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10 Easy Skateboard Tricks for Beginners (No Ollie Required!)

Never Stop Improving6 skaters recommend it · 11 mentions, 2018 to 2021
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955K views · 8 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Never Stop Improving runs through 10 beginner tricks that need no ollie: bunny hop, revert, caveman, manual, hippy jump, nose stall and more. Each comes with a short demo and tips.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/NewSkaters whenever someone is stuck on ollies and wants something else to learn in the meantime.

“Here are some tricks you could learn before you can ollie. Work on the ollie along the way, if you get frustrated cruise around and try some basic stuff like reverts / manuals / pop the board into your hands”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/ixAp0c2018 · 8 points

You'll get better so long as you keep skating, every moment you spend on the board you are getting more comfortable. For manuals, try getting across a parking lot space (sideways width) - speed will help you clear it with less time balancing, and once you find the sweet spot for manuals it's easy to keep going until you slow down. It's harder to manual going slow than moving quick. Try riding off curbs now that you'v

u/GinsuVictim2021 · 8 points

1 - [VIDEO] 2 - It has nothing to do with coronavirus. They are practicing stationary tricks on carpet instead of concrete because it's safer for them at first. 3 - You're hearing wheels, not shoes. 4 - There is also rubber griptape that will not harm shoes and can be ridden barefoot (though I don't recommend ever riding barefoot).

u/TheDiabeticGM2021 · 5 points

There are actually a lot of useful links in our wiki here. Also, consider looking into the following for stuff you can work on right now: learn to manual, learn freestyle tricks, for instance, Monster Walking was the first trick I got on lock. Maybe Hippie Jumps or slappy grinds and board stalls. Practice getting your 180 kickturns down and learn to tic tac to the point that it's second nature. right now, I am tryng

u/PeteTsar2020 · 1 points

A month isn’t a very long time skating, get comfortable with these kinds of board control techniques and that you can roll around without having to overthink it. [VIDEO]

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