Frontside CARVE GRIND Lesson. Skateboarding Motivation, Technique to enter and exit, Perseverance

[@SkateparkLessons]

What is the most important lesson you learned from this video? 💙🛹💙

[@zakjackson2610]

Light feet. Hold the pump up and use the centrifugal force to flow with ramp. Best skate tutorials on yt

[@kevskatesNM73]

When I learned these (in the shallow end)…we called them “front double truckers” because we had this kamikaze technique where we didn’t even know which truck went on first- kinda “lazy front leg” technique I guess. Then after watching friends who knew the trick proper…I learned how to do them “the right way” on kinda 4-5 foot walls in the flow bowl. I keep hearing homie say “just one more inch, I’m turning out of it” and THAT is the battle. I think he has enough speed and pump, but he’s turning out early. I think that is why I keep them pretty good on little walls but kinda end up just slashing the back truck by habit on anything bigger. Another great vid!

[@AJ-xe3nt]

you are LITERALLY the best skate teacher on KZbin and hope that your channel can grow more and wish the best for you and this channel!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks AJ! That means the world to me and I appreciate your kindness and support. 💙🛹🙏🏽🛹💙

[@mrbailey-au]

He seriously is! I'm in Australia and my kids keep asking me to take them to JB for lessons. I showed them on Google Maps where he is but that didn't worry them. Maybe one day!

[@dalealeale2638]

@@mrbailey-au I want lessons as well lol

[@TheReal_DeanD]

Thanks to SPL, Coach JB for doing this and for Nick as he put himself out there. I'm similar to Nick in frame and age. By showing what he can do on the bowl gives me a relatable goal to aspire to. I can also see where on his pump he needs to gain speed. When I get to that point I'll know what to do. Thanks

[@SkateparkLessons]

Hell yea Dean! 💙🛹🙌🏽🛹💙

[@spitwicked6188]

Backside grinds came natural to me but frontside grinds........yeah, that's a whole different story. I need a lot of work. Great video.

[@SkateparkLessons]

Strap on the knee pads and go for it! 💙🛹💙

[@chrhadden]

im the opposite man. frontside i can see what im doing

[@kevskatesNM73]

Thanks!

[@SkateparkLessons]

THANKS KEV! Much appreciated 💙🛹💙

[@carloscosta1975]

JB you are killing it man, it is easy to see your enthusiasm and your compassion for the rider. It feels like his victory is your victory. Good on you man for doing this

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Carlos, I appreciate you noticing. I’ve been doing this for over 20 years and it Still feels amazing to help others!!! 💙🛹💙

[@baiaili80]

Nice to see someone a bit older studying. This gives me some confidence. I'm terrible at frontside turning

[@samaelrocks7888]

Great video for motivation. Nick nailed it and was so smooth. Like you said, the mind games are killer. It's just "coping." Going to work on this tonight. Thanks!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Get it Sam!!! 💙🛹🙌🏽🛹💙

[@The-Clockwork-Eye]

Mate..Thank You! This is THE trick so many of us old fart Salba-wannabes-who-never-had-bowls-in-our-youth want to nail! The crazy part for me is I can smash a frontside 50-50 carve grind, at speed around a corner like that, or even a straight coping into and round the corner...But, standing kick-turn frontside carve grinds have always previously scared me. Watching and listening to these lessons has made me realise I just need to smooth out the carve, get used to leaning on my heels, make the coping my apex and to aim into the middle of the corner, not the first half. Problem now is I'm off work for two weeks but it's raining 🌧 like hell all week! There are wooden indoor bowls, but they're a bit big and slippy to practise new moves on. I'd just end up doing the stuff I already do. I can backside slash grind in most bowls, even vert, I do struggle with big speed and massive transitions, but you have taught me I'm pumping too soon in them. Just need to get out and put it all into practise. My biggest one is going to be pushing normal, not Mongo. I think I've finally nailed it! Thank You. We grew up thinking that was just it, you did it like that. We only had still shots of tricks in magazines to try and work out how they did it, for many years. Bones videos just seemed impossible, way beyond our abilities. Everything happening so fast... Now, at 55, I just wanna get out and rip. My admiration goes out to the dude on this lesson, not easy to conquer that fear of the coping, whilst being filmed. Thanks to him for doing this with you, it has really highlighted my main obstacles to mastering this simple, but rad trick. Thanks again 😎

[@SkateparkLessons]

Wow this was such a great comment! I grew up in PA so I feel your pain about waiting for the weather and skating indoors. Sounds like you’ve been paying attention to the videos and I’m glad they inspire you so much. It’s funny bc I grew up watching the 80s bones videos as well and then became friends with cab after I moved here and we skated together at vans park then Sunnyvale often. Keep up your love for skating for mental health and exercise! That front slash is waiting for you! Thanks Frank 💙🛹😎🛹💙

[@chrhadden]

slash grinds. what year did you start back in the old days?

[@The-Clockwork-Eye]

@@chrhadden Got my first board for Christmas, 1978, but it was one of those Dodge, dubious, mass produced boards that came and went as the first craze swept Britain. The trucks didn't steer...in the early eighties I got a Lonnie Toft Sims big board, which I learned the basics on.

[@steveco.1234]

I would love to see a lesson of someone trying to catch air for the first time out of a big bowl or vert ramp.

[@olafkurtze7974]

I like to watch the progress of the silversurfer and can't wait to go skate.Thank you JB and Team! I always like the uploaded stuff.Go on doing what you are doing for the Skateboarding Community!! :)) Let's go skate!!I hope we get a Skatepark here in Berlin like Sunnyvale!!!!!!!

[@jvz773]

Just loving these videos. Thanks 🙏

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thank You so much Jeff! 🙌🏽 I really appreciate your kindness and support. You’re welcome to watch all the videos on this channel to get inspired and learn! If you’d like to give extra thanks, please help fund our mission of free educational skate videos, donation details in the description box of each video, or share this channel with your friends and add us on social media @SkateParkLessons and tag yourself skating #SkateParkLessons *Have a great Skate! 💙🛹🙏🏽🛹💙

[@michaelrenner1308]

Go Nick! Me and another 40+ year old are trying hard to get this dialed at our local skate park in NZ. Thanks for the inspiration and the tutorial JB!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Wishing you guys the best! Get some grinds!!! Thanks Mike! 💙🛹💙

[@shanemellor8856]

Yea great coaching JB! From another 40+ in NZ trying to commit to that grind 😆

[@wyzeazz]

F'n rainbows bro, I never would have thought to look at it like that, same as looking for centre line. Thanx bud, u da best!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Easy way for me to describe to most and especially kids and have them understand the shape of the carve as well as provide a visual to imagine 💙🛹💙

[@sk8ter975]

Love these teaching sessions in real time, JB. I’m always learning from you and your students. Keep em up! It’d also be cool (in the future, of course) if you had little clips at the end of videos of skaters who used your techniques and guidance to land their first ollies, 50-50’s, drop-in’s, etc. Already subbed, gotta donate to the Patreon fam. 🙏🏾

[@SkateparkLessons]

I agree, nick made it and he made it sooner than later, so I put the make in early bc most people seem to have the attention span of maybe 3 mins and youtube requires 8 min minimum to place ads in videos so it’s tricky. I try to make the videos the best I can but I definitely need to improve. Thanks for your input and I’ll keep trying to do my best. 💙🙏🏽💙

[@djweeks_maui]

Great video again! Thanks JB!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Kawika 💙🛹🙏🏽🛹💙

[@rogerderuthin1286]

Nice session. I was so nervous watching every try and every "almost!" :D

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹😝🛹💙

[@bonelessankles]

6:15 was good! Two pushes more before rolling in / pumping down and he would have had them every time. Speed is your friend with these things. Big respect for this man though, not an easy wall to try this on. Working on the same thing myself.

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🙌🏽🛹💙

[@thenon_kommunzchannel9353]

He looks really comfortable in the carves. Like he's been doing it for years.

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks man, definitely not years, he learned to skate the bowl some months before this video and practiced regularly to improve. 💙🛹💙

[@jacquelinejuana34]

Carmen and Chrissy’s dad ROCKS! 🛹💘

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🙌🏽💙

[@benoduartebd]

Hey bro nice videos iam 49 I been riding transition about 2 years now. I believe the trick is to really drop your weight going down fast and make yourself heavy as you can. Now I can fly out no problem but I was afraid to just really pump hard I guess. ✌️👍

[@SkateparkLessons]

Big pump in for speed and stability and big pump up the ramp to change direction and launch 💙🚀💙

[@benoduartebd]

@@SkateparkLessons 👍✌️gotcha

[@tahseen_al-qureshi]

Great class! Congrats!!!

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🙏🏽🛹💙

[@sevidg]

Awesome dude👍

[@SkateparkLessons]

🛹👍🏽🛹

[@skater_scott]

Atta-boy Nick! You look closer to my age. I'm learning Grinds too!

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🙌🏽🛹💙

[@18FJy.oLP89]

Thanks for teaching (:

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Francisco! I hope it helps you 💙🛹💙

[@gemiado]

It took me a minute to understand what you mean. Make the apex of the turn to match the farthest point of the corner. Make a lot sense. I wonder what’s more efficient and easier pump between one corner pump and double pump on two sides of the corner

[@SkateparkLessons]

Depends on what you’re skating but typically one carve pump is easier 💙🛹💙

[@gemiado]

@@SkateparkLessons thanks for the tips. I skated a bowl until midnight. Had a few bad slams but survived

[@chrhadden]

im having problems just going for it. i have enough speed but im sabatoging myself at the last second. once i get one it gets easier sometimes my truck doesnt touch

[@SkateparkLessons]

I totally understand, it happens to everyone depending on the situation. Pads help for sure, and watch my Confidence video 💙🛹💙

Love these skate lesson videos! Could you please explain what you mean when you talk about "pumping up a little harder and a little bit longer" and "holding that pump up" at 5:28? Another thing - it would be great if you could have the student film you doing a "perfect version" of the thing you're trying to teach

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

Pumping up is the lifting of your weight, to ride higher up the ramp. I was pumping to early, fast and not long enough. In essence my timing was off. I needed to slow my pump timing to get a longer pump up the ramp.

@@nickcirodicalifornia104 Impressive work Nick and thanks for your quick reply! :) Ok, so the pumping motion should be "slowed down and spread out" up the whole ramp, instead of one quick pump at the start of the ramp?

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

@ exactly, dance to the music of the entire ramp. My slash grinds improved a lot when JB instructed me on that. You have way more time than you think.

[@SkateparkLessons]

Good questions Henrik and even better answers Nick! 💙🙌🏽💙

[@florian.christopher]

Great video 👍 thanks 😀

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Florian! I hope it helps inspire you 💙🛹💙

[@steveco.1234]

Do you just tilt your board back toward in the bowl at the end of the grind, or do you need to lift the front truck any to keep from hanging up?

[@SkateparkLessons]

Pump up into your Lean and carve only, then pump down, no kickturn unless you have to. Thanks Steve 💙🛹💙

[@Jan123.]

Well done 👍

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Jan!!! 💙🛹💙

[@makjemah5138]

More video about rainbow carve please

[@SkateparkLessons]

Please watch my carving video. Thanks Mak 💙🛹💙

[@simonwood5587]

Question: once you have the basic frontside carve grind down would you eventually aim to lock the rear heal wheel into the coping to extend the duration of grind? (but you’re still inside the bowl, not on top 50 50 style). Or would this be recipe for hang up? Love the channel!

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thanks Simon, good question, yes you lock in on back foot heel wheel to hold a fs 5-0 stand up grind and lean into the bowl or ramp. Lean angle of your grind changes depending on the curve or straight section of the ramp/bowl 💙🛹💙

[@kevskatesNM73]

I know exactly what homie is doing- that’s because it’s a source of frustration to me. In our backyard we have a long, mellow 4 foot pocket with pool blocks that I keep jumping off of (or just slash the back truck)- despite the fact that there is an almost identical one with steel coping at the skatepark that is sorta “go-to” for me. Just like in this vid: I KNOW I can do it but I either turn out early or at best slash the back truck at the last second. 100% a mental thing. I’ve kinda resigned to thinking the first couple might be “on accident” to teach me that I won’t die and/or will PROBABLY discover it’s the same thing. I know that’s not very proactive- but do you guys think there is value in “trying less hard” and just carving high until the pocket “gives it up?” We need to learn, like lots of things in skating…that it will feel SO MUCH EASIER than we are thinking. I DO “light foot” front slashes on pool blocks…but with carve grinds I kinda don’t. This comes from the fact that when I am NOT “trying” this trick- I’ll get my wheels on the pool coping/ or kinda baby scratchers just carving fast and being stoked.

[@SkateparkLessons]

Thank You so much Kev! I really appreciate your kindness and support. You’re welcome to watch all the amazing videos on this channel to get inspired and learn! All my videos come from 20+ years of teaching experience and cost a lot of time & money to make. I put them all together to build this one of a kind skate channel to educate and inspire You! 💙 If you’d like to give back with extra thanks, Please help fund our mission of free educational skate videos, become a monthly Member, or Donate. 🙏🏽 -Donation details are in the description box of each video, please share this channel with your friends and add us on social media! @SkateParkLessons and tag yourself skating #SkateParkLessons *Have a great Skate! 💙🛹🙏🏽🛹💙

[@kevskatesNM73]

Heck yeah I’m on it (helping out today)…quick update….FINALLY got “permission” to skate from the New Mexico Bone and Joint Institute (after so far 11 weeks with pretty bad Achilles injury)….so last night i skated with my wife and just CARVED the bowl fast for over an hour…I was looking at the coping big time and kinda jealous watching my wife popping some airs….but I am 50 now so being smarter about injuries is easier 😂

[@kevskatesNM73]

PS Nick has lines like a mofo in that bowl 🤩🤩 that’s all the good skating he needs to push the mental game out of his head FOR SURE he can get his trucks anywhere in that bowl 😎🤟

[@winstonloh1051]

Wish I could spend a couple weeks for coaching with you bro!!

[@SkateparkLessons]

I’m here in Sunnyvale CA! 💙🛹💙

[@robbeaton]

Carving it up like a Thanksgiving turkey! Keep ripping Nick 🤙🏻

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🦃🛹💙

[@michaelrenner1308]

On a front carve grind I had a reckless moment and broke my left scaphoid and the surgeon put a screw in it. With that in mind though I will say this: when I fell I was going way faster than the ones before that worked well. Going too slow is definitely dangerous because you don’t stick to the wall. JB Would you say that carve grinds should be able to be done at really fast speeds or are you better to learn to go into Smith or stand up frontside 50-50 when you’re going really fast? Thanks for all you’re doing!!

[@SkateparkLessons]

They only need to be done fast enough so you stick to the corner as you ride through it, including hitting the coping. Faster definitely helps but to much speed can make you panic. So make sure speed and control stay together 💙🛹💙

[@michaelrenner1308]

@@SkateparkLessons well said!

[@magnetsmelodies2929]

I noticed this dude has a similar issue with me when it comes to feet placement on the board... he does "the dance" trying to get his feet just right... I do this every time and it's nerve racking... what tips do you or anyone have to get more comfortable with solid feet placement?

[@robertvigh467]

How do I keep from shifting weight from my heels to my toes? I have this problem where halftime through I shift my weight and get “stuck” in the carve longer than I want

[@SkateparkLessons]

Great question, shift your feet so your heels hang off the board more for additional leverage to help you stay carving frontside 💙🛹💙

[@Everydayinterests]

I’m trying to understand what you mean when you say “bigger slower pump up.” Are you able to elaborate?

[@Everydayinterests]

Never mind….. I see this was already answered. Thanks

[@jessicagarcia7558]

Backside carves I can do all day. Frontside are so difficult for me...😑

[@pirahshahjasman4703]

Mahaguru JB🙏🏽

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🙏🏽🌞🙏🏽🛹💙

[@Damon-v6h]

He has a strong frontside carve tho

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹🙌🏽🛹💙

[@dongyoonlee5798]

I know teacher is great. But IMP his student is super brave. I used to ride and start it again after 20years of no skate. I am scared to death when I am riding on a ramp now. I cannot overcome the fear yet.

[@SkateparkLessons]

This is why I spend so much time teaching how to bail and how to knee slide so you can be safe and more confident. To me Skateboarding is 60% confidence and 40% skill so get better at knee slides and you will become more brave and confident 💙🛹💙

[@rogerderuthin1286]

I'm coming back to skateboard, and my back foot's achilles tendon is hurting quite a bit after every session. Is it something usual in skateboarding? Maybe due to the tension and movements to keep balance while learning? I never had problems with these tendons in other sports. Thanks!

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

I’m old, I warm up and stretch. My knee and Achilles were always in pain after. I worked on running backwards and more strength training in my legs. Now no pain.

[@rogerderuthin1286]

@@nickcirodicalifornia104 thank you very much!

[@SkateparkLessons]

What Nick said, and I also highly recommend foam rolling after you skate or exercise heavy. I made a video for how to do it. Thanks Roger 💙💪🏽💙

[@Trails_trout]

i can't tell if he has the lurpivs or if its indy

[@SkateparkLessons]

He’s riding on Indys I believe 💙🛹💙

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

Aces

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

AF1 9”

[@datukalex]

Nice job out there, Nick.

[@Trails_trout]

or ace idk

[@SkateparkLessons]

💙🛹💙

[@AndySo2000]

Learning to skate at a gnarly bowl isn't the best idea imo. Learning or relearning to skate at a skatepark is also a bad idea. Take it to a parking lot for months or years, get the basics down a lot. Too many people think skateparks are the only place to skate nowadays.

[@SkateparkLessons]

Typically I disagree, parking lots can be fun but are usually littered with rocks, pebbles, and inconsistencies. Skate parks are usually more smooth and clean of debris so you can focus more on tricks and technique and less on constantly pushing to keep speed or looking for rocks. Plus skateboarding and popping tricks on a smooth surface feels sooo good. 💙🛹💙

[@nickcirodicalifornia104]

To add in the 80s I skated home made ramps 1/4 pipes and had one. I stopped that and switched to surfing at 15. I never stopped using my skateboard as my mode of transportation around town but only in the last year started back at transition skating. JB is a great coach so how he develops me is very different than a complete newbie or a fully developed skater and all in between. I have to say JBs skills at teaching separate him and makes him the best.