Pro Skateboarder Teaches Me How to Kickflip - 4/5/24

VOD from April 5th 2024
Maya Higa is back to skateboarding, this time with professional skateboarder Ricky Glaser there in person as a teacher.
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[@rickyglaser]

Stoked this all lined up and we could actually skate together! Maya is a born shredder I swear 👊🔥

[@Stolens87]

that was such an amazing stream. Thanks for popping by!

[@benfrese3573]

that was cool shit and you're a chill guy

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Thank you for this, Ricky! I was bummed that she decided to give up, so this is a proper sendoff! Granted... I'm only 20mins into it, but I'm assuming she accomplishes it because she was so close before! 🤘

[@farkroy]

Except she’s scared of the board and going fast

[@ccwestman]

ur a testament to positive energy ice man 💙

[@meganluning398]

Fighting through the embarrassment, facing fears, persevering! So impressed!

[@rubens181]

I reckon Maya doesn't realize how great her streams are, such good vibes here. Awesome.

[@quinceyclouds3208]

I love that all Australians just have a buff in America with random people cause of the accent. It’s like immediate charm to strangers.

[@screamsformemes]

YEAH im rizzed ill admit it

[@caesurabreak3528]

My uncle traveled to australia during his college years, and he says the feeling is mutual. We love each other, and its great

[@quillclock]

hehe funny voice make me drop my guard :D

[@DarthAnimal]

imagine going outside and talking to strangers tho. Couldnt be me

[@steveknows_420]

2:13:26 "Don't center on your anxieties. Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs. Now gallop!" ~Master RiQui-Gon Jinn

[@Double0Pig]

Ricky's Girlfriend (Jenise Spiteri, olympic snowboarder btw) watching Ricky get bodied "DO IT AGAIN!" vs Maya's gasps and worry is so funny.

[@steveknows_420]

Thanks for skating by, Ricky! Maya is really close to doing a kickflip.. Learning so much in the process. That clean shuvit tho, wicked! Also, I really loved the "making some frenns" part of this stream. Skateboarding is all about having fun riding your skateboard and making friends along the way! I like sk8!

[@zeustrys2710]

Coming from Ricky’s channel , I am halfway through the stream watching it since 2:30 am and I have got to say this is the first stream I have ever fully watched every second , even when Rick streams alone I be skipping forward and stuff , in this one I have rewinded to see it again. Great job Maya I can see why you are popular on ze twitch! Entertaining commentary all around and I am gonna say this on behalf of all Rick“Iceman”Glasers community ,. Maya Never Stop Skating Next time you are feeling down or lost, grab your board and escape in learning what the board is doing , why and how to fix it. Can be a total seperation from reality if you let it. Skating is going to be there for you your whole life ! Doesn’t have to be every day or anything . Just next time you think about going skating GO SKATE!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

If like to see her continue, even if it's just for the stream views and not so much that she's finding it relaxing. As watching the first couple streams really showed significant progress. But since she runs an animal sanctuary with no concrete to even do small stuff, I doubt she would be inclined to go into town every time. (I thought their shop/utility garage had a concrete floor... but nope, even that is gravel)

[@Tayturs]

OMG Maya's hair LOOKS AMAZING YOOOOO

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Ricky is awesome for doing this and being so non-judgemental and Maya keep in mind this shows people everyone starts somewhere. Skaters are very inviting and supportive generally speaking, definitely matching a newcomers energy and attitude at least. So not giving up/in to your insecurity or doubt can be a really positive example. You can do it!

[@thesoundofviolence630]

This was wholesome as hell. One of the coolest examples of skateboarding bring people together who wouldn't otherwise meet. Also lowkey Maya's progression in this was legit

[@Whatmakesmeperfect]

1:17:38 “What was that called?” “You falling..?” I’m dead bro

[@virosvault5152]

At 38 years old i am suddenly inspired to learn to skateboard by this video. lol No joke, really thinking about it.

[@talkgomilk]

DO ITTTTTTT HELL YEAH

[@Duncan23]

You're never too old I'm 32 and my board is always in my car for when the feeling pops up

[@virosvault5152]

Thank you all for the replies and likes. Already started buying some equipment to safely do this. Helmet,pads, Stuff like that. Just had to space out the buying of what I wanted. Should be able to begin this journey in 2 weeks (Around that time frame). =) Again, Thank you all for the positive support!

[@ForstHeld]

51 here was thinking the same LMAO

[@Doodchillbro]

i learned at 32 and i could do just about all the tricks ricky tried on this stream!

[@ansontilford]

Skating community seems super chill based on this small glimpse

[@_Just_an-_Idiot-]

it is sometimes

[@whoisdyl5486]

No that’s just how Braille(skate KZbinrs) are

[@_Just_an-_Idiot-]

@@whoisdyl5486 you might just live in a bad city

[@Emma-Maze]

@@whoisdyl5486 uuhm, I mean there's obviously assholes and weirdos and gatekeepers in every community, but generally speaking I've also found the skating community to be really chill and friendly. source: inline skated in the skate park and freestyle ice skated since I was a kid

[@benfrese3573]

she's actually not bad

[@its_clean]

Ricky is a treasure. His positivity and patience and encouragement are fuckin awesome, the world would be a better place with more people like Ricky! Edit: just got to the part where Ricky forces Maya to make a friend and I swear this is the most wholesome goddamn thing I've seen in my whole life

[@ThirdRateNerds]

I'm so glad Ricky was able to teach his kid sister how to skate

[@marcom238]

Ricky is a great teacher, a lot of patience and gets hyped seeing people progress in skateboarding. 🙂

[@BLove0]

Good video Shrez 👍1:30:34

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

_Hell yea_ Mayo, you *_nailed_* that one! 🤘😫🤘

[@ccwestman]

ive been watchin braille since b4 ricky joined the team, and ive been watching ur vidz maya since way back as well, it's impressively fortunate that u made a vid together, ty 💟

[@saltyjesus3749]

That random girl had the best advice always run it back

[@steveknows_420]

2:06:48 The Wojito Shuv

[@stul8724]

1:58:40 Maya’s best take on Ludwig ever, nnnnnemisis! The best 😂.

[@legitzkrieg]

Two completely unrelated people I'm a fan of doing a collab, this is awesome. Now get Maya to the Braille House!

[@83nlo]

Yoo no way, me too and I also like mtg wth

[@legitzkrieg]

@@83nlo Lets gooooooo!

[@Spliffcheeseburger]

@@legitzkriegbraille is shutting down dude, the owner donated all there money to scientology and they couldn’t afford to keep going

[@Jarrrrrrrrrrr]

Someone get Maya in scientology stat

[@legitzkrieg]

@@Spliffcheeseburger Where'd you hear that? Ricky calls Aaron his boss in the video, and less then 24 hours ago they announced a new video series.

[@neaituppi7306]

Ricky's attitude, he just likes helping people. I am trying to do some of the starter moves, and this helps.

[@kiut5711]

Super dope stream! Thank you to all for this. I am venturing the heelflip route because I'm much closer to landing that and have attempted it a lot more.. but I still gained so much from this stream, Maya, and Ricky! Been watching Ricky ever since he joined Braille and he is suchhh a gnarly skater as well as a humble/supportive teacher. Love how keeps it simple when it's super easy to overexplain or overcomplicate in skating.. Learning shuv-it in a couple hours is insane and took me at least a few weeks/months to even build up the confidence to attempt haha. I found that tip the other skater mentioned about 'jumping in front' a bit to help me a lot with shuvits..or at least 'visualizing' in my head where the board will go slightly in front of me and how I will jump right on that spot. SO much progression in just one stream with high pressure, mad respect.

[@Deltarious]

I relate to Maya a lot with this stuff because I also can't really learn physical sports or control vehicles/objects through instruction or being shown. I have to *do* it physically and develop 'the feel' for it, which means over and over again until I get it right. Though it can help me to be physically put in the right position to start something. The upside is once I develop 'the feel' I start to learn much much quicker and have good confidence, and I also tend not to forget it.

[@Siberius-]

That was awesome. Inspired me to try and land a kickflip myself, over time, as part of a project thing I'm doing where I try to live life by doing (mostly social) things I wouldn't ordinarily do, and then I record them in a notebook. We are held back a lot by anxieties and what is expected of us as far as behaviour goes, so it's nice to actively fight against that.

[@lucysky8603]

this video made me grab my board and shin guards and learn to do popcorn and almost a pop shuv

[@Anastasy0507]

It’s so wholesome, had a great time watching you guys ❤

[@kremits9360]

ricky is such a nice dude

[@dashanikulina1209]

this is so sick! love this stream

[@mossbogger8366]

"No he's not jumping over me you psychos" He did, in fact, jump over her

[@screamsformemes]

48:29 theyre so cute ugh This man is so sweet patient and supportive ugh im crushin THE REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT IS HELPING MAYA MAKE FRIENDS XD

[@erikreber3695]

It's kind of awesome how this all happened. Good luck and keep progressing!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I like that he started her off on the Shuvit, because I noticed she was frequently doing almost a complete one, on the first day. Also... That skate park having a legend skating there is pretty damn cool. 😅 _edit 1: Loving Ricky's vibe! He has the positive "oooh man you agonist had it!!" energy that I think many of us watching had during those first streams..._ 🤘 _edit 2: FRENNNSS!_ 🥹 _lol I totally get Maya's anxiety and apprehension, so hopefully that interaction alleviated _*_some_*_ of it..._ 😊 _edit 3: __1:37:30__ _*_[Achievement Got: RECOGNIZED!]_*_ haha I'm glad those two put it together, as that now means people will know!_ 🤘 _edit 4: __3:12:30__ I hope he did bring up Maya to Tony..._ 😊 _That'd be awesome if he came to Alveus! (ideally, after the Wolves get there)_ _final edit: So whole they're wasn't a Maya Kickflip, I'm perfectly content because she pulled off a few Shuvits! Well done and it was an amazing stream! I sincerely hope you and Ricky can get together sometime in the future to continue this!_ 👏👏👏 🤘😫🤘

[@steveknows_420]

2:33:41 Maya's Flawless Ollie

[@Emma-Maze]

I thought you were kidding but damn! Let's go Maya!!! Also 1:30:35 Maya's Flawless Shove it!

[@caesurabreak3528]

This was a great watch. You looked like you were having so much more fun here than any of your previous attempts. Keep it up! Maybe a part 2 in Australia?

[@Tr3ntsGames]

I’m too scared to skate because if I break a bone, there’s no shot I can afford the hospital visit

[@ryanrowe1975]

Looks good!

[@TheTurkey79]

We need Braille to make a signature "Mayo" condiment deck for Maya B)

[@DangerStormzz]

Wicked stuff

[@pkerwi]

Genuinely tried learning a shuv'it today thanks to this!

[@OldManSnickers]

I'm so glad you're back! I started skateboarding after watching you try to kickflip last time; lol

[@Papershields001]

Wow! It’s so cool that Ricky came out and they did this stream. He’s a really talented skater.

[@Anjispanja]

I know nothing about skating and I LOVE these streams and this one was SO entertaining AND WHEN YOU MADE A FRIIEEEND???!! 🤩🤩 You are actually so inspiring Maya

[@gagago302]

This is one of the most wholesome streams I’ve ever seen.

[@gnusky]

When i skated i loved heelflip more than a kickflip, it felt easier to do. Also "Varial heelflip" was my go to... thats 20 years ago, now i would die. Also Rodney Mullen created 95% of all the tricks being used in skateboarding... Hes A legend and a GOD

[@WhatEmmaDoingHere]

Usually my toxic trait is thinking l could do these things even though I definitely couldn’t, but I knowingly could not do this. Go Maya! 😃 proud of u

[@Gandorhar]

I havent skated in so long and was so confused why he seems familiar, until he said braille lol used to love their videos back in the day, had no idea they are still around :D

[@ShutterJunkie]

Well done Maya!

[@bonzaburger5531]

38:31 Smooth Ricky 😂

[@tleigh4583]

What an absolute sweetheart this man is 😭

[@emkenobi]

Iconic

[@Scoobay]

This was a nice time.

[@Coleman_H]

1:27:34 ask this guy just to do a little shuvit and he's popping and scooping like he's about to do a 540 flip lmaoo

[@diplenski]

sick i didn't know y'all did this

[@Emma-Maze]

The girl they talked to seemed so cool I would LOVE to skate with her 🥺

[@jaywilliams6250]

Such a good stream

[@xjudoflip7381]

3:46:27 lmao be kind to the scooter kids

[@tleigh4583]

I want a Ricky/Alveus tour

[@MrWatchtower]

Ricky did his best but he should've at least showed her how to pick up the board as well. Maya was more worried about what chat was saying than concentrating.

[@quillclock]

so many times I audibly gasped because she was sooooooo close to landing the different things she tried

[@YungH00n]

Good video Shrez !360flip

[@DatBoiAntix]

Speaking of rollerblading, there's a group of rollerbladers I watch called Jumbo. They're based in austin texas.

[@JohnnyBonesaw]

these are 2 worlds i never expected to intersect lol

[@synchronium24]

Good video, Shrez. Hopefully Maya will be forced to make more normie friends.

[@TheTurkey79]

"Like your pressing a guitar pedal" i can fully relate to that! B)

[@toptwitchclipz7928]

YOU NEED TO GET MAYA TO VISIT THE BRAILLE HOUSE!!!!!!! that would be one of the BEST STREAMS EVERRRRR!!!!!!!! MAYA SKATEBOARDING ARK INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@waltdistel716]

keep maya far away from those scientologist cultists please

[@NosManJr]

3:03:20 typical Australian

[@randomdamian]

2:01:28 Always funny how Maya is walking WITH the skateboard xD

[@erik....]

I skated for like a summer as a teen and now 20 years later I still see myself as a skater even though I've never done any tricks other than like ollie up a curb. 😂

[@truman1972]

right on

[@hailstorm0328_]

not me screaming "plug alveusss" when maya got new friends lol

[@tylerhigaboy7470]

i actually met you at a thrift store one day i was a worker and now you’re at my local park that’s awesome!

[@NFRSM]

what a nice guy richard is

[@Ghandii]

good video mr shrez

[@R0B690]

Always watched Braille and know Maya also. So I actually enjoyed watching this. Its funny how the girl didnt realize she was on stream with Ricky and Maya until later. They dont realize how many viewer are watching them lol.

[@justinbishop7142]

W Ricky!!!

[@guynameddanko]

when worlds collide

[@Just_SK8]

She's aggressive and abrasive

[@Dene181]

Wholesome vod! Skater Quin and half emo Maya on tour. It was chill and fun. Nice. 👌😊

[@CaptainComradeCool]

Next time Rick jumps over TWO Mayas!

[@kidisgone0x]

this is my local wtf i literally live less than a minute from this park

[@crayfishjim]

Ricky is pretty chill and obviously a really nice guy. However, braille skateboarding has some issues. The founder Aaron Kyro is a big time scientologist and they've had two employees accused of innapropriate behavior towards minors. Those employees were fired but for me its a company that people should be wary of supporting. The owner being a scientologist is enough reason for me not to support them. That being said I do get why begginer skaters are drawn to braille. They do a good job of providing a non threatening, chill, all inclusive tone while providing good advice for begginers. It makes sense that they've become so popular.

[@mclovinit8639]

I wanted to watch Ricks video first but whatever. Glad you are learning from a real skater! Give your overgrown useless chicken a hug for me. The girl in the background is serious. I noticed her just rolling back and forth in the half pipe learning her footing and balance. You got a fan I think. Rodney Mullen is the Godfather of skating btw. Watch his part in Almost Round 3 it is a skate video. He invented the handstand flip Ricky did and so many others nearly every trick we do today. Tony Hawk brought it to the vert ramp. You had better go skate with that nice girl you met. That is what skating is all about. I did soany gallop leaps to practice how to make my feet work together and my front foot to turn and slide it is a thing! Just learning the movement without the board is very helpful. Skating is 100% Muscle Memory! Trust me the movements become almost 2nd nature when you do it 1000s of times. Skating looks easy only because we have done these moves 10s if not 100s of thousands of times. You are Not a Poser! Your new and uncomfortable with a new environment is all. You will meet so many great people if you continue your path down skating! I love to see new skaters learn and be taught by honest down to Earth folks like Rick! I hope you stick with it. It is Far from easy but with time it becomes much easier. Something I notice with noobs is they do not know how to jump off their back foot. I've been there. Goal is learn to jump off your back foot and use the front foot to control the board. Easier said than done. Your doing great! Ypur tricks and you do not look stupid! Your learning. We have all been there! You have nothing to be embarrassed about your doing great. I Like Sk8!!!

[@El_Chompo]

Wow he is really good at teaching. It's not easy.

[@bakicci]

49:52

[@bakicci]

1:21:48

[@bakicci]

1:30:36

[@saradm991]

2:49:32

[@dogsrlcatsdl4524]

I really think this stuff is just to get as many eyes on the vid as possible but to be able to get from wobbly toddler to tricks without breaking something is straight crazy talk, fortunately a true pro really doesn't want to see a lady bust her teeth off the pavement... so.

[@ozaffer77]

make sure ta bend your knees

[@joeygambers4489]

Next video, Ricky feeds the animals.

[@joeygambers4489]

Video after that, Maya and Ricky go on a date.

[@Zvox]

@@joeygambers4489 don't be weird

[@Cyrribrae]

He saw the animals. But he did not feed a single one.

[@dustiestbread3149]

what park is this i m curious

[@A2Z83]

he looks like qui gon jinn

[@dedmeet11]

Rikki with an accidental big spin

[@skinnyskinhead9492]

that was a shuvit lol

[@jrisso6]

I don't watch Maya but I thought I seen Ricky from Braile in the thumbnail.

[@lazyox]

3:01:10 i think its better if she is facing the railing. this way its easier to lean down and bend her knees.

[@Papercutdx]

what park is this? this one looks so much better than Mable

[@RithyHansen]

Maya is adorable.

[@RithyHansen]

I’d highly recommend pushing around, get comfortable with that, then start Ollie’n over objects getting them higher and do it while moving. Work on the pop and technique. Once you feel like you can Ollie over stuff consistently then work on the kickflip.

[@AUTUMN-DARK]

"can you not swear at me please"? Wtf 🤷‍♂️😂.... My spidey sense is tingling with this guy.

[@kalebh3419]

Timestamp plz

[@AUTUMN-DARK]

@@kalebh3419 1:14:55

[@AUTUMN-DARK]

@@kalebh3419 1:14:55