How to Pump a Longboard (cruising and slalom grooves)

[Cyonise]

@pavedwave it's sort've like sharp quick carves right?

[900rulorolr]

Hi commenter have a couple questions:

Do i loosen or tight my trucks for pumping?

I seem to be doing the right movement but cant get my board to pump fast my board is a landyachtz bamboo pinner plz help me tell me if this is a good board to pump or what can i do thanks guys for your time :)

[rogermorsee]

When I first saw this video I had no idea how people could stay fast without pushing with the foot on the floor....now I can slalom pretty fast, and I can pump uphill and on flat without ever pushing ^^ for everybody who has to learn: just keep trying, try to imitate this video and as soon as you get the feeling that something has changed, you'll get it better and better.

[mga361]

sorry if this is a stupid question, but whats the difference between carving and pumping?

[e0987c5t3]

@mga361 basically, carving is to slow down, pumping is to speed up without pushing

[e0987c5t3]

@mga361 and also, nothings a stupid question. we all got to start somewhere, right? I was asking your same questions when i started longboarding.

[playme7]

good video

watch and comment our video too,longboarding in brazil

/watch?v=4nESX11lIHU



[mrjkr]

can u pump a dervish!? o_O

[lljonyboyll]

pumping is asome

song??



[astrayp03]

Hey, I'm curious as to what is the difference between pumping and carving? From what I see on youtube... pumping has a smaller wavelength than carving? =S

[Bobmaester1]

lol makes it look like ur doin some sort of dance :P

[Yellowknight888]

I notice you have short (6-7") truck and small wheels, my set up is long truck (9") and large wheel (87mm) on a very stiff drop deck 41" long, wheelbase at 38".

Should I be replacing the truck and wheels, or should I simply get a whole new set for pumping?

Thanks.

[jimmysaint13]

@Yellowknight888 Forgive me if I'm wrong since I'm kinda new at longboarding but I thought that a little springier deck would be better for pumping?

[paulrhodesquinn]

Great music!! What is it? Thanks for the video.:)

[lostcause2390]

how do u pump? i can carve but i cant pump. how do u pump?

[pavedwave]

Check out the pavedwave site and go to "How To Pump" link. There's a lot of tips and links to more vids there. It takes more doing and practicing than anything.

[beefyskittles]

basically u carve very hard and very fast and kinda push your weight into the direction u turn

[manitsmatt]

@lostcause2390

you cant just start carving out of nowhere you need some soft bushings and good trucks or loosen your trucks

you need quick response turing

[henkepenk93]

Whats the name of this song?

Like em Slick Licks=)

[HDL2112]

MMW!

[thorizzle117]

you got steeze

ridin like a loose wave

[reubendreamer]

hey I longboard greenlake all the time! I love that you got some footage there. I don't pump quite as hard as ya'll but I'm getting there.

Rock on! This is my new fave vid...

[pavedwave]

thanks man, hope to see you down there sometime!  though I'm usually on the burke.

[elvinjohn7]

hey i just got a longboard last month having fun cruising but i wanna learn how to pump...can anyone help?

[daytontee]

I just got my first longboard, and i think i kinda got it down...

All it is, is just changing your weight from heel to toes really fast, and throwing your weight a little in the weight u wanna carve.

Its tricky to get the hang of at first, and tiring on the legs learning lol

[SATURDAYSFIESTA]

what's the deck and setup of that board at :29? that thing looks super pumpable

[pavedwave]

that was a one of a kind, RoeRacing 38" Foam Torsion Core. it finally busted last year as foam-cores are bound to eventually, especially with a guy like Skip cranking the hell out of it!

and thanks for all the other comments, this is by far my favorite MMW tune

[pacoeras]

soft jazz and good pumping

niiiiiice!!!

[omarsikorski]

completely awesome dude

[AEROblivion]

wow...pretty sick...

[LoNgBoArDsFoRLiF]

nice vid nice music keep riding!

[subslament]

HELL YEAH

MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD!

love this shit.

ALL GOOD FESTIVAL 2008!

[ericsurf6]

Sweet, I really like your vids. I'm in Japan and just did posted a longboard video.

[showmeyotittays]

This sounds like music you'd hear in Ocean's Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen.

[StickyMike]

That and the Peanuts (Charlie Brown) cartoons.

[lovekyordie15]

guy in the red is smooth as crazy..especially in the one behind the building

[pavedwave]

yeah that dude is Skip Croteau, caught up with him a few years back, riding a tiny little G&S just like the one "SaintFu" is talking about a couple posts down. now he rides a longer foamcore, and he's a pumping maniac.

[viacomrocks]

hey is this similar to snowboard? im thinking about buying a longboard to practice for snowboarding.

[sqeeekboarder]

It's kind of similar, but it feels different depending on the board. My guess is that if you like snowboarding, you'd like longboarding. Just don't fall, cuz it hurts a lot worse.

[Goodlad180]

get a freebord if u wanna practise for snowborading

[CrunxsutawneyPhil]

AWESOME JOB! Thank you so much for putting this together. I first bigged out at the fact that there is a video of how to pump a longboard. Then I heard the MMW track kick in, this seriously made my day. Perfect Combo!

[SaintFu]

Great vid. Love it.

So, I've just discovered that G&S and FibreFlex are reissuing some old school boards. My favorite FibreFlex carver of all time is not among them, however. It was about 27" long, maybe 7.5" long, about 5 plies and very flexible. The trucks were very narrow Bennetts. No one makes them that narrow anymore. What's the best carving board you can buy today?

[pavedwave]

if you haven't already, check out the reissued Bennetts, they carve sweet on just about any board. and there are so many good carving boards, high-tech snappy composites like Motion, RoeRacing, Landyacthz, and Fibreflex is still an awesome stick!

[pavedwave]

Thanks for the comments- the music is by Medeski Martin and Wood. If you've already got carving down, just compress a little more into each carve, and spring out of it, focus on popping out of each turn -- investing energy in the transitions. And if there's anyone running cones/slalom in your neighborhood, drop in on sessions with them!

[kometsky]

I love this movie. Can somebody teach me to pumpcarve like that? all I do when I carve is control speed and slow down if I have to. I Can't keep going on carve alone. any suggestions? I like the jazzy style music with this vid. it really captures the feeling and atmosphere.