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| Tic Tac This is a very simple looking trick used by beginners to gain balance, Board control and by others to gain a little bit of speed without pushing. The basic idea is to lift the front of the board by transferring your weight to the rear and move the front of the board from the left to the right touching the ground at the end of each movement. This movement creates a forward motion (please don’t ask me to explain this occurrence of forward motion any further), which is handy when doing flip tricks at slow speed. Ollie You need to be rolling with moderate speed. As you're rolling, position your back foot on the tail, and place your front foot in the middle of the board. Bend your knees, at the same time you must transfer all weight to your back foot causing the nose to raise off the ground, jump, and slide your front foot up the deck. Jumping allows your body to break the confines of gravity, and sliding your front foot up the board allows the deck to level out, thus raising the back of the board from the ground. Stay over the board and at the peak of your Ollie you should be centred on the board, your knees bent again ready for landing. When you land, keep your knees bent to absorb the impact with the ground. You need to make sure both your front and back feet are over the bolts to avoid snapping the deck. A tip for beginners is to learn to Ollie stationary first. A lot of new parks (the type with swings and roundabouts) have a type of spongy tarmac under the swings or other apparatus this is perfect for learning new tricks stationary on as it stops the board from rolling and if you fall it reduces the risk of getting injured. Alternatively we sell a product called soft trucks these fix like normal trucks but don’t have any wheels meaning you can learn to skate indoors get in! (We recommend you use them in an open area indoors so you don’t break any precious ornaments that might be lying around). Nollie This trick is very similar to the Ollie. It is basically a switch Ollie. You use the front of the board instead of the back. To begin, place your front foot on the nose and your back foot across the middle of the board. Push down on the nose to get the pop. Then use your back foot to slide up the board like you would do with your front foot doing a normal Ollie. Then level out and centre yourself on the board with front and back feet over the bolts. Bend your knees, wait until you hit the ground, and like a pro, roll away smoothly. Manual Position your feet in Ollie position and roll steadily up to the obstacle that you're going to do the manual on. Ollie up, and land on the back wheels. Once you're up there, rest the majority of your weight on your back foot to help you get more balance. Ride it out, and then drop off. A tip for beginners, try manualing on the flat before ollieing up objects. Manualing on the flat is a good way to improve your overall balance and it’s a difficult trick to bail (badly) on. As you progress you can try manualing up and down flat banks and turning and manualing at the same time. (If you Ollie into a manual beware of the classic tail snap) as portrayed below. http://www.rollersnakes.co.uk/skateboard_decks.asp Pop Shove It Roll steadily on the flat to begin with, with your feet in an Ollie position. Pop as if you’re doing an Ollie. Now there are two ways of doing the next stage I recommend trying both and seeing which way suits you best. Either kick your front foot out to spin the board 180 degrees or alternatively use your back foot to spin the board, personally I find that a bit of both works very well. Again when the board has come round centre yourself over the board with your feet over the bolts and cushion your landing by bending your knees. A tip for beginners this trick can be achieved stationary like an Ollie. Once you have this trick down try using it on flat banks and up onto or off objects. Also this trick is not limited to 180 degrees try doing 360 pop shove its and maybe even more depending on how experimental you feel. And if you are feeling experimental then you can try BS or FS spins. Kick flip Set up in the Ollie position. Your front foot should be back towards the heel edge of the board and the front of your shoe should be just behind the centremost mounting bolts of the front truck. Do an Ollie, but rather than only sliding your front foot upward and forward, you must also slide your foot to the heel side to start your board in a spin. This action requires you to actually kick your front foot off of your board. This will cause the board to spin round under your feet. Keep your eye on the rotation of the board when you see the grip tape again catch the board with your feet (should I have to point that out) and try and land with your feet over the bolts. Again cushion the landing by bending your knees. This trick will take a lot of practice so don’t give up, remember every time you try this trick you will learn something so keep trying and you will progress. Once you get this trick down there are hundreds of new things to try not just can you try it on every object that you find to skate but you can try linking tricks together. One of the best looking tricks to pull off (my opinion sorry) is a 180 kick flip try a 180 Ollie with a kick flip in it booya!
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