How To Skateboard

January 17th, 2008 by admin

There are a few basic skateboarding tricks that should be learned before moving on to anything more complex.
To get a jump start, you should give this ebook a try. It’s cheap, and cuts months off the time it takes to learn them.

1. The Ollie (Click Here To Learn How To Ollie)
   The ollie is amongst the most basic skateboarding tricks. It is the [somewhat] simple act of elevating the board into the air, and landing back on it. sound easy? Not when you’re starting!
2. The Manual
   The manual is a skateboard trick where you put your wait on the front or back of the board, causing one set of wheels to go into the air, and the other set to remain on the ground. Easier than the ollie. A good basic trick to learn when beginning.
3. The 50-50 Grind
   This Trick is the act of ollieing onto a rail, and riding down it with the nose pointed forwards, and the rear trucks on the pole.
4. The Kick Flip
   A more difficult trick, the kickflip is an ollie, following by kicking the board in a certain way where it spins around once horizontally. We’ll have a tutorial on this soon.

There’s a few more we’ll add soon.

Have fun!