Flatland
Ollie
stand on the board with your back foot on the tail and your front foot in the middle of the deck.
crouch down til your hands are almost touching the ground
slam down on the tail while sliding the blade of your front foot up torwards the tail.
jump up off your back foot and tuck both knees into your chest.
extend your legs slightly to prepare for the shock of the landing.
land and absorb the force in your legs.
ride off.
*Learn this while moving because it sucks if you learn it still then have to learn it all over again moving.
*When you land keep your body centered over the board that way it doesn't fly out from under neath you and make you look dumb.
*Practice it alot.
Kickflip
In order to learn the kickflip, it is necessary that you learn the ollie.
Now that you have learned it, I want you to get on your board in an ollie stance. Okay, we're going to have to alter this stance a little. Take you front foot and put it right before the front bolts. Now turn it 45 degrees. The ball of your back foot should be in the middle of your tail.
Now to actually do the trick. First you gotta pop down your tail real hard, just like an ollie, so you begin to get off the ground.
As you rise, you should slide your foot the way you do for an ollie, but you want to slide off the heel edge of your board also.
Now you better have your feet outta the way. However you gotta do it, do it.
Wait for the board to spin around, and stay well above it. When it comes around bring your feet back in and catch it. The best place for your feet to catch the board is right on top of all the bolts. You want to "catch" or "grab" it in the air with your feet, and then bend your knees a little because the ground is coming.
When your board hits the ground, you need to use your legs like shocks on a car, and obsorbe the landing.
Pop shove it
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
Frontside 180 Ollie
The First thing you have to do is prepare for the ollie. Then windup by reaching with your leading hand, across your chest and squat down.
Ollie. As you ascend (go up), unwind (i.e. untwist your body)! As you turn your feet should bring your board around with you.
After you have turned 180 degrees (half-way around) frontside, land.
Backside 180 Ollie
To learn the backside 180 ollie, it is recomended that you learn the ollie and the frontside 180 ollie first. Once learned you may attempt the trick.
When doing the backside 180 ollie, you would need to rely on your windup a lot more than that of the frontside 180 ollie. You must windup as muchas possible, and then release that windup and spin 180 with the board.
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