Give yourself a goal. Manual on a sidewalk, and see how many sidewalk cracks you can manual over. Try and add one. See if you can manual from one thing to another. Having a skater buddy with you will help - you can challenge each other.
Try and manual off of a curb. This takes some practice! You'll want some speed, and to make sure that you keep your balance perfectly. But once you pull it off, it sure looks sweet.
Try a one footed manual, like Tyler in the photo! This is hard to do, and takes a lot of balance, but it will impress everyone around. The basic principals are the same - shoulders forward, keeping balance. Don't try this though until you've really mastered manualing, and feel very confident in your skateboarding!
Make something new - these ideas are only a few. Go out and invent something totally original off of your manual! Try and Ollie while manualing (Rodney Mullen can do this - I don't understand how ...). Try combining a manual into a run. Try manualing around something in a circle. Try a nose manual. Try something that I don't have a name for!
Most of all, have fun. If you run into any problems with your manual, you can drop by the Skate Lounge with your questions. You can also try some of the other tricks in the Trick Tips section. But for now, you have the instructions down - get out there and learn to manual!
