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How to Do a 50/50 Truck Stall

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Stalling a skateboard on the ramp can be difficult and there are a number of ways to perform it. A 50/50 truck stall is about keeping the feet over the skateboard deck bolts throughout the move. Wear elbow and kneepads as well as a safety helmet ... more »

How to Do a 5-O Truck Pivot

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The 5-O truck pivot is a trick that can be easily traced back to its surfing roots: just like a surfer, the skateboarder goes up to the crest of the wave--or the lip of the coping--and surfs back down. Better yet, this cool-looking trick can lead ... more »

How to do a Backside 180 Ollie on a Skateboard

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this article teaches you how to backside 180 ollie on a skateboard.. more »

How to Do a Backside Flip

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A backside flip is a popular move done in skateboarding competitions. It's a smooth looking move somewhat difficult to master. If you practice regularly you can get the hang of it and eventually catch the board before it hits the ground. Follow ... more »

How to Do a Beanplant Double Fingerflip on a Skateboard

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If you love to skateboard, then you know you are only as good as the tricks you can perform. Whether you're practicing by yourself or you are down at the skateboard park, here is a trick called a "Beanplant Double Fingerflip." It's tough to do, ... more »

How to Do a Board Float on a Tech Deck

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A Tech Deck is one of the few ways to get the feeling of accomplishing skateboard tricks and not get the bruises. You can learn most of the moves on a Tech Deck if you spend a little time studying them and do a little practice. If you want to do ... more »

How to Do a Board Stall 180

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Board stall and 180 turns are essential moves in the street skating bag of tricks. Every basic skateboarding move is transferable to a host of skating actions. Always wear a helmet when practicing your skateboarding moves, such as a board stall ... more »

How to Do a Boneless 360 on a Skateboard

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"Doing a boneless" is the selected phrase for performing a forward jump from straight and level ground on your skateboard. The technique is pretty straightforward as it amounts to grabbing the board, pushing off from the ground with one foot and ... more »

How to Do a Crooked Grind to Noseslide in One Combo in Skateboarding

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Do the Crooked Grind to a Noseslide in one combination on your skateboard. This isn't as hard as it sounds since the Crooked Grind ends in a ready position for the Noseslide anyway and the Noseslide is one of the easiest tricks to learn. However, ... more »

How to Do a Cutback on a Skateboard

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The connection between surfing and skateboard is strong. The cutback is a prime example of this connection. Just like the surfers who cut back and forth before a wave, the skater can do something similar on his skateboard. It's a challenging ... more »

How to Do a Fakie 180 Ollie

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After learning how to perform a Fakie, a 180 Truck Stop and an Ollie, it is time to combine the moves and do a fakie 180 ollie. Performing backward moves increases the chance for injury so wear a helmet when practicing the moves below. Remember, ... more »

How to Do a Fifty-Fifty Skateboarding Trick

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A Fifty-Fifty is a fun skateboard trick to learn after you have mastered the ollie. Like the boardslide, a Fifty-Fifty involves popping an ollie onto a rail. Instead of sliding on the board, though, you slide on the rail on your skateboard's trucks... more »

How to do a First Grind on a Skateboard

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Learn how to Ollie on your skateboard first before trying any harder tricks. You can watch videos online to see how they are done, but realize that those skateboarders practiced for a long time before they became proficient... more »

How to Do a Frontside 720 on a Skateboard

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The Frontside 720 is one of the classic advanced tricks in skateboarding. Most skaters do them in half-pipes, but with enough speed and some major guts, you can pull them off on ramps and other jumps in the skate park. Before you try the 720 ... more »

How to Do a Handplant

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A handplant is not only an extremely difficult skateboarding move, but it's also a show of natural athletic ability and acrobatic strength. Even the masters of skateboarding admit that a handplant is one of the most difficult moves in the sport ... more »

How to do a heelflip

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you guys will learn how to do a heelflip.. more »

How to Do a Heelflip on a Skateboard

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Heelflips are actually much harder than kickflips. The reason is that it's harder to use your heel to spin the board rather than your toes. This trick is a challenging one to master but it's all so sweet when you do... more »

How to do a kickflip on a skateboard

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You will learn how to completely land a kickflip on a skateboard.. more »

How to Do a Manual to Front Side Pivot on a Skateboard

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Add variety to your skating routine by doing a manual to front side pivot on a skateboard. The manual is another name for a roll out in a wheelie, then roll back done on a banked wall, though these days any wheelie is referred to as a manual. ... more »

How to Do a Mosher on a Skateboard in a Half Pipe

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Doing anything that requires balance on a skateboard is tricky, especially since it requires balance to stand up on it in the first place. With practice, you'll be able to do all sorts of tricks, like Ollies, Half Cabs, grabs and more. One trick ... more »

How to Do a Moving Ollie Trick

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Since its beginnings in the late 1950s, skateboarding has moved from the counterculture to the mainstream. Styles of skateboards, as well as tricks, have evolved and become more dynamic during the past 50 years. A fundamental trick in modern ... more »

How to Do a No Comply on a Skateboard

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Skateboarding has evolved over the years from a simple recreational activity to an extreme sport. Skateboarders use tricks to enhance the look and style of their riding. The No Comply is an old-school style skateboard trick. Add the No Comply ... more »

How to Do a Nose Manual in Skateboarding

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The Nose Manual technique is basic to performing street skateboarding tricks. A traditional manual means to balance on the back two wheels of the skateboard. In a Nose Manual, the balance is in the front two wheels instead. Always wear knee and ... more »

How to do a Ollie on a skateboard

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this will tell you how to do the grand master of a skateboard every single trick starts with a Ollie.. more »

How to Do a Powerslide

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A skateboard powerslide is as much a matter of style and finesse as it is a conventional trick. You can use the powerslide either as a precursor to another trick or to come to a complete stop. Here are some handy tips for pulling off the move and ... more »

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