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What Are The Basic Skateboarding Tricks?

By Steve Cave, About.com

Question: What Are The Basic Skateboarding Tricks?
Answer: What is easy and hard in skateboarding varies wildly from person to person. But, there are a few tricks that are universally thought of as the "basic" tricks: The list can go on, but the line between basic and intermediate gets pretty blurry. I learned to Primo before I learned to ollie!

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