Skateboarding

How to Choose a Kick Scooter

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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They're popping up everywhere, looking like a cross between in-line skates and a skateboard with handles ... they're kick scooters! Powered in the same fashion as skateboards, kick scooters allow even first-time riders to weave easily down the ... more »

How to Choose Skateboard Trucks For Carving

By Xenos

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There are tons of trucks out on the market today. It's not like back in the hay days of skating in the 80s where there were a couple big players. There are now trucks that are best suited for street, downhill, slalom, and carving. I will show you ... more »

How to Ollie

By timekillers

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Ok, these are the basic instructions for how to do an ollie... more »

How to Pump Your Longboard

By Xenos

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The art of pumping your longboard is a useful skill when you don't want to keep putting your foot down to push. Pumping your skateboard is also referred to as "skumping.".. more »

How to Boneless Bigspin

By sk8erkid13

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This is a guide to do a trick i invented, but it is very cool. Rodney Mullen/ Daewon Song inspired... more »

How to Buy the Right Clothes for Each Skateboard Look

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Remember that fashion is an essential part of skateboarding, whether anybody wants to admit it or not. It helps show the rest of the skaters who you are and what you are about as a skater. Choose from this convenient list of stereotypical skater ... more »

How to do a Heelflip on a skateboard

By skatingfreak8

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I recomend you know how to Kickflip first then learn a Heelflip.. more »

How to going off a kicker

By skatedude

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this is awsome.. more »

How to Ollie While Moving

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Invented by a Floridian skater in the 1970s, the ollie is skateboarding's fundamental trick. Most skaters start by learning the standing ollie on a soft surface like grass or carpet. Transitioning from the standing to the rolling ollie is tough, ... more »

How to Skateboard

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Skateboarding is a fun activity for both teens and adults. It takes a moderate amount of athletic ability and balance to skateboard well. If you have never been on a skateboard, you may be eager to learn some of the basics before you start... more »

How to Turn on a Freebord

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Turning on a Freebord is a lot more like turning on a snowboard than it is like turning on a skateboard. Instead of using a kick tail, it's necessary to carve and slide into your turns... more »

How to Backside Half Cab Kickflip on a Skateboard

By sk8erboy2007

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If you don't know how to backside half cab and kickflip, don't learn this trick just yet.. more »

How to do a 180 caveman

By skateking042295

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this trick is esy... more »

How to do a old school handstand on a skateboard

By wopwopwop

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Have you ever played skateboard video games were every thing looks impossible. Well this is one of the easiest tricks that looks hard.. more »

How to Casper a Tech Deck

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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If you love skateboarding but don't want any injuries, then finger boarding is a way to get your kicks. There are many maneuvers that skateboarders create that you can do on a fingerboard. You can start with a Casper on a tech deck. It takes a ... more »

How to Do a Switch Ollie on a Skateboard

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The switch ollie turns your skateboarding style upside down by placing what's usually your front foot on the tail of the board and your back foot up front. Learning to switch ollie is an integral part of being a solid all-around skater who can ... more »

How to Do a Switcheroo on a Skateboard

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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The switcheroo is a beginning skateboard trick that's easy to learn and fun to do. If you're new to skateboarding, learning the switcheroo is a good way to prepare for performing harder tricks like the shuv-it and the ollie. On top of this, you ... more »

How to Do an Ollie Impossible on a Skateboard

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This is a fun freestyle skateboarding move that takes what looks impossible to do to the next level. Basically you want to create pressure on the board that makes it pop up in the air and roll, wrapping around your foot. It's a very smooth ... more »

How to Do the Casper and an Impossible on a Tech Deck

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Those who can't get enough of skateboarding find that they can now skateboard when they're not skateboarding. It's entirely possible with a tech deck. Let your fingers skateboard when your whole body cannot. With the tech deck, you can do all ... more »

How to Fall Off a Skateboard Safely

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Skateboarding can be a great adrenaline sport, but you have to be prepared for the times when you will fall to the ground, or trip on something in your path. Learn how you can fall off your skateboard safely... more »

How to Find Skate Spots in San Francisco

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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San Francisco held the Summer X Games, so they know skateboarding. Some think it's the skateboarding capital of the world. Thanks to a newly formed non-partisan San Francisco Skateboard Park Coalition, even more skate parks are in the works. Read ... more »

How to Find Skate Spots in Washington, DC

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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You've skated in Portland, Boston and New York, and you want to move on. Why not go to Washington, DC, the nation's capital? Whatever your political leanings, you're eager to try out whatever gnarly skate spots await. Read this eHow and get psyched!.. more »

How to Land a Switch Ollie

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Riding a switch ollie is a great feeling, and you feel even better when you hit a smooth landing. The trick to the trick truly is in the foot action, where you place your feet and how you let your board land... more »

How to Make A Skateboard

By earthlykitten

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How to make a skateboard in your own home... more »

How to Make a Tech Deck Tabletop Ramp

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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You can make your own tech deck ramps to perform and perfect your tricks. Make ramps, decks and pipes by cutting pieces of cardboard to the right size, and then taping them together. Use paint or markers to make the ramps appear to have a wood ... more »

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