Start Surfkate Pumping in 5 Simple Steps

In this surfskate pumping tutorial for beginners, I teach five simple steps to start pumping on your surfskate.
Get my video course for beginners, "Surfskating for Non-Surfers," at www.SurfskatingForNonSurfers.com.
VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction to Surfskate Pumping Tutorial
00:38 The Five Steps are Feet, Ankles, Knees, Hips, & Shoulders
00:56 Step 1: What To Do With Your Feet in a Surfskate Pump
04:30 Step 2: What To Do With Your Ankles To Start Surfskate Pumping
05:43 Step 3: Add Knees to Your Surfskate Pump
06:45 Step 4: Adding Hips to Your Surfskate Pump
08:43 Step 5: Adding Shoulders to Your Surfskate Pump
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[@nottherealmccoy4955]

This a BRILLIANT tutorial! I've had my first ever surf skate for a month & it's been huge fun, but a bit frustrating! This video really is a game changer, especially the foot placement & 4 different body movements! THANKYOU!!! :)

[@SurfskateLove]

Great to hear!

[@emilyyy3455]

Good for you bro😁

[@kevingendron2124]

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[@AboutHealthyFood]

BRILLIANT!!! Agree! 🔥

[@raelenecallaway177]

Best tutorial ever. I'm a goofy too, and watching a goofy teacher really helps!!!

[@digitalprincesses]

the wiggle got me nowhere, but the power of the hips does the trick! Knees and feet follow. TYSM for your videos, they are soooo motivating and helpful!

[@Nina_L]

Thanks millions for that tutorial!!! I’m almost 50 yo, beginner surfer, out of shape, never stood on a skateboard or snowboard before. Bought a surfskate today, put on my mtb-safety gear and instantly went out with the board. I tried to copy you exactly and really managed to ride!! Easier than I thought!! Goal of today was wiggling to some speed and start to incorporate knees. Soooooo great tutorial and so fun!! Felt great! The big trick for me was to really put weight on the front truck, as you also instruct. Thanks again, you made my day!!!

[@concrete-waves]

Nice video Steve! Keep em coming

[@SurfskateLove]

Thanks, man! Much appreciated.

[@DP-Universe]

Thanks so much for your videos, I had my first 2 hours of surfskating (didn’t skate at all before) and thanks to your vids I was prepped. Love surfskating so much now.

[@AlexandreSchwarz]

Man, what a great lesson! Thanks very much for this!

[@dgentry81]

Just picked up my Yow Malibu and this really helped me. I was pumping almost instantly. Thank you for the great tutorials

[@heatherdrag3674]

Lightbulb video right here!! So helpful! I'm a rubbish surfer looking to do some dry land practice (i know i know, for non surfers....), and this really pointed out some of the basic things that had been holding me back!

[@chemaj4327]

Muy bien explicado, paso por paso. Thanks!

[@pavedwavessurfskate2203]

All your tips are great! Thank you so much! 🤙

[@FlatIronProject]

This is such a helpful video. Thank you!

[@thesecretlifeofyuvi]

Such a brilliant tutorial for beginners. You nailed it :) Things make a lot more sense now :)

[@esthercala2948]

Muchas Gracias me has ayudado mucho

[@yangxinhe7805]

Thank you so much!!! I can turn now!!!!!!

[@John808S]

this really helped me, the body isolation and breaking it down using the ankle first, then knee ... thanks

[@igq91]

Thank you SIR!!!!!!!🙏🏼

[@patrickviard114]

Brillante pédagogie, simple et efficace ! Bravo et merci pour ce partage de connaissances.

[@user-wd1eu4ss2s]

Thank You very much

[@stevemitchard4016]

Poetry in motion and inspirational! Top tips! Thank You,

[@madamho6128]

Thank you 😊💕

[@pvitaya]

Thanks for this tutorial. Feet knees hip shoulder integration. Will pracgice more.

[@winlagvlog491]

Thanks so much for your videos,

[@surfonland3402]

Wow, im a student now of surfskate love. Yahoooooo!

[@rickycat8241]

Excellent ad usual! I have been learning a lot from your videos! Thank you so much, Steve!

[@chouaibotaku]

Great tuto thank you mate

[@markstrain8989]

This is pure awesomeness 👌

[@RenoLaringo]

THANK YOU STEVE !!! When the board will arrive, this is going to save me a ton of troubles and frustration I'm sure!

[@jackjacksworld]

Thank you this.

[@TitoArvs]

Thank you sir! 🤙

[@cookieruniscool3556]

Your the best I just got mine so this will be really helpful!

[@tigergust1871]

Very useful.

[@jivadaya6439]

Superb! Extremely helpful - Thank you 🙂

[@Sebastian2018]

great tutorial

[@tattoopiercingayalamallceb9899]

brilliant processes!

[@agustinagnolidavila2986]

brilliant explanation

[@alishershatekov375]

Brilliant. Dont own a surfskate right now but will learn from this video once i get my hands on one.

[@nimohobbs9827]

Brilliant..❤

[@emilyyy3455]

Thanks my bro🙏🙏🙏

[@aimjaih.2430]

The most useful surf skate for beginners ever!!! I’ve tried all your techniques and it works amazingly.THANKS!

[@SurfskateLove]

Great to hear! Thank you!

[@leeh5307]

Thank you Steve. Really appreciate these helpful advice

[@SurfskateLove]

Thank you!

[@hirastory8090]

I just started with surfskate, thank you

[@corylewis8796]

Dude you are the greatest, can't wait to try this out! Such a solid explanation, you've made a subscriber out of me!

[@simonfujiyama]

great stuff mate!

[@manote2953]

Cela donne envie, c'est clair, bravo!

[@tonyantony04]

Man you made it so easy! Thanks a lot.

[@nikok8654]

Very good, others explain it super complicated, but you are the best! Just took me 5 min to gain speed. Thx a lot

[@infraprods]

Great video. You could also call it surf skating for golfers! Same principle of arms, hips, legs working together. Just in case someone is looking for cross training ideas

[@SteveM44]

Thanks 🤙

[@alecsmith3073]

Super nice tutorial Steve. Thanks heaps for this :)

[@SurfskateLove]

Great to hear, thank you!

[@kcykevin]

Very useful

[@alainqat]

hi steve ,so many thanks for this video, im french guy 60, just start skate, very usefull video, my body is more flexible right now, very good help, thanks, ....

[@TheBlabberfish]

Thank you

[@nathanroberts2670]

Thanks mate! Just picked up my first skate - a smoothstar (at 50!) no experience really other than dabbling at board sports, and within an hour i was carving! So much fun!

[@SurfskateLove]

Awesome!

[@AngelaMonroe]

You're the best teacher of this!

[@SurfskateLove]

I'm glad you find it helpful!

[@SpeakSpark.]

Great tutorial man. Keep up the reviews and tutorials

[@SurfskateLove]

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful.

[@XuanPham-gb4nw]

Thank you

[@user-lp6ps1mm4l]

Hello, the video clip is very useful. Now that Thailand is starting and popular to play, thank you for the excellent tactics.

[@SurfskateLove]

Great to hear! Thank you!

[@psyghtseer]

i love there's not a single push in this video! can't wait to try this out, thanks for the tutorial bro

[@TinaTru1111]

I love ur tutorials!!! I couldn't focus here because your shoes are so nice lol 😆 😂 I want them

[@captureinstyle]

This video is great! Thank you! I just want to support you and get the course. These movements apply to pumping on all the boards right not just surfboards? Thank you so much! I currently have loaded Icarus with really soft bushings and a landyachtz dinghy. Both are pumpabale but of course not as much as the surfskate.

[@osse2711]

Thank you for this awesome video! After watching this video and riding my surfskate the third time ever, I got so much better! I got into a nice flow for the first time and damn - it feels good! 😀 PS: Tips for any other beginner out there! Warming up and practising falling for 30mins prior to a session helped me alot! 🙂

[@Snkii4673]

Thanks for the videos, very helpful! Will you do a video on the best surfskate wheels...🙏

[@SurfskateLove]

Yep! It's in the works! Been playing with a bunch.

[@IntuitiveReview]

awesome review thanks steve! come surf with me in florida, you'd be good

[@SurfskateLove]

Let's do it!

[@guitarpatrick8235]

Got my first ever surfskate (SmoothStar Manta Ray) yesterday. Didnt skate before and went surfing just one time for a week. Some of the trys to Pump allready worked after this video😊 The technique isnt as hard as I thought, but my Fitness was allready done after half an hour😅. Every Pump feels like a squat, so it felt like doing squats for half an hour straight😂 Thanks for the Tutorial👍🏻

[@SurfskateLove]

Yeah, man, it'll work muscles you didn't even know you had until you get used to it.

[@SP-vo4vy]

Nice view behind

[@Acolyte_of_Cthulhu]

Its hard, i really feel old trying to. I wish there was someone close by that can teach me but there is no other surfskater than me. Love this guide and hope a senile bastard like me can learn this .

[@KathyWolfePhoto]

Thank you for this!! Been trying to get pumping down and nothing made sense until this! Can’t wait to get out there and try after watching this

[@laurent359]

Bonjour Vous avez raison Il est dommage, que des vidéos en français de cette qualité n ' existent pas

[@larocdokarnap3227]

The broader your stance the less energy it takes to push, the more speed you will be able to generate. The tail stance is good for ollies and kickturns, but is not necessary for pumping. I think its good practice to at least get comfortable with tail stances. What helped me out with pumping was going uphill, you can't wiggle your way up, you have to pump your way up, so if you ain't going forward you are using a bad technique. Just turn around and try again, generate some speed on flat ground and once you go up you start pumping as far you can go. Uphill pumping makes the forces more noticeable, it just gives you a better sense of the physics involved.

[@travelinglikealocal]

Great trip, thanks. D'You have any instructions how to start pumping on twin tip longboard?

[@SurfskateLove]

Yep! Start by replacing it with a real surfskate that actually pumps, haha. :-)

[@jimmym2719]

Thanks..awesome video. I am total beginner after 2 sessions still can’t get the board to move from standstill😅. Will try from your step 1

[@moxar2220]

I've watched so many tutorials and I'm still struggling to get started. However this tutorial has been the simplest and really breaks it down.

[@koreannederr5593]

GAME CHANGER 🤙🤙🤙

[@arlui973]

Thank a lot, this video unblock me and made me understand basics steps

[@SurfskateLove]

That’s great to hear!

[@arunr5529]

Thank you so much for this video. Great tutorial. This is probably a silly question but how come we need to go from heel to toe in a zigzag shape to generate speed?

[@SurfskateLove]

Because the momentum is generated by the thrust of your rear truck going one way, which pushes your front truck the opposite way.

[@dsuleyma]

Hi Steve. I used your surfskate recommendation tool on your website and I got a Waterborne. I tried it out today and I really dig it. Once I found the grove it felt like I was a warm knife buttering up some toast. Reminds me a little of snowboard through fresh powder actually. Can't wait for an extended run tomorrow. Thank you!

[@SurfskateLove]

Awesome, that's great to hear! Thanks for sharing.

[@simsonyee]

Which waterborne would you recomend?

[@sansuzuki7443]

Hi Steve, from Japan 👍👋👋

[@britti73]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much ❤️

[@LayOffiKnoTaeBo]

Great tutorial! Props to both the coach and the camera operator!

[@ericleach2504]

Great video! What truck system are you using here?

[@SurfskateLove]

This is the Carver C7 truck.

[@philorida]

I have been carefully trying to select a surfskate and the green room is in the top 3. I'm 6'2" at 200 and with my stance this seems like the board. I've been shying away from the slide board because I think I'll like the wider deck of the carver. Thanks for your videos and web content.

[@SurfskateLove]

Greenroom sounds perfect for you!

[@eduardorojolopez1649]

Congrats for the channel! Is that a Green Room with C7? I've read one of your posts where you said that CX were your favorite trucks. Have you recently changed your opinion regarding the trucks? I am a nonsurfer guy, 6'10ft tall who wants to use the skate 90% on the streets and 10% in a pump track or skate park (small ramps) , and I was wondering which is the best Carver truck and setup for me. I have read that in longer boards with CX is more difficult to pump. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance and regards from Madrid

[@SurfskateLove]

I would go with C7 trucks if I were you. You can adjust them for parks and pump tracks. And longer boards on any surfskate truck will be a little harder to pump than shorter boards.

[@iveno_]

I like that board you have, I believe that was the first board which convinced me that I want one of those! Do you know how it's called, where I can get one?! Are the Trucks Waterborn? Thanks for all your tutorials,...thinking of ordering a good board.

[@SurfskateLove]

This is the Carver Greenroom: carverskateboards.com/carver-33-75-greenroom-surfskate-2022-complete-cx/

[@charliechen5318]

Hey. Thanks. Very clean and useful tips for a starter. And you definitely have a very nice pair of shoes. May I know the brand?

[@SurfskateLove]

Thanks! These are Vans.

[@mortheres]

Thanks for the video with great advice. Do you think it is possible to learn Surfskate with Original S6 trucks ? They seems to be great for carving and pumping. Thanks a lot in advance for your answer.

[@SurfskateLove]

Not at all. Those are the trucks used on Hamboards, and they are very hard to pump. Reason being, they are the same on both the front and back. On other surfskates, the magic isn't just the special truck on the front. It's the combination of the swiveling front truck and a stable rear truck. A stable rear truck enables the pumping motion on the front. Without it, both your trucks are doing the same thing and it's very hard to pump.

[@mortheres]

​@@SurfskateLove Thanks a lots for your deep answer. I asked these question (several months ago) because I already had my Original S6 trucks and I wanted to know if they could be good for surfskate. It’s kind of funny because these trucks are maketed as "easy to pump" :D. Since then, I bought a USA Booster CX and sure it’s night and day. CX all the way :)

[@techtipssa210]

Hey Steve. Awesome video! So I edited my original question because I realized it could be quite subjective. Would you please share the specs of your board used in your video? In advance, THANK YOU. Once I get my surfskate board, I’m looking forward to taking your online course. In advance, thank you.

[@techtipssa210]

Found the answer in one of your other videos. Thank you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWHGlGCgqdOfa6c

[@SurfskateLove]

soulboardiy.com/revolution/

[@paultormey3720]

Really great tutorial. Trying to learn this after getting a board a few weeks ago and this definitely helped. Thanks

[@zaymarieborques2585]

Hello! I’m 5’0 and a beginner I would like to know which carver surfskate board would be versatile and best for me on the long run.

[@SurfskateLove]

surfskate.love/choose-surfskate/

[@nimohobbs9827]

Which Carver board are you using exactly.. ? Great video..👆

[@SurfskateLove]

This is the Greenroom C7.

[@algyk]

Question - how tight / loose should the trucks be?! Thanks! 🙏

[@SurfskateLove]

That's all just personal preference. What truck are you using?

[@CS-eh8eo]

Those are really nice shoes, what are they? Where'd you get them? I want a pair!

[@SurfskateLove]

They're Vans, and I don't think they're available anymore.

[@winkyfung7168]

Thanks for the great video! This is exactly what a beginner like me is looking for! Although I"m still at the stage where by I can't even sustain moving forward by the toe-heel wiggling, at least I'm no longer self-doubting myself why other videos make it look so easy (yea just pump and you can move forward without using your feet to push on the ground)

[@whchang3265]

This is bible for surf skate beginners

[@shehnafaizel8744]

I am 5'10 179cm I am looking forward to buy a carver surfskate which truck will you recommend for going long distance and carving really smooth? the cx or c7 truck?

[@SurfskateLove]

I think you'd be fine with either, but I'd go with the C7.

[@hunter08081990]

Is this close to snowboarding too? I do longboard

[@clintonvargas5050]

Be keen to see a review on 66 surfskates. They look like really good quality build for the price, similar to cx4 style truck. I would love to know your thoughts on a comparison.

[@SurfskateLove]

First I've heard of them. They're currently out of stock but I'll grab one when I can. Thanks!

[@clintonvargas5050]

@@SurfskateLove Thanks for the reply, your videos are on point with genuine honest reviews. Best resource in this space.

[@clintonvargas5050]

Btw, I'm in Thailand and it's out of control here. Grandparents to 2yr olds out in force, wiggling away all over the country every evening. Don't know where it came from or where it's going, but it's crazy! Maybe same would have happened if the 70s & 80s skate fads were driven by social media...

[@SurfskateLove]

@@clintonvargas5050 Yeah I've been watching it on Instagram. Crazy stuff. My understanding is that some celebrities started putting surfskating in music videos and that's how it exploded.

[@trevorbutler785]

I just bought my first surfskate, in fact first skate ever at the age of 54! (What am I doing! my wife is convinced this has 'Emergency Room' written all over it) I tried that heel / toe wiggles and I assume you need to give yourself a bit of push to get going? If I just do heel / toe the board just rocks back and forth and no movement? I am getting better on gentle slopes but that is just gravity pulling me down. I'll keep going and hopefully something will click soon and I'll be carving with the best of them. Love the shoes by the way, are those Vans?

[@SurfskateLove]

Yeah, they're Vans, but I don't think they're available anymore. Keep at it!

[@friangraham]

Do you mostly 'power out/generate speed' from one side, ie the decompress side?

[@SurfskateLove]

I do it both ways, but if you're a surfer, I don't believe that is proper pumping form. In surfing, that would mean you're pushing your fins side to side, which doesn't work to generate speed. But since I'm not tied to surfing, I get to do whatever I want, haha.

[@fn3205]

For someone who is 5ft 10" / 180cm, that wants to comfortably and effortlessly pump a few miles through streets (imperfect pavement), would the YOW Medina X Tie Dye be better or a longer wheelbase like the YOW Malibu?

[@SurfskateLove]

At your height I would say the Medina.

[@fn3205]

@@SurfskateLove thank you very much. I really appreciate your content. A Lot!!

[@mrprodigy2299]

You should try surfing since you surf skate I am sure you will be kinda good at surfing

[@clintonvargas5050]

Surfing is 99% paddling (even for Kelly Slater), hard to practice that on a skateboard...Haha.

[@mrprodigy2299]

Ya Ik