Finding Somewhere To Skate In The Rain | Skateboarding Beginner Over 40

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024

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  • @tibbytt5503
    @tibbytt5503 Месяц назад +2

    If you're in Sarf London check out the Grove DIY on the Dulwich South Circular and Crystal Palace Bowl.

  • @davidchandler1034
    @davidchandler1034 Месяц назад +2

    Bro I’m 41 next week and getting an egg board, I’ve got a smaller popsicle and been riding and electric board for a few years. I just wanted to say that you don’t need a big pay off in the video, you literally look like me skateboarding and that’s all I wanna see for a little boost. Your tips now and then asyou’re learning tricks are also super helpful. TOP MAN.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Sick! How long have you been skating for now?

    • @davidchandler1034
      @davidchandler1034 Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement flying around on my evolve Stoke electric board for about 4/5 years and I’ve decided I need to learn to kick flip, pop shove which I’ve got a couple times I just need to commit to it, and just learn to get on and off the coping in the skatepark. Your videos are great bro, appreciate you.

  • @leestammers3832
    @leestammers3832 Месяц назад +2

    I respect the motivation. I know what it’s like when the weathers shit. But we do what we have to!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      I was saying something of that nature to myself as that guy stared at me through dilated pupils

  • @sebastianbriel9599
    @sebastianbriel9599 Месяц назад +2

    We have IKEA in Germany. They are closed on Sundays and they have a covered parking place. AND some of them have painted curbes.

  • @amskateboards
    @amskateboards Месяц назад +1

    I know the feeling of people saying they know you from RUclips. I didn't really know what to say either and it was a bit awkward.
    As for this video you made the most out of what you had and I also liked last weeks video even if you thought it wasn't great. Its hard to be motivated to go out and skate when the weather is bad, so just getting out there is good.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Everyone is really nice, but I have to be careful not immediately be defensive.
      It's funny how some folks love the 'reality' of skating in a vlog, vs when you have an idea that you want to do

  • @Heathcliff1848
    @Heathcliff1848 Месяц назад +2

    Go for it bro! Im 48, been skating since '89. Not a park guy, skate alone in a carpark near to my house every evening. Got used to skating by my self and love it. Waxed up the curbs and and go hard. You'll get there man. Filming your skating can put you off sometimes. Do a few practice sessions, work on your game and then turn the camera on. Your ollie technique looked good bro. Just jump a bit more!!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Yes mate!! Thanks for tuning in and for the vote of confidence in my Ollie. I try not to make every session a video, but bad weather puts some pressure on that.

  • @michaelceefox
    @michaelceefox Месяц назад +1

    Great timed video. I only started this year as an old man and I was starting to wonder what winter skating in the UK looked like. 😂. Love the honesty of your content.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      have you got a local indoor park?

    • @michaelceefox
      @michaelceefox Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement Not really local. But I do have a few within an hours drive. Already been to Adrenaline Alley and Asylum in Nottingham. Also had a visit to Rollersnakes this weekend and their little park was great.

  • @beatsev1
    @beatsev1 Месяц назад +1

    nice kickturns. Gonna practice those! you make em look easy thats encouraging. loved the vlog and thanks for sharing the footage although you didn't plan the car talk

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      practice fs kickturns sooner rather than later. there's nothing more humbling than having to learn to turn the other way

    • @beatsev1
      @beatsev1 Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement golden advice

  • @natanielruiz818
    @natanielruiz818 Месяц назад +1

    I admire you

  • @pizzashop314
    @pizzashop314 Месяц назад +3

    Good stuff man. 35 and skating again. Im not good, but it's so fun to be goin again. Seeing you do it too really helps in the back of my mind. Reminds me to trust the process 🤙

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Common sentiment here. It should just be fun. But progressing is a buzz and being able to have fun with a new trick is awesome. So keep progressing but remember that it’s supposed to be fun

  • @digbychaos8059
    @digbychaos8059 Месяц назад +2

    every video is a reflection of how I feel skating sometimes! How Do you feel about the egg? that's what I skate and I love the shape!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      i love it but it's my secondary board - i grab when i just want to "have fun" (ridiculous i know). It's got royal trucks hollows (8.25width) running looser than my normal setup. What egg are you riding?

  • @sebastianbriel9599
    @sebastianbriel9599 Месяц назад +1

    I do not have no comply yet. I work on them too. Your friend (or brother) is right. Try it with one tiny jump. The backfood shoves the tail forward and your body turns. For me the hardest part is to keep my weight over the board. For me rolling a little bit helps. I assume going faster helps, but I am too affraid.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      That too! Keeping weight over it. The only time I’ve felt close is when I’ve remembered to do that.

  • @simonvidetta1976
    @simonvidetta1976 Месяц назад +2

    Not too bad!!
    Only kidding, loved it!
    Nice to see a different style vid and nearly spat my drink when Rob appeared in his car.
    Not sure on the carpark turd dodge challenge but the last location looked ace with the FS turns!
    You always look dressed to impress as opposed to me, the Vinted Pikey (can I say that?)
    Talking about the mental health aspect seems to be a common theme amongst many of us at the minute which can only be a good thing, speaking about it I mean.
    Without a weekly skate i think I’d really struggle with facing the week and I’ve nothing to dread 🤷🏻‍♂️
    My other head leveller is I’m a volunteer every Wednesday after work for a couple of hours delivering food parcels to various struggling individuals/ families in my home town. Coming up a couple of years doing it now and I find it as mentally rewarding as a skate sesh but without hours of editing 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      I tried to explain the Rob Brydon thing to my mid 30s friends and they had no idea what I was on about. I’m not going back to that carpark. I was lucky it was even dry inside.
      We probably have a responsibility to be mental health ambassadors in many ways. I’m finding simply being in the midst of a midlife crisis a nightmare on so many levels.

  • @ls.c.5682
    @ls.c.5682 Месяц назад +3

    The best car park to skate was Tesco's multistory in Uxbridge, used to session there all the time multiple times a week almost always dry and almost always lit up at night, then i think they got private security in 2000, and it was no go. Then I came back from uni in 2003 and no more private security, we could session again. Then in 2006 ish they started locking the place up after 2008ish. I tried contacting the council in around 2014 / 15 as i heard there was some PSPO ( or whatever) order passed banning skating temporarily. I wanted to see if we could arrange a couple of hours permitted skating a week but they wouldn't even continue the conversation, despite there being a similar scheme in Huddersfield at the time.
    Oh well!
    Always good, your vids

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Need a decent network insider security types that would let you session an evening for a drink or something. Problem I see near me is that the remaining non bust car parks have really crappy surfaces.

    • @ls.c.5682
      @ls.c.5682 Месяц назад +1

      @@Ungracefulmovement I did suggest to the councilor we could talk about it over a pint...no go

  • @childrenoftheinfinite
    @childrenoftheinfinite Месяц назад +1

    If you ever want to venture North of the River I've just got back into skating after about 15 years and always up for a roll, kinda hard to get back into it when you're on your own, either way keep at it dude! I'm 47 and plenty of years left

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      I think an old man night is in order for everyone soon. You’re in London then?

    • @childrenoftheinfinite
      @childrenoftheinfinite Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement yeah, live in Oakwood (top of the Piccadilly Line) my locals are Friary skatepark (tiny park in Barnet) and Coldfall skatepark (small street plaza style park) but work near Holborn, so close to Cantelowes Southbank etc. Just learnt of the Hackney Bumps from my mate Sol who I work with, crazy DIY park in Homerton, fun place! They’re having a jam on Saturday from 12pm, drinks food prizes, should be fun!

  • @thx134
    @thx134 Месяц назад +1

    There's a parking garage attached to the Lloyd Center here in Oregon that looks fun to skate.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Security? Everything is trespassing in the US isn’t it?

    • @thx134
      @thx134 Месяц назад

      @Ungracefulmovement more or less. It really comes down more to what they're going to do about it. Empty lot? Probably nothing, in front of a business? depends on the business. Normally people don't do anything unless you're causing a problem. It kinda comes down to how you handle yourself.

  • @thriftstorelumberjack
    @thriftstorelumberjack Месяц назад +1

    I feel you on the RUclips posting. I have a channel (non skate related). I started it just to share the things I'm into but I haven't posted in months. I never sought out to get big or have tons of subscribers. I did it just to share what I love. I honestly just got tired of recording and posting and did not like the pressure I put on myself to try and produce content on a weekly basis.
    I may start a skate channel and you have been my encouragement for that. I am new to skating again and really am at a beginner level.
    I like that you are able to share your progress, however limited it may be. I genuinely appreciate you putting yourself out there!🤘🏼

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      We’ve all got our reasons or routes we ended up here, and I can’t deny trying to work the YT game a little and see if I can win… I over think everything and hyper focus so the stress is inevitable but in the mix I’m skating a lot, creating something and hopefully get some free crap at some point.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Go for it on the progress videos btw! Community here is amazing for those that try

    • @thriftstorelumberjack
      @thriftstorelumberjack Месяц назад +1

      @@Ungracefulmovement I am honestly considering it. Plus I have 2 young boys that are learning with me and I think it would be a great way to track progress and get support.

  • @zevan9592
    @zevan9592 Месяц назад +1

    I'm happy to see I'm not the only one. Pushing 40 over here and love skating. But yeah, it's rough trying to get out every week when you live in a rainy place.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      Pushing 40, pushing the board - it’s all connected 🤷🏻‍♂️ keep going through bad weather

  • @goldenshoulders909
    @goldenshoulders909 Месяц назад +1

    One of yer best man! Took me right back to skating about in wet and grimy multi-storey carparks. The scoop on your no-comply is smoooth 😎

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      But I gotta actually land it. I’m looking for that place that will be a refuge to just put time into the no-comply and shuvits. Drive some consistency. This car park was not it though. Do you have an undercover spot (not Bay66)

    • @goldenshoulders909
      @goldenshoulders909 Месяц назад

      Aye I've been on the hunt for something similar as winter is rolling in, somewhere covered, with maybe a wee curb and some flat ground. No joy yet. The Greenwich DIY at the end looks a good shout though?

  • @Burnedcoffee0
    @Burnedcoffee0 Месяц назад +1

    35 and just started skating recently, you know what? I think I actually picked up why my powerslides are not coming out watching you practice! I am putting too much of my weight on my back leg.
    Don't envy the random encounters though XD

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching. 🙌🏻
      Reverts and power slides: look at what you’re doing with your heels and toes too. For fs you should be sitting back on your heels.

  • @waylingtons
    @waylingtons Месяц назад +2

    You can always tell when someone is skating in the uk because it sounds rough as shite 😂😂😂. We have the worst surfaces for skating.

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Adds so much when you see a UK skate video to know that the surfaces are pure garbage too

  • @skunkey9923
    @skunkey9923 Месяц назад +2

    My local town used to have a indoor park, sadly it got closed. I live prety much next to a parking garage but do i realy feel like getting kicked out of there at the age of 40 😂

  • @DadLeisureSkateboarding
    @DadLeisureSkateboarding Месяц назад +2

    Another great one mate and strikingly similar themes to mine again this week regarding regretting location choices and then the mental health chat. I just edited out a bit about having a panic attack because I thought it was irrelevant and weird but I might put it back in now 😂

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Winter is coming and we’re all gonna be hit with mental challenges so we’ll likely see more of that in vids. Yours will just have more decent skating in them.

    • @DadLeisureSkateboarding
      @DadLeisureSkateboarding Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement haha don't get your hopes up on the skating front 😂 seriously great vid again and it was tense when the crackhead came over. Love how you just asked if he was OK as he lingered around you. I'd have left after that!

  • @skate-vision
    @skate-vision Месяц назад +1

    Great video mate, yeah Rainy season is coming.... Unfortunately. Got no car parks near where i live.... Need to find some tbh

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      @@skate-vision no sneaky supermarket covered section? No neglected space under a fly-over?

    • @skate-vision
      @skate-vision Месяц назад

      ​@@Ungracefulmovement i wish, that is why sometimes might pop into Vdubz or SB after work, at lunch.
      North london near where i live got Cambridge roundabout where we skate in the tunnel sometimes but its on a pedestrian and bicycle lane... And Middlesex hospital car park where we've been kicked out few times by security, will keep looking for spots, you're lucky to have one mate. Keep up the good work ;)

  • @Sk8Comeback
    @Sk8Comeback Месяц назад +2

    I'm so desperate to skate undercover I'd take that sketch carpark right now. Spot at the end could keep me happy for hours too! You do like ya skate gear don't ya 😂 glad you don't like football mate youd be a full kit guy. Cheer up

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      I'm gonna take that as a joke, or a compliment or both. tbh i don't mind the sketch per se, there are limits.

    • @Sk8Comeback
      @Sk8Comeback Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement mate somedays I’m not in the mood for anyone let alone a sketchy car park man befriending me. Wasn’t as sketchy as the one before if I remember right. That one was weird. I was joking btw I always rate your gear tbh! I bought a thrasher hoodie recently 😬 better skate better when I wear it!
      I feel you with the dopamine thing but I’m surprisingly chill when it comes to this RUclips thing. I do it and I’d like it to do well… no harm in being honest with that but at the same time I try to never take it seriously. If it stopped tomorrow I’d get over it pretty quick! Just a great tool for me to be creative. Or try 😂 honestly nobody around me cares or watches my videos in the slightest and If they do they make sure they never mention it 😂 think that annoys me way more than proper views and it the only thing that gets me down about it all

  • @elwood0709
    @elwood0709 Месяц назад +1

    Nice video 💪

  • @boardtrippin
    @boardtrippin Месяц назад +1

    Hah, the boring weekdays of skateboarding. Been doing exactly the same step-off/popping (repeat..) movement for nocomplys, so I especially can understand your struggles now. :D

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      My advice right now is just fully commit to doing the whole trick! The step off pop thing gets boring real quick.

    • @boardtrippin
      @boardtrippin Месяц назад +1

      @@Ungracefulmovement Well, the truth is, that I already did what you said, but the popping isn't what it should be, at all. It just simply don't happening when stepping off. So went on to the basics. But one day...I will land it 😂. It's too steezy to happen not.

    • @boardtrippin
      @boardtrippin Месяц назад

      Hey, in the meantime I also made a channel with my skate-joys and struggles (so my name here changed, too), mentioned your vlog in the description, don't know if it reached you. If yes, than sorry for bothering. Cheers!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      @@boardtrippin nice one! I’ll give it a sub and let’s see your progress 📈

    • @boardtrippin
      @boardtrippin Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement Thanks! You're my first subscriber then! Hope you'll enjoy.

  • @HannahRicketts
    @HannahRicketts Месяц назад +4

    The vlog is evolving… driving chats, burnt things, human waste, ropey car parks and skating. I think you should rate everywhere you go 🛹

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +2

      I have a responsibility to show the other side of London. This was probably the grossest vlog I could have made in hindsight.

  • @jurerai
    @jurerai Месяц назад +2

    The second ollie looked floated! It seems you went a bit slower on that one. Might be the trick, to go slower and focus on consistency and then progress with speed? Anyhow, say no to crack kids, unless it's a crack ollie!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      to be fair to myself, the surface there is garbage and feels horrible - and subconsciously, would you want to fall over in that mess?

    • @jurerai
      @jurerai Месяц назад

      @Ungracefulmovement I would rather not! 😀 The ground looked smooth until you did a closeup, and, of course, human excrement didn't help at all. Where I live, we have a lot of rainy days, and I know the pain of looking at a parking/street spot that has roof and relaxed security guards and is not an hour drive.

  • @OwensSkateLife
    @OwensSkateLife Месяц назад +2

    Ah yes the good old UK, as soon as it starts raining we are trapped in car parks, if we are lucky they have lights and aren't busy 24/7, and we are stuck in them for the next 6 months. I do love a UK specific struggle of life vlog. It's this time of year I get irrationally angry at the Californians 😂

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +1

      Dude. Of course you’re good! You get 90% sunshine; your “sidewalks” are smoother than our best skateparks; your curbs are shin height and your hair is so wonderfully golden and flowy!

  • @richardfield2315
    @richardfield2315 Месяц назад +1

    Ah man it’s been a shitter of a week for skating -so hard to find indoor spots that are decent to skate and don’t have keen security 😒 I ended up at Bay Sixty6 at the weekend for a session which ended up being amazing!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      What do you work on up there?

    • @richardfield2315
      @richardfield2315 Месяц назад +1

      So I tried to be brave and ride down the two consecutive banks at the end of the park but didn’t fancy getting thrown onto the hip/ island so did one at a time a few times 😂 mainly working on kick turns/ revert on the flats - loved it though defo going back later this month and then hop at the end of the month

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      @@richardfield2315 let me know when you go hop. I’ll say hello!!

    • @richardfield2315
      @richardfield2315 Месяц назад

      Will do man looking at the beginner session on the 30th

  • @GazSharpy
    @GazSharpy Месяц назад +1

    I couldn't skate with crack heads floating around.You love the cause mate, fair play.Kickturns looking though!

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад +2

      I was weighing up my own life choices at that point tbf

    • @GazSharpy
      @GazSharpy Месяц назад

      ​@@Ungracefulmovement😂

  • @kurtilc
    @kurtilc Месяц назад +1

    yeah new vid :)))
    don't these car parks have any cameras or security people? in germany you can't step in one without anyone noticing and sending you away

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      not in an old car park like this. They might have cameras as a deterrent, but likely no one is watching them. I did see someone this day in security uniform, but they didn't say anything. Germany's a bit different huh?

    • @skate-vision
      @skate-vision Месяц назад

      Depends where and when, we got kicked out a few times from a few car parks in London.

    • @kurtilc
      @kurtilc Месяц назад +1

      @@Ungracefulmovement i can't speak for all of germany of course, but in my city, these goldmines are watched as such. some open area parking lots from bigger stores as ikea sometimes have roof covered areas for bad weather times but usually the ground is crusty (although no feces typically :D)

  • @JasonBell-n6x
    @JasonBell-n6x Месяц назад +1

    Where the chuff is that last spot?

    • @Ungracefulmovement
      @Ungracefulmovement  Месяц назад

      North Greenwich. Been an under cover spot there since I was a kid. You in London?

    • @JasonBell-n6x
      @JasonBell-n6x Месяц назад

      @@Ungracefulmovement I am and will be checking this out at some point ta

  • @azumkyo
    @azumkyo Месяц назад +1

    🔥