Once you have your spot, get going at a pretty good speed. You'll need to be good enough at cruising around on your skateboard to be able to get up speed quickly, and keep it up for a little while without more pumping. Choose a line (a route you will go), get up some speed, and get ready to manual.
How To Manual on a Skateboard
By Steve Cave, About.com
Step 4 - Need for Speed
Manual Instructions - Dylan McAlmond manualing
Manual Photo Credit: Michael Andrus
And now to start manualing! You'll want to have plenty of flat ground to practice on. The skate park, sidewalk, parking garage or a large flat clean parking lot should do the trick. Just make sure it's flat, and mostly smooth.
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- Step 1 - Setup
- Step 2 - Foot Placement
- Step 3 - Brain Bucket
- Step 4 - Need for Speed
- Step 5 - Balance
- Step 6 - Landing
- Step 7 - Tricks and Tweaks
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