Beginner tricks

[The Monk]

Just getting started and wanted to know what tricks (aside from the olie, duh) I should be working on as a beginner. Basics, ya know? Thanks.

[MikeySkatr58]

I'd say practice doing manuals maybe to build up your balance. and remember to work on rolling ollies as much as still ollies.

[psycoskater]

Never... learn how to do a trick in grass also cause when you get on the cement, street, what ever... there will be nothing to stop you from moving so like practice your tricks rolling instead of still as much as you can... trust me i know that from experince cause i learned how to heelflip in grass and it took me a while to do it in my sidewalk also it took me a while to learn how to kickflip whille rolling... so it would be better if you practives rolling instead of still.. it is hard but less work... if you like wanna pratice your tricks still go for it...

[Yuddi]

practice b/s boardslides, manuals, and 180's.

[Ramprage]

Ollies, Shuvits, 180's frontside and backside, pop shuvits. Then try some kickflips, boardslides, 50-50s, heeflips etc.

Just a general idea of where to start, hope it helps :-41:

[iamflameboy]

i started with manuels and then got 2 ollies, then shuvits, then ollie to manuel, then kickflips, then heelflips

[Sk8er4life]

The ollie, pop shuvit, 180, kickflip, heelflip, 50-50, 5-0, backside slides dropping in, and rock to fakie. oh i was just wondering how do u change your status.

[skaterdawg]

how do you do a manual without
1) hitting a car
2) bailing
3) hitting a stone on the road?

[Snaker]

to all three: watch where your goin'

[skaterdawg]

also which way should the bolts on your trucks go should....

A) they should go towards the middle of the board

B) they shouls go towards the nose/tail

[skaterdawg]

its kinda hard when u are concentrating on not bailing and HOW do you do a manual cos i am gonna work on them instead of my shitty ollie

[Snaker]

the kingpin should face the middle

[Sk8er4life]

the side with the bushing should b facing the middle towards each other.

[skaterdawg]

ya i jst figgered that out when i started to skate and practice my ollie moving and the wheeles at the nose went to the right and the wheeles at the tail went to the left and i went to the ground :mad:

also i just found out that my ollie coulde be improved if i was trying it on a ramp so i know some1 who's dad is a demo man and he can get me all the plywood,wood studs and sheet metal i will ever need

P.S. on the ramp plans section how do you support the underside of the sloping bit of the halfpipe which is 16' wide, 27.6' long and 9' high but the vert wall is 30.5 CM and how do i attach a rectangular steel tube to a bit ow wood for a grinding frame?

[skaterdawg]

what is the secret of getting hight on an ollie yo are learing on grass and also what about trying to learn a trick on a gravle hock pitch as you wont move on that will that help my ollie

[Sk8er4life]

u should try it moving but in the grass(or on cement), instead of slamming your foot down with the board, push the board down without your foot, just through the board down with your foot, when u hear the snap of the board on the ground, slide your front foot up and jump as high as u can.if that doesn't work 4 u, than i guess i'm special.

[PhisicalHazard]

I think you should definately do pop shovits next. i learned them before ollies, its a pretty simple trick.

[skaterdawg]

so u think i should learn a pop shuvit instead of an ollie and work on from there and also do i need to know how to ollie top do some grinds and if not what ones can i do without an ollie

[hullo]

some beginner tricks are bs boardslides,ollie,pop shuv it,180,manual,50-50,kickflip,acid drop

[skaterdawg]

k thanx but i got my ollie goin but i was practacing it in my room cos it was raining and i could get a about 1/2 a foot off the groun but will that be because i am on carpet and not an cement?

[Snaker]

you will most probably go higher on concrete 'cause you have more pop on something solid

[skaterdawg]

ya but when i try it on concreat i fall???

[Flip Boy]

lean forward more then you wont fall as or anywhere near as much

[hullo]

dont practice your tricks on grass or carpet or anything like that just do them on cement trust me it sucks having to learn tricks two times

[WorldIndust]

I agree but with pop shuv-its, its easier to do them moving and like hullo said its better to learn on cement

[Ramp]