trick tips

ollie

The ollie is the most important trick a sk8er can learn. You need this trick to get high air or get up on rails,sidewalks,ect. It is done by putting your front foot a little before the middle of your board. Then press down on the tail as hard as you can at the same time slide your front foot up the board then (while in the air) press down with your front foot to level out. If you notice the backround that guy is doing an ollie. (Try not to lean back while doing the ollie).

heelflip

This flip i think is harder to learn but once you get the hang of it, it is easyer to do then the kickflip
. Most people like the toes of the board way the best. You do it by haveing the toes on your front foot off the board, then ollie
, but then with the front foot (right when the nose starts to curve) kick forward when yourin the air. Most people find it hard to land either because they are leaning back(this will cause the board to land in front of you) or some people can't land it is becuse they are afraid of landing on the board i just do it and don't think about how the board is gonna land.

kickflip

This trick is done by putting your feet in the ollie
position then do an ollie and,(right when the nose curves up) you kick backwards toward your heel.

360 flip

The 360 flip is what you might call a "compound trick" because it actually combines two tricks, the kickflip and the 360 shove-it. To do a 360 flip, you should position your front foot like you would for a kickflip, with your toe slid back toward the heel-edge of the board. Your rear foot should be positioned with your toe on the opposite corner of the board, namely the toe-edge of the tail. Rolling at a moderate to slow speed, pop an ollie, but as you kick your front foot for the "flip," swing your back foot underneath and behind you 360-shove-it-style. This will rotate the board around as it spins. The whole thing should take about the same amount of time a kickflip does, so you won't have to "hang" in the air any longer. When the nose comes back around and the griptape side shows upward, stick your feet back on and land it

180 Kick-Flip

• Position your front foot as you would for a kickflip, and your back foot like a Pop-Shove-It(also known as a variel)
• Swing your back foot underneath you as you would for a Pop-Shove-It
• As it swings under you, flip your foot out like a kickflip
• As it finishes the 180 and the kickflip land you feet on the top of the board

50-50 Grind

• Put your feet in the regular ollie position
• Roll at a moderate to fast rate of speed
• Roll parallel to the curb
• Now just ollie, move the board on to the curb.
• Try to manouver it so both of the trucks are "grinding." That is the curb's edge is running down the middle of both of the trucks.
• You should slide along the curb at least a few inches. When you feel that it's time to get off, or you start to slow down, just ollie off, or pivot off on the back truck.
• Then just keep practicing and practicing, until you get it down pat.

Nose slide

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