how do i ollie on a skateboard? i have tried everything my friends say to do, and it doesnt work?
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There is no easy way to learn to ollie. It takes weeks of dedicated practicing to even begin to get something that resembles an ollie.\n\nIn order to get the motions down for an ollie you can use Practice Trucks such as Soft Trucks or you can use your normal skateboard and place it on carpeting (outdoors), grass, or lock you back wheels in a crack of the sidewalk.\n\nHave you ever had a pencil sit on the edge of your desk and hit it so that it goes flying across the room? Well, an ollie harnesses that same energy.\n\nYou want to push down (HARD) with your back foot and the second that your tail hits the ground, jump up, slide your front foot forward (to level out the deck), and land on all four wheels.\n\nAs you get better with your ollies suck you knees up towards your chest when you ollie. This will help you get even higher.
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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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This looks like a great place to check out how to do tricks. I clicked on a few of the links, and step by step pictures come up along with the how to guides..\n\ngood luck.\n\nhttp://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/\n\nclean link.
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this is what i did i tried to ollie on the grass so u don't fall. i just keep practicing jumping off my board not even doing a ollie
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first make shure ur deck isnt broken, or doesnt have a chance to break(bad expiriences) but with ur back foot hit the part of the board that extends past the wheels, and as ur board goes up, make ur front foot press down on the front part of the board, it might take awhile, but if u go to google and type in "Ollie" it will help understand what im saying
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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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Street trick tips: Beginner\n\n\n\n\nOllie: For a good solid ollie you want to place your back foot on the tail and your front foot right in the middle of the board. Now bend your knees and pop the tail to the ground hard and slide your front foot up to the nose of the board. This should start taking you off the ground so suck your knees up to your chest like your sitting down in mid air. Get ready for the landing by bending down to absorb the shock.\n\n\nManual: For a manual you want to place your front foot on the front bolts and your back foot on the tail of the board. Now shift your weight to your back foot while balancing in the middle of your board to stay in the manual position.\n   \n\nNose manual: Start out in regular manual position just with your front foot on the nose and your back foot on the back truck bolts. Now shift your weight to your front foot and lean a little bit backwards. Now balance out for a good nose manual.\n\n\n5-0 grind: Be clean with ollies and manuals. Now roll next to the object you plan on grinding with a good amount of speed and pop an ollie. Land on the back truck and shift your weight to your back foot and lean forward some. Keep balancing so you can get a pretty long grind. At the end of the grind pop an ollie off depending on the type of grinding object. Land and roll away.\n\n\nPop shuv-it: Okay get into the ollie position except put you back foot on the upper side of the tail and your front right off the lower side. Now pop down the tail and sweep your front foot forwards and your back foot backwards. The board should start doing a 180` turn so while it’s moving jump above the board to give it room to spin. After it’s done spinning catch it and roll away. \n\n\nNollie: For a nollie place your front foot on the nose and your back foot in the middle of the board. Now pop the nose down and slide your back foot up to the tail. Raise your knees while in the air and land.\n\nFrontside 180`: Get in the ollie position just have it so your front foot toes are hanging off the side of the board. Now pop and ollie and twist your hips so you’re starting to turn to the left if you’re regular footed, if you’re goofy footed to the right. Practice landing 90`s until you start landing full 180`s.\n\n\nBackside 180`: Get into the ollie position just that your front foot’s heel is hanging of the edge of the board. Now ollie and twist your hips in the other direction so your turning in the opposite direction of a frontside 180`.\n\n                                          Street trick tips: Beginner advanced\n\n\n\nPop shuv-it nose manual: Be clean with pop shuv-its, nose manuals and ollies. Now get into the pop shuv-it position and be ready for a nose manual. Shuv a shuv-it and once it’s starting to come around you want to have your feet in the nose manual position while in mid air. Note: You will only have a split second while in the air so get this down fast. Now land balanced in a nose manual and roll away.\n\n\n\nKickflip: Place your back foot on the mid side of the tail and your front foot off to the side with your heel hanging off the edge. Now pop an ollie and flick your front foot off the side of the nose making it flip. Raise your knees to your chest to stay over the board and land with your feet over the bolts. Be sure to flick off the board hard to get the rotation and raise your knees to your chest. The best place to practice kickflips is on carpet because you have more control over the board.
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jus cuz ur a girl doesnt mean you cant skateboard. go to a local skatepark. people won't make fun of you, some one will see that your a beginner and help you. skate boarding is a helper-learner sort of thing. good luck, ~b~
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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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there is no real girl board or boy board, although there is a company named "girl". anyways, just give it a shot. ride around the block to practice getting balance (I really didn't need to do that what I just said when I started, wonder why). as for boards, if you ever go to a skateshop in town, you will see that they are not cheap or inexpensive (unless you go to walmart but the boards they sell SUCK). go on google maps and do a search on it if you zoom in at your town. but unless you start going on halfpipes or start ollieing, you dont need to get a new one. keep the one you have for a little longer untill you can jump on your board and not fall off 99.99999 percent of the time. the perfectly good board is going to be useless if you cant skate rigth. by the way, don't get girl bearings, they're not that good.
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practice makes perfect. iu've been skateboarding for about 3 years now and i have gotten pretty good at it just by practicing riding around with my bf. My first trick was the Olley cuz it's pretty easy. if u forgot how to skateboard i suggest that the first trick u try would be the Olley. Well, i've wasted enough space.
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Element Fibos suck,\n\ntry Blind, easy to do flip tricks on.\n\n\nDarkstar, they use to last alot longer now a days they try to hard and the boards kinda suck, but I heard alot of a good, but bad.\n\nFlip, those last for ever, so far Blinds and Flips have lasted the best for me...\n\nElements suck as to begin with...\n\n\nBut try other boards man, find one your comfortable with, and try to get one that lasts.\n\nKeep up the skateboarding
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This should help.\nhttp://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/JustStartingOut_5.htm
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Start by making the letter "C" with each skate (obviously the left one will be a backwards "C").  Make sure to bend at the knees.\n\nOnce you get that mastered, you can try and learn how to crossover going backwards, which you can do quicker...and it looks pretty cool, too.
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What about in your backyard? I taught my self how to skateboard and i love it. Dont be imbarassed, skateboarding is a tricking sport. Just have fun at it and try your best. You will get it eventually!
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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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Alright man. I had the same problem when I first started skateboarding. I thought that if I bought a cheap wal-mart board then it wouldn't be any good and I would never progress. I eventually bought the cheap board after some thinking. I spent about a whole month just riding up and down my street without doing any tricks. Then, I started trying to ollie. After a couple of weeks I finally got my ollie. \n\nOnce I learned how to ollie, I got interested in skateboarding more. So I saved up some money and finally bought a decent board. My first was a Girl Board. When I was riding it, I felt so good. I skated SOO MUCH BETTER than on my other cheap board. It was a great feeling.\n\nIn conclusion, you don't need to buy some big-shot board at the beginning. Just buy a cheap board and then progress later on. Even if the board does have plastic wheels or whatnot, BUY IT ANYWYAY and just spend hours practicing on it. Then, when you learn some stuff, buy a good board and you will be skating like you have never been before. \n\nHope that helped. Good luck.