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Rock and Roll - Problems and Variations
Rock and Roll Skateboarding Trick Instructions and Help

How to Rock and Roll

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Most of the problems are the same as with rock to fakies - A lot of rock and roll problems have to do with skaters not taking the time to first get used to riding, and not making sure that they can rock to fakie first. Make sure that you are comfortable riding around, and that you know what it feels like to ride a ramp. If you can't ride up a ramp, kickturn, and ride back down, then you should get comfortable with that first.

There is also the unfortunate problem where you can ride up the ramp, get your trucks over the edge, and then your trucks get stuck there and you fall. This can hurt. The problem is that you are just barely getting those trucks over the coping, and that you aren't shifting your weight the right way. Try and get those trucks way over the edge, make sure you get a real rock forward in there, and then when you rock back it will be easy for your front trucks to pop back over the edge.

Another problem is with the kickturn, when you have a hard time with getting it all the way around 180 degrees. To solve this problem, just try riding straight up a ramp and kickturning on the side of the ramp, and riding straight back down. Once you have that figured out, you should be ready.

The basic variation of the rock and roll is to try it frontside. The frontside rock and roll is a lot harder, but once you have the backside rock and roll figured out, you should certainly try it!

After learning to Rock to Fakie, try Axle Stalls.

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