How To Skate Bowls (Simple Etiquette)

Bowl skating is super fun! Here's some basics on how to get it done.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:15 Corners
4:45 Flat Walls
8:00 Hips
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[@lancelovecraft5913]

Excellent vid as always Dowdy. In February I was trying to skate the bowl like a miniramp. I found that I would become quickly gassed. I followed ur tip from ur vid and prioritized learning how to carve the bowl and I am a much better skater for it. I can fly so fast through the corners front side and and backside! And I can do like 3 laps through the bowl before I get tired. I'm learning the hip now. I'm not above coping or anything but I am lifting my nose up and landing into a pump on them. Appreciate ur vids bc they inspire me a lot and get me excited to shred!

[@joshuadugan1931]

Bro I would LOVE to see you and JB from Skate Park Lessons collab on a video. Talk about skating parks, why skating has changed your lives and how, and just in general watch a sick skate session. I wouldn't care if it was an hour long! I would watch it! He teaches people at Sunnyvale Skatepark. Idk how far you are from there but it would be cool to see you and your homies skate that park as well.

[@codyclark2780]

Great Tips. Thanks for the time putting this together ! Now there’s a new way for me to learn airs

[@Dekoyy]

Zack talking about bowls while dressing like a bowling pin was not something I expected today.

[@ZackDowdy]

Ha, got me!

[@severedconnections4821]

You got me back on my board after a ten year hiatus. Feels good to be riding again. Cheers 🍻

[@r_wallace2356]

Dropped into a around 8, 9 foot ish bowl for the first time today!

[@roybatty4578]

Nice! My local park has some intimidating bowls with 9 ft shallow ends that really don't feel that scary once you drop in

[@r_wallace2356]

@@roybatty4578 the bowl is quite narrow (uk skatepark) but definetly rideable, even slashed the coping

[@roybatty4578]

@@r_wallace2356 It makes me happy to hear about people all over the world pushing themselves each day on their skateboards, props to you from here in California!

[@r_wallace2356]

@@roybatty4578 so damn jealous of california 😂

[@roybatty4578]

@@r_wallace2356 Well you know we love the British when they come to visit

[@_functionless]

it takes more courage to wear a helmet than not to in most cases. Especially after many videos without. much respect to you for taking care of your self and setting a good example as you teach.

[@thestonedandstripped]

Hips and corners. Cool

[@heathschmidt7516]

Dude you’re a really a strong rider!As always thanks for another helpful video!

[@knuteri3]

Great video, excellent information. I have just recently started to skate, and although I'm not very good at it, I love the feeling of carving through a bowl, just a fantastic feeling.

[@Nootlest]

Wow man that's some really sick advice. Nobody talks about this

[@KavaKavana]

Just really solid helpful advice. Thanks bro

[@Mrrugbykid1]

thank you for being realistic and wearing pads and a helmet

[@jtthorn]

This was so helpful! Thanks Zack!

[@jvz773]

Great video! Thanks 🙏

[@RadioTrashKid]

THANK YOU! I've been trying to figure out the bowl on my own for a while and this video totally confirmed some things and taught me a bunch of new cool shit! Thanks! Keep making vids for us!

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

Superb video Zach, loads of great tip in there. Some good ideas and methods I'll give a try today. I've been skating bowls for just over a year now, it's a whole new ball game, hang in there if you're just starting best fun on a skateboard.

[@thatoneguy2057]

Was just discussing this with some one. I have a few working theories on finding in a bowl. One is riding bowls like a MarioKart race. In MarioKart your moving from speed boost to speed boost and avoiding slow down areas. Note the speed boosts in a bowl and find the lines between them. Pockets, hips, bumps, waterfalls are all speed boosts. Second theory is every bowl has a figure 8 line that you can get a ton of speed off of. You can move in and out of the figure 8 line to get speed and hit tricks.

[@jeremycorkery]

Stoked on this vid - on the hunt for some hips...

[@BrendanBFree]

Good video, I’ll take them into account! I think doing stuff in corners also gives you more cool factor!

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

I just snake everybody's runs and if anyone gets mad, I throw a real snake at them. I've got pocket cobras galore.

[@cnacks4835]

That bowl looks like so much fun. I live out it Chattanooga TN, the closest bowl is Kennesaw or ATL. Ironically I grew up in Boston having only one shitty park my whole life, when I left Boston like 8 years ago they opened up a dope park with 3 bowls.... Granted lack of things to skate have helped me find my love for Slappy curbs

[@ronmcknight9741]

I think Knoxville is about halfway between those two cities. There are two bowls at Tyson Park in case you hadn't been out there yet.

[@budlawrence4847]

Excellent

[@joopvanzeir3330]

Wow definitely gonna use these tips i skate way too much flat walls, thank you so much for this! I would love to see from you and big Al a trick tip on peterblunts. It's a trick that is very hard to find even footage of but it looks so amazing.

[@Xx__Pro00_Gamer_xX696]

I love bowls😌

[@maze-nc1ut]

Brother you have gotten really good

[@djyden]

Sick shirt

[@gnarlywagner8171]

I cant wait to be as good as you

[@TheLuckyone760]

O’Side

[@rainerkambacheld5414]

Great👍

[@ponyboy7825]

Where’d you get that Indy helmet

[@marchomotion]

You said "build confidence" at the end, but it sounded like carve-fidence

[@ZackDowdy]

I wish that was intentional

[@adamevans2051]

speaking of bowls, where is this one? North County?

[@niallschmidt5032]

Front 5050 around corners are scary that’s why he didn’t do one

[@unisonproductions123]

How much would it cost to build a bowl like that?

[@ubaidbaig8128]

first!! (i love bowls)

[@ZackDowdy]

They love you!

[@TwentynineDjibril8614]

Eyyy

[@hughwilla4744]

Mash

[@tahseen_al-qureshi]

Going to try the advice of avoiding flat walls today :)

[@AdrianMassey36]

V

[@ericmcali7751]

I’d rather Ollie a ten then drop in on vert

[@ponyboy7825]

Ollie a ten is way more difficult and dangerous. You can drop in on vert dude it’s just in your head. Same thing as mini ramp