My brother, sister and I all used to Snakeboard across about 12 years. As a longtime viewer, I'm happy to finally see Braille showcasing a Snakeboard, I only wish people wouldn't confuse it with ripsticks! Happy New Year!
Finally we see a snakeboard on braille, lol a few minutes in and I'm surprised they can't ride it. Makes me wonder if I still have that old snakeboard muscle memory from the late 90s.
Hey, just wondering, I had commented not knowing for sure, but I assume with your prior knowledge you can answer. To get forward momentum, do you have to point both feets toes inward, then out, in, out?
Draganboard and Alterskate are two companies making boards like this old snakeboard. They're all part of the "streetboard" family and they're not hard to ride -- just different. My 8 year old daughter would have made this a much different video 😂
I had 2 snake boards back in the early 90's! You need to get the bindings that hold your feet onto the platforms. The bindings that I had were velcro that goes over the top of your feet and a padded bungie that went around your heals. I skated that down at the YMCA skate park in Encinitas. When I dropped in on a half pipe, I started facing in, parallel with it and had one of each wheels under the front toes over the metal pipe, then just took my lead foot and rotated 90 degrees and dropped in. I even remember going to a snake board competition down at the San Diego Sports Arena!
Great chemistry in this vid, everyone is smiling and having a great time, I love seeing that! So awesome to see Andy and Rikki in the vid too. Always inspiring!
I tried to ride one back in the day and it was hard to get used to. Definitely remember watching some competitions back in the day where they did like mega ramp big trick type competition and the guys were throwing down crazy flips, spins, & grab combos. Love to see someone come teach the braille team how to use it.
Not a rip stick, needs holds for the feet and its called a snake board... was an old invention a long time ago.. really hard to find. but you kind find footage online. a friend had one, was so fun to ride.
I feel old. Saw a "snake skate" product launch demo at a random skate park in San Diego. They were shredding. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Never got my hands on one. No internet back then...
Ah a snakeboard! I had one of these in the 90s. Actually easy to ride, just move your feet inwards and outwards, one slightly before the other to move forward, then point both feet in or out to turn.
Ha. these were all filmed in the same trip actually. Aaron is off doing a business school and mentoring program. He flew in specifically to film with Andy and finish the documentary we are making about him!
I used to have one of these exact ones in the late 90s! And it's definitely not a ripstik. It also can go really fast by pumping in a bit of a snake-like way. But I don't recall them being called 'snake boards' at all. I think they had a different name (in Europe).
In the early 90's I was rollerblading at Sports Show/Convention and we shared a concrete demo area with a Snakeboard team. They were hitting our launch ramp with straps on the board. I learnt to ride one there, but never had the opportunity to ride another, as they all but disappeared!
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I've seen one of these it's supposed to have straps on the foot pads. Was what you would think of as the first free board. Let's see another video with straps be way easier to control in the mini. This kickflips were dope though.
I think I saw this in a tony hawks video clip in underground game. Like the bonus skate vids. It was attached to his feet and he jumped on the back of a car. Never saw the skates anywhere else again.
I never had one of these. I always wanted one though. The snakeboards that I always saw at the part were strapped to peoples feet and they actually had a board in the middle kinda like the one that JD pulled off the wall near the end.
Get DraganBoards to the Braille House and finally learn how to ride these boards 🐍! They are way more fun than ripsticks once you know what you're doing ...
Hey glo you think it's cold there come here to Calgary, we just got over an extreme weather warning but it's still -22 right now and by morning we are going to be -28 to -30 I hope you and everyone at Braille had an amazing holiday and have a great New Years eve tomorrow night .
When I used to go to my local Juggling club we had a Snake-board and I used to zip around the hall on it. Great memories! No tricks or Half/Quarter pipes though.
Dude that's not a rip stick that's an OG snake board! My neighbor friend had one right after I got my 3 wheeled cambering vehicle to try to replicate snow skiing on asphalt and its about as hard. Its more for being able to pump forward in a grapevine motion to convert lateral motion into forward momentum and it totally works. Rip sticks are more about torsional twisting like you do to control the shape of the edge on a snowboard.
Snakeboards are no longer in production but Alterskate and Draganboards manufacture boards like these today. Same motion but they ride much better. Stick with it braille guys! 😂💪
These were in in the Uk years back. Still got it somewhere. Wider strokes with ur feet. Think like ice skating where. Or. Wax on wax off with your feet. You can get some real speed with them. Also can get straps for jumps.
First and Aaron thank you for the motivation to pick up a skateboard and to grind so I can make it to the braille team and I love watching the tutorials now some of the tricks I can do so thank you
@@brailleskateboarding Could be undersized fuses or motors going bad. I would check the fuse rating on the unit and make sure you are supplying it with proper power (Current) Check wire sizes but easiest is get a HVAC tech out there and pay him to get them running. Electricity and gas are not always the best things to play with.
My son Corbyn Hadden sent the snake board there was a letter in the box you guys ride it better then we was ever able to ride on
Thank you! The letter must have fallen out, we had no idea who sent this. Shout out Corbyn!!!
@@brailleskateboarding right on you guy’s rock
I wish I could find an old snake board. a friend bought one back in the 90's , was so fun to rip on.
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@@PaulChabot Dragan boards look like the only place that still make them.
My brother, sister and I all used to Snakeboard across about 12 years. As a longtime viewer, I'm happy to finally see Braille showcasing a Snakeboard, I only wish people wouldn't confuse it with ripsticks! Happy New Year!
You need Brinton Gundersen on there, he owns Dragan Boards and was multiple time Snakeboard world champion back in the day
this
Surprised it took this long to get a Snake Board in a video. I had one when I was a kid, I still have the instructional video on VHS. 1993-4ish
VHS! Most of the kids these days don't know what that is
I thought that they posted this video at 8am! I forgot I’m in Hawaii lol 😅
Whats up JD best vert skater ever! 😁😁💪🏽
Finally we see a snakeboard on braille, lol a few minutes in and I'm surprised they can't ride it. Makes me wonder if I still have that old snakeboard muscle memory from the late 90s.
Hey, just wondering, I had commented not knowing for sure, but I assume with your prior knowledge you can answer. To get forward momentum, do you have to point both feets toes inward, then out, in, out?
@@NinjaNerosis yeah toes in and front shoulder in, then both toes out and swing shoulder out (like winding up and popping a 180)
@@NinjaNerosis yep but you also have to twist your upper body. That’s where the momentum comes from
Draganboard and Alterskate are two companies making boards like this old snakeboard. They're all part of the "streetboard" family and they're not hard to ride -- just different. My 8 year old daughter would have made this a much different video 😂
I had 2 snake boards back in the early 90's! You need to get the bindings that hold your feet onto the platforms. The bindings that I had were velcro that goes over the top of your feet and a padded bungie that went around your heals. I skated that down at the YMCA skate park in Encinitas. When I dropped in on a half pipe, I started facing in, parallel with it and had one of each wheels under the front toes over the metal pipe, then just took my lead foot and rotated 90 degrees and dropped in. I even remember going to a snake board competition down at the San Diego Sports Arena!
Finally a snakeboard/streetboard. I can't wait to see some streetboarders rocking your park. thx
I used to have a snake board. But it had foot straps so you could jump steps, grind etc...
Great chemistry in this vid, everyone is smiling and having a great time, I love seeing that! So awesome to see Andy and Rikki in the vid too. Always inspiring!
I tried to ride one back in the day and it was hard to get used to. Definitely remember watching some competitions back in the day where they did like mega ramp big trick type competition and the guys were throwing down crazy flips, spins, & grab combos. Love to see someone come teach the braille team how to use it.
Yes! Please someone take this on the Vert Ramp
Not a rip stick, needs holds for the feet and its called a snake board... was an old invention a long time ago.. really hard to find. but you kind find footage online. a friend had one, was so fun to ride.
14:24 "you dont wanna be labeled a poser"
*im pretty sure after seeing JD skate in real life he can do whatever he wants and not be called a poser*
Snake boarders are real, you guys need to not hate on them! I am a skater but know guys who rip it on a snake board, seriously impressive stuff
No hate here, just pure respect, this was soooo hard.
Henry looking for your friends btw if you stayed til
the end
I feel old. Saw a "snake skate" product launch demo at a random skate park in San Diego. They were shredding. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Never got my hands on one. No internet back then...
The good old days!
The amount of times Arron told Ricky no and he just went anyways. Amazing.
I had that Snakeboard in 1996!
Ah a snakeboard! I had one of these in the 90s. Actually easy to ride, just move your feet inwards and outwards, one slightly before the other to move forward, then point both feet in or out to turn.
Crazy how it’s more rare to have Aaron in the videos then Andy at this point hahha
Ha. these were all filmed in the same trip actually. Aaron is off doing a business school and mentoring program. He flew in specifically to film with Andy and finish the documentary we are making about him!
I used to have one of these exact ones in the late 90s! And it's definitely not a ripstik. It also can go really fast by pumping in a bit of a snake-like way. But I don't recall them being called 'snake boards' at all. I think they had a different name (in Europe).
Snakeboard was the official brand but there was lot's of other brands kicking about back then, I think in EU it was maybe called SideWinders?
They originated in South Africa apparently. There's a whole Wikipedia article on them.
I got one of these between 93 and 95 in germany and it was called snakeboard
Central Europe also called it snake board
You guys still ride ?
In the early 90's I was rollerblading at Sports Show/Convention and we shared a concrete demo area with a Snakeboard team. They were hitting our launch ramp with straps on the board. I learnt to ride one there, but never had the opportunity to ride another, as they all but disappeared!
LETS GO WE LOVE WHEN ANDY IS IN THESE VIDEOS
I absolutely LOVE Andy's helmet in this! It's awesome and beautiful!
Thanks
Get the dragon board team out there, they rip on those things!
Looking this up now
Look up Dragan Boards .. not Dragon ;)
That was my first snakeboard, the competition, it’ll always have a spot in my heart
that's a thing you'd see in your nightmares replacing your real board.
“My hips don’t lie” -Aron Kyro 2021
its toes in toes out to ride it and build speed i still have my snake boards iv got 3. you guys should try get hold of the wooden one and the straps
First I saw AK, then I saw Andy, then I saw Ricky, and I just said "yay." 🔥🔥🔥
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I love how they kick flip it before they learn how to go forward on it
Sounds about right for us
When Aaron blew the air horn I dropped my iPod. No cracks. Phew!
I think you guys need it strapped over your feet to get full control. Looks like the pros were strapped in
I had one of these and it was so difficult to ride that it seemed practically impossible.
You guys make the best vids thanks they are so fun to watch. Also you guys should all go snowboarding again
I see Andy, I watch, I like, I approve. Let's go!
Ricky and Andy are just completely insane! 😮
WHEN RICKY SAYS IT CAN BE... IT CAN BE!!!!
Use me as the “yes Andy should join the braille team officially”
This is a big throw back. I got one for Christmas when I was 12. That's going back 20 years now. Super fun!
Still ride ?
@@SergiNicolas nah man, body can't handle it anymore. Too many knocks in my twenties made sure of that.
@@KetDonkWizard i bet I still ride been doing it for 25 years min stop 😅
You should try dragon street board the are the best people to talk to about this
Theme of the video
Aaron: RICKY NO!
I always thought of a skate board looking like that the style but I didn’t think of it as a ripstick
Now a days you see two step pads and automatically you think Ripstik
I've seen one of these it's supposed to have straps on the foot pads. Was what you would think of as the first free board. Let's see another video with straps be way easier to control in the mini. This kickflips were dope though.
The only snakeboard that had straps attached on the footplates was the "Loadie Snakeboard".
I think I saw this in a tony hawks video clip in underground game. Like the bonus skate vids. It was attached to his feet and he jumped on the back of a car. Never saw the skates anywhere else again.
I read the Wikipedia on snakeboards and they are supposed to be more like surfing and snowboards to move forward. Nonholonomic Locomotion. They say.
I never had one of these. I always wanted one though. The snakeboards that I always saw at the part were strapped to peoples feet and they actually had a board in the middle kinda like the one that JD pulled off the wall near the end.
Yeah those are the ones I remember too
You should invite
@Simon Johns and @Dragan Boards they know how to rip with those boards...
agree
“almost broke the finger!?” Glo you’re the best 😂
Glo dresses like i do here in michigan when it hits -5. it’s probably 50 in the bay 😂
Everyone has their own temperature points. Ricky is in shorts and Glo in a Parka! Hahahaha
@@brailleskateboarding Aussies are on a different level 😂
you just haft to give JD a handclap 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
braille team : what are you? whoa, imma check his vibe. braille team: BAD VIBE!!!
My man can 540 his real board 🤣🤣
Get DraganBoards to the Braille House and finally learn how to ride these boards 🐍! They are way more fun than ripsticks once you know what you're doing ...
Agree
Yeah nothing like a ripstik
@@SergiNicolas me too!
Snakeboards are not ripsticks.
Hey glo you think it's cold there come here to Calgary, we just got over an extreme weather warning but it's still -22 right now and by morning we are going to be -28 to -30
I hope you and everyone at Braille had an amazing holiday and have a great New Years eve tomorrow night .
When I used to go to my local Juggling club we had a Snake-board and I used to zip around the hall on it. Great memories! No tricks or Half/Quarter pipes though.
You had me at local juggling club
Glow dressed like he about to climb Mt. Everest.
Dude that's not a rip stick that's an OG snake board! My neighbor friend had one right after I got my 3 wheeled cambering vehicle to try to replicate snow skiing on asphalt and its about as hard. Its more for being able to pump forward in a grapevine motion to convert lateral motion into forward momentum and it totally works. Rip sticks are more about torsional twisting like you do to control the shape of the edge on a snowboard.
I knew Rick was going to pull off that kick flip.
Best camera man right here. When gabes not in a video I want to give u 10 likes.
i saw jimmy the giant mention snake boards in his video, they are pretty cool
I looked at some of the snakeboard videos. They all have straps for your feet.. find the straps and try again
Snakeboards are no longer in production but Alterskate and Draganboards manufacture boards like these today. Same motion but they ride much better. Stick with it braille guys! 😂💪
These were in in the Uk years back. Still got it somewhere. Wider strokes with ur feet. Think like ice skating where. Or. Wax on wax off with your feet. You can get some real speed with them. Also can get straps for jumps.
There u have some future merch, THE GLOves.. Glo's pro product😂😂
I got gloves on 😂😂 glo’s the funniest ong
The video you guys watched was actually called freeboards I believe. They had straps and were more closer to snowboarding.
Yes! We loved having those guys here.
dude why does glo always dress like hes about to go trekking through the arctic circle lol
Like Andy sayed that Guy ript that Snakeboard. Only posible with the Straps that are Missing in this Video.
Ricky could kick flip littleraly anything
On the old videos in youtube, they got belts holding the feets.
My fav thing is skateboarding and nothing will take that away
Video idea: Jd take this to the vert and 900 this thing.
Andy’s custom design painted helmet looks sick 🔥🔥
Yeah the guy who made it for him is super talented
Can any one of the braille members who can do a nightmare flip?
Yo! A snake board! I haven't seen one of those in forever! I had one for a while. It was so tough to get the feel for.
Pro team coming soon
Snakeboard from the uk. Love them I had a friend who owned 2 of them in the 90s
Pls do a how to pump in a bowl
Im glad to see the Ice Man again.
Y'all need to get the real snakeboards with the real trucks that pivot .. like the south American ones! Thattl b dope!!!!
First and Aaron thank you for the motivation to pick up a skateboard and to grind so I can make it to the braille team and I love watching the tutorials now some of the tricks I can do so thank you
Second
Andyyyy love these vids with Andy Anderson
Check out Dragan Boards!
You guys have invested thousands into ramps and upgrades to the braille house but haven’t thought to buy like 1 or 2 industrial heaters
We have, they just didn't work great and kept blowing fuses. Any advice or idea we would love to hear it!
@@brailleskateboarding Could be undersized fuses or motors going bad. I would check the fuse rating on the unit and make sure you are supplying it with proper power (Current) Check wire sizes but easiest is get a HVAC tech out there and pay him to get them running. Electricity and gas are not always the best things to play with.
AK so funny. i really miss him when he's missing.
Wow this takes me back!
Hi, love your videos, hopefully one day I could meet you guys
Still waiting for the glass Rip Stick!!!¡¡¡
Us too
The old videos show the guys strapped in? Like a snowboard
Why is that Tunisian cab driver guy always so cold?
Thank you for all the videos we get to enjoy
Pretty sure snake boards had foot loops, like a snowboard.
I wonder how this wpuld be with 2 strong rubber bands across each side of the trucks. That'd be interesting 🤔
I bout a revive skateboard I wanted to know if how long they last for anyone who has one…
snake boards are way betetr than any ripstick... no discusssion
Snakeboard lol , used to role around on those back in Germany
Get some bindings for it ;)
2 Guys 1 Board..........Bahahahahahahahaahahah!
Was this filmed on a Tuesday? I didn’t hear gabe having a heart attack about jd dropping in 😂😂