Learn Skateboard Tricks

By Ben Sheffer


An Ollie is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder launches into the air with the board. The Ollie is used to jump over obstacles and is a fun trick to master. To complete an Ollie, the skateboarder follows these steps.

1. To perform an Ollie, the skateboarder stands on the board with the back foot on the tail and the front foot in the middle of the deck.

Two) bend your knees and crouch down on your board. Hit the tail against the ground as hard as you can with your back foot. You will have to practice to work out exactly where you place your back foot as everybody's Ollie is slightly different.

3. As the board bounces off the ground the skater slides the front foot towards the nose and lifts the back foot. The skater and the board are now airborne and the rider's knees are tucked towards the chest.

Four) now lift your back foot, while levelling the board out by shifting your weight over your front foot. You must get the board as level as possible before landing with your knees bent.

One of the most satisfying tricks you can learn is a kick flip. Begin with your feet in the Ollie position, you will need to angle your front foot slightly with your heel off the edge and your toes pointing to the nose. As you Ollie slide your front foot forwards and flick it out and down off the side of the board. This will cause the board to flip, as the board completes one full rotation catch the grip tape with both feet over the truck bolts. Concentrate on landing with all four wheels on the ground and roll away.

A slide or a grind involves the skaters sliding down a handrail or kerb on a certain part of the board. These are advanced and risky tricks. There are four main types of slides or grinds: 1. Tailslide - sliding on the tail kick 2. Noseslide - sliding on the nose cake 3. Boardslide - sliding on the middle of the board 4. Grind - sliding on the trucks.

If you want to carry out a slide or grind, you must Ollie on to a rail curb, with another speed to allow you to move with the board for as long as possible.

Although the street skating can be dangerous, as long as you look out for all the potential hazards you'll be quite safe. These hazards include cars, pedestrians, cracks in the pavement, and small stones that can jam your wheels.

When skating on a half pipe or at a skate park, skaters need to look out for and try to avoid running into each other. There should only be one skater on a particular apparatus at a time. Skaters also need to clear the area of any litter or stones. These may get caught in a skaters wheels and cause a dangerous fall at high speed.

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