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The journey to trick mastery

I started this blog a couple of years ago. Now, I'm pretty excited that its up and running and that you are reading the words I'm dropping here. Yeah i said dropping :D. Anyways, today I'm gonna talk about trick mastery I've been working on for the past year or so and sharing what I've learned. I've been recording data of how many times i can do a trick if i was asked to do it 5 times. I found really interesting results within the time period specified. Frequency of ollie as days pass. Green dot is a confidence interval seems to be stagnated at 5. Photo credit: Sam On photo Shuyin Ben I'm sure you're asking yourself why the heck I'm doing this?  In the simplest way possible. I'm trying to get good at skateboarding, i don't believe in the 10,000 hour rule. Paying attention and learning from mistakes is way better said in a previous article .  On the other hand,  there has been this thing pro skaters have been saying ...

Skate sacrifice skate video

A video we did the past. We wanted to beat Kiaro's record to make the grid in the video. But we ended up looking for spots and getting some good footage. If you haven't already watched the video check it out! Otherwise, subscribe to my blog and YouTube channel. See you on the flip side.  (:

How i get consistent at Skateboarding

How many kickflips can you do in a row? Would you want to know? I’ll try explain the next best thing of how you can figure that out. You just need a pen and paper or Microsoft office in your phone ; I used to use Polaris office in my smart phone. In game of S.K.A.T.E, the word skate has 5 letters right? What if you played the same game with a single trick for instance, backside 180. Depending on how much you’ve practiced the trick your results will differ between you and your opponent(s). That consistency can also change as time passes by. These factors are what my skate project are addressing. I made a YouTube playlist that explains how I observe your trick consistency in detail. Instead, of going through that again. I’ll spend this time explaining why this is important.   The skate project Photo is from the channel Sliceace Firstly, you’ll be able to answer the question I have begun asking. How many kickflips can you do in a row? Since you’ll be recording your...