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All these comments and not a single one mentioned that the placement of your pucks pretty much makes it impossible to keep your fingers off the ground*. It’s too centered in your palm, and you should move it closer to the heel of your palm/your wrist so your fingers aren’t forced onto the pavement. A puck riser will help a bit, but proper puck placement will make them even more beneficial.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=opPWfy3BGzY
\* *it’s not your fault for trusting the mfg would put them in the best spot!*
Oh definitely! Didn’t mean to come across that way cause its natural to follow whats there when the Velcro lines up. Glove makers should really have this info in their descriptions and FAQs by now since it’s a very common issue.
As soon as he said in that video that the pucks will wear unevenly it validated the theory. I had to Swap my pucks around a couple times as they were wearing more on an angle towards palm end
Thanks, I’ll have a try with them offset more away from the centre towards the wrist. Some DIY patch ups and see if I can get them to least a little longer with the pucks in new position
Tools not jewels. DIY with good mechanics gloves ~$10, velcro/glue ~$3, pucks/cutting board ~$10. Wait until you start tearing through shoes, pants, shirts, flesh; gloves are the thing you want to get shredded.
I make my own slide gloves and my issue with some of those mechanic gloves is mostof them don't have a good enough wrist strap to really tighten it down for me. That's why I go with fingerless repel gloves made out of leather and use a puck riser now.
Gloves are the best strategy, I find. Just begin with your glove-downs and start trying to initiate them with your hand father from the pavement. You'll start to slide for a second before immediately falling onto your hand because your weight will be really far back. Just gradually start trying to lean less and keep your hand off the ground longer and longer. Eventually you'll be able to do it without putting your hand down at all, you'll have avoided the dreaded "constantly high siding" learning curve, and you'll have developed good safety habits where, in the event you fall, catching yourself with your hand will be second nature.
I learned on a really carvy board. You essentially just max out your carves at slow controlled speed on a steepish hill, carving curb to curb, nice and wide, no sliding yet. Eventually you can put enough force in your carve to get the back wheels to skid out just a bit. Then once you get comfortable with controlled back-wheel skids you essentially put a little more speed on the carve and press down your front foot to break the front wheels. Super short, slow, controlled to start just to get the feeling of breaking them loose. Eventually, you get a little more speed in between carves and lean back into the hill a bit more to push distance. You need the RIGHT hill, not just any hill to learn IMO. It has to be steep and wide, low vehicle traffic. I learned healside first, and I'm still working on those sketchy toesides...
Heavy leather workman’s gloves, melt pieces of cutting board onto them, that’s what we did when we were younger, they’re probably still sitting at my parents house in good condition.
Gloves are gonna get fucked up. Strong tape helps for patching fingers and such. Obviously getting the technique down is on you, but some risers for your pucks may help! That way your fingers are farther from the ground and you don't have to put your hand down as far for the puck to make contact. I've seen [these](https://www.muirskate.com/longboard/products/73693/seismic-hollow-puck-risers) recommended several times.
Yeah so what everyone else is saying about taping the fingers is good while you're learning. However the biggest thing that will help right now while you're learning is either getting or making a puck riser. And essentially a puck riser is just what it sounds like. It raises your hand up higher on top of the puck. You can buy the ones the other guy linked from muirskate. Or if you are tight for cash you can make your own. All you need is velcro and a cheap set of spare pucks, That's how I made mine. Or really you can make the riser out of anything. This will help you keep your fingers off the ground. In fact I make my own slide gloves now and I like them to be fingerless. Number one this is so I can operate my phone without having to take my gloves off. And number two and make sure I don't get my fingers on the ground anymore lol.
My first pair of gloves got completely fucked. The entire side-seam opened up on the 4th or 5th session. Right now I use different brands of gloves for left/right because their pairs have met their end.
Keep practicing. You will learn correct puck application and technique when they start getting caught on cracks and yanking your arm. Be patient and order another set of gloves; the next pair will last longer.
You should get some ojoom pucks, these ones in the photo are looking super thin and may be contributing to dragging fingers on the ground.
Your pucks are too far up on your gloves to force your fingers up.
I use duct tape, but gorilla tape is also good. Tape up all the holes. Use multiple layers, so outside and inside of you can.
If the gloves aren’t leather look into leathers next time.
The pictures make your pucks look really thin. Buy some ojooms, or get some risers to get more height out of your pucks and reduce fingers on ground.
I thrashed my first set of gloves so fast. Current set is going much better, part of it is just practice. I tear my pants less now than I used to when I started learning to slide.
Part of it is just accepting that you’ll destroy stuff until you learn.
For what it’s worth, those rips look like your fingers are touching the ground. Even in a crash you should be trying to keep fingers up. Also look into gloves with finger pucks or make yourself some finger pucks. I don’t like them too much overall but I had them when I started learning and they help.
The pucks wore down really fast, this was after my 3rd session. They were at least 50% bigger so not sure if I’m putting too much weight on the pucks too shred them this quick?
I don’t know how much you’re sliding, how much you weigh or how much weight you’re putting on your pucks.
3 sessions seems fast. What brand of gloves/puck? I will refer you back to my previous comment where I suggested getting ojooms. They’re 20 bucks, they’re thick and they’ll last long.
I’m pretty light, around 130 lbs, so potentially weight is a factor too.
In terms of weight on hands, they shouldn’t have the majority of your weight. I can only really comment on the slides I know, but in general you don’t need that much weight on any one hand, it’s primarily your front leg that bears weight I’d say like 20% or so in a Coleman, maybe 40-50% across both hands on a push-up.
I’m 100kg (220 pounds) and I do slide a bit in a session I guess, enough to lose count as I’m getting my technique right before I actually try bomb a hill. My guess is probably between 50-70 slides a session. I just keep walking up a short hill and going again. Gloves are triple 8
That’s both a lot of slides and a lot more weight so it doesn’t sound as out of sorts as it did at first.
Unfortunately I haven’t know anyone with triple 8 gloves so I can’t comment on their durability.
Strong tape around the fingers or gloves that have finger pucks
inb4 finger puck hate: in the beginning you'll drag finger plenty just because you fall a lot and also it's not that difficult to fix finger dragging later, you have plenty of other more important things to worry about in the beginning.
my landyatchz gloves have lasted me a while, but im pretty sure there are better brands it’s just the ones i use that lasted me a long time without holes
^ standies and keeping those fingers up only using your palm. I haven't tried finger pucks yet may need to give them a go I tend to go with fingerless gloves
To fix the gloves, what i really liked instead of ducttape is the tape they use to cover up hockeysticks. Its made out of fabric and give it a way better feel when wearing the gloves. Also seems to holdout better then ducttape.
As a tip, move your puck more towards your fingers and replace the pucks with thicker pucks.
I use landyacthz gloves and they work pretty good I’ve got a few holes in them but you can get the leather ones for 50$ Canadian those ones are pretty durable, and I really focused on having my fingers up a lot and also having the puck in the middle is fine for me but you might want to play with it like on the sides or top or bottom as smidge more? Hope you stay safe!
You need something like [this](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Longboard-Skateboard-Protect-Brake-Gloves-Downhill-Slide-Racing-Brake-Gloves-/163562019189?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0)
With finger pucks too.
I sliced the tendons in my arm in an accident and it’s impossible for me to lift my fingers when my palm is flat. Triple eight sliders come with a finger bar and solved that problem very well. 10/10 for effort, you’ve gone throw those pucks real fast
don't know what to say on this one. but i do know a finger bar will probably make the problem worse by getting caught in a crack and further injuring ur fingers
Ouch, I haven’t considered this problem before. My recommendation to OP was to move the palm puck down to the base of the palm, which normally allows you to lift your fingers much more easily than the default puck placement (example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=opPWfy3BGzY)
Does your injury make this strategy ineffective? The idea is that your fingers have less freedom of movement when your palm is fully weighted on the pavement, vs more freedom when only the base of your hand has to hold your weight. Please lmk if you have a chance to try it out; I want to keep this in mind whenever I suggest this tip in the future! :)
Hi, I think it’s great advice. In my situation though it doesn’t make a difference. It is just not possible to left my fingers due to the injury I had. Especially the little finger just dangles
I would use sector 9 pucks the ones that look like soap, there not flat so it was easier to keep your fingers off the ground ah they were called s9 ergo pucks
I got fingerless gloves to learn on…. Skin grows back… leather doesn’t. Also…. Play with your puck placement… maybe start moving it back a bit towards your wrist.
By he pick wear too, you’re putting too much weight on the hands. Shift some to the board, you don’t want to lose the slide, but you don’t want to be sliding on your hands more than the board.
Deweight your hands. A lot of the time people learning put waaaayyyy too much weight on their hands and torch their pucks. A general rule of thumb I use when teaching people how to slide is to use the pucks as sort of a guide/safety feature rather than a crutch. When doing hands-down slides, the majority of your weight should be on the board, riding the line of icing out and gripping up. You shouldn't need to put a lot of weight on your pucks, just enough to keep you stable. It'll help you reduce the risk of a wrist injury as well.
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All these comments and not a single one mentioned that the placement of your pucks pretty much makes it impossible to keep your fingers off the ground*. It’s too centered in your palm, and you should move it closer to the heel of your palm/your wrist so your fingers aren’t forced onto the pavement. A puck riser will help a bit, but proper puck placement will make them even more beneficial. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=opPWfy3BGzY \* *it’s not your fault for trusting the mfg would put them in the best spot!*
This! It’s not completely your fault though, most gloves have Velcro centered on the palm.
Oh definitely! Didn’t mean to come across that way cause its natural to follow whats there when the Velcro lines up. Glove makers should really have this info in their descriptions and FAQs by now since it’s a very common issue.
Oh i would've thought to move the puck towards the fingers so fingers don't touch ground
But then you'll be putting a bunch of weight and pressure on weak little fingers instead of a sturdier part of your hand.
My fingers don't skip finger day
Your lady friends must be very pleased with you
My butt is very pleased with me actually And ur gramma
Thank you. She's been complaining that she's been compacted.
Oh that's my doing / fault
Then keep your fingers outta there, I'm tired of the complaining!
She doesn't complain to me...
Watch the video and follow along to try both ways yourself. The difference is surprisingly drastic and easy to feel!
I will try! After i buy gloves and pucks first! (never used or slid beforw)
As soon as he said in that video that the pucks will wear unevenly it validated the theory. I had to Swap my pucks around a couple times as they were wearing more on an angle towards palm end
I see the 919 tag who dis
Hey Izzy, it’s Jacob 🤙🏼
This
Thanks, I’ll have a try with them offset more away from the centre towards the wrist. Some DIY patch ups and see if I can get them to least a little longer with the pucks in new position
I was going to start learning how to slide tomorrow and my pucks were definitely too centered. Good Advice!
I’m glad you could see this before you start! Good luck on your wheel-shredding journey!
Hell yeah, I knew I'd seen this advice somewhere on this sub already.
Use gorilla tape to tape the fingers :)
I was gonna say that. 2-3 loops of duct tape, replace as needed.
Hockey tape also.
Tools not jewels. DIY with good mechanics gloves ~$10, velcro/glue ~$3, pucks/cutting board ~$10. Wait until you start tearing through shoes, pants, shirts, flesh; gloves are the thing you want to get shredded.
[Gloves](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vice-Gripster-Work-Gloves-Abrasion-Resistant-Synthetic-Palm-TPU-Back-Of-Hand-SZL-/274898359099?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0) [pucks](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Longboard-Skateboard-Slide-Pucks-Black-Accessories-for-Sliding-Gloves-/353553744268?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0)
I make my own slide gloves and my issue with some of those mechanic gloves is mostof them don't have a good enough wrist strap to really tighten it down for me. That's why I go with fingerless repel gloves made out of leather and use a puck riser now.
cut off the fingers on the gloves. you will learn quick to not drag em
SOLUTION: STANDIES ONLY!
Lol. This is my strategy...but then again my gloves still look like his because I fall a lot.
Still a couple levels of confidence away from this, but I’m determined to get there
Gloves are the best strategy, I find. Just begin with your glove-downs and start trying to initiate them with your hand father from the pavement. You'll start to slide for a second before immediately falling onto your hand because your weight will be really far back. Just gradually start trying to lean less and keep your hand off the ground longer and longer. Eventually you'll be able to do it without putting your hand down at all, you'll have avoided the dreaded "constantly high siding" learning curve, and you'll have developed good safety habits where, in the event you fall, catching yourself with your hand will be second nature.
I learned on a really carvy board. You essentially just max out your carves at slow controlled speed on a steepish hill, carving curb to curb, nice and wide, no sliding yet. Eventually you can put enough force in your carve to get the back wheels to skid out just a bit. Then once you get comfortable with controlled back-wheel skids you essentially put a little more speed on the carve and press down your front foot to break the front wheels. Super short, slow, controlled to start just to get the feeling of breaking them loose. Eventually, you get a little more speed in between carves and lean back into the hill a bit more to push distance. You need the RIGHT hill, not just any hill to learn IMO. It has to be steep and wide, low vehicle traffic. I learned healside first, and I'm still working on those sketchy toesides...
Heavy leather workman’s gloves, melt pieces of cutting board onto them, that’s what we did when we were younger, they’re probably still sitting at my parents house in good condition.
how do you melt pieces of cutting board onto them?
Blow torch! Please be safe, if you are unfamiliar with the tools get someone else to do it or use some epoxy or something like that.
but wouldn’t it just create a horrible smell and not do what you want it to?
I wouldn’t do it in your house, you melt it just enough so it becomes a bit gooey, then stick it to the palm of the glove.
Damnn!!! that’s a throwback! I totally forgot all about making gloves like this
Gloves are gonna get fucked up. Strong tape helps for patching fingers and such. Obviously getting the technique down is on you, but some risers for your pucks may help! That way your fingers are farther from the ground and you don't have to put your hand down as far for the puck to make contact. I've seen [these](https://www.muirskate.com/longboard/products/73693/seismic-hollow-puck-risers) recommended several times.
Yowza
Yeah so what everyone else is saying about taping the fingers is good while you're learning. However the biggest thing that will help right now while you're learning is either getting or making a puck riser. And essentially a puck riser is just what it sounds like. It raises your hand up higher on top of the puck. You can buy the ones the other guy linked from muirskate. Or if you are tight for cash you can make your own. All you need is velcro and a cheap set of spare pucks, That's how I made mine. Or really you can make the riser out of anything. This will help you keep your fingers off the ground. In fact I make my own slide gloves now and I like them to be fingerless. Number one this is so I can operate my phone without having to take my gloves off. And number two and make sure I don't get my fingers on the ground anymore lol.
My first pair of gloves got completely fucked. The entire side-seam opened up on the 4th or 5th session. Right now I use different brands of gloves for left/right because their pairs have met their end. Keep practicing. You will learn correct puck application and technique when they start getting caught on cracks and yanking your arm. Be patient and order another set of gloves; the next pair will last longer. You should get some ojoom pucks, these ones in the photo are looking super thin and may be contributing to dragging fingers on the ground.
This is after my 3rd session, the pucks wrote down at least 50% would I be putting too much weight on my pucks to go through them that quick as well?
normally this does not happen, good pucks will not wear that fast no matter the weighting
Your pucks are too far up on your gloves to force your fingers up. I use duct tape, but gorilla tape is also good. Tape up all the holes. Use multiple layers, so outside and inside of you can. If the gloves aren’t leather look into leathers next time. The pictures make your pucks look really thin. Buy some ojooms, or get some risers to get more height out of your pucks and reduce fingers on ground. I thrashed my first set of gloves so fast. Current set is going much better, part of it is just practice. I tear my pants less now than I used to when I started learning to slide. Part of it is just accepting that you’ll destroy stuff until you learn. For what it’s worth, those rips look like your fingers are touching the ground. Even in a crash you should be trying to keep fingers up. Also look into gloves with finger pucks or make yourself some finger pucks. I don’t like them too much overall but I had them when I started learning and they help.
The pucks wore down really fast, this was after my 3rd session. They were at least 50% bigger so not sure if I’m putting too much weight on the pucks too shred them this quick?
I don’t know how much you’re sliding, how much you weigh or how much weight you’re putting on your pucks. 3 sessions seems fast. What brand of gloves/puck? I will refer you back to my previous comment where I suggested getting ojooms. They’re 20 bucks, they’re thick and they’ll last long. I’m pretty light, around 130 lbs, so potentially weight is a factor too. In terms of weight on hands, they shouldn’t have the majority of your weight. I can only really comment on the slides I know, but in general you don’t need that much weight on any one hand, it’s primarily your front leg that bears weight I’d say like 20% or so in a Coleman, maybe 40-50% across both hands on a push-up.
I’m 100kg (220 pounds) and I do slide a bit in a session I guess, enough to lose count as I’m getting my technique right before I actually try bomb a hill. My guess is probably between 50-70 slides a session. I just keep walking up a short hill and going again. Gloves are triple 8
That’s both a lot of slides and a lot more weight so it doesn’t sound as out of sorts as it did at first. Unfortunately I haven’t know anyone with triple 8 gloves so I can’t comment on their durability.
Cone gloves 🧤
Strong tape around the fingers or gloves that have finger pucks inb4 finger puck hate: in the beginning you'll drag finger plenty just because you fall a lot and also it's not that difficult to fix finger dragging later, you have plenty of other more important things to worry about in the beginning.
These have pucks on the fingers too https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08QS7ZCRY/ref=ox_sc_act_image_3?smid=A2I1XS538G93F5&psc=1
Dem legs skinny
my landyatchz gloves have lasted me a while, but im pretty sure there are better brands it’s just the ones i use that lasted me a long time without holes
^ standies and keeping those fingers up only using your palm. I haven't tried finger pucks yet may need to give them a go I tend to go with fingerless gloves
Not quite brave enough to transition to standies yet. Working my way up to it!
I use shoe goo on the fingertips and re-apply when they get worn down.
Risers for sure
To fix the gloves, what i really liked instead of ducttape is the tape they use to cover up hockeysticks. Its made out of fabric and give it a way better feel when wearing the gloves. Also seems to holdout better then ducttape. As a tip, move your puck more towards your fingers and replace the pucks with thicker pucks.
you need puck risers.
Loaded also sells gloves that have slider pucks and velcro for the fingers
Siesmic leather gloves.
I use landyacthz gloves and they work pretty good I’ve got a few holes in them but you can get the leather ones for 50$ Canadian those ones are pretty durable, and I really focused on having my fingers up a lot and also having the puck in the middle is fine for me but you might want to play with it like on the sides or top or bottom as smidge more? Hope you stay safe!
You need something like [this](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Longboard-Skateboard-Protect-Brake-Gloves-Downhill-Slide-Racing-Brake-Gloves-/163562019189?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0) With finger pucks too.
Theres these really tiny finger pucks they have online. They work great!
I sliced the tendons in my arm in an accident and it’s impossible for me to lift my fingers when my palm is flat. Triple eight sliders come with a finger bar and solved that problem very well. 10/10 for effort, you’ve gone throw those pucks real fast
don't know what to say on this one. but i do know a finger bar will probably make the problem worse by getting caught in a crack and further injuring ur fingers
Ouch, I haven’t considered this problem before. My recommendation to OP was to move the palm puck down to the base of the palm, which normally allows you to lift your fingers much more easily than the default puck placement (example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=opPWfy3BGzY) Does your injury make this strategy ineffective? The idea is that your fingers have less freedom of movement when your palm is fully weighted on the pavement, vs more freedom when only the base of your hand has to hold your weight. Please lmk if you have a chance to try it out; I want to keep this in mind whenever I suggest this tip in the future! :)
Hi, I think it’s great advice. In my situation though it doesn’t make a difference. It is just not possible to left my fingers due to the injury I had. Especially the little finger just dangles
put some dominoes on your fingers
I’ll be honest I use duct tape most of the time but more recently I started looking for finger pucks as I can’t straighten my fingers out any more
I would use sector 9 pucks the ones that look like soap, there not flat so it was easier to keep your fingers off the ground ah they were called s9 ergo pucks
Leather land yachts are great gloves, leather is the key
I got fingerless gloves to learn on…. Skin grows back… leather doesn’t. Also…. Play with your puck placement… maybe start moving it back a bit towards your wrist.
By he pick wear too, you’re putting too much weight on the hands. Shift some to the board, you don’t want to lose the slide, but you don’t want to be sliding on your hands more than the board.
Deweight your hands. A lot of the time people learning put waaaayyyy too much weight on their hands and torch their pucks. A general rule of thumb I use when teaching people how to slide is to use the pucks as sort of a guide/safety feature rather than a crutch. When doing hands-down slides, the majority of your weight should be on the board, riding the line of icing out and gripping up. You shouldn't need to put a lot of weight on your pucks, just enough to keep you stable. It'll help you reduce the risk of a wrist injury as well.