How to Do a Shove It
A shove it is an advance street skating technique that takes practice and patience. This move is all about keeping the feet in the right position. A 180 Shove It is all about returning to the original position safely. Be sure to wear padding and ... [... more]
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How to Gain Momentum on a Skateboard Ramp
Successful skateboarding involves knowing when to gain momentum and when to back off your speed. Ramps or bowls provide excellent opportunities to gain speed before doing an extreme trick like a boardslide on a rail or a big stair set jump. Stand ... [... more]
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How to Mount Skateboard Trucks
Skateboarding is more than just riding along the sidewalk. It's banging against the pavement and railings, and taking falls that can damage the trucks. Skateboard trucks hold your skateboard wheels in place. They're the T-shaped part on the ... [... more]
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How to Pop shove it (frontside)
Same as the regular pop shove it, just in the different direction. Okay, now first position yourself as you would for an Ollie, but let your back toes pressing down on the tail move back so your heel is hanging off. Now, snap your tail as you ... [... more]
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How to Select a Longboard Skateboard
A longboard skateboard lets just about anyone cruise the streets on a comfortable, easy-to-ride board. They can also be used for downhill racing and slalom. They are heavier, longer boards built for speed, but there are a few choices you have to ... [... more]
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How to Select Skateboard Trucks
In skateboarding, trucks basically act as your steering mechanism. For years, Independent trucks ruled the world of skating, but then the entire sport changed and more companies began producing quality skateboard trucks geared towards specific ... [... more]
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How to Skateboard Like Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk received his first skateboard from his brother at age 9. Starting at this young age, whatever Tony wanted, Tony accomplished, and at 16, he entered the professional skateboarding. Tony has changed the skateboarding world with his skills ... [... more]
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How to do a kickflip
this article is about the basics of skateboarding, you will be learning how to execute and land a kickflip set your feet up like you would for a ollie but put your front foot a little farther down on the front bolts: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP ... [... more]
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How to Jump Off a Curb With a Skateboard
Any street skater needs to know how to jump off a curb on his skateboard. This should be a pretty easy feat, as long as you already know how to ollie. And once you perfect jumping off a curb on your skateboard, you'll be ready to learn how to ... [... more]
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How to 50 50 grind
when you reach the rail ollie in to it with both trucks on the rail keep your balance util you reach the end of the rail then just have both feet on the board how to 50 50 get alot of speed [... more]
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How to Do a Fifty-Fifty Skateboarding Trick
A Fifty-Fifty is a fun skateboard trick to learn after you have mastered the ollie. Like the boardslide, a Fifty-Fifty involves popping an ollie onto a rail. Instead of sliding on the board, though, you slide on the rail on your skateboard's ... [... more]
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How to do a kickflip on a skateboard
You will learn how to completely land a kickflip on a skateboard First off foot position. Start with your back foot on the tail like you are about to do an ollie. Then have your front foot just behind the bolts and have only the balls of your ... [... more]
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