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hey guys this is a guide to help you learn how to skateboard!

enjoy!!

learn how to skateboard:

first of all you gotta have a skateboard...a skateboard is just a 2 X 4 on skateing wheels! once you got the board, you have to learn how to ride it! First you find a street or a garage entrance that's downhill, you take you board, put it in front of you, try to get on and hold tight all the way! when you feel you can easily do this, find another street or whatever but that's going straight ahead! put the board down and try to run a few steps then jump on the board, in the same position you used before once you mastered that one too you gotta learn how to push yourself, you get on the board, front foot on front trucks and back foot on ground, you should put your weight on the back foot while pushing and your front one is just for stering the board. when you get good speed put you back foot where it should be ( your own position you used before) then adjust your front foot too!

There are 2 ways of riding normal & goofy ( i'm goofy ) i don't think it has anything to do with left handed or right handed, eveyone is unique!

GOOFY: when your riding your toes are on your left and your heels on your right!

NORMAL ( regular ): toes on right and heels on left!

when you finish learning how to skateboard with one stance ( normal or goofy ) you should learn the other way! it's called switch riding!

when you know all the things above you should start doing tricks! the first and most basic trick of all [ THE OLLIE ]

i'll explain it my way here but if you want the basic way of explaining check the trick tips page!

1- first you goota be cool and relaxed! when you are put you back foot on the edge of the tailand your front one in the middle

2- when your ready...jump...jump with your front foot...and while your going up, insted of pulling up your back foot you have to let it go down, while doing so you slam the tail, or push it but not until it hits the ground you push it so that the tail slams itslef to the ground making the board to go up!

3- while you were jumping and pushing the tail, instead of pulling your front foot up with your jump you should slide it "forward-up" until your shoe is at the very top of the board!

4- when you push the tail with you back foot you should slide it too so that it reaches the bottom trucks!

5- when your bolth feet are in their positions you should probably be sort of pushing your board forward with the side of your feet!

6- when you're in the air level out the board with your front foot and then land with your knees bent to absorbe the shock!!

then ride smoothely knowing you just did the KEY basic trick of skateboarding!!

nevermind the blue and black just focus on the red that's the direction of your feet!

if you look here closely he pushed the tail but he's not on it when it slamed into the ground ther's space between his foot and the tail!

he's using the grip tape to lift up the board to get more air!

now he's using the sides of his feet to push forward the board!

here he leveled out the board!

(i recommend that you view the propper ollie in the tricks page for the propper explaination 'cause this is my own style!)

IF you can do all of this the your ready to do other tricks and hopefully become a pro! for more tricks check the trick tips page!

enjoy skateboarding!!

and have a nice life!