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Guide to Filming Skateboarding
Making your own skateboarding videos is easier now than it ever has been before. Cameras are relatively cheap, editing software is free, and sites like YouTube have made sharing your videos with the world the easiest thing ever! Make your own skateboard videos - learn how to film your own skateboarding videos, and get seen!
How to do Slappy Grinds on a Skateboard
A Slappy Grind (or "slappie") is any skateboard grind done without an ollie, where the skater rides up onto the ledge or rail directly. Slappy grinds are a great place for skaters to start if they don't already know how to do grinds, or if they're having a hard time with ollies. Read these slappy skateboarding grind instructions, and learn how to slappy grind on a skateboard!
Nose Stall Skateboarding Trick Instructions
Nose Stall skateboarding trick instructions, for both street and ramps - The nose stall is a great easier stall to learn. The nose stall is where, basically, you ride or ollie up to an obstacle and catch the edge of the obstacle with the nose of your board - balance there for a minuet - and then ride off. The nose stall is also a great trick to tweak and add to later. Read this instructions and learn how to nose stall on flat land or on ramps!
The Beginner's Guide to Skateboarding
Beginner skateboard gear - Here are some simple steps for first starting out skateboarding. Beginner skateboarding gear, how to stand on a skateboard, how to push around, and how to avoid or deal with skateboarding injuries - it's all here. Follow these simple step by step instructions on what to do as a beginner skateboarder, and you will feel comfortable on your skateboard in no time. Learning how to skateboard? Read this just starting out article!
How to Ollie on a Skateboard
The Ollie is the first trick that most skateboarders learn. Learning to ollie makes sense – the ollie is the foundation of almost all flatland and park skateboarding tricks. Once you learn how to ollie, you’ll be able to move on to learning all kinds of other skateboarding tricks, or inventing your own skateboarding tricks. Read these step by step instructions on how to ollie on your skateboard and learn how to ollie!
How to Nollie on a Skateboard
How to Nollie - Learning how to nollie isn't as tough as you might think. Check out these step by step instructions and trick tips for how to nollie on your skateboard, and learn how to nollie today! Complete with pictures and detailed help and instructions on how to nollie. The nollie is basically an ollie off the nose of your skateboard, or a "nose ollie". That's how the nollie got it's name! Read more to learn how to nollie.
How to 360 Pop Shove It
How to 360 Pop Shove It - Step By Step Skateboarding 360 Pop Shove It Instructions. The 360 Pop Shove It looks a lot like a regular Pop Shove It, only the board spins around a full 360 degrees instead of the usual 180 from a Pop Shove. This trick looks like it might be an easy step up from the Pop Shove, but it's actually pretty tough! Read these skateboarding trick tips and instructions to learn how to 360 Pop Shove It (AKA 360 Pop Shuvit)!
How To Backside and Frontside Pop Shuvit on a Skateboard
How To Backside and Frontside Pop Shuvit on a Skateboard - Learning Skateboarding Tricks with Step By Step Instructions Guide. Learn how to Backside and Frontside Shuvit (or Shove It, or Shove-It) and then how to Backside and Frontside Pop-Shuvit with these easy step by step instructions with pictures and illustrations. The Backside and Frontside Pop Shuvit is a great easy skateboarding trick to learn, and these skateboarding trick tips in how to Pop Shuvit should help out quite a bit!
How to Make Longboard Gloves
How to Make Longboard Gloves - Homemade longboarding gloves aren't too hard to make, and you're going to need them to do any high speed hill bombing. Learn how to make your own longboard gloves quickly and cheap, and get to longboarding down some steep hills at high speed!
Build Your Own Pro Grade Skateboard
Building Your Own Pro Grade Skateboard can be tough. Here's some basic guides to follow, about choosing your skateboard deck, your skateboard trucks, skateboard wheels, skateboard bearings, skateboard bushings, skateboard grip tape, hardware, riser pads and more. These instructions for choosing your skateboard help with picking parts for riding street, vert, parks, cruising and all terrain skateboarding. Build the perfect skateboard for you.
How to Build a Skateboard Grind Rail
Having your own grind rail to practice skateboarding on at home is a great idea. You can store your home made skateboard grind rail in your garage, and pull it out when you want to use it. A lot of skaters just buy pre-made grind rails. These are great, but they can cost a bit and aren't always exactly what you might want. Building your own skateboard grind rail is a lot easier you might think
How to 5-0 Grind in a Skateboard
The 5-0 skateboard grind (pronounced "Five-Oh") is another way to grind a ledge or rail. In a 5-0, the nose of the skateboard is in the air, and only the back trucks are grinding along. 5-0s look pretty sweet, and can add a lot of style to your skateboarding! Before you learn how to 5-0 grind, you should know how to... (learn how to 5-0 skateboard grind!)
How to Get Sponsored Skateboarding
How to Get Sponsored Skateboarding - There is nothing like it: the moment when you’re offered a sponsorship from your favorite skateboard company. Imagine the opportunity to have a company you support actually endorsing you. With a bit of work and a lot of persistence, you can get sponsored skateboarding. The following is a basic rundown of what you can do as an individual to get yourself into a position to be sponsored.
Learn How to Drop In on a Skateboard
Learning to drop in at the skatepark or on a ramp is one of the hardest things to master in skateboarding. However, if you are going to learn to skateboard at the skatepark or on a ramp, you will need to learn to get comfortable dropping in on your skateboard. Follow these instructions and learn how to drop in off ramps and at the skate park.
How to Ollie Down Stairs
Ollying off of stairs is a sweet skateboard trick - Ollie down stairs looks cool, and is very useful. The same principals behind ollying down stairs can work with other things too, like ledges or off tables. These step by step instructions on how to ollie down or off stairs will teach you everything you need to know!
Ollie on a Ramp - Learn how to Ollie on a Ramp - skateboarding trick tips
Ollie on a Ramp - Learn how to Ollie on a Ramp - skateboarding trick tips. Ramps come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and if you ride them, you are eventually going to want to know how to ollie off the end of a ramp. Ollying off of ramps can be a lot of fun! You need to learn to ollie of of ramps, vert and launch ramps, in order to do big grab tricks like the indy, or the 180 or 360. Read these step by step instructions on how to learn to ollie on a skateboarding ramp.
How to Ollie Off Curbs
How to Ollie Off Curbs - Learn to ollie off curbs on your skateboard. Once you know how to ollie, you are probably going to want to ollie off and onto all kinds of things. That's great! The skills you'll learn here for ollying off of curbs can be used to ollie off of all kinds of things. Read these instructions on how to ollie off of curbs!
Caveman - How to Caveman Skate Trick Tip
The Caveman skateboard trick is basically a really cool way to get on your skateboard. With the Caveman skate trick, you jump on the board before the board hits the ground! This adds a whole new level of style to your skating. Read these step by step instructions on how to caveman on your skateboard, and learn to caveman today!
No Comply Trick Tip - How to No Comply
No Comply Trick Tips, how to No Comply - The No Comply is an old school skateboarding trick, invented by Neil Blender (he was a pro skater in the 80's). No Complys are done usually on flat ground, like a skatepark or parking lot. The No Comply is not too difficult a skateboard trick, and can look very cool. Also, once you've mastered the No Comply, there are a million variations to the trick that you can try!
360 Flip Trick Tip - How to 360 Flip on a Skateboard
360 Flip Trick Tip - How to 360 Flip on a Skateboard - The 360 Flip (also known as a "tre-flip") is a skateboarding trick that looks similar to a kickflip, except that the board spins on two axis. That means that the 360 flip will flip like in a kickflip, but also spin 360 degrees like a 360 shuvit. If you are imagining a very sweet trick in your mind, then you're probably got it right! 360 flips are difficult intermediate skateboard tricks to learn - learn how to 360 flip!
How to Kickflip on a Skateboard
Learning how to kickflip on a skateboard is a great way to sept up your skateboarding, and move from beginner skateboarding into intermediate skating. Kicklflips aren't super hard, but kickflipping is very impressive to people watching you skateboard. A Kickflip starts with an ollie, so make sure you have learned how to ollie before learning how to kickflip. This article gives advice and information on how to kickflip on a skateboard, step by step instructions on how to kickflip.
How To Clean Skateboard Bearings
How To Clean Skateboard Bearings - I'm going to show you the fast, simple and easy way to clean your skateboard bearings. Use this method if your bearings are a little dirty, or just haven't been cleaned in a long time. Cleaning your skateboard bearings like this from time to time will increase your bearing's lifespan, and improve your skateboarding experience (you'll have more fun!).
X Games 11 Photo Gallery - Highlights
See pictures, images and photos from X Games 11 skateboarding in this Photo Journal Gallery. I walk through some of my favorite original pictures from the weekend at X Games 11 in this image gallery, talking about the X Games 11 skateboarding action, the X Fest, concerts, meeting the pro skateboarders and more. See this picture gallery for more about X Games 11 skateboarding and skateboarders.
How To Replace Skateboard Bushings
Replacing skateboard bushings is a piece of cake - and should be done from time to time. Bushings are the little rubber rings inside skateboard trucks (see photo). Skateboarding puts a lot of wear on your bushings. They can lose their spring, and your board will end up always turning in a certain direction, or simply losing performance. Read more about how to replace your skateboard bearings, how to disassemble your skateboard trucks, and how to reassemble your skateboard trucks.
The Coleman Slide - Skateboard Stopping and Sliding Instructions
Learn the Coleman slide on your skateboard or longboard. The Coleman slide is a 180 degree heelside slide. This slide technique was developed by the legendary Cliff Coleman in the 1970’s out of his determination to safely ride and bomb the hills in and around Berkeley, California. Learn how to Coleman slide on a skateboard through this easy step by step tutorial!