Skateboarding tips and secrets: how to spin, ollie, grind, etc. better? how much time do you spend practicing?
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just practice everyday just like i do, you'll learn alot get other friends who want to learn to so if they learn something they can tell you how to do em.or vice versa
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no idea.  it sounds like skateboarding tips though!
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In order to kickflip you first need to perfect your ollie.  Once you have take a push, ollie and instead of sliding your front foot straight up slide on an angle to about your bolts and flick your ankle where the nose meets the flat section of the board.  You may have to practice it a hundred times before you land it.  Skating is about dedication.
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to Kickflip on a Skateboard\nStep-By-Step\n\nFrom Steve Cave,\nYour Guide to Skateboarding.\nFREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!\nStep 10 - Troubleshooting\n\nPhotographer: Michael Andrus\n<< Previous | NextSponsored Links\nOllie faster\nBalance board helps you ollie and jump sooner!\ngopivit.com\n\nHottest Skateboards\nCheck Out Hottest & Coolest Boards Top Name Brands At Super Prices!\nBuySkateboards.com\n\nGreat Skateboard Stuff\nDirtbag shirts, hats, belts, pants Daily contents. Lots of Music.\nwww.SpencersOnline.com\nKickflips are tricky tricks, and there are plenty of potential problems you can run into. Here's some common problems:\n\nCredit Carding\nThis is where the board flips vertically, and hits you in the groin. That might happen, and it hurts a lot. Just lay on the ground and moan for a while, get up and walk around, and try again. Try to keep the board spinning only on the vertical axis (nose to tail). \nPartial Flip\nWhen you kickflip, the skateboard doesn't flip all the way over. That's all right - focus on landing with both feet, even if your board is upside down. Next time try to flick the board harder. Make sure you are flipping off of the edge of the nose. Flick the skateboard out and down, not just down. Otherwise, your foot will keep the skateboard from spinning.\n\nChickenfoot\nThis is where you pop up into the air, but when you land, for some reason one of your feet always seems to land on the ground. The most common reason for this is that you don’t feel safe, and you are pulling one foot out to catch yourself. You might not even be aware of it. Try to be aware that you are catching yourself, and just stop doing it. If that doesn't work, then you can see which foot stays on the board, and next time focus on keeping that foot on and let the other foot come off. Then, try both.\nVisit the skate forum for more advice.\n\nKickflip Setup\nStep 2 - Stance\nStep 3 - The Pop\nStep 4 - The Flick\nStep 5 - The Nose\nStep 6 - Get Out of the Way\nStep 7 - Stay Level During Flip\nStep 8 - Catch the Skateboard\nStep 9 - Land and Roll Away\nStep 10 - Troubleshooting
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Lots of good suggestions made so far. Skating with weights is a great one..it really helps you feel lighter and quicker. All leg excerises are good, speed starts with your burst and you need leg strength to have burst. \n  To improve stick handling the biggest trick is to get a shorter stick. Most players who struggle with stick handling often have too long a stick. If you cut your stick now with skates on to your nose try cutting it to your chin. If you use a shorter stick it may also help with some speed as it will get you a little lower in your skating position.\n  Last there is NO substitute for practice! Listen to the best players around you and the pro's and the common theme you will hear is how hard they work at their game. Dont go through the motions when practicing...keep your focus and practice like it is the end of the game and you need a goal. And practice specific skills during each practice, dont hop around doing a little of this-a little of that.\n Good luck...and remember skate with your head up!
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A good complete skateboard would cost at least $100. If you want a cheap one, go to Modell or another sports store and you can get them for $30, but they aren't very good. Within one month, you might be able to ride, ollie, and shove-it, but not much more. Skating takes a long time to get good no matter how hard you try. When you watch skating and had never tried it, it looks very easy, but it isn't. I've been skating for a few years and not as good as I thought I would be when I first decided to start skating.
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Well it's gonna take awhile to do the tricks that you see the pros like Bam Margera, Tony Hawk, Joey Brezinski, Mike V......ok all the pros, what they do so if you don't have time then I would just do it as a stress reliever.\n\nStart out with going straight. Gradually go faster and faster. Then try turns. Skateboards can turn pretty sharply and it can be surprising. \n\nAfter you get a feel for your board try a ollie. A basic trick. Just bend your knees, push on the tail of your board, and sometimes rolling your lead foot forward helps too! (helps the height of the jump)\n\nAfter you master a ollie try to manual. It's a pretty easy trick. But you will have some nasty falls trying this one. But it's all in the game.\n\nAfter you can do these two tricks, you can do anything. A ollie is the grounds for most tricks you see people do. Everyone has to start somewhere. The next tricks you learn are up to you and time. All tricks take time to learn. \n\nThen once you get better, try ramp tricks. Then you can decide what you like better Vert or Street. Personally I like both. The thrill of rocketing down the Vert ramp, olling curbs, boxes, and anything that I run into on the street. But you don’t have to pick one. But if you do, there are tons of tricks that you can learn for both. Kickflips, heelflips, melons, shoveits, acid drops, nollies....the list goes on forever.\n\nGood luck, take your time, have fun, ROCK ON!!
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i do, but it's difficult to explain so i'll refer you to this well designed website... good luck!\nhttp://www.switchmagazine.com/skateboarding_tips/
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Well . . . first, get a really good handheld video camera. Find a few places to skate Then the best way is to tape your friends naturally. You get problems if you start controlling moves. You'll be amazed of the stuff you get when you let your skating flow. It may take hours of filming. When you get enough of what you want, use a computer program, like MovieMaker, and put it all together. Be careful. :)
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alright. so first you stand near the back of the board with both feet. with your back foot, you pop the tail down and jump right away. with your front foot, slide it up to level the board out. then you will land on all fours. its gonna take a longgg time to get it. took me almost a month. but once you get the hang of it, play with where you put your feet and all of that; get comfortable with the ollie.
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sometimes i just go fast on the skateboard and when im going fast at the same time and I push down a little hard and then try to do a ollie or if this does not work do this:\nEvery trick in skateboarding owes a large debt to the grandfather and basic building block of all moves, the ollie. The idea is simple: just get rolling and jump with the skateboard under foot, after that, the variations are endless. You have the kickflip, the shove-it, the nollie, the impossible, and a myriad of grabs, but there’s just one problem. It’s not quite as easy as it may seem, and if you have gone through skateboarding 101 with the aid of the newest hit video game, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, you may be in for a rude awakening. \n\n\nThe ollie is a simple trick, but it does take a long time to master. The first thing that you may want to keep in mind is that it takes a serious toll upon your unsuspecting footwear. There are special shoes made for skateboarding that are designed with extra padding to compensate for the friction created by sliding your foot along the griptape (a sandpaper like material found on top of any serious skateboard). You may want to get a pair, but they tend to be a bit pricey. It is also a good idea to start off on gravel or some other surface that doesn’t allow the board to move around much. You should work up to performing an ollie while moving after you have it perfected in this way. \n\n\n \nThe first step is to place your feet properly upon the skateboard. There are two typical stances in skateboarding. When your left foot is at the back, you are skating "goofy-footed", and when your right foot is at the back, you are said to be skating "regular". Either way is just as good; all that matters is what comes more comfortable and natural to you. You back foot should be on the tail at the point right before it hangs off the edge, and your front foot should be about halfway down the skateboard. You may feel a little unbalanced like this, but it will become easier with time. \n\n\nNext, you must crouch down slightly, bending at the knees (you can put your hands out slightly to help keep your balance). The basic ollie involves a quick shift in balance. Start off leaning back with a strong push down upon the tail so it touches the ground. Just as quickly as you have done that, jump up while sliding your front foot up towards the nose or front of the skateboard. Your board will be at an angle by now. The last part involves pushing down with your front foot to level out the board. The higher you jump, the higher your ollie will be. You must do all these steps in one single fluid motion, and this should result in a snapping of your board upon the ground causing it to jump up into the air underneath your feet. That’s all there is to it. \n\n\nIt may sound simple, but learning how to ollie takes a very long time – usually as much as six months to learn properly. After you perfect the ollie, you can work on height by stacking other skateboards (or anything else) and jumping them. Once you perfect this all-important trick, the world of skateboarding will be entirely open to you. All it takes is a good deck and a whole lot of determination!
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how long u been skating???? ok heres the thing you got to ollie like it is NOTHING AT ALL it should be a automatic thing i stoped skating about a month ago but i used 2 ollie 12 stairs (could never treflip/360flip dont know why) ok im gana go with what i think you can do(you know where to put your feet and how to ollie)its kinda hard to explain its just so automatic but ill try ok you have 2 slide your foot at the same time u kick down with your back foot try to make it look smooth like your not even trying i guess when i try olliing high i guess i jump a little and bend at my knees a little. dont ollie standing still just keep rolling u wont learn anything standing still. hope i helped oh yeah when u ollie off stuff ollie very lightly at afirst and dont get skared
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Okay, dude...this one can be quite difficult when beginning, but if you are determined, and you pay special attention to this answer, you will be bound to sucsess! First position your back foot over the tail of the skateboard with your foot perpindicular to the way the skateboard is going. your front foot should be pointed at about a 50/130 angle pointed foreward near the screws on the griptape, and only the ball of your foot should be on the board.\n..\nIn order to attempt the action, you must first kick down with your foot as if you are executing the ollie motions, but when the nose of your board goes into the air, kick your front (pointed) foot off the nose of the board and watch it spin, but dont land: try this a few times until you have mastered the spin action. Now, in order to land a kickflip, you have to combine those motions with a jump move.\nJump  your legs up (like you would without a skateboard) just after you kick your front foot off the nose of the board, and when you see the grip tape, stick it! There are 2 rules, however to "sticking it" and landing a cool looking kickflip. One, you have to envision yourself landing the trick before you even attempt it... it may sound wierd or stupid, but trust me, it will work. Doin this will also save you a lot of time wondering why you can't land with both feet. The second rule, is make sure you land with 2 feet on the board with confidence. As simple as this may sounds, you will naturally be afraid of landing on the board with 2 feet, and you will only want to land on with one foot...So go out there, and kick some...uh...flip! Good luck dude.
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Ollieing takes time. You just need to practice a lot. You can also find trick tips on the web. Try www.skateboard-city.com or www.skateboard.com. These sites are pretty good. Practicing on the grass wouldn't really help. You should hold on to a fence or a handrail while doing the ollie. You should have your front foot in the middle of the board and your back foot at the tip of the tail. Bend down, jump up right before you pop. Once you push your back foot down you should IMMEDIATELY jump off it to get a higher ollie. DRAG your front foot up the board while you do all that. Suck you legs up to your chest, and gravity will bring you back down. You should bend your knees when you land to absorb the shock. You should pop your board while bending down. You should bend, jump, pop and drag, suck up legs, land. You should pop 3/4 through your jump. practice ollieing down, up and over stuff. Ollie down stairs, curbs, ledges. Ollie up curbs. Ollie over gaps, decks, rocks, stuff like that. Main thing is practice.
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I'd definetly have to say Zero. I have been obbsessed with Zero Skateboards, ever since i started skating. They are soooo easy to get used to, and good for all around skating. \n\nAlien Workshops are good too, I've heard good things, and i've skated them once or twice. they seem almost the same thing as zero, just like different designs...\n\nThe other board i like to use is Foundation. Foundation boards are really good for experienced street skaters, and have reeeaaaalllllyyyy good pop.
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yes its a sport\nbeen skating for far far too long, don't get up as fast i once did from falls now.  skating with people better than you is one of the best ways to get good fast, but personaly i think "kids" are jumping into some complicated tricks too quickly without getting all the basics down.  i was by far my worst critic, but probably skated for several years, everyday, before i felt i was any good at it.  i suck now i think, just don't get out enough, but people that don't skate are still impressed.  but yeah if you can find and skate with people better than you, ask for pointers, don't get "the fear" and you should be fine.
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When you find yourself not being able to nail a move despite many attempts (and with mounting frustration) try visualising what you need to do before trying another attempt. \nWatch videos of other skaters doing darkside board slides and how they land.\nVisiualise yourself doing the same thing in slow motion. Slow down the video and analyse each part of the move so that it becomes a series of smaller moves done in quick succession. \nGet a nights sleep to allow yourself to process the info. Visualise yourself landing the move right before you fall asleep.\nGet up the next day and try it again.\nRepeat these steps until you get it.