BEGINNER VS DIY SKATEPARK

We are out here today in... Oh, Carson City. We're out here in Carson City and it's so random and so cool because we're actually driving to the skate park and then we saw this. And I was like, this is amazing. This is Chloe's first experience at... A do-it-yourself skate park. DIY. We just call it DIY. You don't have to say do-it-yourself. You don't have to get that complicated. It's just DIY. I'm still getting used to just being on camera at all. I know, which is hilarious. So it's hilarious to me after having made 5,500 videos where I just have nothing on it. I feel like a camera's in my face all day, every day. I know, but not mine. I know. And so we instantly stopped and then Chloe, just as a beginner, she just starts saying, why do this? I said, this place is awesome. And she goes, but is it? Is it though? But now I understand it's a DIY. OK, so let's DIY this. So let's just do a little review and take us through every part. If you can't skate this now, whoa, guess who can walk in his boot? I mean, at this point, I can probably skate. I'm not lying. And let's do a skate park review. OK, so the first question is, why are there skate stoppers? I guess so that they don't get close to the road. Wait, tell me everything. There's little skate repellent mark things. Yeah. On the rails. So here's my question to you. What is DIY? OK, so they were there beforehand. Thank you. And someone said, this is the spot. Do it yourself. So this obviously at one point in time was a building. This is the foundation of a building. And then the building apparently got ripped down. So this already existed and someone was skating it. But it doesn't look like it stopped them. No, that is correct. It didn't stop them. You can never stop the skaters. So that's the first one. DIY rail. You want to hit it? Yeah. Start skating. What are you doing? Are you excited? Are you like, well, I'm here across the city. Let's get it. I'm excited. I just haven't gotten any better yet. That's a lie. You're improving every day. Thank you. Give it a push. You can see the first thing you're going to test is the ground. OK. Nice and smooth. Remember, bend those knees, Chloe. I'm so excited I can walk. I'm just excited to be out here enjoying the sunshine and the surf. And again, we have Chloe with two different colored socks. Pink. But they're the same brand at least. Wow. Well done. Pink and purple. OK, so how's the ground? OK. I mean, it's definitely broken up. Yeah. So like not the smoothest. Not the smoothest. OK. Well, see that? That was me. Yeah, there you go. Just did a trick. Yeah. OK. There's got to be something here you can skate. I mean, I can skate around. OK, start with going around. There's plenty of obstacles here. OK. Review every piece of it. Yes. This might be a good Chloe's first board slide. Board slide? Yeah. I really want to get better. I just feel like I've plateaued and then I get nervous to do anything beyond the plateau. I know. I feel like we go over this in every video. I know. At the end of every video, you get better. I know. I just need to be consistent. Remember that one where you rode off the curb? That was really scary. Yeah. So this is a prime example. So look at that right there. Yeah. DIY curb. Yeah. So get a little bit warmed up and then ride off of that curb. What? I said get a little bit warmed up and then ride off of that curb. Do you remember me almost dying on the curb? Play the video. She landed. I'm not saying like ollie over this gap or tray flip. I'm just, we're just going to ride off of this. I'll help you. So roll around, bend your knees, get your push on. Good. I'm really not sure what this obstacle is meant to be here. Is that meant to be like a manual pad between both sections? I mean, probably. Can the skateboard roll on this? Yeah, it probably is. This is a sick gap also. I'm sure somebody's done that. Shout out Carson City. You think so? Yeah, I do. Yeah, ripping. Just absolutely ripping. We can take another crack at the hippie jump. No, that was painful. Okay. You ready to ride off the curb? Yeah. Okay. So here's the key to this. It requires speed to roll off of that. And this is not much speed. There's not many places to push. You ready? Bend your knees. I'll hold you. We're going to start this out with me holding, holding your hand. Okay. Don't remember how to do this. Bend your knees. Yeah. Okay. So this one is so small that you can actually just roll off just like that. Okay. Do it again. Okay. We got celebrity guest filmer, my wife, who's wearing two sets of glasses. Wow. Look at you. You're living in 2030, girl. Okay. Good. Bend your knees. Stay low. Okay. It's key to stay low. And remember when you ride off, you can do a little bit of like, you're just lifting the front of the nose up just ever so slightly. But I can tell you're so nervous. You're so stiff. Okay. You got that on your own? Yeah. But just remember, bend your knees. Bend my knees. One thing I'm trying to do with you is not make you, push you too fast where you're like just doing too much. Yeah. Again or? Yeah. Okay. Good. I think you got it on your own. Okay. Let me try not putting so much pressure on your hand. Yeah. Good. Okay. You got it. Yeah. Bend the knees. Now you're scared. Yeah. Going through your mind, right? Yeah. It's a mental battle. Yeah. Okay. So the only reason I wanted you to do that, well, other than like now you can rate the obstacle. Yeah. But you said you haven't been progressing. Before, just riding off a curb took you a long time. That's true. A little bit better every time. Oh, Aaron. I'm good. Right? I don't think the doctor is going to be happy about this. Well, they stopped taking my insurance anyway, so. Okay. That's probably enough. Okay. So rate the obstacle. I mean, I think it's pretty good. A little mani pad. Yeah. An eight. Good. I love it. And now I almost think this one's next for you. You think so? Could you drop in? Let me try it on the boot. Oh, Aaron. You're freaking me out. Put your back foot on. And then when you drop in, your shoulder down. All your body weight forward. Yeah. I need both. Both? Yeah. Expert. This is expert level. Okay. That was pretty good. Yeah. You need me again? Yeah. It's all about the confidence. See, the thing I want to do the most is I just want to teach new skaters. You guys might have heard about it. Good. Here we go, Chloe. Here we go. This is very DIY. They even found, like, they leveled it up with the crack. Smart, right? Yeah. You got it on your own? Yeah. Well, no. I want to know, like, what do you think about this, though? Do you think, like, you're real? Like, do you think this place is crazy? What are they thinking? What are they doing? No. I mean, I can understand if you see this and think, oh, I can make this into something. Yeah. I think it's clever. Genius. Skateboard geniuses. Okay, you got it? Yeah. One, two, three. So the one thing that's scaring me on this, the one thing that's making me a little bit nervous is right when you first start, you got to have all your weight in. Yeah. And there might be, like, a split second there where you're, like, not quite just straight down. Yeah. Practice it on flat. And drop. Again. So even right there, there was a split second. You feel it? Yeah. Do it again. Yeah, you got it. Okay. Just do that there. You need the safety? Yeah. Oh, deja vu. Deja vu. Yeah. See, that was it right there. I don't want her to do that on her own because she could slip. Three, two, one. Yeah, good. Maybe what I should do, actually, is have her set her feet up on the board while I'm holding her, then let go, then let her just push it down. Okay, so we're going to do that. Get on there and set your feet up. See if you can. Okay, maybe you can't. Yeah, it's too slippery. Okay, I think you got it. What? You don't think you got it? No. Okay, ready? Yeah. Three, two, one. No. What? I don't know. What happened? It's so slippery. Here. I don't want to break your other foot. Geez. Okay, you got it. Three, two, one. I think we can call this one while holding you, right? Like you won't do it on your own ever? Not ever, but just not maybe right now. Really? Yeah. Okay, you got it. Three, two, one. It's really fascinating for me to watch because I know that she has that beyond a shadow of a doubt. This is the interesting thing where it's now, do I either push her through that mental battle and get her to do it on her own, or do I say, yeah, you're right. Let's go into a new obstacle. Chloe, you got it. Just fully commit. Head and shoulders down all the way in. Just full on. Don't stand up there and think about everything that can go wrong. Okay. Just drop in. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. I know this is, imagine on the vert ramp how scary it is. Oh man, I can't even stand up there. Two, one, go. My foot is not moving. This knee and then push down as hard as you can. Upper body in. It's all about that upper body. Okay. Ready? Yeah. Three, two, one, go. That was my worst one yet. Yep. Three, two, one, go. I did it. Good job. Okay, now I'm going to not stand right next to you. I just did it. Okay, you did it. Very well done. I need the safety net a little bit. Yeah, you do. I know. Okay, okay. Okay, rate the obstacle. That one is an eight. Eight? Yeah. So that one's an eight and that one's an eight. Yeah, that's cool. Got a lot of eight. I was like, yeah, that's cool. That's cool. I feel like the unspoken Chloe comm is like, who made this? What were you thinking? What about this? The unspoken Chloe communication. Like when we get DIY. No. Yeah, you're definitely not allowed to drop in on that. No, no, absolutely not. No, Aaron. Why? What are you doing? Oh my God. Yeah, I'm worried about this thing moving. I'm worried about a lot more than that. Okay, okay. You're right. You got a broken foot. Your doctor won't approve that. Okay, well watch this. Kickflip. First try. Okay, well I'm going to give this a two out of ten. Why? Because it's nicely like they did a nice job here. If I didn't have a broken foot, I would definitely Ollie that off of it. What's next? Next obstacle, maybe this thing? I don't know if there's anything you can do on that. Ride up and down, maybe. Ride up and down that. Oh gosh, Aaron. There we go. Yeah, you're not allowed to do anything on that, actually. No, thank you. Okay, so somebody made this, which I think is super sick. We have the parking block on top and then these wood slants on the bottom, on the sides. And it's pretty cool. I think it's pretty rad. Yeah. I mean, somebody made that, put a lot of work into it. I know. That's what I love about it. Then the next one is this, which I think is, I actually think this is the perfect place for you to learn a board slide. I can't even Ollie. You don't need to Ollie. We don't have to. I know you're nervous and I'm putting you right on the spot. You know, I love how I just like throw a camera right in your face. I know. The instant reaction. But okay, this is a really good place for brand new skaters to learn pretty much every trick, 50-50 board slide. Yeah, jump on there. So then just do some special effects and have me. Okay. That's a great idea. So I'll film you ride up to it and then stand on it. Okay. I'll tell you what to do. Okay. Ride up to it and pretend like you're getting on. Okay. Nobody will know. Don't worry. Okay. I love how you rode up to that. That was made it even better. Okay. Now put the board on the middle. No. Okay. I'll just let you do. Yeah. Like this? Sure. Yeah. And now stand on there and just nudge yourself along. Nudge myself along. Yeah. Okay. How am I supposed to nudge myself along? Oh, this is a good practice step. Yeah, that's good. Okay, great. I think that's good. Now roll away. Whoa, your first board slide. Sorry for getting in your way. That was embarrassing. No worries. Okay. The next obstacle we have is this. There's a parking block and then this parking block with the DIY pavement up to it, which is also super rad. Yeah. Really small. I mean, if you could just come up and do like a little turn on there. A little turn on there? I don't know. Should I do it? Yeah. No, no, no. Yeah, yeah. Oh, Aaron. Like even just the littlest of... Problem with this boot is I can't really bend my knee. It's what we got. It's what we got for now. And then you just edit my body on top. I'm okay. Okay. Enough. Did that hurt you? No. Don't tell me what to do. Okay. I'll board slide that. Oh, God. I feel like this is a bad idea. Did you just say ow? No. Ow. Okay. That actually hurt. Skate or die, they said. Now we're fine. It's completely okay. In fact, the doctor said, Aaron, you need to skate to heal it up. Okay. But you see how I did that? I just turned onto it. Yeah. You want to try? Okay. I mean, I want to, but I'm just not mentally there. Let's go look at this then. Okay. So this is a cinder block ledge with what seems to be like a signpost put on top. And it looks cool. And I also love where they put it because it's right to the edge of the skate park. Well, DIY there. And then also this little rail, which is also super rad, which is cemented in there, which looks super cool. Nice. Yeah. And then this right here also super sick. So somebody made the cement and put this rail in there. I'm going to give this a 10 out of 10. I'm going to give this a ledge, an eight out of 10. It would get a 10, but it needs like actual coping on both sides. It's a bit dangerous how the top is laid on there. And then we have this rail. It's like an up down rail, which looks super sick too. Up, down. Look at that thing. Beastly. It's awesome, right? Yep. Could you shred that? Yeah. In a couple of years. And we've only been at this, what now? Eight? Ten, I think. Some comment was so funny. The only person that Erin is teaching is the person who hasn't improved in eight years. Yes, she has. I just proved it at the beginning of this video. Okay. Then this spot is super, super sick. This is two parking blocks put together on a base to make it higher. Really rad. And the thing I like about these spots, you can learn a lot of tricks. If I was a brand new skater, I would come here and I'd learn every flat ground trick. I'd learn all the tricks on the ledges. This is hands down the best obstacle in the whole place. 10 out of 10. Piece of metal on top, nicely laid in. You can grind, you can slide. And doesn't this just look cool? It does look cool. Yeah. I like the DIY thing. So give me your overall overview of this whole parking. I mean, I like that it's not like official. Yeah. So then you feel like as a beginner, you can come in and just be a beginner. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Versus the place where there's tons of skaters and they all know what they're doing. This is like, you can kind of be hidden a little bit. Yeah. So good. And not be embarrassed. Right. All right. We hope you guys enjoyed this video. We hope that you as a brand new skateboarder, a beginner learned something from this. If you want to get out there and shred your local DIY, get out there and shred your local DIY. Learn to drop in. Learn to ride off a bank. Have fun pushing around. Skateboarding is about having fun. And we are out here building a positive community for you. Yes, you to learn how to ride a skateboard. Enjoy your day. And then the other thing is that was created by someone local. Yeah. Which I love. Like the locals are getting together and creating this whole thing. I don't know. I think it's cool. Yeah. Actually, the real way that we're going to grow skateboarding right now, which is what we really need. The skateboard industry needs to come together is just literally start groups. Just start a learn to skateboard group at your local skate park, at your local DIY, and just go out and have an absolute blast and help some people learn to shove it. Ollie push. Just build the community. Just do it all on your own and have a blast. We'll see you in the next video.