How to Pump a Longboard / Skateboard - Vlad Popov - CodePink PUMP

1) board length does not determine speed, that’s all the tires baby. I have Orangatang Kegels (75mm 78a duro with a wide as heck contact patch) my landyachtz dingy with the help of risers. Thing goes too fast for safety in Vancouver (too many hills) 2) Pink is my favourite colour [VIDEO]. 3) your body adjusts and takes time to get there over distances. You’ll experience minor plantar fasciitis no matter what board your using. When you feel it, take a fiver. The time between fivers will get longer as your body gets used to the way skateboarding shreds your body (equal opposite reaction, you shred it, it shreds you.) Honestly if you want to longboard and that dream still lives, get a used board off FB marketplace and see if it fills the gap you are experiencing. I couldn’t imagine using a longer board now because it’s just so convenient commuting with the dinghy.

Ah ok thanks for the info. Might get some 78a too because of that, my 60's are 83a. I thought maybe you like pumping your way across the street and that was the reason for the angled risers (using the sharp turn you can sort of slalom real fast and generate speed that way [VIDEO]). I do think 63mm might be some holy middle ground btw and that's the reason all the Landyachts cruisers have them... might be worth considering!

Kicktails are pretty useful. They make it easier to manual off a curb. It's possible to use 2 kicktails to get over small obstacles without ollieing. It's possible to slow down and stop by dragging the back kicktail on the ground (I think this wears the deck down so it probably shouldn't be your primary "brake" option). Kicktails are also the sharpest way to turn, unless you're powersliding at a high speed. Then there are ollies, shuv-its, mini-ramp tricks, and a bunch of other things. The only disadvantage of kicktail(s) I can think of is landing a hippy-jump. I personally don't like the idea behind penny boards. Griptape is good, even if you only plan to push and cruise. Wood will look ugly after rolling over curbs and stuff, but I just don't trust plastic. In conclusion, I would suggest a double-kicktail "trick" skateboard or a mini-cruiser of some sort. If you decide you only want to cruise around, you can probably use larger cruising wheels. (This sub is biased against longboards though. If you want to do this [VIDEO] or this [VIDEO] or something, then do some research, and be careful with big hills.)

was speaking out of my ass finally got a longboard and is super hard to advance by doing the pump motion [VIDEO].

Hope you've watched this one, 13 years old and still awesome [VIDEO]

I think it's called pumping. [VIDEO]