Looking for Stand-up slide advice and maybe friends

• JS

  J Smith

  3/24/25, 2:31 PM

  I've been skating (all solo sessions lol) for about 1.5 years. Glove down stuff is feeling comfortable, have topped out at about 45mph.

  Been attempting stand up slides for about a year now. I've learned what I can from youtube (weight forward, foot placement, set up carve...), the rest has been a ton of trial and error.

  I'm looking for what thoughts/ feels work for other people for initiating and holding stand ups. My current biggest issue is definately initiating a slide without touching my puck to the ground.

  I'm very open to any criticism. I'm stoked to have found this site because I haven't seen any other downhill skaters where I live, so it's really just been me talking to my wife about this, and she's great but has no idea what i'm talking about lol. I just want to get better.

  I've attempted attaching a few videos to this post of my form so we'll see if that worked. My current setups are:

  36" evo, 190mm 42* munkae trucks

   krank 87 back 84 front, rayne envys

  33" moonshine spark, 143mm molly V1's

  25* back 95 tall barrel bs 92.5 rs

  55* front 80 tall barrel bs 75 rs

  sphericals in both, been trying a lot of different wheels

   Thanks for any feedback!

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• GF

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  Gabriel Fockler

  3/25/25, 12:35 AM

  That first toeside looked pretty solid. You should twist your upper body more downhill, then when it's time to hook up, let off that back foot and snap the front back. 

  Second video - that board is clearly too small for you. Look at how cramped your stance is. I would sell both that deck and trucks tbh. 

   

  Third video - I wouldn't try to start glovedown and then stand up. You need to walk tall like johnny cash. To do a toe check, you really want both of your hands facing down the hill because your back is twisted. That isn't going to happen from your starting position here. 

   

  For setups:

  Snakes would probably be the standard option for learning, but those wheels are fine enough. 

  Both of those trucks seem bad for this. Munkaes don't really turn, especially on an evo. Don't trips are more like don't turns. Sphericals are going to make everything twitchy, which is doing you no favors. 

  This sounds like the ideal time to get a dedicated freeride board. I would get something around 9.5-10 wide, 23-26 wheelbase, with 160-180mm trucks on sym angles or a slight split (5 degrees).

  A prism theory is a good choice, or any large singlekick of your choosing. 

  A setup like that will be much more sturdy and calm for learning. I feel like having a sturdy setup carve is crucial for any slide. 

  Form/technique:

  I would start by learning heel 180 and toe 180. A 180 of any slide is easier than the check, because you don't need to counter twist your upper body. You can just turn your shoulders for a 180 and everything follows. 

  If youre scared to be in switch, I would learn a switch two hand tony 180 as an emergency slide. It's easier than it sounds, because you want to be back in your normal stance so badly that you will figure it out quickly. 

  For heel or toe check, you need to rotate your upper body counter to the slide. Ie for heel, your back hand should be back. For toe, you want to reach your back hand forward. 

   

  I think that you're sliding a little early as well. You should try to carve past straight down the hill before you kick out. The later you kick, the less you have to push out. Ideally, it will feel like you push equally with both feet rather than kicking the back and "catching" it at the correct angle. 

  Current setups:
  Custom rhino racetail, Zealous,thaners
  Rayne bromance, aera k5, powells

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• JS

  J Smith

  3/25/25, 6:20 PM

  Thank you so much for the advice. I've been getting more comfortable with heel/toe 180s and switch riding so it's reassuring to hear i'm training the right thing right now. Will be attempting to implement what you said for sure.
  
  

  yeah I'm 6'1" and have a size 12 foot so makes sense about the spark lol. I've been looking into a custom zenit mullet so that might be what i go for next.

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