Skateboarding

My 6 year old son has been skateboarding for almost a year, he likes it a lot and I'm very proud of him. I've filled up my phone taking videos of him.

He's approaching the age where he'll be able to skateboard at the school without me, and while I'm happy to go watch him often, I recognize he won't always want me there supervising.

I'd like him to be able to film himself, can anyone weigh in on good options for him? The idea is mostly to document, and to review so he can see that he is achieving his goals etc. Picture quality is not really required for those goals.

I think these are what would be good:

-easy to control -easy to aim -Easy to review footage -robust (I'd also like to be able to take it skiing) -slow motion mode (he loves seeing slow motion videos from my phone)

Do you guys have any pointers I haven't thought of? Any recommendations? Go-pro? Insta 360? Idk....

I've recently figured the trick to ollie is not dragging my foot up the board, but instead kicking the board to level it out. I've been practicing quite a bit and landing most, but I often land on my nose, and sometimes I land with my toes handing off the frontside. Any tips to land better?

I want to learn to skate and would love to go to lots of skateparks. I have almost no experience with skating and I'm also moving into a van to live in full-time in the near-ish future to travel around Australia, so I'm concerned that when I have injuries from skating I sometimes won't be able to drive temporarily, which is a huge issue. So living in a van seems it would make skating as a hobby a little bit difficult at times. I'm unsure if I should skate or how to work around this issue. What are your thoughts?

I’m guessing this is by Phil Morgan

Hi, I recently moved apartment and started skateboarding to work. I have a nickel board, so more for cruising than tricks.

My question is: what's the best way to slow down and stop on sidewalks?

I've watched several YouTube videos about different techniques for slowing down and stopping, but they tended to assume an environment with more room and smooth ground. Where I ride, it's a sidewalk with cracks and leaves and changing terrain. It is also somewhat hilly so I really need a way to slow down on sustained (not steep though) downhills.

One of the best techniques I found was called pumping, basically the opposite of pushing. This works well on any terrain and on skinny sidewalks. However, it's really hard on my ankles, and I actually made my right ankle swollen. So I figured I need a better way.

I don't particularly want to use techniques that scrape my shoes. And I'm not sure powerslides are the best idea on the uneven terrain.

Surely there's something better than just dismounting? Do I have to ride on the road to do powerslides?

I would greatly appreciate any and all advice!! I'm quite new to this so anything is helpful

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This is not an endorsement, I just found it recommended to me on Instagram.

Seems like it's basicallly Zoom but for playing S-K-A-T-E

I've noticed that it automatically moves towards the left if I push it forward without riding. Will that be a big issue?

Also in what progression should I start learning tricks?

One of my favorite skateboarding videos ever

I got a chance to see Tony Hawk on vert at Jackalope Festival a few weeks ago. It was a short session but it was cool to see a legend doing his thing.

I could have cut a little better and I accidently made the line on the nose instead of the tail on the left one (RIP), but I would say not bad for my first time.

I bought this GrenTec Coyote II skateboard back in 1977 and for whatever reason I could never bring myself to get rid of it, even after I outgrew it and stopped skateboarding. Fast forward, recently started playing with it and realized it really was too small, so I finally bought one more my size. It’s an Arbor Pilsner (technically a longboard, but it’s on the small side). Really weird to pick up a hobby decades later and still realize I can do most of what I did back then: tick-tack, crabwalk, etc. Any tips for getting back into it?