Nose manual To do a nose manual, roll at a moderate speed. Not too slow. Put your front foot on the nose, and your back foot towards the back bolts. Lean forward, and lift the back truck off the ground. This is not easy, so be patient. The reason this is harder than a regular manual is because it is really a switch-stance fakie manual. To do a ollie to nose manual, learn ollie to manual first and this should be pretty simple. Frontside 180 To do a frontside 180, Get good with the ollie. To do a frontside 180, start to wind up your body in the opposite direction. Ollie high, and unwind. You are trying to shift your shoulders and your whole body weight so that you land backwards, or fakie. Remember to always wind up, and to try to keep the board with you when you turn. Try not to over-rotate, and to land with bent knees. The Kickflip To do a kickflip, you wanna first learn the ollie. Once you are comfortable with ollieing, this trick is a great one to learn. Place your feet on the board as if you were going to ollie, but let the heel on front foot hang off the board a little bit. Smack down the tail like an ollie, but instead of sliding your foot forwards, you want to slide it towards the corner of the board. Kick downwards, so the board flips around. Stay directly above the board. Try tucking your knees in so the board has enough time to make a full flip. Land in the middle in the board with your weight balanced, or else you will slip off and the board will throw out from underneath you. The Heelflip The heelflip is just like the kickflip, except that the board spins in the other direction and you are kicking out with your heel instead of your toes. Place your front foot the same place as an ollie but have your toes hanging off a little bit. Ollie and kick outwards with your heel. Remember to bring your foot back quickly so it can land on the board. Level out and land with balanced weight. |