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Shove-It

The Shove-It is where you rotate the board 180 degrees and you stay in the same spot. For this you want to skate switch, it will help out alot. When you get ready to flip the board you adjust your feet to the position that suits you best and ollie and turn the board slightly with your ahead foot so if you were skating switch your first foot. After you turn the board 180 degrees stop the board in the air with your feet by stomping down on the board. Now land it and you've just did the trick. Now was that so hard?

Kickflip

The kickflip is one of the most basic tricks out there, it can also be one of the tuffest out there too. To do this trick you set up like you would for an ollie except this time your gonna do an ollie and flip the board at the same time. When you flip it you put your left foot (if your skating regular) on the back edge in the middle of the board so that your heel will be off but your ball and toe will be on. Ollie up and then flip the board backwards so that you are fliping it towards you, catch the board in the air after it has completely flipped one time. Then land the trick and go do it again and again.

Heelflip

Note: There are different ways to do this, we will just explain our way. We're not perfect, and it's not normal. If you want perfect, go somewhere else.
Keep your back toe on the center of the tail. Your front foot should be at a little bit more than a 45 degree angle. It should be in the center of the board with your toe hanging over the toe edge.
Hit the tail. As you do this, slide your front foot forward at an angle and just before it hits the nose, bend your foot/angle it and flip the board over the toe edge with the toe of your foot. Jump.
Wait for the board to rotate. When it comes around, bring knees up and stop it with your feet.
When you land, as with the kickflip, don't look like a dumbass.
Ride away all siclike. Hell yeah

Pop-Shove It

Before you attempt this trick, as for most tricks, you ought to know the ollie first.
The first thing you need to do is give it a "pop" (Slam down on that tail.) Now "shove-it" around with your front foot so that the board turns a 180, but you stay in the same place. You ought to learn it standing in place first, and then learn it fakie. After that you can attempt it moving forward.
You can place your feet in different positions for this trick. It all depends on you. Some put their feet sort of the way you would for a kickflip. Others put one foot about on the middle facing straight forward and the other facing straight forward on the tail.
Remember when you do it to jump forward. Because if you just spin out the board and stay in the same place, your board will just fly out and you will look stupid. We wouldn't want that...

Hardflip

For a hard flip, place your back foot on the tail and your front foot pointed somewhat forward near the heel edge. Hit the tail while sliding your front foot off of the board making it seem to come straight up at you. It will look like it is going to do a flip and land upside down, but with practice you will learn to make it perform a half-flip and land on its wheels. (You may want to try this without trying to land it the first couple of times.) At the same time, you will want to be rotating your body 90º in the frontside direction letting the board flip between your legs. When the board has finished rotating, rotate your body back to your normal stance and catch the board before it hits the ground. Land and ride away clean.

Impossible

The ollie impossible is a hard trick to master but once you master it all your friends will think that you are the pimp so read this! The first thing to know about this trick is that you can roll at any speed to accomplish this trick. You will place your front foot either right in front of the nose or way back where you would put it if you were to do a 360 flip. If you are a beginner you should place your foot right in front of the nose, advanced riders should do the other method. Your back foot should be placed on the tip of the tail and your toes should hang off the tip of it. You don't really pop your board like an ollie but sort of drag the tail momentarily on the ground and make contact with your toes and the ground. With your front foot all you do is kick it way out of the way otherwise you'll screw up your ankles when you land on the side of the board. by this point your board should be almost on it's side. Now you will sweep your back foot under you and make the board flip around your foot. The board will do a 360 and should be touching your foot the whole time. After the board is done rotating bring your front foot back to tip the board back so that it is no longer flipping around on its side. The board should now be under your feet and you are landing on the ground. Now go and tell all of your friends about it.

360 Flip

To do a 360 flip, you should first be able to do a varial flip and 360 Pop Shove-it. First put your back foot on the back right edge of the board (back left edge if you are goofy) and put it at an angle so it is on the very edge of the tail. Then put your front foot a couple inches towards you from the middle of the board and then slant your foot the same way you did on your back foot. Now it's time to do the trick.
Set up bend your knees and hit your tail while sliding your front foot forward. Through your back foot behind you as quickly as you can as you hit your til spinning the board till it rotates all the way around. While doing this slide your front foot off the edge of the board using your toe to flip it. Your board does not have to go high just as long as it gets around. You can work on the hieght later. Once it has finished rotating catch the board with your feet and land on it. That's pretty much it. Oh yeah, and then ride away. Bet you didn't do it. If you did, good job.

Ollie

The ollie is the basis of almost every trick there is. The ollie is performed by a number of fairly simple steps:
1. Stand on your board. You should have one foot on the tail (back) of your board. The other foot goes in the middle. Simple enough? Just wait.

Nollie

In order to do the nollie you must become quite formiliar with the switch-stance ollie. Then you should begin riding normal (If you're goofy ride goofy and if regular then ride accordingly). As you are moving, set up your feet for a switch ollie off the nose (Click here for a description of a "Nollie Stance"). Follow directions of an ollie except off the nose.

Boneless

I. Skate. Learn this moving because it sucks if you learn it still, then have to relearn it moving. Have your front foot just behind the front truck bolts.
II. Reach your front hand down and grab the heel edge of the board sorta behind your front foot. You should be a little bent over. Take it.
III. Take your back foot off the board and slam it onto the ground in front of you (on the toe side). Use this to jump off the ground, keeping the board under you with your front hand. This will be sort of hard at first, since you can't really get a strong extension with being bent over, but you'll get the hang of it.
IV. Tuck up your back foot and put it back on the board, then release the grab and extend your legs slightly (push the board towards the ground). Do this really fast. Pushing the board down is really important, 'cause I didn't once and my knees slammed into my chest and I hurt like a bitch. An' it'll hurt you too, so shut up.
Once you get this down, you'll be going pretty high. I can do this higher than I can ollie, but I can only ollie like 2.5 feet. Don't be a wus and land one footed, 'cause then you'll build up this fear of landing with both feet on and you'll never get it. Uh, good luck (?).
Oh yeah, to do this backside grab the toe edge of the board and kick the ground behind you. I can't do this, but I'm sure it's possible.
2. Hit you tail. This is the gentle way of saying smash your tail into the ground with most or all of your might.
3. As you are "smashing", jump into the air off your smashing foot.
4. Lift up your front foot into the air.
5. Lift up your back foot into the air.
TIP!!! Both of your lifting feet should come up at pretty much the same time. Your back foot should follow your front foot upward.
TIP!!! A common mistake is not to lift up your back foot and keep it straight. It is important that you do so.
6. Get the board level in the air. Do this by catching up your back foot with your front foot.
7. Stay on your board and land. When you come down bend your knees to cushion your landing.
Congrats. You did it. It seems tough but keep your chin up, practice, practice, practice, and you'll do okay. If you think you are learning slow, just... don't think it any more. These things take time for everyone.

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