 Good morning Los Angeles just got to Westchester skate plaza meeting up with Dan I think Zach's coming out today as well We're gonna skate park for a bit then we're gonna hit some street spots Yeah, if you ain't ever been here before this is basically Westchester skate plaza slash park or what it's really funny They got this beautiful ledge here, and then the ledge that goes out to the footpath They've put some skate stoppers on it very plaza like Very little transition. I mean the only transition here is that flat bank over there There's like a stage slash man you pad thing the flat ledge in the middle some hubbers little flat bank kicker thing I think it's a five set over here could be wrong. Oh, no, it's a five two hubbers down the side Yeah, but this is where we're gonna start our day off this morning We're heading to this green ledge spot that I've always wanted to skate so I'm pretty keen to skate it So yeah, I just got to find where Dan is and then we'll get right into today's session There's Daniel Not too sure what's going on there. You might have like a seized bearing or something Anyone's wondering the jack-per-cells are riding really well. I've just got to glue it up Like I started gluing my shoes up before every session like the night before So that's how you keep them fresh So then you don't have to worry about busting a hole for the side But you just got to worry about the soles fighting it out flattening out my bad So I set up this eight three eight, right? This is an eight three eight and I had some hollow 159 so I was like, oh, you know what I'll chuck those on I'll chuck my other standards on my other board and these are the rules that I left in the hand sanitizer overnight and They worked well for a bit but now they're like dead slow like they might not sound it or look it But like when you're rolling on the concrete, they're so slow. I'm not having a fun time Every time I'm on a session skating like I make sure I have breakfast before I leave the house But it's like an hour and a half drive up to LA So once I get here I skate for like an hour then like bang I get hungry and I started to feel like sleepy So like we're gonna make sure I eat so just hit this spot down the road. It's like a vegan They're called pokey bowls here in Australia. They're called. I don't know sushi bowls, but yeah, just hit this joint down the road I can't remember the name of it, but it's like a They have a vegan option so I'm gonna rip into this and then get back into skating today get some clips for you guys But yeah, check it out. It's my lunch today a lot of greens Very excited to eat this meal Don't I'm just realizing I feel like this might be the same material that they use on the barracks ledge Like it seems like a similar color and stuff, but the difference is since this is outdoor it gets that thick sand on it Whereas the indoor one doesn't maybe that's the big difference Toss that crook. Well, maybe you can do them all in a row. Maybe he'll just rifle them off How sick would that be? I Got some confidence in him. He's pretty good. He's wearing a not thrasher shirt. Yeah, I thought that was a thrasher shirt I'm so glad it's not Sort of skating ish with a thrasher logo Now that's what I like to hear when it has a thrasher logo and has nothing to do with skateboarding this thrasher also Has nothing to do with skateboarding What do you think you can do? I'm saying probably 5l. He did have a trick I requested. That's what I like to say That's sick He's saying you can do front over crook on this ledge over crook front side on this ledge is what he's saying He's gonna do a front side Over crook on this leg Frontside over crook is what he's gonna do on this leg. He said it's here. It turns out his words not mine Frontside over crook. Here we go Sean's been killing it lately this video. I wanted to talk about having Confidence and skating with conviction Sometimes like I was saying to Zach earlier I said like when I first came out to skate with you guys like the powerl team I was shy like I knew I could do tricks, but I was like worried because I didn't want to like I don't know You're worrying about people judging you and stuff about skating But then you figure out no one really cares It definitely does help if you skate with like more confidence in your head and conviction like you throw down And like this is the one I Find that helps me out anyway and skating with better people so blind confidence. Yeah But definitely having a crew of like people that are better than you at skating and skating with them Just helps you so much because you ask a bunch of questions and you learn all these new tricks to the tricks as I said before But yeah, that's it. It's looking at these two hoppers over here. You're gonna jump on one? Oh, maybe You should at least 50-50 it. Yeah What do you think front smith backs out 360 out this guy. He's so good It feels soft don't they go these actually go every time we come here Dale Nolina is granted and he sucks at skating so you got When you were doing when you're doing that fake you hill you're landing right in the middle. It's like yeah It's not bad over here. The ground is decent on the opposite. Yeah, you're landing on still somewhat smooth ground. Yeah East coast in the middle California on the side Kind of Midwest here right here Okay, go for it. It's gonna be now you're gonna go you I'm a hundred percent positive. You will not stick hundred percent No chance in how you're sticking I Accidentally film that in the background. You'll see him do front-nose Nali hill to Feggy a lot of people do that. Yeah, Markin's always used to do that, too John Cartiel would always walk down handrails before you tried them. Yeah. Yeah, you're gonna do that like first go There's no way you're gonna over shit. You're just gonna land it the mental block again Remember how you're at that cusp? Yeah, yeah, and confidence. You just kind of go to blindly like So Yeah That's ashton. I don't know what you're gonna fire over the hub I vote on her from board. Okay from board. Do I can have a word? Yeah, definitely Now you won't stick What's the app called again? This one's the skate spot at skate spots at this isn't the one that I paid for the password for people Oh, is there no? Oh, do I have it on airplane mode? Oh, I actually turn my internet off because I'm What you would refer to as a moron? Okay, now it's the green ledges they are oh The green beauties How far are we off? Good country mile Country mile a Five miles but 17 minutes. Oh easy. Let's hit it. What a buzzkill. I might just buy it like a broom and a little handle Pan and a broom. What do you know? I mean, there's little things just to keep in the car. So when we do have the opportunity to skate spots like this I just got a bird pill on my phone When we get the opportunity to skate spots like this sometimes I need a little bit of grooming I need waxing then need like sweeping which is fine because you end up having a better session that way Just to give you guys a better look, you know, you can go over the step around the corner But there's just these sticks everywhere that have fallen off the trees And looks like this spot's had a favorite of Bondo too, which is sick So I'm here some over there. But yeah, you can tell this spot's well skated. They've capped the ends I don't know why they didn't cap in the center It's really weird. Oh blunt dude You're a blunt slide type of guy. What a fun little spot But yeah, like I said, if I had my broom in the car this place would be Groomed in like, you know a few minutes I'd have it all groomed They're not that bad Is it like looking in a front tail because people say you can front tail You just look at a front tail on the side. You just got to not be able to not be afraid to put your body weight this way Oh, yeah, that's all it is. Okay That's a trick yeah, I know I was just saying you've had a broom would be set but You know, I come out broomless today I know you can get to that bend for sure that stick My weight is stupid. Your body weight was wrong. Yeah, next try for rotate a little Just put your stand up on that bad boy. It'll go a little further Try a trick on the way back. Oh, that was spicy I feel like you definitely stuck. I swear you're sticking. So I'll use sydney grongs. I want to crochet that waxing spots Legit come out to california. It's all waxed up. It's how everyone gets tricks out here Not like sydney ron's like just go faster. Yeah going faster. What if you fall it's creepy knee Yeah, sometimes things just won't slide. So definitely a little bit of wax goes a long way Yeah, bend heads don't grow on trees There you go. You got I mean you hit the corner Our front nose is a fakie. Yeah, if you slide it good I don't dislike it or actually for your front nose the fakie on a handrail. I'm like, oh, I don't know. We're still gone Yes, I was so solid. Oh, that's like if you're trying a trick and you like failed 12 times It all adds up and you get a better feel of the trick. So don't let it discourage you. Yeah Yeah, so pretty much the topic of this video was being able to skate with confidence and conviction Like um, there's a dude shredding at westchester park the dude with the beanie But like when you seen him roll in at his tricks, his face was like so like oh, yeah He's very stern with his yes very stern and like even his body language is very like I've got this I'm ready to go I think it's important because someone commented like sure and you should skate with a bit more Confidence and it's like naturally. I'm a shy person like As I said earlier being able to skate all these dudes out here has definitely helped my skating confidence grow and like Helped me progress because I kind of have that thought in my mind where I'm like, yeah, I can do this. I got it Or it's like, I don't know skateboarding is a mental game like even rolling up to that front tail I was scared, but I was just like in my head. I was like, all right I just got to get in and push it and hold on and for some reason like there's small little nuances that happen that I'm like If I bail this or that but if I think too much about like Bailey I'm going to bail but if I think a lot about like just sticking it it usually ends up working out I don't know if it's the same for you like yeah, no, I think um I think it's not a coincidence That cocky people tend to be really good at skating. Yeah, like if you think of like Some of the best skaters and you like meet them in person and I'm not going to say any names but like Like there's some skaters that you're just like make sense that you land everything because you just are you just like Shit, I'm gonna do this trick. Yeah And it you know being a shy person is probably harder for you to get that it is And I I'm not a very ballsy guy myself I'm I'm repetition like I just get really good at a trick until it's not scary anymore. I'm not wanting. I don't hail marry anything Yeah, like I've never like I'm just gonna go for it. Like I have to I have to be pretty confident Of course, yeah, um, but yeah, I mean you can fake it till it works like you can fake Uh beat your confidence and try to be like overly confident and eventually I think it'll become more true Yeah, you know, I mean But just having that like because for me, I was shy like the first time I skated the power crew I was like I couldn't get tricks I normally could get because in the back of my mind. I was like everybody's watching me like Really? Yeah, and that was making me more nervous and made you suck even more Yeah, what a vicious cycle and then now like I'm able to skate of like you and zack and I'm just chill about it And like if I want to learn something I'm like, hey, where do I do this or how do I do that? Yeah, no that you're like, hey Dan or zack film this Dude, yeah, it becomes so much more of a like, I don't know a vibe when you're skating with good people Yeah, I I prefer to skate with good people. It's just really hard for me to do because no one's better than me in the entire world It's just like I search like hell and high water and they just don't exist But yeah, I just wanted to touch base on that because I know there's other younger kids that skate and they get a Bit shy skating at new parks around new people. They become intimidated I mean rolling up to a new park and there's locals you're gonna feel a bit like Yeah, you know, you're in that kind of territory a little bit, but also their territory. It's a public skate park Yeah, that's what I mean. We're all doing the same thing that we're skating around Yeah, if someone's vibing you out, they're long as they're not physically touching you like them Yeah, yeah, there's definitely been like there's definitely times where I'll be at a skate park And I'll be like skating and there's like kids in my way and I have to constantly remind myself like hey It's just as much their park as it is my park It's just a matter of like long as you have common sense and stay out of people's way Like if you get in someone's way, I see this all the time some will get in someone's way And then they'll get like really awkward and sometimes they'll just like sit down for a while like don't sit down Keep skating. Yeah. Yeah, learn your lesson like then now you gotta stay out of that person's way Yeah, and I never like park etiquette goes a long way too Like if someone's board flicks out You'll feel close to it just like sling it back to them or pick it up and give it to them Like it goes a long way It really does because there's some dudes that like It happens in Sydney a lot you go skate a park and like someone that's like You know cruising around the park like this like they'll kick their board out and you'll give it back to them And I won't say a word Well, it's like damn man, all right Here's another here's another thing actually I just thought of if you're if you feel like you're getting kind of a vibe doubt or whatever uh Don't be afraid to like start up a conversation with someone like if you see like the cool kids or whatever like just like Some small talk or compliment them and then if you do get in their way It's gonna be that much harder for them to be a dick to you Yeah Because now now you're no longer a stranger at a skate park Who they don't have zero's feelings for now that they've had a conversation you are a human being breaks that ice Yeah, exactly. So it's like oh this this person actually exists. So I'll acknowledge or so That's like when I was watching that dude at Westchester I was like, oh man, and then I heard him talking. I'm like he sounds like he's like pretty all right He doesn't sound like a dick. Oh his his face like the way he's like very like Yeah, yeah, but yeah, that's that's pretty much what I want to touch base on because I know kids are like worried to skate New spots and new parks around new people even dudes that have like picked up skating again in their 20s That's skated as a teenager board of board and they're trying to get back into it But they don't feel completely comfortable going to a park, you know, so yeah, you just go out there If you're a girl skater, yeah, skater if you're a Trans skater if you have anything that makes you stand out or you feel uncomfortable dressing the way that you want to dress uh Just just send it and like I think that they get sort of like an exposure therapy thing like Just push yourself out there and then you'll get used to it and then they'll get used to you It's definitely harder for certain people with certain situations, but you know, do your best You know just just try to get out there because skateboarders skateboarding is for everybody Yeah, and it can be like a pretty inclusive group But it can also be a very it can go both ways if it's clicky people there screw those people Usually skateboarders are pretty open-minded though to people coming to the park Or at least I'd like to think they are hopefully, you know, it's just so weird to see the difference between here and like People more baby there. Well, it sounds like it's like the east coast. Yeah, they're very like Like here if you see someone going for a trick and then um, they take like a few tries at it, then they get it Whoo. Yeah, and Sydney is just like Just really yeah, that's so funny. Yeah, I don't know pretty much wraps up for this video guys Hopefully I gave you guys some type of insight into how I kind of think about skateboarding Maybe you guys can relate naturally. I'm a pretty shy person. I'm very introverted So being able to go out and skate around new people is always being quite challenging for me But that's how I kind of broke through that barrier just kind of not worrying about what other people think and just trying to have fun On my skateboard. So hopefully you guys can relate. I've been keeping some of these videos pretty raw Just easier just to shoot and edit and then chuck it up for you guys to watch I mean everyone's here to watch skateboarding anyway, so there's a ton of skateboarding sometimes It's even more funer watching raw clips and it is a whole with a whole bunch of editing and stuff But yeah, I'm going to wrap it up here guys. Hopefully you guys enjoyed the video and I'll catch all of y'all in the next one You're right