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Manual/Ollie to manual

Of course almost everyone knows, a manual is like a wheely. To do a
manual is very simple. While riding at a moderate speed, slightly push
down on your tail, so the front truck lifts up. Don't let the tail touch
the ground, and keep your balance. Once you are done doing a manual,
push down on your front truck and ride away. First try doing this
across sidewalk blocks. Then try to go farther and farther.

To do an ollie to manual, simply find a small concrete ledge sticking
out of the ground. Find one long enough to ride on. Execute a small
ollie, and when you land you should only land on your back two wheels.
This is hard, but looks pretty good when done. Keep your balance, and
then land and ride away. Once you are good with ollie to manuals, you
should try kickflip to manuals, and other tricks.

The Ollie

The ollie is a skill almost every trick requires. When first starting,
try doing it in the grass, on carpet, or in a sidewalk crack. Place
your back foot on the tail, and your front foot a little behind the
front bolts. Smack down on the tail and lift your front leg up. Slide
your foot up along the griptape and push out a little. Jump in the air,
and balance your weight. Level out, and land with bent knees. Some of
this may not feel comfortable or is hard to do, so work with it. It
is a basic and mandatory trick to know.

5-0 grind

A 5-0 is like a manual, but you are grinding.
To do a 5-0, come at the object like you were going to 50-50. But
instead, ollie on and lift up your front truck. Grind on the back truck, and
keep your balance. This is difficult, but is a semi-technical grind.

Backside 180

To do a backside 180, First learn the fronside 180. After this is done,
start out as if you were going to ollie. Wind up frontside, since you
are turning a backside 180. Ollie high, unwind and spin 90 degrees.
After that, just let your back foot guide it the rest of the way. Land
while leaning forward so that the board doesn't slip out from under you.

Backside 50-50

Here's how to do a backside 50-50 grind. Before learning this, you
might want to learn the frontside 50-50 first.

Since this is backside, your back should be facing the object you want
to grind. Come up at an angle towards the object with speed. Ollie,
and turn your board backside a few degrees so that you are level with the
object. If you got enough speed, the momentum should have brought you
above the object. This is difficult, and takes a LOT of practice.
Now, land with bent knees on the object. On both trucks, grind for how
ever long you want to. To come off at the end, lift up. To come off
of the middle or something, ollie off and shift forwards. This looks a
lot better than sliding off.
Ollie down - drops

This is something I have just recently got the hang of, for it isn't
easy. When you first start out, try it down a little two-step, or a
1 foot drop or something.

Approach with speed, but not too much. Have you front foot right before
the front bolts. This does not require a big ollie, just a little one.
Bend down, and when you ollie slide your foot up a little bit. Level
out, and you MUST land with bent knees. Also, try landing on with your
feet on the sets of bolts. This reduces the chance of cracking your
board. To take the impact is the hardest part. Keep practicing and
don't be afraid to slam. It's all a part of skateboarding.

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.

Frontside 50-50

To do a frontside 50-50 grind, get in the ollie position. Come up to the object at a slight
angle. Since it is a frontside grind, you should be facing the object. Ollie up, and shift
forward. Turn your body frontside a few degrees so that your board is straight above the object.
Land on your trucks and grind. Keep your knees bent, and balance your weight. If you are coming
straight off the end of the object, push down on your tail and lift up a little. This will make
it so that you wont fall forward and slam. If you aren't coming off the end, like the middle of
the object or something, swing your body frontside and slide off with the board.

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.

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.

Nose grind

A nosegrind is like a nose manual, only it's on the front truck.
Approach the object as if you were going to do a 50-50, but when you
ollie on, slide your foot forward and push down. Your front truck ONLY
should be grinding. Lean forward, and to come off just push outward.
Kinda like rolling off an object.

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.

Switch stance

Switch stance is when you stand the opposite way than you normally do.
If you're technical, switch tricks are always a great thing to learn.
Doing switch is like learning all over again. So of course, the first
thing to learn is a switch ollie. When you start out, first get
comfortable with riding around, and balancing switch stance. Try some
manuals first. Next, go for the ollie. Just do everything the same.
You might want to try learning a switch ollie in the grass, on carpet,
or in a sidewalk crack first. Once you get used to switch ollies, learn
everything else all over again. Kickflips, heelflips, and even try some
grinds and slides.

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