How to Roll off a Curb | 5 tips and 2 exercises

[@kyuhyoungchoi]

You are the one. You are the only one who brought the skateboarding to scientific level.

[@SarahParkMatott]

Where it should be 😂

[@AHoraeAVezdaPoesia]

Cat teleports through solid matter at 4:30

[@SarahParkMatott]

😂😂the important observations here🙌🙌

[@ZorlanOtterby]

+1000 on the micro-nudge for curbs and manuals. I'm also glad you mentioned that bending the knees is one of the keys to nearly everything on a skateboard. I've been noticing lately that if I'm having trouble with the balance of a trick, it's usually because my butt is too high. Lower my butt, and the balance sorts itself out. It's nice to have that observation reinforced by one of my skating heroes!

[@SarahParkMatott]

seriously 💯 I always look back when struggling and am like hm...well, those straight knees aren't doing me any favors 😂 Happy to reinforce that idea for you!

[@DBRYview]

finally did this today now it doesn't freak me out as much

[@SarahParkMatott]

sick! 🙌

[@diddymelone2265]

I learned this a while ago and its so much fun when you realize it works the same way from bigger heights too - well perhaps dont go overboard with this at first, but from a curb to a ledge is totally fine. and recently I also learned how to seesaw up the curb, just go at it with medium speed and lift your front truck like for a manual, and then once your front wheels made it over, put some weight on the nose to clear the curb with your back wheels and the momentum will carry you over. its scary at first, but you will get the timing quickly and not much bad can happen there. currently I´m practicing to ollie on and off a curb and over small obstacles. a video about that would be great :P

[@SarahParkMatott]

Yeah! That’s one thing I love about these skills. They’re really scalable 😃 learn the skill and apply it all over 💪 Ah yeah! That’s been in my to make list for so long 😂 I need to get to it 🤦‍♀️

[@26gutshot]

@@SarahParkMatott As a new skater and a slow learner, this video and tips like the above help me more than anything else. Right now, I'm deathly afraid to go off a curb before watching this. But with these tips I can slowly begin to build some confidence. Thank you.

[@SarahParkMatott]

@@26gutshot I’m really happy to hear that. Skateboarding is scary! So, take your time, have fun and work up to it 💪

[@MrKingJavo]

Perfect timing! I’m new and learning this now. I’ve found starting from a smaller curbs helped me get over the fear factor.

[@SarahParkMatott]

Woo! Hope it was helpful. And yes! for sure 💪

[@gaeangardensbyizabela]

Thank you, I'm a total newbie and love to go off the curbs. Your tips are helpful

[@SarahParkMatott]

Glad to hear it :D

[@iheartthirteen]

I love the variations of how you can practice this, and I've never seen anyone do that! thank you

[@SarahParkMatott]

Glad you liked it! 😃

[@mikehulsebus]

Ive been saving this one until I can sit and really watch it and I'm glad I did. Great tips! The other day I was watching a sal flip tutorial and I missed your step by step breakdown. There was no timing info, no breakdown of steps, no fun variations. I enjoyed learning about sal flips but missed the precision of your videos. Thanks for making tutorials like this

[@SarahParkMatott]

ah thank you Mike :D Glad you appreciate the videos so much 🙏

[@mominacup1441]

Awesome possum!!! You’ve literally been an inspiration on my newbie skating journey.

[@SarahParkMatott]

ay! Stoked to hear that :D Hope you're having fun on this skate journey!

[@aspectabove]

Same

[@ThuNguyen-em1mh]

your videos provide such a fresh and critically thought-out perspective on tricks and skills. Extremely helpful and motivational. Thanks Sarah!

[@SarahParkMatott]

ahh thank you so much 🙌

[@vastskateboards3059]

Thank you for doing tutorials on things like this! Big learning gap that you are helping fill in!

[@SarahParkMatott]

ah thank you! Always happy to share what I'm learning :D

[@evantokarev3785]

thnks, im from asia i just started skateboarding this 2nd quarter of the yr, ur channel helps alot ty

[@FullCodedAlchemist]

Back during undergrad, I was in the skateboarding club, and the guys in the club taught me how to do this trick. It's really fun and makes riding around smoother and could give you something to work on when you find a new spot. I am hoping to ride off bigger heights in the future. It takes gradual buildup though. I will be trying your advice with the back foot positioning for a better ride off. Thank you once again !!

[@SarahParkMatott]

You got it! 💪 I use the same tail stop method to work up to larger heights too :D

[@hmudesign]

Loved how your cat made magic :) Great videos Sarah.

[@SarahParkMatott]

My cat is the star of this channel 😂 but thank you! Glad you like them

[@aidhanilichmontiel2322]

I really appreciate all your help! Saludos desde México.

[@SarahParkMatott]

Happy to hear that!! Saludos to you in México🙋‍♀️

[@SeanLaMontagne]

The skill breakdowns are very useful!

[@AmyNaylorMusic]

Thanks for this Sarah. Had a little skate break but I'm back on it now and currently binge watching your vids! I particularly love your creativity when you skate curbs - like in the parking garage - would love to see more videos on beginner tricks for having fun on lil curby street spots 😊😊 today I got my first roll off and nose stall!

[@SarahParkMatott]

That’s awesome Amy! Glad you got them. I’ll definitely have to make a video like that sometime 💪

[@wishi960]

Thank you so much! this video will definitely come in handy when the snow melts in 6 months and i can skate again XD

[@SarahParkMatott]

Woo! I hope so 😃

[@davidstorrs]

I'm not a skater myself, but I'm writing a skater as a character in one of my current serial novels so I've been spending a bunch of time on various channels trying to learn the jargon, the tricks, and basically how to do all this so that I can write it convincingly. You have some of the best instruction videos I've seen; you have a very natural way of speaking, you aren't hyperaggressive about it, and you don't make things sound easier than (I suspect) they are. Also, your cat teleported at 4:30 and it freaked me out until I realized that no, it was just a very clean edit.

[@SarahParkMatott]

ah thanks David! I was a writing/book lover myself long before I ever started skating. Even though you don't skate, I really appreciate hearing that! Good luck with your novel. Hope some of my videos prove helpful. I know that my style/videos don't fit in as well with overarching skate cultural narratives. But hopefully the juxtaposition of the narratives proves helpful in its own way. Sometimes skating and being a "skater" can be very different for people. I don't know if you watched any skate parts, but that might be something to look into if you haven't since a lot of modern skate culture was influenced by early 2000s skate parts put out by big companies like zero, blind or girl. Not sure if you've dug down that rabbit hole yet 😂 also, my cat does teleport. She's here. There. Nowhere 🤷‍♀️ all the time haha

[@davidstorrs]

@@SarahParkMatott What is a "skate part" and where would I go to find out about them?

[@SarahParkMatott]

@@davidstorrs well, they’re actually skate videos, where each skater has a featured “part”. They were like giant skate brand promotional videos. You can just search skateboarding street part 2000 or 2002 in KZbin and start finding stuff! You can look for company names too. Like zero skateboarding street part 2000 and something should come up b

[@davidstorrs]

@@SarahParkMatott Excellent. Thanks, Sarah.

[@DBRYview]

you could go into a 50 50 or Axel stall and kickturn down the curb my favorite!

[@cassiekearns]

Oh my god yessss! I’ve been avoiding committing to learning this and your videos are always the best 💕 Im going to really put in try to nail this today

[@cassiekearns]

Do you have an Instagram?

[@SarahParkMatott]

ah yes! I actually avoided this for a long time too haha So, I hope this helps you 🙌 I do have an instagram @sparkmatott 🙃

[@paulsamuels5637]

I was going to skip this video because I can jump curbs. Glad I watched it the drop to the tail could really open up some other tricks 🤔. Thanks for all the advice this year. My favorites have been your shuv it, Ollie and fear of dropping in videos. They’ve all helped me progress tremendously. Hopefully by this time next year I’ll be doing kick flips and landing shuvs on a ramp. Happy Holidays!

[@SarahParkMatott]

Dropping to tail easily became one of my favorite things to do. Glad you were still able to get something out of the video :D Happy to have helped you in your skating this year! Happy Holidays and happy skating into next year too!

[@lewielew]

Gonna practice these steps on my next session thanks Sarah! :D

[@SarahParkMatott]

Woo! Hope they help 💪

[@Si74l0rd]

So much easier getting down, than up the other side lol. Another well explained video. I tend to put nearly all my weight on my back foot, then push against the front of the board a little with my forward foot as I come off the kerb, so the board is pressed into my front foot by the weight on the back foot - if that makes sense - and is less likely to dip at the nose as you pop off. Even a couple of inches of air gap between your front foot and the board greatly increases the chance of losing it. As level as possible is the key, but that's just practice, and sufficient speed. For cracks that are too big to easily traverse, you can crouch on the board, hold the nose and tail and pull upwards and jump while in that position. It's hard to explain the mechanics as there is no pop involved, I'm not sure how exactly it works tbh! You sorta jump/push down with your feet, while still crouching - and as you "feel light" on the board - you use your hands on the nose and tail to pick it up off the ground fractionally, all while still locked in a crouch. It only pops the deck a couple inches off the ground, compared to an Ollie, but for wide cracks on an otherwise nice line at the park, I find it's occasionally useful so as to not lose speed to the crack. It took me a while to get the timing down, but we had a gnarly crack between two concrete panels in my local park when I was learning and that's how other people kept the speed on the nice line lol. The upside is you're low, so whether you come off the tail or go over the nose, it pretty much tips you into an instant roll if you land unbalanced. Low risk of injury. Although you might get squished fingers once or twice. And yeah, the micro nudge hip thrust, along with a little carving really helps keep the speed up, or give just enough momentum to overcome something that would ordinarily reduce your speed, like a crack or stick. I tend to keep a lot of weight on the back foot to get that balance point where it drives the wheels forward, maybe 20% less pressure on the back foot than if I was trying to manual. I found over the years that was the most energy efficient way to ride from A to B, though it's not a good natural balance point for tricks, it means I just lift my front foot a fraction to go over most cracks at speed. The back wheels tend to hang up a lot less than the front, especially with all the combined weight and momentum forward of the crack by the time the back wheels hit it. It's also good to be back foot heavy to go over anything excessively rough, keeping the front wheels just barely in contact with the ground so you're not forcing all four sets of bearings to lose speed quite as much, and especially when it's a surface that decelerates your board rapidly, as you'll end up stepping over the nose, but too much weight on the back foot and you tailslide or come off the back. One of my local hills is smooth asphalt, with people's concrete driveways striping across it and the concrete looks like it was poured and left, it's really grumbly underfoot and kills speed really fast, so the hill is an exciting combination of serious incline, really smooth asphalt and periodic patches of concrete where you have to really lean back as you hit each one at speed. It's good for fine tuning balance transition on the board though. I used to ride that way home from work every night and I'm glad I retained the muscle memory to ride it because it's always so dicey it gives me a proper thrill of euphoria lol. Your series of videos inspired me to get back on a board again, and I've had such fun bombing the hills on the way back from school run the last few days, especially now I've managed to synchronise my pushing foot and walking stick so I can get almost full power pushes again. I really can't thank you enough for making me think a little smaller again, and decide to give it a go and just have a little trundle around. Turns out I haven't lost skill or balance, I can keep up with the traffic going downhill just like I used to. Once a skater always a skater apparently!

[@SarahParkMatott]

Wow, so detailed! But yeah, I totally get what you’re saying here. And that’s so cool to hear you’re skating again 😃 I love scaling down. It’s such a missed opportunity to only view skateboarding as 8 stairs and tre flips. (Not that you do this. But in general. I know it’s a common narrative) Stoked you’re back on board 💪💪

[@RecuerdosLejan0s]

Very useful and interesting tips!

[@casivyt]

Thank you so much ms! ❤

[@angelicaortiz855]

Thank you so much! this was just what i needed. I'm on my 5 month of learning and your videos have been helping me a lot. I've been noticing recently that speed helps when it comes to getting on and off things, that makes sense? I'm currently struggling on banks but i think that the speed is half the trick, just need to commit...

[@SarahParkMatott]

I'm so glad to hear that! 😃 You're definitely right. Speed is a big factor for a lot of skills and tricks. I find as I get better at rolling and skating (faster), all tricks and skills get easier. You got it. 💪 Being patient and practicing is the hardest part.

[@roanlover]

Can you do a tutorial on the nudge as you manual / go off the curb please?

[@herosniperyt2205]

good advice I already know how to do it but that is a perfect vid to learn that

[@SarahParkMatott]

ah thanks :D

[@mysticgothmama6796]

Any tips for getting up speed in general? I'm pretty good with getting on and balancing, but I can't seem to get my speed up when pushing. Your videos are super informative and not at all intimidating for this old ass beginner! Keep it up!

[@SarahParkMatott]

I guess I can interpret this in 2 ways! Mentally - if you're pretty new to skateboarding and looking forward to gradual practice, I would first recommend being patient with yourself. It took my about 250 hours of skate time on my deck to develop that "board comfort" we all talk about. And only after a few years have I really gotten good at doing stuff with "high" speed because I've always been timid naturally. The more time you spend on top of your board and rolling around and experimenting, the more comfortable and braver you'll get. Time on board will dictate how fast or slow this happens for most of us 😃 Literally - (still under the assumption you're quite new to skating) I would work on being able to adjust your feet kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHu2mX9phteSrck and single leg balance kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3UhIVqrsaHoZo Having these two basics will help a LOT when it comes to pushing comfortably and getting more speed. Also, skills like tictacs, endovers, monsterwalks and pivots will help a lot too. Because if you feel good moving around and rebalancing, it's easier to have that confidence to push faster. But I might have mis-interpreted what you were asking. Please let me know if I did! :)

[@mysticgothmama6796]

@@SarahParkMatott Thank you! I am still new, yes. My board time has been sporadic due to weather. Thank you for the links!! I love your stuff! Its extremely helpful. I'm very glad you have some balance exercises because that's exactly what I need!

[@SarahParkMatott]

@@mysticgothmama6796 No problem! You'll definitely build up to where you want to go 💪 Happy to hear you've found the channel helpful!

[@travistobias]

Another great video, thank you. What is the name of your cat?

[@SarahParkMatott]

Thanks Travis. Her name is Sarang (it means love)

[@lugustavoguadalupe]

👏👏👏 The best skateboarding channel 👏👏👏

[@i_mav09]

Nice learning video 😊📸.

[@layneaic2076]

Hi Sarah! Advance Merry Christmas

[@SarahParkMatott]

Hi Layne! Early Merry Christmas 👋

[@cymba7075]

Sarah for president

[@baguswidodo7110]

Hi, Sarah. Thanks for making this video. Why is this video darker than your usual postings?

[@SarahParkMatott]

Glad you liked the video! Yeah, I accidentally mixed regular video with HDR video, and I wasn't able to successfully mix both color settings. It was either too dark or too painfully light. So, I tried to match the best I could in the middle. I didn't even know I was filming in HDR. But, I since turned it off. It should be better going forward 💪

[@dataghost2307]

Your cat was distracting me. 😋 Also I watched a video on Jamie Foy's hack to cleaning bearings, he cleans his with windex. Micro nudge is a good word for it 👍 it's how I roll off curbs.

[@SarahParkMatott]

Haha she was distracting me too 😂 and ohh windex is an interesting choice 🤔

[@HowlingMad86]

Sorry, i'm late. I was a Taekwondo training. Like always i appreciate your vid. I hop it's dry the next days to go skate. I wasn't for a month.

[@SarahParkMatott]

Hope it dries up for skating! 💪

[@HowlingMad86]

@@SarahParkMatott I hope too, but doesn't look too good.

[@SarahParkMatott]

@@HowlingMad86 😟

[@blanket101]

Yeah!!! Thanks again!!!

[@SarahParkMatott]

💪💪

[@minhnguyenkim4635]

thanks i need it ;3

[@marksaint-johnkerr9141]

This is very helpful but the brightness is too low

[@playdohmasochist]

Haha thats soooo tight ur sailor moon Primitive shirt. I'm like a distant cousin of Paul Rodriguez ^~^. This is something ima work on myself cool video!!!

[@SarahParkMatott]

Ayy thanks! That’s super cool. I love the design too 😃 glad you liked the video.

[@robertocagliero3641]

super!

[@cyrfung]

Cat disappears at 4:30

[@LostTerminalVideos]

Is it just me or is this video really really dark?

[@SarahParkMatott]

it's possible 😂 I know I've messed up the lights while recording or the brightness in the edit more than once

[@TheLinessCompany]

For whatever reason this video is super dark for me?

[@Lilwindex15k]

Same

[@keerthan4081]

It's HDR issue on your phone I guess

[@mr.montes2313]

Thanks for being so cute!

[@chazman76]

"Tip zero" ? Think you mean tip number 1. 😉

[@SarahParkMatott]

the tip before the tips 😏

[@tugger]

what is this dark filter? : S

[@SarahParkMatott]

Haha I mixed HDR and regular footage by accident and wasn't able to find a solid fix. Ended up too dark 🤦‍♀️ But now I know what HDR footage is lol