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BODY VARIAL
This is the simplist trick.
Jump into the air and turn halfway around. Yeah you heard us right. Well... you don't usually do this trick on it's own. You can add it on to other tricks to make them more "spiffy". For example: "kickflip body varial" would be a kickflip with a 180 degree turn of the body.
Can't say much more about this trick
Ollie
1)stand on the board with your back foot on the tail and your front foot in the middle of the deck.
2)crouch down til your hands are almost touching the ground
3)slam down on the tail while sliding the blade of your front foot up torwards the tail.
4)jump up off your back foot and tuck both knees into your chest.
5)extend your legs slightly to prepare for the shock of the landing.
6)land and absorb the force in your legs.
7)ride off.
*try to do steps 3 and 4 at almost the same time.
*learn this while moving because it sucks if you learn it still then have to learn it all over again moving.
*when you land keep your body centered over the board that way it doesn't fly out from under neath you and make you look [dumb].
*practice it alot.
Frontside 180 Ollie
As you can probobly tell from the name (Unless you're stupid.), it is imperitive that you learn the ollie first.
The First thing you have to do is prepare for the ollie. Then windup by reaching with your leading hand, across your chest and squat down.
Ollie. As you ascend (go up), unwind (i.e. untwist your body)! As you turn your feet should bring your board around with you.
After you have turned 180 degrees (half-way around) frontside, land.
Skate Hard.
The Backside 180 ollie
The Backside 180 ollie is not much different than the frontside 180 ollie, in that, you're still turning a 180, but you are turning forwards instead of backwards.
To learn the backside 180 ollie, it is recomended that you learn the ollie and the frontside 180 ollie first. Once learned you may attempt the trick.
When doing the backside 180 ollie, you would need to rely on your windup a lot more than that of the frontside 180 ollie. You must windup as muchas possible, and then release that windup and spin 180 with the board.
If you have a lot of trouble with spinning all the way around, try doing half-cabs instead. They are easier for some people.
Ollie Manual
In order to learn the ollie manual, it is painfully obvious that you must learn the ollie, and the manual first. Darn!
An ollie manual is the act of ollieing and landing on your two back wheels and balencing on them for a distance.
The best way I know to learn this is to pop a tiny ollie, as though you are ollieing over a crack, and don't level out the board. Land on your back wheels and try to be in the position you are in when you manual when you land.
One thing I know is that you should not try to learn this in place. Some people learn it moving fast, some people learn it moving rather slowly, but hardly any can successfully learn it standing still. You may need to try fast ans slow. Experiment with it and have fun. Don't get pissed off if you don't pull it the first try! Skate Hard.
Ollie Nose Manual
To do an Ollie Nose Manual, you should first be able to do both ollies and nose manuals consistently.
Set up for an ollie with your front foot near the nose of the board. (How far from the nose you wish to put it is up to you. Keep in mind that if you are trying to do this trick on a ledge or other high object, you need to be able to ollie high enough to get onto it, so you might not want to put your front foot too far towards the nose.) Do an ollie while sliding your front foot forward and onto the nose. Push the nose down faster than the tail so that the tail is sticking up in the air and the nose is pointed into the ground. Be sure not to point the nose too drastically into the ground as you only want the wheels to be touching the ground and not the actual nose of the board. Keep your weight balanced over the nose in a nose manual position. When you are ready to finish the nose manual or you come to the end of the ledge/object, there are two different ways you can come out of it. If you are coming off of an object, you may want to push the nose over it quickly so that the back trucks don't hit the object as you come off. You if you, it takes off a lot of style and doesn't look nearly as good. If you are not on an object simply put more weight on your back foot and lean back a little bit until your back wheels hit the ground. Be sure not to put too much weight no your back foot because you might slip out. When you are finished, keep your balance and ride away.
The Kickflip or Ollie Flip
In order to learn the kickflip, it is necessary that you learn the ollie.
Now that you have learned it, I want you to get on your board in an ollie stance. Okay, we're going to have to alter this stance a little. Take you front foot and put it right before the front bolts. Now turn it 45 degrees. The ball of your back foot should be in the middle of your tail.
Now to actually do the trick. First you gotta pop down your tail real hard, just like an ollie, so you begin to get off the ground.
As you rise, you should slide your foot the way you do for an ollie, but you want to slide off the heel edge of your board also.
Now you better have your feet outta the way. However you gotta do it, do it.
Wait for the board to spin around, and stay well above it. When it comes around bring your feet back in and catch it. The best place for your feet to catch the board is right on top of all the bolts. You want to "catch" or "grab" it in the air with your feet, and then bend your knees a little because the ground is coming.
When your board hits the ground (and you should be on it at this point...), you need to use your legs like shocks on a car, and obsorbe the landing.
Ride away looking cool, because you just did one of the harder basic tricks to master
Sex Change
This is a good trick to learn after you have learned how to kickflip and your to lazy to learn how to heel flip.
1. Start out with you feet in the normal position to kickflip.
2. Now smash the board down and do a kickflip but be sure to get high above the board.
3. Then while the board is spinning do a body varial and land it.
4. Try to land with both feet covering the bolts.
5. Ride away and see if the stupid person watching you even noticed the difference.
The Pop Shove-it
Before you attempt this trick, as for most tricks, you ought to know the ollie first.
The first thing you need to do is give it a "pop" (Slam down on that tail.) Now "shove-it" around with your front foot so that the board turns a 180, but you stay in the same place. You ought to learn it standing in place first, and then learn it fakie. After that you can attempt it moving forward.
You can place your feet in different positions for this trick. It all depends on you. Some put their feet sort of the way you would for a kickflip. Others put one foot about on the middle facing straight forward and the other facing straight forward on the tail.
Remember when you do it to jump forward. Because if you just spin out the board and stay in the same place, your board will just fly out and you will look stupid. We wouldn't want that...
Heelflip
Note: There are different ways to do this, we will just explain our way. We're not perfect, and it's not normal. If you want perfect, go somewhere else.
Keep your back toe on the center of the tail. Your front foot should be at a little bit more than a 45 degree angle. It should be in the center of the board with your toe hanging over the toe edge.
Hit the tail. As you do this, slide your front foot forward at an angle and just before it hits the nose, bend your foot/angle it and flip the board over the toe edge with the toe of your foot. Jump.
Wait for the board to rotate. When it comes around, bring knees up and stop it with your feet.
When you land, as with the kickflip, don't look like a dumbass.
Ride away all siclike. Hell yeah!
Varial Flip
It is essential that you know the pop shove-it and kickflip before attempting this sic trick. Then you will be cool to go for it.
The best way to put your feet is with your back foot on the toe edge of the tail, and with your front foot at about a 45 degree angle and your toe on the heel edge. It should be about 2 or 3 inches from the bolts.
This whole thing is simultaneous. Hit the tail (duh.). Push your back foot to the heel edge like a pop shove-it. Slide your front foot forward and towards the edge, flipping the board. Try to keep your board underneath your feet. Try to keep your feet out of the way while it is flippin' around. Then when it has turned a 180 and flipped "catch the board", as in get your feet back into the normal position for riding in the air. Got all that dummy?
Land and keep your weight centered or else you will slip out and look like a dumbass, unless you already are a dumbass, in which case you will look like a real dumbass.
Okay, if you didn't look like a dumbass, ride away cool, knowing that you did a really sic flip trick.
In order to do the nollie you must become quite formiliar with the switch-stance ollie. Then you should begin riding normal (If you're goofy ride goofy and if regular then ride accordingly). As you are moving, set up your feet for a switch ollie off the nose. Follow directions of an ollie except off the nose
The Nollie Flip
1) Set up going forward just like you do a kickflip, but in the nollie position.
2) You should already know how to nollie and flip the board, nollie.
3) Before you try landing them going nollie, try switch kickflips on carpet or on grass.
4) Once you can land them, try them going nollie.
5) Hit the nose and flip the board whichever way you feel most comfortable.
6) It helps to jump really high to have more accuracy when you land on the board.
7) Balance your weight and ride away. Don't slip out. It hurts!
Other Nollie Tricks
Nollie to Grind:
Ride parallel to the curb or other object. When you feel comfortable nollie. When you get into the air, you should level out the board quickly or else you will eat it. You definately do not want that. Hurts. Then do your best to land on your trucks on the edge of the curb. Keep your weight balenced and land smooth.
Nollie Shove-it
Ride at a comfortable speed. When you are ready, pop your nose like any nollie trick, then as you lift from the ground shove the board around to catch it and land smooth. Hence the name: Nollie Shove-it.
Nollie 360 Shove-it
Before you attempt this trick, learn the freakin' normal nollie shove-it k? Alright. Then all you gotta do is kick harder and jump harder. Land it smooth. Ride away clean.
Nollie to Kickflip
This is a completely different trick than a nollie kickflip. In this trick you nollie, then flip the board with your front foot like it was a normal kickflip. It is very very similar to a nollie pressure flip. To do the trick, nollie real high. When you begin to level out the board slide back with your front foot and kick in down. Then get your feet outta the way. When it comes around catch it like a kickflip. Land. Ride. Very difficult but keep on tryin'.
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Nollie Blindside
When doing this trick get in the nollie position and face ur head over your right shoulder (if natural). Nollie, then when ur in the air turn the board to the right. Try and get it right around and land smoothly.
Nollie Heelflip
To do this trick position your front foot halfway on the nose. Put ur back foot just before the back bolts, with the toe just over the edge and the heel just over the edge. Pop the nollie and flick ur foot out and quickly bring it back in. This trick is hard to get high but practice makes perfect.
Nollie Grab BoardPlant
This trick is good for changing stances and/or direction quickly and with some phat stylin' flair, too. It's eas to do, and you can change from fakie to regular stance or vice-versa. Whatever. Here's how we break it down:
1)Ride flatland kinda medium-slow paced.
2)Get in your nollie stance.
3)Push down on your nose, like you're doing a nollie, but slide your toe off the end of the board and hold it while bustin' this dope trick. This way, you have traction with the ground with your shoe and you should stop right away.
4)As the board suddenly starts to flip up, grab your tail and kick your back foot out in front or to the side, whatever you can do. Keep your weight back or you'll go flying forward without a board. Plus, you'll look like a 100% genuine dumbass poser who has no skill like the Beebster.
5)While you stop the board and grab it WITH your weight back, pull your back foot back onto the board and ride off in the other direction. You will have to build your speed back up because it is hard to roll back fast out of this trick unless you stopped while going uphill.
6)Roll away all smooth-like, while givin' up the props to the Beebster for blessing you with the knowledge to outskate your most formidable opponent.
To mix this trick in with anything else and make it the phattest ever, you can:
*do it coming out of a nose stall
*spin it 180 or as you approach a ledge(for the truly sick) pull it, 180 around and ollie off the ledge.
360 Pop Shove-it
This trick is actually pretty tough. You ought to know how to do regular pop shove-its and at least be able to kickflip and stuff.
You'll have to try putting your feet a few different ways. The best way is to put your feet kind of like an ollie and scoot your front foot towards your back a bunch. The most important thing is to keep the board from flipping, so you don't land prematurely or overmaturely.
Hit your tail and swing your back foot back. Jump. You want to use the power in your back foot for it.
Try to shoot it around fast and grab it with your feet. You might have to jump forward to catch it like a 360 flip .
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