Skateboarding help, tricks, FAQs, etc.
By Steve Cave, About.com Guide to Skateboarding
In this path you'll find all the skateboarding instruction that you need - skateboard trick walkthroughs and help, along with beginner basics, frequently asked skateboarding questions, skateboarding terms and more.
- Beginner skateboarding
- Common questions
- Learn street or technical tricks
- Learn ramp or skatepark tricks
Beginner skateboarding
Everything the beginner skateboarder needs to know, from true skateboarding basics like how to stand on the board and how to push, to buying a skateboard.
- Just starting out skateboarding
- Learn to kickturn
- Learn to footbreak (stop)
- Dealing with getting hurt, and fear
- Top 6 reasons to start skateboarding
Common questions
There are questions that come up often with skateboarding, and learning how to skate. Here are answers to come of the most common questions:
- Is skateboarding a bad infuence?
- Are you too old to learn to skate?
- Should you wear pads or helmets?
- Nervous as a girl skateboarder?
- What should big or tall skaters do?
- Are cheap skateboards OK to buy?
- Is it OK to push with my front foot?
- Skateboarding FAQ - see more questions and answers
Learn street or technical tricks
Learn street skateboarding tricks, with detailed step by step instructions, complete with photos and help with common problems.
- Learn to ollie
- Learn to pop-shuvit
- Learn to rail stand (or primo stand)
- Learn to manual
- Learn to boardslide
- Learn to kickflip
- Learn to 50-50 grind
- Learn to heelflip
- Learn to nose stall
- Learn to 360 flip (or tre-flip)
- Learn to 180 Ollie
- Learn to 360 Ollie
Learn ramp or skatepark tricks
While a lot of street tricks can and should be incorporated into park skateboarding, there are certain tricks that use the ramp, transition or coping that can be a lot of fun to learn. Try these out!
Learn style tricks
Learn various ways to add style to your skateboarding, such as adding slides or manuals. Skateboarding is all about adding your own personal expression to your riding, and here are a few ideas to try out!
Learn vert tricks
Learn how to do tricks on vert ramps. If you have a vert ramp near you, riding vert skateboarding can be a LOT of fun, and different from any other kind of skateboarding you have tried. Vert ramps are HUGE, and in vert skateboarding you get a rush from the speed and flow that downhill bombing can only compare with. Learn some vert tricks!
Learn to longboard
Longboarding is riding a larger, longer skateboard. Longboarding is most often used for cruising around, but there are some pretty crazy ways to use a longboard as well, such as sliding down hills and break-neck speeds, or even tricks! Lean all about it!
