Skateboarding @50+ Good Friday Street Mission - Still Skating Just Haven't Been Filming

TET: Front Side Ollie to Tail Stall on a Curb.

It's been just over a year since I made my last YouTube Skateboard, update video and then didn't post anything further to the channel until now.

Back then I had been off my skateboard for nearly two years because both my feet were sore from the impact of skating (just from flat ground ollies). Thankfully the time off my board did allow for my feet to recover and I've been skating on softer wheels ever since (95a - none of this 100a+ that was killing my feet).

In the last year I've mostly skated my driveway, purposely not filming because I just wanted to get back to skateboarding for fun, and to unwind from being at my desk all day. Once you start filming anything for content you're adding a layer of pressure and expectation that you're going to do something worthy of sharing.

If you compare the clips from my latest video (below - filmed Good Friday 2024), particularly comparing the two sections where I'm skating the same curb in the carpark, I think you can see I'm a little more confident in my ollies onto the curb.

For example the front side ollie to tail stall I do in this video (the main image above is a still of this) I did first try. In the video a year ago it took several attempts to land this. I haven't actually tried that trick since the last video.

My plan from here on is to try and post two videos to my @tet-life channel a month, every second weekend approximately. Basically alternate weeks to my two a month I make for my @animlife channel.

They may not all be complete skate sessions like this one. It could be a collection of clips. For example I'm still working on landing those elusive kickflips. I've been getting real close a few times, with both feet on the board until the last minute. I may just do a complete clip show of every attempt until I land it!

Alternatively I could do some skate art videos too. Maybe even some grip tape art.

I've been toying with having another crack at selling custom skateboard designs again. This time I may set up a shop through Zazzle. Their decks are pro quality and, unlike BoardPusher there's no upfront fees for a Zazzle Store. Check out my Froyd, Grrr Dog, Reddy, Girl Deck.

I'm not promising any of it will definitely happen. I just feel I'm in a good place with my skateboarding again, and maybe it's time to give it another try sharing my enjoyment of the medium on line.

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