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How to ride and do basic tricks in a skatepark? - Learn To Ride A Skateboard (Chapter 7 of 7)

Learn To Ride A Skateboard2 skaters recommend it · 3 mentions, 2014 to 2019
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991K views · 15 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Chapter 7 of 7 in the Learn To Ride A Skateboard instructional series, filmed at Etnies Skatepark in California. Covers riding a skatepark, fakie, kickturn, pumping and dropping in.

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Linked in threads from new skaters nervous about a first skatepark session. Free, step by step basics for riding transition.

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u/ixAp0c2014 · 2 points

Honestly, before you skate at the park, you should skate around a nice flat parking lot or something, or even just skating the streets around your neighborhood if they are smooth enough for your wheels. Maybe find a stretch of street that is nice and smooth and practice cruising around back and forth, just getting comfortable on the board. You said you can't go more than a few feet at a slow speed without feeling wob

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