The Tricks
• 360 Flip
• 360 shovit
• 5-0
• 50-50
• 50-50 Switch Out
• Backside Lipslide
• Backside Nosegrind
• Backside Tailslide
• Bluntslide
• Boardslide
• Frontside Boardslide
• Frontside Boardslide to Shovit
• Frontside Laidback Powerslide
• Half cab
• Hardflip
• Heelflip
• K-grind
• Kickflip
• Kickflip to Noseslide
• Manual
• Nollie Crooked Grind
• Nollie Flip
• Nosebone
• Nosegrind
• Noseslide
• Ollie
• Pop Shovit
• Salad Grind
• Streetplant
• Tailslide to Fakie





The Tips

360 Flip
•1) First you need to be able to keep a good amount of control and balance on your board.
•2) Approach the obstacle you want to try to do the trick over or down.
•3) Sweep your back foot in the opposite direction you are facing
•4) At the same time let your front foot flick straight off the corner of your board where the concave starts. If your goofy it will be the right side, regular would be the left side.
•5) After doing this let your board rotate under you until you see the board folding up to your feet
•6) Catch the board and land solid avoiding wheel bite
Note: foot positions vary from person to person, I prefer to set my back foot in the corner of the board and my front foot right under the bolts with my heel hanging off

360 Shovit
• 1) Push at a medium speed or what you know is best for you.
• 2) Place your feet over the bolts.
• 3) As you attempt, twist your hip backside as you kick your board around (try it 180 first until you are comfortable).
• 4) Then watch your board spin and stay above it. Don't be scared, it will come around. Remember the faster the better
• 5) Finally roll away, make sure you throw some style into it

5-0
• 1) approach the object with a good amount of speed.
• 2) try to come at the object parallel or with a slight angle.
• 3) ollie as if going into a 50-50 but with your weight on your back foot.
• 4) get into the grind with your weight on your back foot but your body forward (you dont want to lean back and slip out).
• 5) shift your weight back forward and even out the board as you come to the end of the object
• 6) try to land bolts, absorb the impact, ride away.

50-50
• 1) Learn to Ollie and get comfortable with ollieing while moving at a high rate of speed.
• 2) find a ledge or rail to 50-50.
• 3) Go fast and approach the object however you want to. Some people come at a 45 degree angle and some come directly at it in line with the direction they will 50-50.
• 4) keep your eye on the spot where you want to lock onto the object.
• 5) Ollie and lock your trucks onto the object.
• 6) Stand up straight and keep your balance.
• 7) spot your landing and stick it.
• 8) ride away and then take a victory run.

50-50 Switch Out
• 1) before thinking about this, you must be confident with doing 50-50's
• 2) come up to the object you want to grind. frontside 50-50's are a bit easier.go ahead and pop a olley .
• 3)get that grind on, and once you get to the end of the object, prepare to throw yourself into the opposite stance.
• 4)as you come off, body varial, land on your board, ride away with a nice feeling.

Backside Lipslide
• 1) Put in your favorite ACDC tape to pump up the session.
• 2) Don't try this trick until you have first learned to do backside 50-50's, frontside boardslides, and backside 180's.
• 3) Approach the ledge or rail like you are about to do a backside 50-50.
• 4) A Start winding up your shoulders like you do when you do a bakside 180 and as you clear the top of the ledge or rail use the wind-up to turn about 90 degrees into the backside lipslide position.
• 5) Now slide! The faster you go the further you'll slide but if you are on a rail or a box you need to keep most of your weight on your backfoot to get a good slide.
• 6) To come out, if on a rail, you just need to turn out like any other boarslide. On a ledge or box, however, you must put pressure on your tail to "pop" off the ledge, especially if it is a ledge with no end.

Backside Noseslide
• 1) Approach the object which you intend to grind as fast as you are comfortable skating. Your angle should be that of a backside 50-50 but your thinking should be that of a backside nosegrind.
• 2) With a clear mind and a comfortable foot placement (front foot right behind the front truck bolts) snap your ollie and push your front truck upon the obstacle.
• 3) Balance yourself over the board.
• 4) Push the nosegrind off the end of the obstacle enough to clear the back truck.
• 5) Bend your knees when you land, but don't fake the funk. (Style is everything.)
• 6) Roll out and bro down!

Backside Tailslide
• 1) You should learn to do B/S 50-50's this will help you get used to going into a trick backside.
• 2) After you can do B/S 50-50's you are pretty much ready to learn B/S tailslides.
• 3) Approach the ledge witth a little more angle than the
50-50.
• 4) Pop as if you are going to 50-50, and start turning as if your going to B/S 180.
• 5) When you feel your above the ledge with your tail just stick it on down on the ledge.
• 6) When sliding try and keep the majority of your weight on the tail. This will help you slide longer and keep you fro sliding out.
• 7) To land just let your shoulders lead the board and come out whatever way is easiest. Once you can control sliding better the way you land the trick is your option.
• 8) Once you land it smile and say "that was easy".

Bluntslide
• 1) Approach the obstacle at a comfortable speed.
• 2) Go like you're going to do a backside 5-0, but don't lock into the 5-0.
• 3) As you ollie, turn the board frontside 90 degrees and lock into a blunt.
• 4) Slide as far as possible and turn 90 degrees backside when coming out to roll away smooth.

Boardslide
• 1) Approach obstacle at a moderate speed.
• 2) Pop an ollie turning 90 degrees onto the rail, bench, ect.
• 3) Once on the rail keep your weight centered to avoid slipping out.
• 4) Once at the end of the rail turn out and ride away.
• 5) note: The faster you go the easier the boardslide.

Frontside Boardlside
• 1) You might want to start trying this trick on a double sided curb, railroad tie or parking block.
• 2) To start you are going to want to pop your ollie and turn your body perpendicular to your obstacle.
• 3) Land on the obstacle with your back leading the way.
• 4) Keep your shoulders turned to see where you are sliding
• 5) While sliding keep you weight centered over the board.
• 6) When coming off the obstacle use the direction of your shoulders to turn your body and go with the flow
• 7) Bend your kneed on the landing and roll away.

Frontside Boardslide to Shovit
• 1) go to the object with a confident frontside railslide
• 2) as you get on the object, straighten out your legs a bit and then think about how you are to shove it this board underneath your feet.
• 3) at the end of your slide, start taking your feet and try to to throw / turn your board as if you were on the ground practicing shove-its
• 4) as it shove-its, watch to see where it is when you get ready to get back on.
• 5) ride away so happy that you didn't get a wheel bite

Frontside Laidback Powerslide
• 1) go fast and take a mean frontside angle. (for some this may entail learning to carve.)
• 2) compress as you rocket into a frontside slide.
• 3) lay your trailing hand back.
• 4) slide your board around so it'll come under you, then simply ride it out.
• 5) pop open a cold one.

Half Cab
• 1) First learn how to backside 180
• 2) From the 180 get comfortable rolling fakie and doing fakie ollies.
• 3) You want to roll fakie and wind your shoulders up a little bit.
• 4) Now pop your board exactly like a fakie ollie and start turning your board with your shoulders.
• 5) Try and level out your board half way through your turn.
• 6) Keep turning till your facing completely forward.
• 7) Now just absorb the impact and roll away.

Hardflip
• 1) Apporach the object your are trying to hardflip (gap, stairs, ramp, flatgound).
• 2) Set your back foot in the left corner (if your goofy right corner if you are regular foot) of your tail. This will help you scoop the board. Then set your front foot on the upper right side (if your goofy) were it feels comfortable to flick it off to the side.
• 3) Since your board is fliping in a folding fashion most of the work is done with your back foot.
• 4) When your are ready, scoop your back foot so that your board will start going into a vertical motion.
• 5) When your front foot reaches the top of the board let it go limp so that you get a solid flick.
• 6) Avoid poping to hard, this will cause your board to pop up your butt. Try and pop with control
• 7) Watch for your board , catch it as it folds up to your legs.
• 8) Catch it, float, float and land.
• 9) Then ride away smooth.

Heelflip
• 1) Roll fast enough that you feel like you're rolling smoothly and comfortably across the ground.
• 2) Set up with your back foot on the tip of the tail and your front foot just behind the front truck bolts with your toes hanging off the edge of the board. Keep your body straight-- your head should be directly above the center point between your feet.
• 3) Bend down keeping your head above your board. (Don't lean forward, just squat.)
• 4) Pop your ollie and jump with it but don't throw your shoulders back as you go up. Right after your tail taps the ground, kick your front foot forward with the heel in a kind of diagonal direction. Kick it out in front of you but also kick it a little toward the direction in which you are rolling. This helps to give you a flip that you can see and catch easier.
• 5) Don't lean back! Don't try to bail! Catch the board, push it down and land. Roll away happy.

K-Grind
• 1) To start add my personal touch which is 5 pushes faster than you normally go...
• 2) stay about 1 foot out from the object for spacing
• 3) next ollie out at an angle and land on your front truck
• 4) press with your front foot while keeping about a 70/30 pressure between your feet
• 5) grind accross the object staying directly over it
• 6) to come out, put pressure on your back foot to lift the front of your board up
• 7) then direct your board with your front foot to where you want it to be
• 8) if you were going fast enough you should shoot off of the object and have to direct your board in the air
• 9) Land-Roll away and now try again EVEN faster

Kickflip
• 1) Start with your back foot on the tail and your front foot right under the bolts. Your front foot should be slanted just a little.
• 2) Bend your knees and pop your board.
• 3) Flick your front foot off the tip of the nose making it flip.
• 4) Suck up your legs for the catch. Try and keep your feet over the bolts.
• 5) Land and absorb the shock and roll away.

Kickflip to Noseslide
• 1) Creep up on the obstacle with moderate speed. A slight angle in navigation will probably help.
• 2) Set your feet to the kickflip position.
• 3) Get ready to pop the frontside flip when the impulse strikes you. When you have reached a safe distance, unleash the nasty.
• 4) While your board is rotating, aim your front foot to meet the nose of your board in a nosesliding position.
• 5) By now your back foot should have also made it back onto the board. Slide as far as possible, with all your weight on the obstacle.
• 6) Decide whether you want to come out forward or to fakie, unweight your front foot and dismount accordingly. Land cleanly and roll away in the direction of prospective sponsors.

Manual
• Must be able to ollie over a deck standing up
• ollie up a curb
• manual a set distance, like sidewalk cracks


• 1) Start and maintain a fair amount of speed. Make sure your back foot is covering most of the tail and your front foot is placed just before the bolts.
• 2) Pretend you are just going to ollie onto the curb but do it a little earlier and come up a little higher than the curb (so your back wheels dont bonk).
• 3) Land on your back two wheels and balance with your arms
• 4) hold still and just pretend you are dropping off the curb when you get off.

Nollie Crooked Grind
• 1) First you want to be comfortable with nollies and crooked grinds.
• 2) You're gonna want to roll up at a slight angle and have your feet in the nollie position with your front foot on the nose and your back foot in the middle of the board.
• 3) Now pop your nollie high enough to get your front truck over the obstacle.
• 4) Now this is where the grind comes in--once you're over the obstacle lock your front truck into a crooked grind.
• 5) Once you're grinding you're gonna want to put pressure on your nose to hold the crooked grind.
• 6) Now come out by sliding your back foot towards the back of your board.
• 7) Roll away.

Nollie Flip
• 1) Drop in going toward the pyramid at a decent speed.
• 2) Turn towards the hip you are going to land on.
• 3) Nollie pop and flip shifting your weight back in mid-air so you can land back on the board.
• 4) Land and shift your weight back forward.
• 5) ride away and go mack on some chicks.

Nosebone
• 1) to start, push push push push, and if your down PUSH SOME MORE!!!
• 2) now get ready to ollie, foot behind the bolts but not too much
• 3) ollie up and start turning your board tward your Left or Right at an angle
• 4) grab your board real hard and use your arm and front foot to tweak it out and turn it sideways as much as possible.
• 5) Now use your arm to push your board back straight
• 6) let go and get ready to compress and rollaway
• 7) try again FASTER AND BIGGER

Nosegrind
• 1) Approach the bench with medium to moderate speed, depending on the length of the bench.
• 2) Ollie as you normally would shifting your front foot just past your front two bolts.
• 3) Keep your back foot on the back of the board, with medium pressure, to keep the board straight so it won't turn side ways. And so you don't fall an look like a loser in front of your friends.
• 4) Keeping your balance as you come to the end of the bench, hopefully your speed will carry you off of your nose, clearing your back trucks landing bolts on bolts feeling like the king of the world !!!!

Ollie
• 1) Push at a comfortable speed, remember the faster you go the better the pop.
• 2) Place your front foot near the middle of your board, about two inches under your bolts. Put your back foot on the tail.
• 3) Squat, so you can spring yourself up.
• 4) Kick your back foot down so you can pop as you jump up, your front foot should rub upward on your griptape.
• 5) Make sure you tuck your knees to your chest, picking up your back foot as well to level the board at a good height. REMEMBER you are jumping forward.
• 6) Then come down comfortably, both feet on the board. It will look better if both your feet are over the bolts as well as lessen the stress of impact
• 7) Finally bend your legs as you touch down to give it that smooth style and roll away stocked.

Pop Shovit
• 1) Start off with your feet placed correctly on your board.
• 2) Cruise at a comfortable speed, its about the same as an ollie except you rotate your body inward.
• 3) As you ollie up kick your back foot behind you and you board will rotate inward.
• 4) Keep your shoulders and body straight, don't turn.
• 5) As the board rises up jump up with the board, the harder you pop the higher your board will.
• 6) Land Square on your board and ride away with a smile.

Salad Grind
• 1) Grow some balls and roll up.
• 2) Pop like you're trying a front blunt but don't turn all the way so your back truck sticks into a salad grind.
• 3) Grind till you can't grind no more.
• 4) It's hard to pop out but try it anyway.
• 5) Straighten your butt out and roll away, fool.
• 6) Listen to Ms. Mooneyhan when she teaches your sorry class

Street Plant
• 1) First it might be a good idea to learn how to walk on your hands so your wrists will be use to having all of your weight on one of them. Another good way to pratice is to do a handstand against a wall (brick,so you wont damage the wall) and shift your weight onto one hand. Once you have mastered that, you will be ready to go foward with the rest of the trick.
• 2) Ride foward with a little speed, plant your hand on the ground
• 3) At the same time you do that, you want to grab the board and start taking your feet off the board front foot first.
• 4) Boost off with your back foot and pull your board back to where you want to stall at.
• 5) At the same time, you want to bring your feet up to your board and stall there.
• 6) Bring body and board down at the same time.
• 7) Ride away with a little smirk on your face.

Tailslide to Fakie
• 1) First learn 50-50s and 180's, when your comfortable doing these tricks your ready for a fs tailslide.
• 2) approach the obstacle at a good amount of speed.
• 3) ollie 90 degrees and lean on your tail pushing it into the ledge or curb.
• 4) slide however far you want to.
• 5) pop out 180 and ride away smooth.

Credit To Switch Magazine and to me for posting a easy link to tips ;)

where did u get these tips from? can u find me tips for railstand to railstand. noraml rail to the other kind of rail. or primo liberty

Uhh...why did you copy all of these from the Switch Magazine website?

as long as he cites it.... I VOTE FOR STICKY!

as long as he cites it.... I VOTE FOR STICKY!

I think it would make a lot more sence to just make a sticky with a link to all the sites that have decent trick help info.. Shouldn't be to difficult....

did u even give credit to the peeps who made it? i mean like ur other thread it makes us not want u in the forum.

OOps I forgot to put in the credit I just wanted to put it on the forum so it would be easier to look at then opening up a new window and for one thing the tips are all together and there not on seperate pages like on swicth magezine ....

there ok tricktips from that website...I never really looked at them closely because no pics/vids. Gj posting it though

cool man i think we should sticky it.but did you get them from here

http://www.switchmagazine.com/skateboarding_tips/360_flip.html

he already said that he got from a website

Yeah, Wings thats a good post, might even help me out! I shall vouch for sticky as well as everybody else who has posted.

cool post dude i vote sticky!

Ok it has been sticky'd

he already said that he got from a website
yes that was spam i apolgize nice post btw imma try the 3flip tricktip in the morning Additional rep

Yay one of my post is sticky :D

Good job posting this man the're some good tips.

there not mine I just shared em ;)

thank you

i think you should add some tricks that are not on thier like fakies of all of thoose tricks or nollies of all thoose tricks

oh so you can't really do these

Nice good post, bu yeah should have ave credit but it's cool. Congrats on the sticky.

:icon_drdo I have credit on the post...

if i sent in a video of my kickflips could you help me

umm ... this is an embarrasing question ... whats a curb ??

lmao!!

lmao!!

Way to spam, you really helped him out.. <SP:)

And lachlan001, A curb is the edge of a sidewalk. They're good for practicing tricks off and on.. ome people also learn slide + grind tricks on them..

http://www.eskimo.com/~airs/CURB.JPG

if i sent in a video of my kickflips could you help me
sure send in your kickflip trick tip, ive mastered the kickflip so i can easily point out what your doing wrong

nice tips

Hi Wings,your tips n trick are useful for me. thank Wings.

umm ... this is an embarrasing question ... whats a curb ??

it's the step up from the road to the sidewalk...
http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/trafficcalming/Library/Bulb%20Curb%201.jpg

EDIT: thanks... really helpful...

I need help with pop-shoves, when I land them I land with both feet on the nose/front bolts so I stumble off, any tips?

Im learning 360 shoves so i can move on to bigspins

Wow those were some really good trick tips

You missed one essential tip... How to Skate - Go to the top of a hill, put one foot on the board and peddle with the other. Ride and pray!

haha

thats not really funny most skaters that come here already know how to ride a skateboard...

thanks for the tips i still dont get 50-50 switch outs some reason

great tips man! plus rep

i almost got the 3 flip!

please rep this guy

i dont think these trick tips were really all that helpful

i almost got the 3 flip!

please rep this guy


um heres an easier way, why dont you rep me if you think I should be ? :p:) hahah

thanks this will help me alot

Thanks for the back lip trick tip i really needed it!

Wow nice trick tips.

The 360 flip trick tip really helped me.

Man where did you get all those trick tips from?

good trick tips man i like the back lip one

wassup
im OK at skating but im still having some trouble with moving ollies. I can ollie fine standing still but every time i try to do it moving my board kiks out from under me so i was wondering if u could give me any tips
so hit us bak

I stickied this. Thanks really a lot, but I read it somewhere before.....not in the magazine as you stated....hmmm can't remember.

Anyways thanks again!

Thanks man, actually helped a lot.
I almost read the whole thing.

thanks with the Shuvit help, i haven't tried it yet because ive been skating for like 3 and 1/2 hours so im tired, but ill try it later

thanks wings this thread has been very helpful

Nice it helpet my uunderstand heelflips!!!!

Sorry if this already been asked but what ten or so tricks should someone learn first?

[Bump] So yeah, what are the top ten moves/tricks someone should learn when starting out?

Hey nice thread its like 10 treads in one, nice job!

you can get tips from http://skateboardingtips.gnhq.net

Uhh...why did you copy all of these from the Switch Magazine website?

that made me chuckle :)

i dont think these trick tips were really all that helpful

I have to agree. They're so vague and lack any details. One actually starts with "Start with your feet in the correct position" ...

Awesome guide

big amount of information

THanks for the tips!

yayyy. this helped me with my tailslides. (:

I can't nollie...

Thanks that helped alot :p

Thanks for the good information

Hey im a university student from the UK. Im currently doing my final year at univeristy and my major design project is on skateboarding, and how people learn tricks. so could you help me? basically i just want to know how you will learn to ollie, kickflip etc... basicaly do they watch tutorials on youtube? hold on to a rail to keep them in the air? use soft trucks? literally any basic concept that helps them succeed, you basically know how to do the tricks from videos and watching others but what helps you personally to hit the trick? your help would be great thanks!!
adam

Hey I'm a university student from the UK.

It varies from trick to trick, but commonly I learn how to do the trick by getting advice from friends and the net. When trying tricks:

If it's a flatground trick Then it all comes from practice. Finding out what works and trying different things, such as alternating foot position, shoulder rotation, amount of flick, where my foot flicks off of and and shoulder positioning.

If it's a ramp trick I'll just learn from watching other people. If I can see it done I can usually just figure it out. I'll often go into the trick with the intention of bailing and running back down the ramp. And every attempt try to come a little bit closer. Once I can comfortably get into the grind/stall, I'll put on some pads and just commit to any that feel good. Rails are pretty much the same.

And yes, I've watched tutorials on youtube, read them on sites like this one, gotten advice from friends, held onto rails, tried them on carpet, tried them on tiny ramps before bigger ramps and try them on little rails before bigger ones.

Any specific questions?

It varies from trick to trick, but commonly I learn how to do the trick by getting advice from friends and the net. When trying tricks:

If it's a flatground trick Then it all comes from practice. Finding out what works and trying different things, such as alternating foot position, shoulder rotation, amount of flick, where my foot flicks off of and and shoulder positioning.

If it's a ramp trick I'll just learn from watching other people. If I can see it done I can usually just figure it out. I'll often go into the trick with the intention of bailing and running back down the ramp. And every attempt try to come a little bit closer. Once I can comfortably get into the grind/stall, I'll put on some pads and just commit to any that feel good. Rails are pretty much the same.

Any specific questions?


Hey, cheers for the reply mate, appriciate it. Its good to see how other people go about this kind of activity, i learnt when i was much younger so all i can remember was trial and error. I always remember the ollie being really difficult, how did you learn the foot positioning? i always remember removing my back foot before landing due to being scared of being swept off my feet.
also how about the kickflip? how did you learn that? any help here is tremendous it all goes towards research so cheers mate
adam

And yes, I've watched tutorials on youtube, read them on sites like this one, gotten advice from friends, held onto rails, tried them on carpet, tried them on tiny ramps before bigger ramps and try them on little rails before bigger ones.

Any specific questions?[/QUOTE]

Foot positioning: I had a general idea of where they went when I started.
And I had enough of an idea to get an inch or so off the ground. But I only got actual height through trial and error. Like I figured out that the back foot (the "pop") was just as important if not more so than the front foot.
And if my back foot is on the tip of the tail the front foot can go pretty much anywhere and I can get good height every time.
Also in regards to your back foot coming off. I first did them rolling fast, off of concrete and into grass, where I wasn't afraid of injury. Then up a curb and into grass. Then it was jumping a crack, then a stick, then a hockey stick, then another deck etc until I could ollie trash cans standing up right.

Kickflips are grueling! I can 360 flip, fakie 360 flip and heelflip but my kickflips are still in a 1/20 consistency. I've landed them through trial and error, and imitating my friends.
Something that I've found with kickflips is that all the trick tips ever say is, "Do an Ollie, then flick your foot off to the side" as if it's the simplest trick in the world. But I just can't get it right. And whenever I land them it's always mobbed (kicked straight down and get no height) and so sloppy.

Did I cover what you want?
Every trick is a multi faceted approach that ultimately comes down to the mind. In skateboarding your body is just reacting to what your mind tells it to do. Whether it's overcoming fear, inventing a trick or logically approaching the physics of an Ollie. For example, Ollie-ing onto grass was a way of tricking my mind into doing something its scared of by taking away the fear. Then I just had to emulate that on concrete.

Any other questions? :biggrin:

dude thanks so much for that info ill be in touch again soon, but for the moment thats perfect, thanks for going through the effort thats proper great of you, ill message back soon maybe today later or tommorow but thanks a heap
Merging doublepost
another reply, so dude when you learn these things and also since you struggle with your kickflip what would you say are your bad habits in kickflips as to why they dont work, but also in all other tricks like with me when i do a 360 flip i tend to put my front foot way to far back, i can pull the trick off but it knocks my balance when setting up. simple stuff like that
thanks again mate
adam

dude thanks so much for that info ill be in touch again soon, but for the moment thats perfect, thanks for going through the effort thats proper great of you, ill message back soon maybe today later or tommorow but thanks a heap
Merging doublepost
another reply, so dude when you learn these things and also since you struggle with your kickflip what would you say are your bad habits in kickflips as to why they dont work, but also in all other tricks like with me when i do a 360 flip i tend to put my front foot way to far back, i can pull the trick off but it knocks my balance when setting up. simple stuff like that
thanks again mate
adam

Probably just not attempting them for weeks at a time. I know that's not what you were asking but that's primarily the reason I haven't got them. A problem I have is my flick is inconsistent so I always jump way to high to compensate, resulting in a full spazzed second in mid air where I have no control. I don't really know. I just can't do them.

Anyway, it's no problem. But if you want to chat some more you'll have to private message me. I'm not going to keep checking back on this thread anymore.

Seeya mate.

thank youu

nice guide will help loads. Although some lack a bit of info. i know its not a step to step and you have to do your own thing.

I've been trying 2 straighten my back when crouching but that makes it difficult to see the board which i am used 2, should i learn to skate without looking at my board, bend my back more or somthing else?