How to Manual (Wheelie) and Nose Manual on a Skateboard (Flatground Trick Tutorial)

Find a nice big parking lot, and practice doing manuals. Eventually it'll click, it just takes some trial & error. Here's a helpful video tutorial [VIDEO]. Once you can get a small distance each time, you'll be ready to take them off curbs & over small cracks. Try getting across a parking lot space, going between the lines. You'll start out slipping out / losing balance, but eventually you'll find the sweet spot where you lock into your balance. Going over small cracks & imperfections, you'll want to put slightly more weight on your back trucks until your front wheels are clear, then put slightly more weight on your front trucks. You can also pump over the cracks, by putting more weight on your back trucks, then right as the back wheels are about to clear the crack or whatever small obstacle you're rolling over, jump up so your weight is shifting upwards (but don't jump off the board). By placing more weight on your back trucks, you are allowing the front wheels to roll over with less friction / weight pressing down on them, then the upwards hopping motion (or alternatively putting a bit more weight on your front trucks) as the back truck clears basically does the same thing.

I recently started to really enjoy manuals, since I got better at them. What helped me is.. not having both knees bent. I shove the board under me, keeping back leg straight and front leg bent. While I say shove, it just feels like a shove, it is actually just having the board front trucks from the ground, but still keeping back wheels on the same spot as I was riding normally. It requires a little shove backwards. Once I have this position, it is all about balance of the back foot basically. I have been experimenting with that, and you really have to feel the truck under your foot. You stand on it and just give little motions with front foot (if you need bigger motion, you roll your ankle like you want to do ollie) Tadaa, I have been able to cover long distances with this technique. [VIDEO] - this helped.