Manual Forever Masterclass

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[@666nacirema666]

30+ years ago I broke my leg badly. I was in a wheel chair for quite a while. I couldnt skate but got really bored learned how to balance on the wheel chair really really well like I could wheelie indefinitely on basically any terrain spin in circles go down hills up hills around corners etc. As soon i was able to skate again I could manual. My body had just figured out how to balance.

[@DanCorrigan]

That is the raddest story. Like you got better at skating by being taken away from skating. Crazy

[@kennetharango1663]

That's mad

[@xylexut2589]

I think the bigger the object/wheels and the more weight it has, the easier it is to balance. I feel like most people who can ride a bike can wheelie for a while pretty easily but most people who ride a skateboard or scooter can't.

[@matthewriley4799]

Same here I rolled my ankle and while I was recovering I practice nose manuals on my carpet and now I got them every time

[@2thumbtommy484]

That's one kickass story bro. Def cool that you still shredded anything you could, and your body finding it's balance point was a major come up. Respect bro..🛹🔨✌🏽

[@hansgoldman5576]

The best advice I ever heard when I was learning nose manuals was to practice “running out of them.” Start with the board completely stopped, nose on the ground, feet in nose manual position. Pretend this is the moment that your nose tapped the pavement and you’re about to eat shit. Rotate your shoulders 90 degrees and throw your back leg out in front of you (from the back of the board onto the ground in front of the board) then take a step or two to walk away from the board. After you get the feeling of this standing still (should take a minute or less) then try it in a slow-speed nose manual. Purposefully nose-dive, rotate shoulders, and start walking or running using your back leg to take the first step. Nose manual speed dictates the speed of your walk or run. Practicing this for a few minutes should take away a lot of the fear of falling from nose manuals. Hope this helps someone.

[@DynamicGlove]

thanks dawg

[@hansgoldman5576]

Oh yeah, and... Never nose manual faster than you can run. Or do so at your own peril.

[@sterlingsisemore2272]

I just did this naturally lol

[@jianhuahe4066]

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[@z6nestudio]

If I haven't skated for a while, practicing manuals for a few days really gets me comfortable on my board again. Really helps strengthen your ankles again too. I roll my ankles a lot if I don't keep my ankle strength up.

[@andremalerba5281]

Get so high tops sneakers bro!

[@michaelstratton754]

thanks Dan, 35 year old dad learning how to skate to ride with my daughter. I'm trying this tonight after work👍

[@Gfpasta]

From one skate coach to another, this is great. We need more non-corny skate tutorials like this. Shout out to the NYC Homage days

[@bretthorikiri]

i ride bmx mostly and use a board to film, this video not only helped me learn to manual a skateboard but also helped me get way more comfortable at manuals on a bmx

[@TheNetflixGamer]

Oh my god the wisdom in this video is unmatched, I can’t wait to try out more manuals tomorrow

[@Husration]

Out of all the thing you have taught me, the one I am most grateful for is wearing hats. Thanks Dan!

[@Husration]

and the kickflip tutorial is really nice

[@ryanfoster6851]

i've always struggled holding manuals, after watching your tips i went to the skatepark and probably at least doubled my longest manual ever within a couple tries. the back foot placement/control tip as well as pinching to one side was huge. thanks dude your videos help a lot and are always entertaining!

[@unclefitz73]

Thanks! Amazing content as always. Looking forward to the slappy master class 😀

[@DanCorrigan]

Coming soon! I been wanting to do it for awhile i just keep getting sidetracked haha i suck at planing out videos.

[@karmA2q]

People thought diamonds were forever, Dan proved to everyone that my dude Manuel is forever! Hilarious typo's are the best; keep up the good shit!

[@sqito]

that guy is a spy!

[@manuellopezvalentin7644]

Thanks man!

[@gaberobinson1555]

do you mean "typos"?

[@vicentecarcamo827]

Sick, thank you for your tips 💪 yesterday I could last only for 10sec max… today I did 15sec, then 27 and finally 32 😱🙌 feels so sick… next step is getting to 60+seconds

[@DanCorrigan]

Heck yes once u can hit 60 it’s like you can just go as long as you want

[@daitsy2476]

Right before I quit skating I always used the tip to do everything and was wondering why I had so much trouble with rail tricks and manuals and was messing around and found out to put my foot always in that pocket and suddenly I could do tricks that same day I was never able to do before. I went from being unable to nosegrind to nosegrind late shut out that same day. That pocket is gold

[@lilkeeffff]

You quit wow that’s pretty lame bro keep skating ❤😂

[@Sl33PY3Y3Z97]

I can usually manual about 5-6 sidewalk squares and I think that's really awesome. One time I was just messing around and I held one all the way across half of the skatepark I go to and up an incline, I blew my own mind that day.

[@Dankaloriginal]

You can do it everytime. You've almost got it 👍

[@jaredrios8071]

I love how as you are teaching us, we see Sean progressing in real time as a living example of your teachings. Love you guys, keep it up!!

[@MadDgtl]

well this was well timed, just starting to work on manuals now that i'm getting pretty comfortable pushing around. think my best so far is like or 3 seconds lmao much work to be done

[@AndySo2000]

Your tips are on point, been catching these tips in your videos for over a year now. Very helpful and unique approach. Just saying this to help you get some KZbin money, well deserved man!

[@lumdisumdi]

The comment about improvement not just being about repetition is highly accurate. Once I changed my foot position to be in the pocket, I started holding manuals with much more control and for anywhere from 5 to 25 times as long

[@animalfinatic9366]

Nice. Yes that's true.

[@jonnybrown1717]

I absolutely love this kind of skate content. Just real raw information and instruction. So awesome thank you for this Dan ✨

[@camdorazio]

This video DRAMATICALLY helped my nose manuals on both my skateboard and dancing board! Your tip of bending the knees and moving them slightly to the left/right really clicked with me… Thanks man!

[@leandropestanaa]

"you can't let fear pick what side you go to" Thats a quote right there.

[@ericmueller6687]

This is gold! Anytime you drop tip tricks I learn a ton! Best teacher out there!

[@seadawg93]

So excited about this, my manuals have gotten so much better lately but they still need a lot of work and I’m excited to get more tips!!! 😊 🙏 👏

[@danarrington2224]

I am very impressed with this video. Most people that are good at something can't really explain why they are good at it. Thank you

[@MrNerdyBrit]

I love manuals, I know I'm going to have a load of fun implementing these tips, I'm working towards being able to manual revert.

[@BusenBingoBalthasar]

Figuring out different manuals is one of the most fun things in skateboarding, it's low-risk but it feels so good and the possibilities are endless. Also, manual pads are pretty much everywhere, although it is surprisingly hard to find a perfect one. I liked the tips on the 180s into manual, the overrotation problem is real for me :-)

[@degerdi]

You entertain me too much to work for free

[@DanCorrigan]

dang, i really appreciate it my friend. Hopefully i can keep it going

[@degerdi]

You’ll be skating til you’re old and grey, I imagine you running a team in a few years

[@flipnshifty]

I love your use of language. And explaining specific unknown things.

[@Adam-TheThorn]

Sonic - up-down-left-right-a-start - that gets you all the worlds, haha.

[@Adam-TheThorn]

And I get the inward heel thing. I learned them before youtube and internet videos. They were my jam. Any time someone asked me to explain how to do them, I explained that you had to put your front foot so internally rotated until it feels uncomfortable. But, I forced myself to get them without going past 90.

[@skateboard446]

Hey Dan, thanks for this. Used some of the tips you mentioned and saw instant improvement in my manuals. Hopefully one day, I'll get nose manuals

[@basjanssen6044]

Great sharing Coach! A lot of pointers, one for the archive to check again for my manuals journey. Best vid on this topic for me, Thanks 🦿⛩

[@eardashock]

Great video, so many helpful tips. I recently decided it was time to learn mannies & since it was raining after I watched the vid yesterday, I spent 30 minutes working on my stationary mannies and nose mannies in my garage. Today every stabilizing muscle from my toes to my nips is super sore, but at least I can hold now a stationary manny for 5 seconds. Thanks!

[@PiratesPerchSurfHire]

Yeh, I clicked on this to get better at manuals! And now your saying that I've got to get off my arse and put the work in? What the actual ...😉. Actually, KZbin gold! Do more please

[@urboigetting1052]

I was surprised how much figured out about manuals by my self before seeing any tutorials

[@anthonymangia8890]

Dude, your instructional videos are GOLD..!

[@z0uLess]

Thats how I approach getting better at serving in table tennis. I practice every now and then, 30 minutes max, and you just have to repeat stuff. When you are consistent with some stuff, you can progress into more difficult variations. Being able to take a step further is what motivates me with the grind. If I dont do a particular serve for a long time, I kinda start losing the ability and have to freshen it up.

[@andrewbwscsccibulkagot4497]

Appreciate ya Dan. Doing his part for skateboarding out of his pure love for the sport.

[@tdog1019]

dude jesus thank you for mentioning the nose manual pinch and watching shawn get a nice long one got me so excited. i’ve been struggling with nose manuals for years and always suspected that there was some type of slight pinch that i was missing. i can’t wait to get back out there and finally get these down

[@joenuttah7886]

Hey brother! I had a Dan spotting today. Thanks for being cool

[@royjames2005]

There's almost nothing more fun than manualing as many parking spots as you can.

[@tobyoverbeck3518]

This is exactly what i needed thanks dood... Mad love from Baltimore

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

Love the video Dan, keep it up! Your videos actually help me out immensely with my Skimboarding technique and mentality. A lot of the body control, foot placement and body weight placement aspects of your skateboarding tutorial videos all apply pretty well to Skimboarding. The biggest thing I think I’ve learned form you and Andy Anderson is how to break down a trick to make sense of it or get better control. Usually it’s about doing less, not more.

[@michaelmiller2858]

Dan, THANK YOU so much for this lesson, it makes a lot more sense to me now, I realized the times I DID do long manuals, I barely jolted around, but you allowed me to fine=tune everything that much more! You rock man!

[@blessednguyen]

Best manual tutorial i watched. Thanks you!

[@ДенисКочев-э2ь]

This man is a genius.

[@oldladyfalling7844]

So true about having a goal and trying not to move at all...I didn't learn them stationary but I started with parking spot lines..once I could get 4 spots, i took it to the basketball court, used those lines until eventually I could get all the way across the court everytime... At first I was overcorrecting too much, rocking this way and that way...but one day I was feeling really lazy, and just did one and stayed still once I got the balance point.... I was able to hold it farther then I ever had before with barely any effort, now I can hold them fer dayzzzzz - less is more with manuals!

[@frankcloutier5495]

Wow thanks brother, that actually was a masterclass! (Just hard to tell when it's gonna be a clickbait title or not with this guy haha) Seriously though, that unlocked so much more consistency for me almost instantly!

[@SUB0SCORION]

These tricktips are teh best of your videos. They are really insightful

[@EricLevineItsEze]

"You clocked on this video to learn how to manual... I don't know what to tell you." had me rolling.

[@karolrawiak9534]

Lots of useful insights :D True skate wisdom. Thanks ;)

[@SadMach1n3]

I’ve been trying to learn nose manuals for the past week and it’s getting better and better but damn lol never thought it would be such a journey. I know this will help me a bunch cause the tips sound better than what I’ve been trying to do

[@ilftc8892]

i really needed this tutorial, thanks Dan

[@ericharmon7163]

Wow, this is freaking fantastic! So many little things I didn't think of. Thanks brother

[@Taildraggin35]

I can manual lol but I watched this video cuz I liked the format of the filmer responding and asking questions as if I was the one in the conversation.

[@tyraw6339]

Dan you're a great teacher! I'm a beginner and I'm just getting comfortable on my board and might try these tips at the park tomorrow!

[@ArnoudBS]

i learned so much from this im gonna rewatch this.

[@fiore_adriano]

Some great nuggets in this video. Thanks Dan! 🔥

[@pecanpie45]

Thanks dude this confirmed what I already know and helped remind me the basics and how not get lost in the sauce

[@kristophergurley585]

I skated that manny pad twenty years ago. Man I’m old. Also, yeah, there’s a point where where it feels like your body just takes a “set”. There’s a point where your body just wants to be on a manny. Good vid

[@svenmammel4430]

Said everything I could never explain and hopefully I can get my friends to watch this and fuggin figure it out

[@kennethdeloria]

I've actually learned so much from watching you, I noticed the way you and andy both "freeze" your upper body and "lock" into the manual. I appreciate the hell outta this video lol

[@Caults]

Best manual tutorial out there

[@TheScottGillies]

As guy who can manual blocks at a time, the "gotta go to the bathroom" analogy at 5:00 was SO ACCURATE! Lol!

[@jonlavigne3270]

Very helpful video. Even though I don't skate, any balance advice helps. This can translate to BMX or anything else. One question: who is Manuel? Can he manual as good as you?

[@frenchgoldenboyfan]

Excellent tip Dan ! It works thank you !

[@blakemonahan3054]

100K dan!!! lets go, one of my fav vids lol

[@sebastiancastelli5102]

"Nobody is doing flatground manuals like, weeee" im rolling 😂😂😂

[@CnCProductions1]

What about nose manual revert to switch manual? Having a tough go with that

[@newend2116]

Thanks for the video Dan really been struggling with these. Favorite skateboard KZbinr

[@rockbandgamer]

This video is gold. Thanks Dan!

[@LimiterBop]

Boiiiii been waiting on this tutorial awhile. Thanks dan

[@MikeyMiller-Sk8]

Thank you man these tip's truly work

[@rhyswatters9601]

Manual* haha. Dope video Dan, I've been working on my nose manuals lately, thinking of it as a pinch definitely helped me! And not being scared to scrape and possibly bail. Manuel is a male given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanu'el (עִמָּנוּאֵל‎, which means "God with us."

[@FBombs4All]

Thank you sir. Great advice for me to practice. ✌️

[@OWLORDIE]

yeeeeh babaayyyy !!! straight up new video, just watched the yesterday's one

[@DanCorrigan]

Heck yeah

[@seshwithgreen9731]

Thank you so much for showing me this.

[@reportedstolen3603]

One of my good friends is named Manuel.. I enjoyed your master class on him. Good day sir!

[@jamesl8296]

Some useful and interesting stuff in here, will deffo be giving the stationary thing a go. I was hopeless at manuals for years, then rolled my ankle badly a couple years back, so had a good few weeks while recovering where I could skate around and manuals were the safe choice... went from a couple of car space widths to several on both nose and tail. I've gotten into the habit of using manuals as my warm up, 10 mins of manuals at the start of every session. I can ollie into a manual up a kerb or pad no issues, but still can't quite get brave enough to pop into nose manual.

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

“Manual is Manual Labor” Would be a good t-shirt, I’d buy it.

[@bakedbeings]

Dang it makes so much sense to use only one arm - front arm counter balances the back leg hanging out on the tail (nose manual). Front leg is pivot.

[@MrSocko-bh1jb]

Can you do that with an Exway Wave? (Esk8 "Tiny" one, only 8kg) Damnit I wish we had those back in the day! I would have only left that board`s griptape to go on the skatepark with my other -not 8kg- board...

[@MrNerdyBrit]

Update: I am now closer to becoming Daewon Song...but on a serious note, I have so much more control of my manuals :D

[@5klicktone]

Just the video I needed thanks Dan. You always post the tricks I'm working

[@brucebruno842]

Yeah, I aim for an ending or finishing point, but simultaneously, once I start manuling, kind of don't focus on the end point. I am both aware of it, but not focused on it at the same time. That way the pressure/ excitement/ I'm done effect doesn't throw me off. When I finally do see it or get there I'm calm and ready; which can allow for you to do a trick out if you feel it's there, you just wanna do it, or if you planed it. Bend those knees, keep your back arm down, and use your front arm for balance like Mr. Tea Cup said.

[@beau5316]

Phenomenal. Absolutely love your tutorial videos. We can all gain from them. Thanks for being so rad to share these important details man.

[@Digitaljoyride]

Thank you for this!! Bend the knees and foot in the scoop. Yammo try these but something tells me it’s gonna work. Appreciate you man!👊🏽

[@Dave3rdEyeArt]

This manual tip stuff definitely helped!

[@Jiggityjax]

This is totally correct bro I do this inside during the winter

[@childishchowmein]

Great video. Love doing manuals. This helped.

[@teachingbeats]

So, I'm brand new to skating, at first I found Dan a but annoying because he talks a lot...but now- Dan you are the shit, because in the process of listening and learning you cover All the bases and it's obvious how much you care about skating and teaching. Thanks Brother!

[@AwakentheNOW]

Amazing and thorough tips man thanks so much

[@goodgameg9489]

Secrets out.. as soon as I heal, I'm trying this!

[@jamalempfehlung9841]

I started with manuel... now I‘m fully automatic

[@david_spillmour726]

Cool seeing the Skatology shirt. Is that from Bel Air, Md? If so, bet you know a few of my buddies.

[@jessem.2807]

Rad video; rad shirt! Thanks for the insight.

[@justinwood9049]

His bathroom last second analogy was exactly what I was thinking lol

[@cyclopsfpv7969]

best teacher ever

[@vinnystrobel1564]

I'm trying all this, I kinda lost my Manuel's so I'm trying to get them back. I was always better at nose mans better but I wanna get better at all of em. Thanks Dan you have a great way of explaining and teaching.

[@fatramh]

Great video…when someone plays their music ,take that as time off and jam out and enjoy skating ….welcomed break to take the pressure off..I hate when people have ear pods , greedily keeping their music only for them🤣🤣🤣let the session last for ever

[@robfromvan]

I find it helps to stick your foot directly in the crease, not on the end or even middle of the tail.