Learn How to Skateboard

February 15th, 2010

The Skateboard

Before learning how to skateboard it is importnat to get to know your tool. The skateboard is a very simple device made of a wooden board that provides you a place to stand on. The board  is covered with a paper glass that enables enough friction between the board and the skaters shoes, giving the skater enough grip. It is also comprised of wheels, lagers, screws. It is a very basic thing and many people enjoy build it by themselves, however, don’t let its simplicity to mislead you since you can do with it unbelievable things.

Basic Terminology for the skateborder

The front part of the skateboard is called nose and the rear part is called tail.

Its length is between 76-91cm and it width is not more than 20cm

If you stand on the board with your left leg you belong to the “regular” group if you stand on the board with your right leg you belong to the “goffies”

With Which Leg Should You Push the skatboard?

Stand on your feet with your two legs next to each other and ask someone to  push you forward, the first leg that you throw away to stabilize you is the leg you should put in the front.(the nose), the role of leg that is on the front is to stabilize you while the leg that is on the back is to push you. The back leg is usually the more active leg,  your stronger leg the one you use when you kicking a ball. However, there are skateboarders who push with the front leg.(called Mongo) Experts do not recommend it as in more advanced exercises it might be a problem.

First Steps or should We Call it First Skates…

It is recommended before you go out to the open space to try and skateboard on an asphalt, stand on the skate at home on a carpet and get used to it, change poses, place the legs as suggested and try to move them a little bit to see how it influence the board.

Go to a skating surface: put your front leg fingers on the hinges, push with your back leg and pose the back leg on the board after you reached the speed you want or the speed that at this point you to control. If you want to turn around so move the body weight to the back leg for a second, and then with the front leg turn the front wheels.

How to Push? Pushing the Skateboard

First of all the shoulders should lean forward and the font leg should bend a little bit. The back leg is at a 45 degree angle to your body and then push then start pushing the ground after that you put the leg that was pushing on the back part(tail)..    

Protection-Hamlets and Knee Pads

Do not underestimate the importance of hamlet and knee pads. Skateboarding is an activity that has inherent risks. It is highly recommended to buy proper equipment and get training before making tricks. Hand pads can save you many dry injuries. However, you should get used to not falling on your hands and also in more advanced and complicated exercises the pads could interrupt.knee protection  are important but it depends on the tricks you want to do, if you are going to do ramps it is very important. Another thing that is important is special shoes that have a wide sole.

What is an Ollie?

The rolling Ollie was invented by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand in 1977. When performing an Ollie both skateboarder and board jump off and remain in contact throughout the jump. This trick is executed when the skateboarder hit down with their back foot to bounce the nose part of the board up into the air and then straight away slip your front foot towards the nose of the skateboard, to even it when you reach the highest point of the bounce.

How to Ollie?

Posing Your Body:

Every beginner learns how to Ollie. The Ollie constitutes the infrastructure for all later and advanced tricks. if you are able to master this trick you will be able to move forward…

To Ollie, you need to put you back foot on the back part (tail) of skateboard. Put your front foot between the middle and the axle of your skateboard. It might sound that for a beginner doing Ollie while standing on the skateboard is easier then on riding; however, it is not necessarily so. Many people find it easier to learn Ollie while riding. More about OLLIE

OLLIE 360 kickFlip

A very prevalent trick among street skateboarders, invented by Rodney Mullen. The trick is comprised of two tricks 360 pop shove it with an Ollie kickflip. This trick has other names such as kickflip or tri-flip.

Air Tricks

The air tricks are tricks that performed in settings where there is a vertical wall that has a curve and a ground. Usually the skateboarders executing the trick when reaching the end of a ramp. It has many variations that depend on the height of the ramp as well as the expertise of the skateboarder. Dominate Ait tricks

180 Ollie Backside:(B/S 180)

The board is maneuvered in the direction of the skateboarder toes, the skateboarder and the board spin together 180 degrees.

Ollie one Foot

in this trick the rider slides the front foot forward off the board. the rider is flying while the front foot is outside and in the front of the skateboarder. The trick is also known as “Ollie North”

Pop Shove it:

This trick is combined of two tricks: the Ollie and shove it. when executing the trick the rider starts with an Ollie but moves the weight of the back foot making the board spin 180 degrees vertically.

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