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TRICK TIPS

Some things you should know:

When you are talking about airs frontside means you turn with your front facing forward, backside means your turn with your back facing forward.
When you are talking about grinds or slides frontside means the object you are grinding/sliding on is in front of you, backside means the object your are grinding/sliding on is in back of you.
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Flatland

Put your feet on the board so the front foot is in the middle and the back foot is on the tail so the curve of the toe is even with the curve of your board
Pop down on the tail and slide your front foot up toward the nose
Push forward with your front foot to bring up the back and suck up your feet
Even the board out and land with your weight centered
Ride away and learn a better trick

Put your feet in the same position as the ollie but with your toes hanging off the board a little
Twist your arms the opposite direction of your spin, like a wind up
Pop down on the tail and pull up with your front foot, swing your arms and point the board at 90 degrees
Push forward with your back foot the rest of the 180 and land
Stay balanced, roll away and say "Wow, now I can start learning some real tricks!"

Put your feet in the same position as the ollie but with your heel hanging off of the board a little
Twist your arms the opposite direction of your spin, like a wind up
Pop down on the tail and pull up with your front foot, swing your arms and point the board at 90 degrees
Pull back with your back foot the rest of the 180 and land
Stay balanced and roll away

Put your back foot on the tail the same as the ollie and put your front foot in the middle of the board with the heel hanging off
Have both feet angled slightly towards the nose
Kick down with your back foot and slide your front foot up and kick it off of the corner of the nose
Bring up your back foot and let the board spin underneath you
Catch it when it is done spinning and land with your feet over the truck bolts
Keep your weight centered and roll away

Put your feet in the same position as the ollie but with the toes of the front foot hanging off the board
Kick down with your back foot and slide you front foot up and forward
Kick your heel off the side of nose and bring up your back foot
Let the board spin underneath you and catch it when it is done
Land with your feet over the truck bolts
Keep your weight centered and roll away

Put your back foot on the tail like you would for an ollie and put your front foot on the board like a kickflip but with a little less of your heel hanging off of the board
Pop down with your back foot and kick backwards like you would for a pop shuv-it
Kick your front foot forward off the side of the nose like a kickflip
Suck your legs up and watch the board rotate underneath you
When the board has flipped all the way around like a kickflip and rotated 180 degrees like a pop shuv-it try to catch it and stop it from over rotating
Land with your feet over the truck bolts and try to keep your balance
Roll away and tell your friends that your better than them

Put your feet in the same position as the ollie
Ride up parallel to the object
Do and ollie and turn 90 degrees with the middle of your board on the object
Center your weight and lean back to keep sliding
When your reach the end of the object lean your board to the same side that your started on
Pull back with your back foot and push forward with your front foot to straighten the board out
Land straight and roll away

Put your feet in the same position as the ollie
Ride up parallel to the object
Do and ollie and turn 90 degrees with the middle of your board on the object
Center your weight and lean forward to keep sliding
When your reach the end of the object lean your board to the same side that your started on
Push forward with your back foot and pull back with your front foot to straighten the board out
Land straight and roll away

Put your feet in the ollie position
Ride up parallel to the object
Ollie forward pointing the center of your trucks to the object you are grinding
Land on the object centered and keep sliding
When you reach the end of the object push down on the tail and bring up the nose a little bit
When your back trucks clear the object center your weight
Land straight and roll away

Put your feet in the ollie position
Ride up parallel to the object
Ollie backwards pointing the center of your trucks on the object you are grinding
Land on the object centered and keep sliding
When you reach the end of the object push down on the tail and bring up the nose a little bit
When your back trucks clear the object center your weight
Land straight and roll away