Trick tips
OLLIE
The ollie is the basis for almost every skateboard trick. Nine out of ten tricks require an ollie of some sort. If you have the ollie mastered then you are not far from mastering streetstyle. The ollie itself is the act of jumping into the air while keeping your board on your feet. So if you are skating down the sidewalk and all of a sudden an old lady were to fall in front of you and block your path, you would want to ollie over her and keep going on your way.
Step one: Place your front foot in the middle of the board and your back foot on the tip of the tail (or back). This is your preparatory foot placement, it will help you to go higher.
Step two: With your back foot you want to "tap" your tail onto the ground. Do this by smashing your tail downward while jumping up. Once the tail has "popped" off the ground, slide your front foot up from the middle of your board toward the nose (or front). The secret to this trick is timing your "jump" with your "tap," and your "tap" with your "foot slide" - this takes practice, so be patient and you will improve. Tip: You are jumping off of your back wheels, before your tail actually hits the ground.
Step three: Leveling off. Once airborne, the "foot slide" levels your board out. The "foot slide" is the process of scraping your foot (or more likely, your shoe) upward and forward across the grip tape toward the nose. You do this just after the tail tap and jump. Fact: The tap and the foot slide combined are the ollie's essence, your jump determines its height.
Step four: Land. Tip: A good thing to remember with any trick is what I call the "box." Imagine yourself in an invisible box the size of your skateboard. Always keep your body centered above your board and in this box. I find it helps you to land tricks because a common mistake is to lean too far forward or backward. Thank you and have a nice day, bunghole.
KICKFLIP
Step one: Your back foot goes on the tail and your front foot goes in the middle of the board, but hangs a bit over the heel edge.
Step two: Do an ollie, but rather than only sliding your front foot upward and forward, you must also slide your foot (again, probably your shoe) to the heel side enough to start your board in a spin. This action requires you to actually kick your front foot off of your board. The spinning board hovers for a second between your sprawling, supple legs.
Step three: "Catch" your board in mid-air once it has spun completely around, and land.
50-50GRIND
Learn to ollie onto the curb or obstacle, or at least as high, and be able to land your axles on its edge. Approach almost parallel to, but slightly at it. Ollie and try to level the board as you guide your back truck toward the edge. When your back truck makes contact with the edge, set your front truck down in the fifty-fifty position. Try to land on top of the curb or obstacle with just the two heelside wheels hanging over the edge. Remain totally on top of the board. Grind along until you start slowing or until disengagement is desired. Lift your front truck and pivot away from the edge. Push against the edge with your back foot as the board pivots off of it. Level the board as you descend for a smooth landing.
HEELFLIP
The heelflip is like the ollie flip, except that the board spins toward the toe edge rather than the heel edge. It would be wise to learn the ollie flip before attempting the heelflip. Once having mastered the ollie flip, the heelflip is but a variation.
The heelflip entails ollieing and kicking your leading foot towards the toe-side edge of the nose, rather than towards the heelside edge as you would for an ollie flip. Your leading foot should be placed just behind the front bolts, not in the center of the board as for an ollie. The combined motions of ollieing upwards by pushing down with your trailing foot and kicking forward and to the toe-side edge with your leading foot will make the board spin. As it spins around, "catch" it with your feet once the topside is up again. Land and rock on
NOLLIE
The nollie is very much like an ollie, requiring the same timing and motions to get a good "pop." The difference is that the leading edge of the board (the nose) is used to ollie, rather than the trailing edge (the tail). Approach an object or nothing at all with moderate speed. Position your front foot just in front of the front-truck bolts and your back foot in front of the back-truck bolts (toward the center of the board). When you're ready to nollie, lean a little bit forward over the front of the board. It may seem a little awkward at first, but get used to it. To get a good pop, press firmly with your front foot while lifting your back foot. Once the board is airborne, use your back leg to level it out. It may be useful to try switchstance ollies to accustom your legs to the role reversal required to do a nollie.
5-0 GRIND
1)Find a heavy pole, curb, or step find something you can grind.
2)get some speed(not alot but some)
3)The ollie higher then the object your grinding.
4)Then land your ollie in a manual on your back truck and manual the object.
*note if you ollie to high it can be hard to grind
Tailslide
1.Push
2.Keep footing same as frontside tailslide(see my other trick)
3.Get about 5 inches from the object
4.Do a half of a backside 180
5. When you hit the object, put pressure down on the tail
6.Slide as long as desired
7.Roll away
8.Make everyone jealous
9. Yell:"oooooohhhhhhh!!!!!!"
10.Thank Me
WALLRIDE
well this trick is kinda hard but is prety fun
its and old skool trick too
u go towards the wall at an 30° angle an ollie
then
when u hit whit ur nose the wall
u slam ur back foot against the wall
and ride a litle
then ollie down
and have fun with every wall u can find