Consistency with skating is definitely a good trait - with social media it's easier to land tricks 1 out of 5 times but give the impression you land them every time. This method or approach to training for skating where if you drop a trick you practice until you land it three times crosses over to an approach I use with climbing. When you're working on a really hard long climb that might consist of multiple really difficult moves in a sequence - we call that a crux move, you might always fall at that crux move. It becomes easy for the brain to remember falling at that crux move and if you fall on it more times than you get it when working on the route, when you come to pull it all together, your brain remembers falling, more than it remembers doing the move. So one recommendation for climbers is that for every time they fall on a specific move, that they get back on and execute the move in isolation 3 times to 'grease the groove', which is a term used in other skill based sports like golf, so that the brain remembers executive that move successfully. To me, this totally makes sense in inline skating - greasing the groove to build up those trick 'engrams' in the brain and make them really consistent.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

That is Awesome! Thanks for sharing, I love how mind sets and learning can influence other activities. Grease the Groove!🙌

Dude, I love this kinda stuff! Sensei Acosta. I’m gonna try this method out 😎

Thanks for showing us that you are also struggling times to times! No pain, no gain!

Embrace the P-rail! It is time. thanks for this. (Glad you're ok, heck of a fall)

Can you do a video on making a p rail please?

The spin part I found out the other week. I do a bit of mountain boarding and was going right side first, I tried spinning but couldn't. I decided to go left first and woop now I can spin. Anyway I have roller blades now and lots of learning. Great video 👍

Good point that some tricks might be easier on switch. Don't know until I try them all.

This is nearly identical to the rail my dad and us crazy skaters made back in 1998!!

Words of truth again: CONSISTENCY! Thanks for the video, enjoyed it very much!

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Next Video! Excellent. Couldn't wait much longer. It is damn snowing here in Poland and no place with roof to skate under in my city. Stay healthy and keep rollin'!!

this is going to be my day to day tutorial to practice since I finally got the materials to build a P-Rail haven't had skates in over ten years and after I moved to Kauai, Hawaii to live with family it was back to square one had no gear no rail nothing was torture but glad to be back!

this was a lot of fun to watch, and useful too

About your switch statements I just started blading again after 15 years and when ever I go to learn a grind as soon as I get it I go do it switch. There’s really no excuse

Cheers man!

Thank you bro! For sharing! Glad you are ok! Appreciate you very much! 🙏🏽 Peace

Thank you 🙏. I really needed to see this video.

Great vid ! Man I don’t know how folks don’t wear wrist guards! I got back into blading after 15 years and smashed my wrist in the same spot three times. Has taken 2 weeks to almost heal. Ima stick with full protection. You and a smooth fall tho guess ya fall more gracefully with experience? Love that. “We’re all equal. “ 👊🏼

@acostablades8138

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah wrist injuries suck. I honestly have broken my wrist multiple times. For me, I feel limited in my mobility when i wear wrist guards. Our hands and feet ar connected and i just feel off wearing em. I work on ground drills at the gym from mma to help strengthen my wrist and catching abilities. I will be h=going over some of these drills on my Patreon this fall, Maybe check it out 🙏

I like this approach, this is like a workout mindset to skating.

nice scenery!

This is a really cool concept. Feels like I have somebody to skate with during lockdown! haha

Thanks a lot for this new video series, very much helpful, I also started my prail sessions and made my first soul grind, it was like 1cm or less 🤣 Looking forward for more content on practice rail, keep it up please 👊😁

Love your chanel more and more everyday man. Keep up the great work!

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Yes, loving these tutorials, super helpful dude. We'll be getting a P-Rail soon so will employ some of these methods.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Have Fun!

Me encantó, qué buen video

great vid

This vid was so dope! Great concept!!

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Thank you for your time!! We apreciate a lot, keep going brother!🙌🏼🙌🏼

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

Thank you Sensei

Good game! Always do this myself - apart from the switch part. But just started to learn all the switch soul variations as well once I got the feel for switch souls a few weeks ago and switch acid really feels very weird to me as well. But its great fun to switch it up! Also: Heal up from that nasty fall on the face - ouch!

I love seeing that you struggle with basic switch tricks too. I am not alone 😂👌

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Oh the struggles are real. Switch Font sav? lol trying to learn it before my next p rail video

@adammitchell4108

3 жыл бұрын

@@acostablades8138 I can't regular front sav... ...Yet 😂 I need to see a tutorial on unity/sav before I blade next. I'm guessing you've got one in the archive. If not then you need one. Best blade tutorials on KZread man 👌🤜🤛

I got all those but the switch backside. That is terrifying. Same with topacid. I could switch topacid better than regular topacid actually. Top soul was the reverse. In my old age I dont really do alot of topsides anymore.

In all the years I've known you, I don't think I've ever seen you do a plain old front side. It's always steezy low royals 😂

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Nice and clear video, tnx

@acostablades8138

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome

I’m all over the place with my dominant feet. I’m left handed but right footed and most of my tricks are right foot dominant but some things, like Makios, I’m completely left foot dominant, in fact, just the thought of trying a Makio with my right foot is freaking me out. Great video as always 👍🏽

Bro voce e maravilhoso, Grato por tua vida e generosidade em compartilhar este esporte incrivel! Love from Brasil! 🇧🇷♥️

Oh man count me in! I will be trying to repeat your session :)

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!

I really enjoyed this video mane. gnarly slamm too glad ur ok

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks man, all healed up👍

Did you put up a video that shoes the construction of this P Rail? I've seen a couple different versions of them, and I like yours the best.

Another great video. I also grind right-footed but spin left. I didn't notice the injury until you mentioned it. I hope it was just a skin wound.

⭐️

I really appreciate your methodical approach, I will learn from you.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@MusAbstract

3 жыл бұрын

@@acostablades8138 thank you for your contents.

God bless you for posting a p rail edit. I'm sure you've seen the posts on facebook. I'm trying switch really hard (right footed but spin left too) and it's hard. I still cant makio. I try every time I go to the local ledge.

I will call you sensei, master, teacher whatever I just love the videos it motivates me to get my p rail out and get back to a comfortable feeling grinding again. Keep them coming

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤

@brandonjones2075

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a Facebook page? There are so many fake pages out there I’d like to find your actual page if that’s cool with you?

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

@@brandonjones2075 I dont have FB but we have Insta Gram @Acosta_Blades 🤙

@brandonjones2075

3 жыл бұрын

@@acostablades8138 that’s cool man I don’t have Instagram but it’s all good I still enjoy the videos.

I love the channel! Curious what setups you skate as far as wheels and frames. Cheers brotha

In Canada we are hitting p sessions in the garage for a little while longer

Blade is a brutal sport, I have been blade for years but objectively I see a big problem: beyond the physique, the position and the balance required to endure a grind, the issue is in what I call 'the eye of the eagle' 'Millimetric precision when nailing the trick is one of the most key factors and if you fail and fall, the fall can be legendary because this is not like skateboarding where the skate goes and you have time to react. In classic skating the swing is always present and in moments of falling it is very difficult to react to put your arms or move to the side of the fall because everything goes very fast. If you land on your feet in the fall, you are still in a bad state because you are almost certainly going to go backwards or forwards or go down the stairs horribly. That is why a falling rollerblade can be fatal or death even if protection is worn. I will never skate at a hardcore level for that matter. It's not fear. It's knowing the tragic consequences you can have with the blade. The few falls on your belly or chest that leave you without breathing. eggs ankles or sprains is the bread. I know that if the majority thought like me, there would not be great people like Broskow or Chris Hafey, but the reality is that it is easy to get away with it.

P rails is the new Wave!

Nice video. Makes me sad that more people don't do the tabernacle tho 😟. They're so easy! One of the first grinds I learned back in the day.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

I forget about those and bent souls. maybe i should do a what the funk series lol

You forgot about the X Grind! Awesome idea with this video series.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Good call! I'll have to throw that one in on topside video

Dude sidewalk, that’s OGAF!

This is great! Getting back into blading after a 25 year absence. Building my P Rail/ Box. Would you suggest having a rail on one side of the box and ledge on the other?

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

That would be fun! Do it!

@rob.dark7

Жыл бұрын

1yr later, how's the skating going after hiatus?

This is news to me. I been skateboarding for 15 years. I just started learning Aggressive skating. I didn’t know there was a switch for aggressive skates. That’s pretty dope. I’m starting to like this a lot more the. Skateboarding and I love skateboarding

@acostablades8138

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! I came from skateboarding as well and loved the challenge of Blades.

0:43 I'm afraid I have just lost the game

@leaf4836

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about that till you said it

@MrHattick

3 жыл бұрын

I lost it reading this :(

Wait I spin with my left so should I switch for the long run

do you skate right foot back? also love the videos btw

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Mostly

Do you think skating such a low P-rail will help your overall skating?

Haha I always wondered why you called it a star grind! I always thought it was just something people from your region called it! 😂😂

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

jeah, i also builded a prail and we train on rainy days in a circus tent :) i got a trick - question: i am learnin a (self developed?) grind i never saw in my life. it is nearly a backside unity grind, but the front foot is in royale position while the backfoot is in position from the unity. is there a name for it? :D i am kind of strange hypermobility so maybe it is hard for people dont have that, but it came very natural some day and i think its gonna be one of my standars soon ;) thanks for all the how to's! Best thing to watch while doing my work (picture editing). cheers

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Nice man! if im hearing this right, it sounds like a Bent Soul grind. Send me a vid clip on IG if you have it. 🙌 @acosta_blades

Should I be waxing my P Rail? I can't get any Sole tricks going so I assume I should but maybe I don't have enough speed idk.

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

I wax EVERYTHING lol 2x

Howdy from Aus! Don't suppose you have the plans for your rail/box? Cheers!

@acostablades8138

2 жыл бұрын

I don't. Check out Ricardo Lino p rail video he builds one for under $20

@TheSynite

2 жыл бұрын

@@acostablades8138 thanks for the reply!

acostablades slam compilation for your next video

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

i dont fall haha jk jk I have some saved up

I hate switch acid too switch top star easier than regular tho

I can only just 1cm of the ground how do i get higher

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my How to Jump with style video. Best of luck!

@chlowiiyt6710

3 жыл бұрын

@@acostablades8138 ok thank you!!!

What size pvc should I use when making one of these? :)

@acostablades8138

Жыл бұрын

3 inch works nicely

Outta curiosity what skate size you rock?

@acostablades8138

2 жыл бұрын

6/7 I down sized from an 8 carbon usd

this skates is Aeon of Eisler?

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

do you wax your rail??

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Twice👍

When you come back, Im teaching you inspin citric acid.

@Raincityroller

3 жыл бұрын

Also, i teach people to stand both feet together, then i walk around them and *gently*, push them enough they take 1 step tocatch themselves. That foot they used to catch themselves is what I understand to be their instinctually dominant foot. Im right footed but spin left...

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

That one sounds tough! Id LOVE to learn that one from ya🙌

I really need a p-rail!

Hey Acosta, I built my p rail a few days ago and tried to get my first grind sesh in yesterday while watching this, I hit my first frontside (my first real grind) and i was pumped and wanted more since it was a bit slow so I went at it faster and harder this time, i must've locked in leaning too far back or didn't get low enough and i slid out instantly like a cartoon and landed right on the rail and fractured my humerus hahaha. The PVC pipe is really slick with no wax and just stalling on it i felt like i was going to slip and do the splits. My b for the long winded story but i was just wondering if you had any tips on how to slip out less, how to approach and how to fall when doing p rail sessions? I'm willing to fall and bust myself like this more I'm just trying to prep myself for the next time i hit the rails so i dont eat it right away haha. thanks for all the knowledge and helping me get to hit my first grind and hope your injury is healed up. 🙏

@acostablades8138

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch! That sounded rough, i would suggest wearing pads to help protect your self while learning new tricks. Its hard to say what exactly to do when it comes to falls because every fall is unique, but try leaning more forward than backwards in grinds and slides to prevent sliding out. Keep your arms and hands ready to catch. Another good tip is to get good at putting your wheels back under you before you fall so you can step and roll away, Thats a bit more technical but after falling for years you learn this trick. Hope you find these tips useful and get back out and skate soon!

How'd you make the grind rail?

But it wasn't grabbed lol I have been watching this on repeat and tend to recite the video :P

Hi G, Love your channel & your honnest approach. Sorry to hear about bad fall. Believe me when I say that I SMASHED my ankle (2ble fracture; + the bad twist). And guess what ? I was never so happy to be that guy who ALWAYS got his helmet on when rolling; cause the side of my skull bumped SO HARD on the concrete that day. Been blading for more than 20 years. I was not even flying & spinning. Just pumping hard in this local pumptrack I've pumped so many times.Bad falls just happen.To anyone (tip though: avoid agressive inline in them pumptracks, buy freeskates instead; I believe small wheels helped me slip that day). So here's my point: where's your brain saver, bro'? You may not consider yourself a master, but you got 26,4 k guys following you, that's huge. My kids are into skateparks too (scoot, though, snif). When I started insisting on this helmet thing, they started replying about trend and how other guys around don't wear helmets. I love your caps and they fit nice on you. But you'll look cool with an egg protector too, 'cause you're cool anyway. Bravo and thanks again for the content you bring here.

@jcbanbury

2 жыл бұрын

😴😴😴😴

I just lost the game

@acostablades8138

2 жыл бұрын

Start again 🙌