WHAT IS A SMOLLIE?!

Today we answer the question, what is a Smollie?!
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[@spencerarntsen1395]

I’ve tried it (my kid has one). I think it’s ideal for getting the feel/balance of a trick/grind/slide. And it’s really not tight enough to teach bad habits. If it helps a higher % of new skaters get their ollie down, it’s a win for that alone.

[@TheAnimeist]

Gabe, 19:56 JD is having such a fun time in the ramp. You deserve that same feeling. Take baby steps. You can get there.

[@albanyflowers9178]

I really like your comment 😊 Very encouraging words!

[@TomsGarage007]

this a whole new way of manipulating Gabe into dropping in, you sound like therapist right now lol - and he still ain't gonna do it.

[@ChristMaxxers]

@@TomsGarage007he did it and left the channel

[@himebaughchris4026]

That's how we used to wrap bike inner tubes around our boards in the 80's. Fun with a rope swing over the vert ramp. 😁

[@troublingleaf]

I was just going to comment that we used to call them inner tubes 😂

[@michaelboen2314]

Funny that's exactly what Aaron said in the video lol

[@JohnySparky]

If we practiced long enough we would’ve been popping 1080s😅

[@TheRobotixFudge]

Aaron: "I feel like JD's just gonna do like a 1080 on this-" JD seconds later: *Actually does a 1080*

[@leshmurda9898]

this is legendary and I loved to see him dropping in again reminds me of when they first bought the place lol keep shreddin!

[@JayRock907]

I feel like you can also use this strap to carry your board around on your back! that's cool!👍

[@spoder552]

Clothing shredder 9000 i guess you could do it on the other side but then your clothes are just gonna take all the dogshit from the trucks.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes

[@IgabodDobagi]

When I was a teenager I did something almost exactly like this. Only I used my old belt. I used to skateboard from school to the public library and there were lots of curbs and cracks and stuff along the way that got tiring to ollie over, but with the belt on my board like they have this smollie thing I just did a little hop and it took a lot less energy. And if I hit a rock or something I didn't have to worry about not being able to step off the board. Sure wish I had thought to improve the design and patent it. That was back in the late 90s.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice

[@ninjapenguin3035]

Sometimes I feel like flip tricks or just tricks where you leave the board are easier then tricks where you stay connected to the board. I personally sorta skipped some fundamentals like backside and frontside 180 and actually considering using this to go back and get that practice I always needed thanks for the video braille ❤

[@joshuaschmidinger3993]

Part of me thinks this would be scary but then the other part thinks it would be comforting? JD doing everything with it doesn't help change my feeling cuz he can do anything(he just makes it work)bit this is cool to see something that works and also changes the way you skate and things that are possible 😎👌 enjoy learning about things I never knew about. love braille ❤

[@kickasswelder5698]

You should do the highest ollie with the smollie

[@brailleskateboarding]

True hahaha

[@dieseldabz7104]

Biggest Smollie

[@RC-88]

Totally getting one of these,

[@johnthomas2877]

Aaron dropping in the vertical ramp with straps was savage!! 😮 😅 😊

[@heyjustj]

Dang wish I had something like this growing up. When you see it it’s simple, but that’s how most things that work great seem. Feels like a product that there’s a bit of a learning curve but works best if for the most part you treat it like it’s a normal board. Like when I got a freebord, I had to lock in my mind it was just a snowboard on snow and then I could ride it fine. But when I thought of it as I was on asphalt I struggled to ride it.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Ya

[@canyonraymond7258]

This is a great product I was watching this next to my GF who’s never skated and she just looks over my shoulder and goes… “hmm I’d definitely try it with one of those”

[@SmollieOfficial]

Let's get her one!!! 🤙

[@canyonraymond7258]

@@SmollieOfficial that would be awesome! Would love to see her shredding

[@ricmitchell]

Awesome training tool!

[@pegjunk]

derrick needs this

[@brailleskateboarding]

Think?

[@EPSGplayer]

No he just needs to land a kickflip.

[@Dirk_Mcgurk]

vert dog! that drop in scared me. ak went right from foot on deck straight to the board ,barely missing the band.

[@TomsGarage007]

19:19 JD looks a little unhinged here lol

[@jordanbeebe5581]

2:50 Glo glaring at the guy right over his shoulder 😂

[@serj1017]

Jd having soo much fun

[@brailleskateboarding]

Always

[@diablo.7153]

Jd is is big now haha it’s been a couple years since I watched braille

[@johnathan9208]

When I get home. I’m ordering one!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice

[@QuehannaWildman]

Aarons life flashed before my eyes

[@Y0UM4DBR0]

gonna order me one tomorrow

[@533K3R]

floor is lava with the smollie

[@Ablanch_15]

🙏thanks for the shout out and shoes

[@brailleskateboarding]

Much love

[@nikolaip4947]

That’s a snowboarder tan if I have ever seen one lmao

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes

[@anchorage72]

You Reinvented the wheel.....that's all folks!

[@TheOnlyGhxst]

Except slightly better than the original wheel, that's called evolution.

[@odinson6528]

Bro... these can make impossibles possible 😮

[@aaronmiller7954]

I think they already are

[@JingJange]

Lets gooo Aaron! Vert Dawg!

[@lorddetro333]

my biggest problem is that when i got into skating years ago, i started learning various beginner skills and ended up turning my ankle when my board flipped (it was a weird weight distribution that made me nose stall and turned my ankle) and proceeded to break it. i have fear of rebreaking it by learning even an ollie. any tips?

[@TheGingerBeef]

Porter's goggle tan is legendary 🔥🔥🔥

[@SmollieOfficial]

We pulled him from training for nationals. He kills it on skis! 🤙

[@IgabodDobagi]

I just thought he had a dirty face. lol

[@meman176]

i love this idea for this product

[@PhillyPyroKev]

You can see the sarcasm in JDs eyes when dude from Hawaii went on the vert ramp.😂 19:16 Honestly you can see the sarcastic excitement in most if your faces. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@nikolaip4947]

So honest question, couldn’t this give someone a false sense of security on a board and create bad habits? Update I spoke to soon I should have kept watching. My questions were answered. Interesting product

[@brailleskateboarding]

Any sort of “trainer” could yes

[@joshl3467]

Gabe encouraging Aaron to drop in is the most ironic thing to happen in 2024

[@brailleskateboarding]

True

[@paulvalues4499]

This smollie looks cool. But What is really amazing and unbelievable that skaters developed all the craziest tricks with and kind of ropes and bands

[@claudiosaldivia5646]

Dope can help me to improve my snowboarding

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes

[@nicoperez9363]

You guys should be on MTV or something, I'd definitely be watching

[@brailleskateboarding]

Nice

[@lucaskapow]

I'm the same age as you Aaron. I find it hard to believe you never did this with a bike inner tube as a kid.

[@brailleskateboarding]

I did

[@russkidj19zeta7]

DEREK!!!! Do An Ollie!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes!

[@pickuptruckreviews7085]

Can I get the weights of all the Braille crew? I’m considering making a skateboard to send to them made out of a mystery material I work with but I want to know how thick it needs to be so it won’t break or if it will even work.

[@sleepy.philly]

i’d say max like 180-200

[@brailleskateboarding]

170 lbs

[@tik1158]

Go to Alberta Leduc skatepark it’s a big skatepark

[@jasminewatson5723]

This is crazy video idea Braille

[@brailleskateboarding]

🔥

[@IceMan-xy1yt]

Well be playing jd pro skater xl on the ps 15 in 2040

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes

[@djelow5364]

You should have glo drop down on the vert

[@brailleskateboarding]

He did already

[@djelow5364]

At braille house vert ramp

[@jamiedarcy2462]

It's not April the 1st yet!

[@brailleskateboarding]

Soon 😳

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

Can we get a kick flip!?

[@ryanrowe1975]

Awesome

[@brailleskateboarding]

Thanks!

[@ryanrowe1975]

@@brailleskateboarding You're Welcome!

[@HisLamb22]

I like it

[@thewordwithjared7738]

🔥

[@mamy-yen]

👌👌I like it ❤❤❤

[@derfmode]

When I was a kid in school, I “invented this” for some dumb invention convention. Like third grade. 1995. I still have the VHS tape. I’m gonna have to upload it. Lol. 😂 literally identical It was just for fun but yeah

[@lou_tosleazy]

You guys should buy Zroller trucks and test them out PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@brailleskateboarding]

I have been trying to find some. Send a pair of

[@johnramon5010]

2:15 he definitely knows the process😶‍🌫️

[@28russ]

I thought about trying to market something like this about 25 years ago when I was doing a fair bit of inner tube assisted skating. Except I used to put the tube around the middle of the board and hold onto it. Then ya just pull it tight and jump and the board comes up with ya. Then ya could bail without ya feet getting all tangled up in it and break ya friggin ankle. I called it bungee boarding. But I've just spilled my secret and mighta missed my chance to make millions off it. 🤷‍♂😂

[@MckNoob]

1 hour gang ⬇️

[@brailleskateboarding]

Lets go

[@Bop420]

Jd kills the fakie krookz

[@sycadelic666]

How do you push

[@brailleskateboarding]

Just normal

[@jeffmosesjr]

I feel so bad for that little dude with the spray tan!!

[@brandonfinch881]

How come you can totally tell JD is feeling, hey bro, I'm the only Hawaiian to have a spot here in the braille house!!! 😂😂

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@streetready9748]

feel free braille team

[@brailleskateboarding]

Freeeeeedon

[@shanepettipas7100]

We used to steal shopping cart straps in the mid 90s

[@brailleskateboarding]

Wait why?

[@shanepettipas7100]

To strap our feet to our boards

[@MichaelRelevant]

Take my money

[@thesteviathan]

aaron kyro, sponsored skateboarder from the san fransisco bay area, yoshi bodied

[@tacktime]

Any one else see johny tsunami when JD rips that

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Has Lance ever came back in any of the recent Episodes?

[@DJtahna]

Nope 😢

[@dsparks8223]

That was so cool 😎

[@RAWNATURE99]

You make it,we skate it. Where is that?

[@SmollieOfficial]

Massive wall poster in the mini section 11:43

[@brailleskateboarding]

Send us a board

[@RAWNATURE99]

@@brailleskateboardingGood one 😃 ♥️ I’ll do that,what’s the address?

[@duanrokanyom6175]

For a moment I thought it was a giboard with wheels but then I notice it is not

[@bevvinaeli21]

Гениально!

[@braillearmyplus1497]

Да такая отличная идея!

[@TheOfficialChannelOfChannels]

Ohh the Team Should call themselves Smollian Pirates

[@SmollieOfficial]

That's a new one! I'll pass it along to upper management for consideration! 😆

[@spencerarntsen1395]

I’m the captain here 👀

[@mrWhite81]

Small Mollys?

[@MANIC3420]

Not convinced

[@brailleskateboarding]

No?

[@MANIC3420]

@@brailleskateboarding sketchy

[@StupidOldSkaters]

I kind of want to try one😁

[@brailleskateboarding]

You should

[@gooniemike33]

What a sales pitch

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@DayvidSlice]

Sup. From SL,UT 801 baby

[@brailleskateboarding]

Huh

[@tophfingerboards]

I would get beat up at the skatepark 100%

[@brailleskateboarding]

Hahahaha

[@NGUNOW]

HOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 23:34

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@Time-Shepherd.]

❤️‍🔥👍👍👍👍

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

😫Seeing JD on this channel makes me feel old....kid got big AF.... still surprised yall don't have drone pilots infesting your park with cine whoops...

[@souperdave2009]

Gabe drop in ..

[@brailleskateboarding]

Please

[@souperdave2009]

@@brailleskateboarding we are way past please ... Get er dun

[@joshuatrevino7759]

Gedagadeegadago I’ve been murried a long time ago 😢

[@aaronmiller7954]

I don't get it

[@datboic-regg3538]

Skyhooks video

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@Vikanuck]

…honest question but can’t a couple bungee straps from your trunk do the exact same thing?? 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@brailleskateboarding]

Sort of ya

[@CanadaBud23]

7:48 Ahhh,... My 42yo bones ache. lol

[@brailleskateboarding]

Same

[@FightClub1999Gaming]

So its acts like a normal board but you cant safely kick away anymore? Thinking this falls in the same category as skater trainers. An unnecessary step in learning to skateboard.

[@olivierclaes6227]

Take a tire of a bike wheel and its the same XD

[@brailleskateboarding]

Ok

[@Michougan]

FIRSSTTTTT TRYYYY

[@brailleskateboarding]

Lets go

[@mackie_p]

Pushing looks awkward, very neat product idea.

[@brailleskateboarding]

Thanks

[@vision_dgn]

gabe drop in 2024

[@Agapelovestudio]

I don't think I like it.I feel like this would not translate.Well, once you don't have it anymore.I think it might be cool at first but I don't think it's going to teach proper habits

[@Just_Ed201]

CROCKS RUINED EVERYTHING

[@brailleskateboarding]

Yes

[@native36307]

No

[@brailleskateboarding]

Haha

[@Tupays]

2 different face colors and he doesn't even have any make-up on!?

[@Johnnydarkog]

It’s called a tan🤡

[@Tupays]

Definitely lol

[@aaronmiller7954]

Who?

[@porter-uh8fo]

that’s meeeee

[@vincelicas2422]

it's a goggle tan LOL he's from Salt Lake he's gotta be a snowboarder as well.

[@Hotdaddyman]

second

[@aaronmiller7954]

No cookie for you and you only get a blue star. Also, your mother won't be as proud.

[@SaucyBacca]

Posers going crazy with this one

[@himebaughchris4026]

Posers Won't try it. Back to Dan Webs with you. 😂

[@Slimjady11]

Nah posers progressing like crazy with this one

[@jryangutierrez]

The dudes story about the kid treflipping with the smolly is capital CAP

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

Nah, I've seen it done, ya just have to stand in the right spot, and flick your feet the right way

[@Ablanch_15]

Bet bro

[@yaboieoin1953]

Day 2 of asking for a free skateboard