Overcoming A Crisis Of Confidence When Skateboarding
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- In this video I work on regaining my confidence on the board. I identify the factors that have led to this debilitating crisis of confidence and try to complete a few simple challenges.
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Focussing on just carving I find is the best thing for me. Tricks are nice but a solid foundation of fluid motion will have your back when it's time to take things over the lip. Always rollin' always smilin'.
Thank you! Yes to all that! 60 yr old skater, been rolling since I was 9. The fear of injury haints me now, especially if I lay off for a while and then go for a sesh and everything is a little off. Battle the voices in my head but man, when I get pass them, break a sweat and start charging it a bit I feel rejuvenated. Aiming for another 10 years on transition and perhaps beer runs till I keel over.
You’re an inspiration mate! Your progression has been insane… if any ones allowed to chill for a bit and work on consistency and fun it’s you 👊 it amazes how you go for new tricks sometimes! I haven’t learnt anything for a few videos now. Just improving my overall skating and lines! I need to bite the bullet and learn some new stuff now tho 😬
Yeah dude, I need to work on enjoying the average session. I find it hard to beat that feeling of getting something new going?
I can completely relate to this. Just got back from a session where my confidence was no way near where it was before the Xmas break, mainly on dropping in. The verts I’d just got used to going down on were a mental and physical obstacle again due to having had 2 or 3 weeks off. Knees even felt wobbly at the top. A few patches of ice at the park didn’t help either! Like you, Jon, I’m also a climber, so I’m extra wary of trying not to get injured. A wrist injury from skating last year took me away from the climbing wall for over 2 months. I’m a 37 year old skater, started again in June after a more than 20 year hiatus. Just need to not be so hard on myself. I try and listen to my own mantra, “Just go slow, you ain’t going pro”😅
She's a cruel mistress Jon, but that's why we love her. 37 years skating and I've had conversations about everything you're describing, countless times. You're on the right track.
Thanks dude !!
For me, I shift gears (from street to transition or vice versa) and work on something else, looking for any victory I can get. These victories and just making sure I’m skating help push me through. Good luck on your next visit to the 13 footer 👍👍
Your commitment is astounding Jon. I'm 54 and find the slams a bit harder to come back from. Outside life is always in my mind and an injury would jeopardise work/home. If it helps I skate a variety of shapes/sizes. That way I never hit that nagging doubt of "would I be better on this/that?" I simply know I'm the limiting factor not my set up . Keep it coming Jon, your content is ace!!!!
Many thanks for the tips dude. Yeah I go between the 8.7 egg and the Kendall, sometimes the 9.1 for vert ?
I think we can all relate, constant ups and downs and sometimes just a "bad session" but good on you for powering through and confronting the issues head on, A great video subject to let everyone know that we all go through it. 👊
Dude I am 53 and started skating again 1.5 years ago. Fear is a daily thing for me right now but landing the drops makes me happy. I understand.
Echoing what others have said but your bag of tricks is already pretty vast so maybe an approach of just going to the skatepark to have fun (without needing to learn anything new) just linking together some new lines and enjoying the feeling of the tricks you've already got becoming more and more solid could be just as enjoyable? Obviously it's less easy to generate specific "content" without a goal in mind but at this point your general musings on skateboarding provide entertainment enough whether it's new or old tricks! One thing that would motivate me more personally in my skating is having more opportunities to skate socially, the deserted skatepark is a great place to learn stuff, but stoke and confidence definitely go hand in hand with the presence of like minded individuals to encourage you to steeze out the tricks you already have making them feel super solid and boosting confidence just as much but with less bails! I think climbing is a great complimentary sport and for sure the injuries can hamper climbing ability. That said I find it great for recovery doing easy climbs and getting the joints going! Anyway, crisis in confidence is one thing, but getting cocky and doing yourself a mischief is worse in my opinion! I'm less annoyed on the days I didn't go for something than the days I did and now have to take a two week break!
Great thoughts dude, many thanks for sharing. Yeah, I need to learn to enjoy a bit of consolidation !!
John Bishop... Cool! "Period"... No matter what he encounters grinding he always makes it look fun and always overcomes. I like how he said when getting back to dropping in it was like a bad horsie episode at the fence. Sounds like my experience (LOL!!!)
Thanks for posting Jon! I appreciate all of the videos you put up.
I have been suffering from the "yips" lately as well. Unfortunately being unsure about my skating and being timid led to me taking a slam that resulted in an injury that required elbow surgery. I'm recovering now, and plan to be back on my board by May.
Once I get back, I plan on keeping things simple, skating with more confidence, and not beating myself up too much to get back where I was! Keep up the great work!
Way to go Jon! Getting over trauma from slams is hard. Especially as you get older and it takes longer to heal. I love how you show the bails and slams along with the triumphs. I'll have to admit sometimes I resort to some liquid courage in the form of a few pints😂. Keep it up you're doing great!!!
Nice one Mark !!
I am so identified with this video, thanks Jon ! I have been seriously injured during last second half of 2022, herniated disk producing unbearable sciatica pain. For several months it was difficult just to feed or go for a pee, I really thought skateboarding and surfing was finish for ever. Went through surgery late November and came back to normal life. I am skating again but confidence has gone, particularly in medium and high transitions. Just getting a bit of my previous level on my 2 ft backyard micro-ramp. But still fighting !!
Many thanks for checking in Daniel. Sorry to hear of your injury, but great news that you’re back on it!!
Jon, you have a charmed life! Always hitting the sweet skate spots and beautiful weather. Thanks for your videos. If you ever get out to the USA be sure to record a session with Chad Caruso, that would be stoke fuel!
Ha, yes that’d be a dream come true !!
Went for a skate today after about 6 months off (life etc.). complete loss of confidence... it sucked.
I didn't pad up today, which I think may have been a factor. I never actually fall, always runout, but having the pads I think might be "strap on confidence".
Came here for some words of inspiration with this video. Thanks!
Keep shredding dude! your videos are fantastic... it's been winter here for 5 months, it's cold and windy, my 50 year old body's got a dozen acute aches and ailments... but I'll watch you rippin or battling a new trick, and I'll bundle up and go skate for an hour or two just on principle. after being cold for a few minutes, it's just fun. I can't rip airs anymore, but I still love hearing my wheels scorch the pavement! cheers bud!
Great stuff !!
what ive found that helped for me was literally just riding my board more, ride to the grocery, ride to school, ride to park etc. Also I would play games of SKATE with my friends even though they were way better then me id just do my simple tricks which got me dialed in and warmed up, then maybe throw a kickflip or some pop shuvs which lead to me landing my first kickflip and other tricks! You can try other skateparks aswell which will have obstacles you maybe aren't used too! good luck brotha stay strong and have fun! :)
Thanks for the tips dude !!
You got the British lingo down, Jon Bishop 'the yips'🤣! Cool😎. Myself being English and havin' learnt with a pal from the States, I would venture a Gnarly or; a Radical!! Dope watchin' u carve, old chap! Peace.
Many thanks for tuning in dude !
Those front sides in the pool 👍and the sliding boardslide to fakie
Boster of a video Jon! Been having the same feelings myself lately with the mental side, felt like I've been getting worse rather than better and I've lost so many tricks in the last 6 months.
Climbed myself for quite a while until I went to Swanage when me and my climbing partner stopped up until 2am drinking at the campsite, we went out the next morning with intense beer fear and had a few really spicy climbs(firstb two) with crumbling rock and not the best warm up routes. It scared my partner enough for him to give up and that was the last time I climbed in 2019. Really miss climbing to be honest, went and climbed all over the UK and in other countries, but being a partner sport made going impossible. Part of the reason I took up skating again.
This can work in any order.
Re-learn a trick
Master it
Loose an old trick
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As always, thank you for the inspiration
Many thanks for tuning in !!
Happens to everyone regardless of ability. Keep on inspiring us bro x x
Well done getting through the wobbles. This makes me want to get back out skating again. 😊
Nice one, I think this session helped to settle the ship 🚢
Getting back after an injury is all I did 2022. This year is no injury so I can skate more, this means taking lessss chances. Less tricky, more sticky🤙🛹💥
great point !!
I will take that as motivation when going back to skating
" less tricky more sticky " ha ha
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Good work brother.
Keep it up 😜
Hi Jon, great video. I'm in a similar place, have had a few injuries, dislocated shoulder, torn rotator cuff, two cracked front teeth and then in November I fractured a bone in my wrist and needed surgery to insert a screw into it. I'm now busy relearning tricks. Also at age 48 approaching 49 I'm putting more focus on "lower risk" tricks, lines and just trying to do them better, more consistent and with more style. And just having a fun skate. I've yet to skate the higher coping at my local park as this is how I ended up with the broken wrist. Confidence has definitely been knocked, but its more about self preservation and being able to do this for a s long as possible!!!!!!
Yeah dude !! Sorry to hear of the injuries!!
Excellent video. I love this format, a kind of video journaling. It’s very unique.
Right now I’m struggling committing to FS Axle stall, dropping back in. I’ve been struggling for over a week now. I think finding a less steep transition would be very helpful for me. Right now I’m trying to learn on something kinda steep.
Anyway I love your videos, thank you for making them.
Yeah dude, scary stuff! I made a right meal of learning that 😂
Broke my elbow a month ago while doing an Ollie, still a lot of pain and the perception that it happened with an ordinary trick isn't doing my confidence any good, hopefully back on track in a few weeks, thanks for the inspiration!
Oh no, yeah it seems that is often the way. Just comes out of nowhere when you least expect it, usually doing something routine??
super helpful thank you
I feel you! I changed my bushings from stock to bones meds. Through me right off. Back to stock for me 😄
Yeah, that’s the sort of thing !!
John what a good and honest video and mate you've gone sooo insanely fast that it feels like your world's away from where you started.
I definitely have the anxiety of injuries. Talked about it with some mates the other day but the thing is; I know so many people who get injured doing 'normal stuff, speedskating, surfing, biking, soccer etc. There's always a risk even in the 'safe stuff'.
You've actually been an inspiration in deciding that I might as well do all the things that I like and accept the risks from those sports instead of holding back and still have the risk of injury.
One more thing. I've always thought that it would be so cool if you did an 'expert looking back series' where you'd re do all the tricks that most mortals are still struggling with🙋🏼. With extra focus on details, flow and style. (I know you've done some off those and that it would probably be very boring for you but still😅)
Keep up the stoke and let's be honest if you changed this to a climbing channel.... With you're stoke, all of us would be climbing in no time😂
Yeah dude, spot on !!
I made all sorts of excuses not to skate, and not to go climbing. I was wrong, there are no excuses, you nailed it here, could break my wrist falling up the stairs, could roll me ankle walking off a curb!
I would argue soccer is just as dangerous as skating having done both? I love that on your normal activity list is speed skating 😂
@@JonBishopSkate haha well I'm dutch😉. We used to start ice skating from when we could walk on local ponds and the cannels. Climate change isn't helping though😳. Still it's a big sport here in the Netherlands!
@@SunriseSessions ah, of course, that makes sense, you guys are always dominating the winter games in that discipline for sure!!
Love your work mate 🛹🛹✌️✌️
Many thanks for tuning in dude!
Thanks for sharing, I'm having a big issue at the moment, I broke my knee and wrist in November (snowboarding) but I'm now terrified on a skateboard just incase I slam. I love skateboarding but I can't seem to get back on it (FYI I'm 43)
Many thanks for tuning in dude !!
Happy to!! hope I can man up and get back to it! I'm going to try Saturday weather permitting
now that is a legit concern,
there are a lot of factors to consider, like if you have a desktop job that would allow you to work if you get get injured etc.
how is your knee and wrist now?
Yeah I've an active job, they were decent about it, but not sure they'll be so accommodating if it happens again
Nice video Jon, insightful. It's good to change the format up.
Thanks dude, I find the rolling helps the talking flow, probably too much, as long as I’m rolling, I’m waffling 😂
Maybe a smaller board and learning some flat ground tech tricks to change things up will do the trick. Keep on the good fight amigo, you still shred regardless!
Thanks for the input dude, yeah that’s a good idea !!
had the same been dropping in an pretty comfortable with the vert bowl at f51 for a while now must've dropped in from deep end 2-300 times then day before i went to do the proper vert at ramp city all of a sudden it got scary an kept finding myself taking the board away an had to drop in the medium side a few times to get stoke back up. even though i knew i could already do it. weird thing was hadn't even had a fall lately, think it was just pre vert ramp jitters.
Yeah dude, it’s a funny old game for sure. I’m back stronger than ever after working through this??!
Good going mate. Definitely important to have a routine of repeating what you got, so you don't lose it. Better to have a few basics consistently then a lot of tricks every now and then. At least in my opinion makes for more fun. And yes If I haven't done something in a while the fear can sometimes be ridiculous but most of the time unnecessary.
Many thanks for the input dude !!
@@JonBishopSkate No problemo🤙
Bloody hell John you must have one hell of a man cave, guitars, amps, skateboards, surf boards, climbing gear, you got to be single haha. I couldn't get way with all that, fair play to you mate!
Ha ha, yeah, I work from my home studio so it’s all stashed away in there, mums the word 😂
Odd coincidence... I've been going through exactly the same thing. I'd just got Rock Fakies & Rock n rolls on my mini last year but then had a bad slam and it totally knocked my confidence. Didn't do anything for 6 months at least. I'm back on it and getting Rock fakies and slashes at home but just cant stay on at the skate park, I keep stepping off needlessly. I'd been going once a week but just couldn't do it. It had gotten so frustrating that I'd decided that it was about time I gave up. I'm 58 this month so I should just leave it. But then I though NO, F*CK THAT! So I went back to Just Ramps and intentionally didn't do Rock Fakies. I've been practicing tail stalls (taps), improving my frontside 180's, cleaning up my drop ins, seeing how far I can get up the bigger transitions, or just taking one of my pump track boards or surf skates along and messing around. It's given me a fresh lease of life, just rolling around and enjoying myself without any self induced pressure 😎. Keep up the good work fella, your videos are always a joy to watch. 🤙
Many thanks for tuning in dude!
I know the feeling about not wanting to injure yourself because it will effect other interests….
Surfing is my first love and I’m terrified that I’ll eat shit and miss out on a cracker swell because of an injury. Doesn’t help that I suck at skating….
Yeah, I’m the exactly the same, but I went through a period of injuring myself during surfing and missing skating 😂
Falling on tailbone is no joke!
Yeah, I didn’t enjoy that one 😂
Ass on coping > ass on Ryan Air 😂😂
It gave me the arse 😂
oh mate, all those injury related things! They used to wreck me, so now I look like a dork and wear all the pads, bum pads, kneed pads, shin guards for new grinds.... I would rather LOOK stupid than feel hurt
Yeah dude, that’s the way !!
See you at the pub?
Where is this?
Hey dude, all filmed in Newquay
Ohhhhh man that looks like a beautiful park. Just discovered your vlog. Well done. Most inspirational. 48yrs old. Picking it back up. Feels better than when I was 16 😂
@@jamesrobinson5450 nice one !!