Skateboarding Lessons: 5 EASY & IMPORTANT TRICKS for a BEGINNER SKATEBOARDER to look Experienced

The best way to find out which board you want is to ask your friends - try their boards out, standing on grass so you don't need to worry about falling off. When you get your own board, start out on grass or carpet and practise standing correctly, working out your balance, getting the push/riding stance right - then when you move onto concrete you'll already be a little comfortable on the board. Check this channel for tips [this video]

This guys channel is great. [this video] It's also not your usual 20 minute video bullshit. VL Skate is also another good channel. As others have said just ride about your board as much as you can. As for parts, if you are on a budget get a blank deck, Ricta Clouds wheels, Bones Reds bearings people will say don't cheap out on trucks but honestly a beginner wont be able to tell the difference between a cheap set and a set of indy's personally I ride KRUX trucks and they're pretty good.