Easy Skateboard Tricks

Easy Skateboard Tricks - 360 Flip

2009-11-30T09:33:00.000-08:00

The 360 flip, also known as tre flip and 3 flip, can be very frustrating skateboard trick. People struggle with it for years, but lucky for you guys I have gone through these struggles, learned how to perfect them and will now share the strategies and secrets of how to do them with you. First of all you should be able to do Varial flips, they don't need to be the best of the best because there are a lot of different techniques between the two skateboard tricks, but Knowing how to do them will make you feel more comfortable and confident with learning 360 flips.

Step 1. Your foot positioning is crucial to master this trick. The standard position (this is a general outline and may change from person to person) should have your back foot in the pocket (concave) of the frontside edge of your skateboard. Your front foot should be on about a 45 degree angle about half way up your board with your heel hanging off the backside edge.

Step 2. Start to ride at a slow but reasonable pace, I wouldn't suggest trying to learn this trick standing still because it's a lot harder to get the scoop of your back foot if your not moving.

Step 3. As you pop you want to really focus on the scoop of your back foot and swing it behind you fast, also most of the weight on your back foot should be in your toes.

Tip. One thing I see people do incorrectly when trying this skateboard trick is they rely too much on their front foot for getting the flip, this is where they differ hugely from varial flips. The Key to 3 flip is in your back foot and finding the right placement of it so that it will flip without you front foot having to kick it way out like a kickflip. That's why it's so crucial to find the right placement of your feet! With that being said your front foot still plays a part, it just doesn't play a big part of the actual flip and rotation, that doesn't mean it does nothing for it, its just not even close to as important as your back foot.

Step 4. After you've popped the skateboard leave your front foot out to guide it around and catch it so it doesn't over rotate. Make sure you keep your upper body square with the skateboard because it's very easy to get thrown off when both your feet are doing different things.

Step 5. Staying on top of the skateboard is the hardest part to this trick and my suggestion is to focus on that, stay on top of the board and remember that its closer to land on the back of the skateboard with two feet than to land on the top three feet away from your body with one foot.

Step 6. As you land on your board be prepared for it, this skateboard trick is notorious for slipping out backwards, so make sure you have your knees bent and your weight evenly distributed between both legs.

Step 7. Stomp it on the truck bolts and roll away clean.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Varial Flip

2009-11-24T10:08:00.000-08:00

The Varial Flip is a combination between a Kickflip and a BS Pop Shuvit, make sure that you can do both of these skateboard tricks otherwise you'll have a hard time learning this. The object is to get the board to do a 180 and flip at the same time and your body stays in the same place. Varial Flips can be a frustrating skateboard trick at first, don't get discouraged, practice them often and don't forget to master your kickflips and BS Pop Shuvits too.

Step 1. Set your feet up like you're going to do a kickflip but point your front foot towards the nose of the skateboard so that its at about a 45 degree angle.

Step 2. Start to pop your board and as you do your back foot is going to swing back behind you. Make sure to practice and get the timing of this down, its just like a BS Pop Shuvit (thats why its key that you can do these before learning Varial Flips).

Step 3. Your front foot is going to slide up the board and kick off the nose, particularly where the concave meets the nose of your skateboard.

Tip. Its also crucial to get the timing right between both feet to optimize the height and spin of the skateboard trick, just remember this when your trying it and know that it's just trial and error to get the timing perfect.

Step 4. Keep your shoulders square with the board, its very important that you don't let your body follow either of your legs, let them do their thing and let your upper body do its thing.

Step 5. Make sure to jump high and us your front foot to guide your skateboard around.

Step 6. Aim for the truck bolts when landing on your board, bend your knees to absorb the impact, find your balance and ride away clean.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Frontside Pop Shuvit

2009-11-21T10:41:00.000-08:00

A Frontside Pop Shuvit is the opposite of a Backside Pop Shuvit, its when the board does a backside 180 degree turn but your body stays in the same position. The key to this trick is your back foot and shifting your weight at the right times.

Step 1. First off get into the ollie position, now your going to want to move your back foot closer to the concave(groove) on the backside edge of your skateboard, angle it slightly so that your toe is pointing away from the skateboard. Your front foot should be moved out a bit so that your toes are hanging off the board a bit more than usual. This positioning is just an outline, start with this and alter it to where it works the best for you.

Step 2. As you start to pop the skateboard shift your weight back a bit and kick your back foot out in front of you, make sure to give it a crisp pop, this will help the board stay under you and not swing out behind you.

Step 3. When the board starts to get to about the half way point of the rotation shift your weight back to normal and guide it around with your front foot. This is the only thing your front foot is good for in this skateboard trick, dont get distracted and think that it can help you spin it around, frontside shuvits are all in your back foot!

Step 4. As it comes to the full 180 degree turn stomp your two feet back on, bend your knees to absorb the impact and balance out your weight.

Step 5. Ride away clean and do another 500.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Backside Pop Shuvit

2009-11-17T10:55:00.000-08:00

This is a great trick to for beginners to learn, its easy to bail from and its an easy skateboard trick to learn without riding really fast, in fact you could even start trying it stationary if you feel more comfortable that way. A pop shuvit is when you're board spins 180 degrees and you don't, except the technique has really nothing to do with a BS 180. Here's the Easy Skateboard Tricks step by step guide to learning the BS Pop Shuvit.

Step 1. Start in the ollie position but place your upper foot a couple inches lower than you normally would, this will help to spin the board around firmly.

Step 2. As you pop the board swing your back foot behind you, make sure you do this in one motion when you pop, don't do it to early or you won't get height on the trick and don't do it too late or you won't have enough time to get the full rotation in.

Step 3. Once your in the air, make sure to keep your shoulders square with the skateboard and keep it under you. The best way to do this is by giving it a firm pop and getting the correct timing between the pop and the swoop back of your popping foot.

Step 4. Keep control of your skateboard in the air with your front foot, use it as a guide to catch your board in the air at the right time and not to let it over spin.

Step 5. Let your legs be floaty in the air, don't be a stiff robot, then bring your back foot back onto the skateboard when it comes around.

Step 6. Hit the ground and absorb the impact. Ride away clean.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Dropping in

2009-11-13T11:38:00.000-08:00

This is a very easy skateboard trick for beginners, it doesn't involve popping or flipping or any kind of turning. To start learning this skateboard trick find yourself a nice mellow quarter pipe or small bank and put your tail on the copping or the edge at the top where it goes from a transition to the flat part, make sure your wheels are on the transition at this point. Have one foot on your board and one foot beside your tail on the flat. When you are ready to drop in place your front foot, the foot that is not yet on your board, on your skateboard where the front truck bolts are and make sure you have all your weight on your back foot. You now are in the position to drop in.

You now want to shift your weight from your back foot to your front and as you do this make sure you let your body lean forward and not backwards. Keep your knees slightly bend and slam your front foot down to the transition, by this time you should have about 70 percent of your weight on the front of your skateboard. Get the feel for the transition and ride it out and stay balanced. As you get to the bottom shift your weight back to your normal riding stance and ride away.

This can be a very easy skateboard trick if you want it to, but you have to be confident and don't be scared of falling, wear proper protective gear if this gives you the confidence. The biggest flaw I see when people are trying to drop in is that they get their skateboard half way down to the transition, get scared and lean back. Do not do this, when you do it make sure you commit 100%, be positive, if think you can do it you will do it.

Happy Skateboarding

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Heelflip

2009-11-10T14:11:00.000-08:00

The heelflip is a cool looking skateboard trick it looks like the opposite of a kickflip but the technique to it is a lot different. A kickflip you kick with your toe off the backside and a heelflip you kick off the frontside with your heel.

Step 1. Get into the ollie position but place your front foot up about two inches so that your toes are hanging off the board.

Step 2. Make sure you find your balance and are comfortable in the heelflip positon, the more comfortable you are here, the more comfortable you'll be with the rest of the trick.

Step 3. Start to pop like you normally would for an ollie, start sliding your foot up the skateboard and extend your leg so that your heel kicks off the top of the board on a 45 degree angle where the concave is.

Tip. The biggest reason people fail doing a heelflip is because they kick down on the skateboard and not off the top. This will result in your front foot going straight to the ground before your board even finishes the rotation.

Step 4. After you start flipping the skateboard make sure you jump high and keep your back straight!!! This will keep the board under you and not behind you. Also make sure you're shoulders are square with the board, they shouldn't change position the whole time you're doing this skateboard trick.

Step 5. As the board makes its full rotation guide it/catch it with your back foot so that it doesn't over rotate.

Step 6. Land back on the board, bending your knees to take the impact, make sure your back is still straight and ride away clean.

Happy Skateboarding!

Don't Get Frustrated

2009-11-08T11:20:00.000-08:00

Learning skateboard tricks is not easy, even though the site is called easy skateboard tricks, it takes lots of commitment and dedication, if you expect to start landing all of these skateboard tricks after a week, you might as well give up now. Skateboarding is a tough sport both physically and mentally, its a challenge and I love it.

When I started skateboarding about ten years ago I found it really hard at first, trust me everyone does, but I'm going to tell you something that might make you feel a bit better... It took me a year to learn how to kickflip, pretty crazy! But the point is that I didn't give up and neither should you. If you want learn skateboard tricks your going to have to put up with a lot of frustration, the best way to deal with this is to just take a break or go on to another trick that you know won't be as frustrating. Whatever you do don't get to the point where you're throwing your skateboard around or even breaking it, sometimes you just have to call it a day.

Remember why you started skateboarding, to have fun and if you do this it will be fun, don't be frustrated with learning skateboarding tricks.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Backside 180

2009-11-04T09:50:00.000-08:00

The Backside 180 is a slightly harder trick to master than the Frontside 180, mainly because you can't see where your going to land for half the time your in the air. For this trick your going to want to be very comfortable with your ollies and riding switch/fakie, this will make it a heck of a lot easier for you to learn the trick.

Step 1. Start off riding at a reasonable pace, not too fast because chances are the first couple of times you try this trick you won't make it the complete 180.

Step 2. You're going to want to set up for this trick similar to an ollie, you might want to put you're front foot a bit lower than usual just to have more pop, but it's all about personal preference and what works for you.

Step 3. Now before you even pop the skateboard wind up your upper body the opposite way that your going to spin that way you'll have a good force to make the full 180.

Step 4. As you pop swing your upper body around to the 180 mark, this will automatically make your lower body come around with the skateboard. Try to pop as high as you can to allow as much time as possible for you to do the spin.

Tip. It helps if you dip your leading shoulder in a bit, you might do this automatically but it really helps to get that last 90 degrees which is the hardest part.

Step 5. Once you make the full 180 balance out your upper body and make sure not to keep spinning after the full 180

Step 6. As you hit the ground absorb the impact and ride away smoothly.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Frontside 180

2009-10-30T16:14:00.000-07:00

First make sure you have your Ollie to the point where you feel comfortable with it, the higher and faster you have them the easier it will be to do a FS 180. A FS 180 is exactly what it sounds like you'll start with your normal stance and pop your board to make you and the board do a 180. The frontside part means that the front of your body will be facing where your going at all time, like in the picture above.

Step 1. Start riding at a reasonable rate and get your feet into the same position you would if you were doing an ollie.

Step 2. The key to this skateboard trick is all in the upper body. Basically you want to wind the trick up by dipping your shoulder in (the opposite of the way your going to spin) and then as you pop you shift your shoulders frontside. By doing this your legs will automatically follow your body and the trick will spin a lot faster.

Step 3. Make sure you pop as high as you can to allow a lot of time for you to get a full 180 in.

Step 4. As you hit the 90 degree mark you're going to want to shift you're weight back a little, you can even try landing with your weight on the nose and pivoting a little bit to complete the full 180. The only problem with pivoting is that once you take this trick to a stair set or gap you might get into some trouble. Pivoting is a bad habit but at the same time it can help you learn.

Step 5. As you reach the full 180 straighten up your shoulders, try and make sure the momentum doesn't throw you off balance, bend your knees, absorb the impact and ride away smooth.

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Manual

2009-10-27T12:43:00.000-07:00

The manual is an easy skateboard trick, it's about as easy as skateboard tricks get. It's a great way to get some balance techniques and for learning board control. Basically a manual is when your front trucks lift up off the ground and your back wheels are still riding, however you can't go back too far to the point where the tail of your skateboard is hitting the ground.

Start off rolling at a slow but steady pace, start putting pressure on the tail of your board and shifting your weight from your front foot to your back. The key is to find and balance out the middle point between your two your tail hitting the ground and all four wheels touching the ground. Have your arms out for balance and use them to balance the skateboard, if your board starts falling forward... lean back, if your board starts falling back lean forward. It's Gravity at its best. To land it just slam your front trucks back down to the ground and ride away.

Keep practicing this trick on a regular basis because it will help you with lots of different tricks in the future, like when you start learning grinds and slides the same sort of balance techniques apply and the better you are at these the easier other tricks will come.

Getting a Sponsorship

2009-10-22T11:47:00.000-07:00

First off, I have to say that this should not be your number one goal in skateboarding, getting a sponsorship comes with time, dedication and hard work. The number one goal is... dare I say it...FUN! As great as it is to get free stuff, always remember why you started skateboarding in the first place.

Getting a Sponsorship

At one point in my life when I took skateboarding very seriously and competitively I was sponsored by a major company and it was great, getting free stuff for doing what I liked best. Here is some techniques on how you can get a sponsorship..

Skill Level

To compete in the skateboarding industry you have to have some sort of a name in your community, skateboard companies want to sponsor people that other skaters look up to or preform well and impress others. This obviously means you need some skill, it does help however to be young and have a lot of potential for your age (that helped me a lot in my sponsorship).

Local Shops

Local shops are your number one bet for getting your first sponsorship. Make sure you are going in there often and making friends with all of the staff, but not too much that you're annoying! This makes it a lot easier to get in with them and easier for them to to say yes to your sponsor me video. Which brings me to my next point.

The Sponsor Me Video

making a sponsor me video is basically how you get a sponsorship, if you have a great video then its just a matter of getting it in the right hands. Make sure you are always filming your best skateboard tricks and always keeping a collection on your computer of all these amazing tricks you've been doing. I know this will take a while and in fact the longer you film for this the better your sponsor me video will be and the better your chances are of getting a sponsorship.

Editing Your Sponsor Me Video

Once you have a handful of tricks on your computer that you know you can't possibly beat, its time to edit your video. Make sure you learn some very basic video editing on a simple program like imovie or windows movie maker. Put all your tricks in a good order that never for one second in the video get slightly boring, its best to keep your video short and sweet, you don't want people getting bored half way through. I would suggest making it about one and a half to two minutes long. Now that you have the tricks in order you can add some music that suites the video and suites the type of skater you are. Make sure to include your name, age, Email and phone number in the video so that the right people can contact you, and dont put any stupid stuff like jackass, a ton of bails or tricks you almost landed in your sponsor me video. Getting a sponsorship takes a lot of effort and patience, its letting the company market their products/clothing with your skateboarding, so make sure to be professional in your video and look like you'd be the right guy or the job.

Getting it in peoples hands

Ok, so now you have this amazing sponsor me video with the best skateboard tricks on it and you just have to get it in front of the right people. The first thing to do is to put it up on youtube, make sure you have your contact info on it, this put your video open to everyone to view it, even if you don't get a sponsorship from it it will give you credibility which is what skateboard companies want to see. The next thing you need to do is to take your sponsor me video to all the local shops in your area and introduce yourself to the people their (if you haven't done so already). The last thing to do with your video is to send it off to all the company's that you could be sponsored by, be realistic with yourself. Make a list of companies and find their contact information, some companies have separate mailing address' for sponsor me videos and some have ways you can even send it online through a site like yousendit for example Emerica has started to do this, which is a lot easier and a lot cheaper to do.

All in All

All in all getting a sponsorship is a lot of hard work remember to stay dedicated and never take your eyes off the prize, if you set a goal you will reach it, if you have that attitude and determination. Make sure your always having fun skateboarding and when you get frustrated just brush it off your shoulders and have fun thats what skateboarding is for.

Happy Skateboarding!

Skateboard Videos

2009-10-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

One thing I always loved to do before going out and skating was watching a skateboard video. It would always get me so pumped to go out and try skateboard tricks I have never tried before. It's a very good way to start to learn different tricks and see how the professionals do it and its just plain and simply amazing to watch. I strongly suggest buying some Skateboard videos I promise you wont regret it, check some out here.

Skateboard Clothing

2009-10-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

Skateboard clothing won't make you you skate better, it wont make you grind longer, Ollie higher or manual further but it does have some of the most durable clothing material I have ever worn. Skateboard clothing is designed for skateboarders that are going to be falling down across the pavement, which is every skateboarder. If you want something durable for the job that won't tear in a week check out some skateboard clothing here. Skateboarding backpacks can be a cool and handy thing to have on a skate trip, they have some cool features like holding your board so you don't have to lug it around all day and they have tons of cool pockets that fit skateboard parts and tools perfectly. Check them out.

Easy Skateboard Tricks - Kickflip

2009-10-20T18:42:00.000-07:00

A kickflip can be a wonderful skateboard trick when done properly it can also look as ugly as roadkill. The point of the kickflip is to make your board do a complete rotation like a barrel roll. It can be a very frustrating trick at times so go easy on yourself and take it one step at a time, this trick took me the longest of all skateboard tricks to learn.

Step 1. Step on to your skateboard like your going to do an ollie and now take your front foot and angle it so that your heel is behind your toes, it should be somewhere between a 45 and 70 degree angle. This stance will vary once you start trying the trick until you find where your comfortable.

Step 2. Start to pop your skateboard just like you would for an ollie but as your sliding your top foot up your going to want to flick it right off the top of the board, try to make this point just above the concave on the nose of the skateboard. This will cause your board to spin in the kickflip direction.

Step 3. Your going to want to practice step 2 over and over with no intentions of landing it, yes I know kind of a negative thing to say when learning a skateboard trick but you have to be comfortable with spinning the board the right way before you start trying to land it.

Step 4. After you have the spin down its time to start trying to stay on top of the skateboard and land it. The biggest flaw I see when people are try to learn to kickflip is that they open up there shoulders and just try to land it with one foot, this IS NOT the right way to go about learning this trick. You should be focusing on keeping your shoulders straight and sucking up your knees towards your body even if this means landing the board on the back. Landing on the back of your skateboard with two feet is a lot closer than landing it one foot on the grip tape, trust me on this one I had to learn that the hard way.

tip. Try to make a solid effort to kick your foot off of or close to the nose of the skateboard this will give you good pop and won't cause you problems in the future. The last thing you want to be doing is kicking down on your board to make it spin, this is called mobing your kickflip and is generally frowned upon in skateboarding.

Step 5. Now its just a matter of time before you are landing on the board. Make sure to keep your knees sucked up close to your body in the air and use your back foot to guide your board and catch it in the air before it over rotates. The Perfect landing of the kickflip and usually any other skateboard trick is with both feet over the truck bolts.

Step 6. Once you've caught the skateboard in the air level it out and absorb the impact just like you would on your Ollie. The Perfect landing of the kickflip, and usually any other skateboard trick, is with both feet over the truck bolts.

Step 7. Ride away clean and go do another 500!

Happy Skateboarding!

How To Ride a Skateboard

2009-10-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

Introduction

Learning to ride a skateboard isn't easy, it has a lot to do with finding your balance and right stance that your comfortable with, meaning trial and error type stuff. Board control plays a big part in learning skateboard tricks, the more control you have riding around the better you'll be with landing tricks and bringing them to gaps, stairs and anything else you want. So read these tips and tricks on How To Ride a Skateboard and practice until your nice and comfortable with being on your board.

Finding Your Stance

First things first, before you even step on a skateboard you first have to find out if you are regular or goofy, (regular means you have your left foot forward and your right foot back by the tail and goofy is the opposite) this will usually come naturally to you when you get on but here is a way to figure that out first. Go to a staircase and start walking up it, which foot did you use first? if it was your left your probably regular and if it was your right your probably goofy. If your right footed, meaning you would kick a soccer ball with your right foot, your probably regular.

How To Push a Skateboard

Now that you know your stance its time to hop on your skateboard and start riding around. To get speed, you now need to learn how to push. Take your back foot off the board and place it on the ground parallel to your board, if your regular this will be to the right of you if your goofy it will be to the left. Now as you put your foot on the ground your front foot should also turn parallel to your board, start to extend your back leg and push it off the ground towards the back of your board. This will start to make the board move. Keep your balance and as you've almost fully entended your leg backwards bring it around back to your starting stance position (on the tail of your skateboard). As you do this shift your other foot into the starting stance position(on the truck bolts by the nose of your skateboard). Now just bend your knees and ride away.

How To Ride a Skateboard

Like I said in the introduction, riding a skateboard has a lot to do with trial and error and finding your own technique to it. You basically just have to find your own comfort level on your board, keep your knees slighly bent and arms out at first. Make sure to have your shoulders square to the skateboard and just feel the road or your terrain that your riding on by moving your upper body to keep your balance. Trust me, go out there and practice and with these tips you'll find out how to ride a skateboard yourself by trial and error. Have Confidence, be comfortable on your board not awkward and you'll have great board control in no time!

Happy Skateboarding!

Easy Skateboard Tricks - The Ollie

2009-10-17T09:13:00.000-07:00

Before I start even teaching you this trick I first have to say that this is by far the most important trick in Skateboarding! Without properly knowing this you won't be able to do 99% of all other skateboard tricks. That being said make sure you practice this trick the most out of any trick you learn here. I promise you that if you master the ollie first everything else will come to you one hundred times easier. Alright enough with the mumbo jumbo...

Step 1. Get on your skateboard and put one foot on the tail and your other foot just below the truck bolts towards the nose of the board. It makes it easy if you start trying this trick stationary and then as you get better and better at it start to do it while moving.

Step 2. Make sure you now have good balance in the ollie position, and now apply pressure to the tail of your skateboard while shifting your weight from your front foot to your back foot.

Step 3. As you do this your board will go to a 45ish degree angle, and if you pop it hard enough your back wheels should start to get off the ground.

Step 4. Now to your going to want to straighten out your board by sliding your front foot, that started off below the top truck bolts, to the top of the skateboard (the nose). As you do this you are going to want to shift your weight back towards your front foot, not too much almost back to the balance you had on the ground.

Tip. The past two steps are the hardest part of the ollie, the key is to get the timing as precise as possible. Lots of people will end up sliding their foot up too quickly before they have even got their back trucks off the ground. Just remember keep practicing and practicing and keep the timing of all these steps in your head. Timing is key!

Step 5. By now you should start to be getting in the air, you now want to suck up your legs as close to your body as possible while staying on top of the skateboard and keep your shoulders square with it.

Step 6. The next thing you know you'll be heading to the ground, make sure you straighten your legs back out (not to the point where their perfectly straight, OUCH!) and keep your shoulders straight.

Step 7. For Landing you want to come down and take the impact with your knees by bending them as you hit the ground keep your arms slightly out for good balance

Step 8. Roll away with a smile on because you just learned the most important skateboarding trick out there!

Step 9. Practice, practice and practice some more!!!

Happy Skateboarding!

Gripping a Skateboard

2009-10-16T15:52:00.000-07:00

Most of the time when you buy a skateboard from somewhere they put the grip tape on for you to make process between buying and skating easier. In some cases you may get a skateboard and a piece of grip tape or you may just need to re-grip it that's why I have made this tutorial for you to learn how to Grip your own board...

Step 1. There's two things you'll need to grip your board 1) an Exacto knife 2) a screw driver or some sort of long round metal object.

Step 2. Put your skateboard graphic down and remove the back of the grip tape off so now your left with a sticky side and a grippy side.

Step 3. Place the sticky side down gently on either side of the board, one end on the nose one end on the tail, and make sure that there is excess of grip tape coming from all around the skateboard.

Step 4. Now you have to press the grip tape VERY LIGHTLY onto the board and make sure there are no air pockets. One method to make sure this happens is to run a skateboard wheel along the board.

Step 5. Take your screw driver or metal object and scrape the shape of the board on the top part so your left with this nice white shape of a skateboard.

Step 6. Grab your Exacto Knife and carve the shape you just made to reveal the actual shape. I usually make four slits by each of the concave on the board and meet each other slit as I cut around it.

Step 7. The last step is to poke eight hardware holes, you can do this with the actual hardware if you want, and one thing I like to do after I freshly grip a skateboard is to take the extra grip tape and sand down the surface so it isn't too grippy and won't tear my shoes up... but don't overdo this!

Happy Skateboarding!

Setting Up a Skateboard

2009-10-15T19:05:00.000-07:00

After purchasing your first skateboard you will now need to assemble it properly. You will have 5 components to a skateboard...One Board, Two Trucks, Four Wheels, Eight Bearings, Eight Hardware and Four Truck Bolts

Step 1. Get your board and put your eight peices of hardware through each one of the eight designated holes on your board, keep the eight bolts to the side for use later and make sure the flat sides of the hardware go with the griptape.

Step 2. Take your two trucks and firmly place each one of them into the eight bolts you just put through your board on the non griptape side. MAKE SURE that the flat side of the trucks are facing out and the kingpins are facing each other!

Step 3. Put those eight bolts that belong to the hardware on each screw and tighten using either a star screwdriver (or allen key depending on what type of hardware you bought) and a wrench or skateboard tool that fits the bolts properly. Tighten the hardware until it won't budge.

Step 4. Now take your eight bearings and put them in the holes on either side of your four wheels. Sometimes this take a lot of preasure one tip is to put the bearing on the axle of your truck and push the wheel down onto the bearing.

Step 5. Once you have your bearings on your wheels put each wheel on to the axle of your trucks, you can put the graphics of your wheels on the outside or inside of your board the advantage of putting them on the inside is that they wont fade as fast.

Step 6. Now just take your four truck bolts and screw them on to each axle of the truck. Tighten them with a wrench or skateboard tool that fits, the key is to tighten them until till they hit the wheels and then loosen them about one or two turns.

Step 7.GO SKATEBOARD!

Gear/ Buying a Skateboard

2009-10-15T15:58:00.000-07:00

The first thing you need to do before anything is actually purchase a skateboard, I remember the first time I got a skateboard I was astonished at the price so be prepared to spend minimum $150 for your first complete (Board,Trucks,Wheels,Bearings,Hardware,griptape). Some other gear you might want to look into is Skateboarding Shoes, Videos and Protective Equipment There are two places I recommend for buying your first skateboard, the first is your local skate shop, try and support your local skate shop and not go to West 49, the second place is buying one online from the links below. This option always ends up being cheaper but the downside is that your going to have to wait several days to get it. Check it out...

Links

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Easy Skateboard tricks recommends the following sites for all of your skateboarding needs, each site has a wide variety of photos, videos, interviews and trick tips.

Transworld Skateboarding

Wikipedia History of Skateboarding

Skateboard.com

Skateboarding Science

About.com

Mpora Action Sports

Skateboarder Online Magazine

Easy Skateboard Tricks

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Here is a list of skateboard tricks made easy for you, browse the list, learn the tricks and go skate!

About Easy Skateboard Tricks

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This site is a free skateboard trick tutorial page, it focuses on teaching you the basics and not so basic tricks as easy as possible. I have been Skating for almost ten years now and have decided to make this site to help other people like you learn the tricks I have learned over the coarse of my Skateboarding Career. Feel free to look through my list of tricks and tutorials to help you master the art of Skateboarding. It won't be easy at first but if you follow the guidelines provided and are dedicated enough I guarantee you will one day be able to do tricks you could have never imagined.