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How To Manual on a Skateboard

By Steve Cave, About.com

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Danny Way wearing a helmet, after winning gold on the Mega Ramp at the X Games

Danny Way wearing a helmet, after winning gold on the Mega Ramp at the X Games

Manual Photo Credit: Steve Cave
Personal note - make sure you wear a helmet when learning to manual! Leaning to manual is learning to balance, and while practicing, you will likely fall a lot. Sometimes, you will fall backward and your skateboard will shoot out in front of you. When this happens, there's a great chance you will nail the back of your head on the ground very hard. You might not think that helmets look cool, but drooling out of the corner of your mouth for the rest of your life doesn't look very cool either. Wear a helmet!

You might also think about wearing wrist guards while practicing manualing - but like I said Just Starting Out, you should really try to not use your hands to catch yourself when you fall while skateboarding (Read more about getting hurt).

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