First 5 Tricks for Beginner Skateboarders How To in Extreme Detail and Why

1. This [VIDEO] and this video [VIDEO] helped me get started. Another tip would be telling you an ollie really isn't that easy. Don't get frustrated when they take a while to learn. 2. Schedule in regular practice and actually do it, even if you don't really want to. For me, skating is intrinsically fun so once I'm on the board it's great. I just sometimes need to convince myself to actually do it. It also helps if y

I'm also new and I was struggling this for a while. I only maybe sorta figured it out a day or two ago so take this with a grain of salt. For me, what was helpful was thinking of myself as pushing off the ground with my front foot - essentially, I'm pushing the board to one side (giving it momentum) then pivoting it and turning that sideways momentum into forward momentum. But to do that push you have to actually hav

From someone who has only been doing this for a month or so, here are some things that have helped me: 1. Practice jumping off the board, both feet at the same time. Sometimes it feels like you need to bail and it can help to get both feet off quickly to the sides. Think fast light feet (more possible if your knees and bent while you’re one the board.) Practice this stationary as well as while rolling. It will give y

Don't worry, nothing's gonna be wasting your time, especially at this point. Even just riding from point A to B is gonna strengthen your balancing muscles and let you skate a little more aggressively than you could yesterday. Just don't be afraid to branch out styles if you're stuck. Learning basic pumping/ carving/ kick turns on ramps will get you more comfortable riding with speed. A little bit of basic freestyle w

Sarah her has got a few films on Monster Walks - [VIDEO] When I started practicing monster walks I could hardly lift my board. It would take 10 minutes to get across a tennis court - now I can do it super quick. I am now practising backwards monster walks. And guess what it takes 10 minutes to get across a tennis court….you can figure out the rest. Practice, practice, practice…. Even if you only move an inch or pivot

[VIDEO] this video (and several others on her channel) helped me a lot

As a new skater I often end up not really following his advices exactly. He seems cool and all but I found other YouTube videos that helped me a lot more than his videos. Like for example when I was learning about how to move around doing tic tacs I found that videos like this [VIDEO] and this [VIDEO] helped me more than his other videos. Even for the most basic shit like pushing, I found videos like this [VIDEO] tha

Starting to skate switch is awesome... not an easy feat. Work on tick-tacks and kick turns. Next you'll need a different board for many other tricks as a "nickel board" is short and has very little nose. (not that you can't do tricks on that board - it will be easier on a standard board). Check out Sarah -she is great [VIDEO] [VIDEO] See more of her stuff - great for beginners! Skate On! 💪🏻