SKATEBOARDING

Ollie	The most basic trick. Without this theres nothing u can do, except go really fast. To do an ollie. make sure u have your feet in this position. One foot on the tail, and the other foot in the middle of the board. Push down on the tail and at the instant u do that scrape the SIDE of your foot up the board. It should level out in the air and land smoothly.
Kickflip	To do a kick flip, put your feet in the same position as in an ollie, but your leading foot should be hanging off the board by about two inches on the heel side and should be at a forty five degree angle. Pop an ollie and as you slide your leading foot forward slide it off your board with a fast motion. Sort of kick it off. This should make the board spin. While it's spinning bring your leading foot back. As it finishes spinning smack the board down with both feet. Hints: Don't try to pop your board too high at first. Instead just pop it high enough for it to make a full turn. This makes landing it a lot easier. Try to keep both feet directly above the board during the trick. Once you get really good at kick flipping try doing a double flip. All you do for it is spin the board faster and jump higher. (It's two kick flips in one).
Frontside 180	To do a frontside 180, pop an ollie, but as the board goes up push your trailing foot to the toe side and your leading foot to the heel side. Move your whole body counter clockwise (your board should follow you) and land. As you land try to keep your balance in the middle. Tips: Just ollie pretty high and keep your feet above the bolts at all times. Oh yeah, this move is easier to do moving, although you will fall off pretty badly the first few times you try it. Just learn how to balance it. And don't wuss out, cause if you do, you'll end up being more hurt.
Backside 180	To do a Backside 180, pop an Ollie, but as the board goes up push your trailing foot to the heel side and your leading foot to the toe side. Move your whole body clockwise starting with your shoulders (your board should follow you) and land. As you land try to keep your balance in the middle of the board. Hints: For some reason this move is a lot harder then the F/S 180. The important thing to remember is to just give it all your turning power and keep the board directly under your feet or you won't land it.
Ollie Manual	The ollie manual is a good trick to help develop your balance and ollie control. The idea is to ollie and land on your back wheels, riding a "wheelie" for a distance before setting the front wheels down. It can be done on the flat ground or over an object, but is most commonly done up onto an element, like a curb or block. It requires a fair sense of balance, and you should be comfortable ollieing. It might be good to get accustomed to manualling on flat ground before ollieing onto something, but a curb is a good element on which to learn the ollie manual. Ride at the curb at a normal ollie speed - you'll want to go fast enough to get up onto the curb and still have momentum for the manual. Pop into an ollie and get up over the curb. Instead of levelling the board in the air beneath you, keep your leading foot up and your weight centered over the back wheels. The lower you pop your ollie, still clearing the element of course, the smoother you will land on your back wheels and the easier it will be to gain balance once on those wheels. Once on them there back wheels, you'll notice your body arched forward over your board as you ride the manual. This is how you keep your weight balanced on the back wheels. It is useful to try and manual a set distance, like to a line on the sidewalk or off the curb again. This will give you something specific to strive for until you've got the ollie manual so wired that you can just ride it for days. Then you can try variations like the ollie manual to kickflip off of an element, or even the ollie flip to manual. The options are endless.
50-50 Grind	The 50-50 is probably the easiest grind. The hardest part is finding a slick surface. All you do is go pretty fast then pop an ollie and land on the surface. Both of your trucks should be on the surface. Now, just slide and when you're finished with that pivot off the curb or whatever. Hints: If your having problems landing both trucks on the curb, try stalling. Just stand next to the curb, pop an ollie, land both trucks on the curb, and pivot off. Do that a few times and you'll be able to do the real grind perfectly.