5150]

I cannot figure out why my back truck always hangs in the couping when trying this trick. Any clue? I have tried over 100 times and I still have not landed a single one.😢. I am 43 and I am trying to land my first FS axle drop for the first time by the way 😉

[@badsn]

not enough pressure on the heel when initiating the drop-in, not enough weight in the transition (get low, ass to the flat!), not enough commitment (mini hop). I just learned them myself. Those are the things I had to concentrate on.

[@trogarmy]

Did you put one down yet?

[@patximendizabal5150]

@@trogarmy YEEESSSS!! 🥳🥳. A couple of weeks ago something made a CLICK in my mind and suddenly I started making them super consistently! At 44 this is the trick I have struggled with most so far but it has now opened the door to many other tricks. I am now working on FS grids, 5-0s, pivots,... Thanks a lot!

[@patximendizabal5150]

@@badsn you were spot on with all the points you mentioned. Specially the mini hop, made the whole difference.

[@cesdevilallonga]

Breath OUT!!! hhhhhh

[@trogarmy]

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