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How to Do a Frontside No Comply 5-0 on a Skateboard

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The Frontside No Comply 5-0 is what skaters call an old school freestyle skateboarding trick because it's been around for a long time. This move is best done in a ditch though it flies just as well on curbs or parking blocks. Mini ramps aren't ... more »

How to Do a Frontside No Comply Varial on a Skateboard

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This is a freestyle skateboarding trick that is good to try on flat pavement first before working up to rolling it on curbs. The key to this trick is getting your foot that hits the ground down and up smoothly... more »

How to Do a Frontside Rock and Roll on a Skateboard

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This is a skateboarding trick that is commonly done in ditches and verts or places that have a transition or things like parking blocks on top of a wall. It's not an easy trick to learn but when it's done well, it looks totally sweet. You can ... more »

How to Do a Hardflip on a Skateboard

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The hardflip is one of the more difficult tricks to explain, but one of the coolest to perform. A hardflip is basically when your skateboard rotates 180 degrees like a frontside pop shuvit and then flips like a kickflip. Think of the hardflip as ... more »

How to Do a Heelside Railstand on a Skateboard

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The Heel Side Rail Stand on a skateboard is one of the most basic tricks in freestyle skateboarding that skaters first need to master. It's very easy to learn but you have to practice in order to have good balance to do it well... more »

How to Do a Hip Ollie on a Skateboard

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Make sure you have your ollie down and can control it well before trying this freestyle skateboarding trick. The hip is the part of a pyramid ramp where the two flat sides meet at a point or edge. Any decent skate park will have a pyramid ramp... more »

How to Do a Kick Turn on a Skateboard

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The kick turn is one of the most basic skateboarding tricks a beginning boarder learns. It also looks really cool and can be a great fill in between larger tricks in freestyle footwork combinations. It's basically a Shove It done on the ground ... more »

How to Do a Manual in Skateboarding

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These days street skaters call any kind of a wheelie a manual. However, a manual really is when you roll out or roll in any kind of banked wall, vert or mini-ramp while skating. A Frontside Manual is when you do a roll out while in a wheelie, ... more »

How to Do a Manual on a Skateboard

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The manual's a basic skateboarding move that improves your balance and your ability to do flat-ground rolling tricks. Although it's great for training your skateboarding skills, it's also stylish enough to function as a stand-alone trick in your ... more »

How to Do a Multiple Grind Flip Technique on a Tech Deck

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Getting proficient on the Tech Deck takes a lot of practice since there are so many tricks to master. One of the tricks is a multiple grind flip. This technique requires a little patience at first, but it's worth the effort... more »

How to Do a Nollie and Hardflip a Stair Set

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Doing a nollie and a hardflip on a stair set is one way to make eyebrows rise and jaws drop and cause heart attacks. Not only are you flipping your skateboard, you're adding stairs as well. Of course, this move takes some practice. Read this eHow ... more »

How to Do a Nollie Impossible on a Skateboard

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This is a freestyle skateboarding move for advanced skaters. What makes this a Nollie Impossible instead of the regular Ollie Impossible is that you scoop up the skateboard with your front foot. This trick can be done going either backwards or ... more »

How to Do a Nollie Lazer Flip

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A nollie lazer flip on a skateboard is challenging, but way cool. It's a matter of timing and balance to flip that skateboard end over end and land squarely on it. If you get really good, well, think ramps and more to make that nollie lazer flip ... more »

How to Do a Nollie Pop Shuvit

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Doing a nollie while skateboarding is simple enough. A pop shuvit isn't much more difficult. The hardest part is landing after the 180-degree spin, but with practice and confidence, you can land it with ease... more »

How to Do a One and a Half Kickback on a Skateboard

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The One and a Half Kickback is a freestyle skateboarding trick that you do while in a stationary position. Basically you will jump up and make the skateboard do a flip. But as it is flipping and you are jumping, you'll kick back the other way to ... more »

How to Do a One-Footed Casper on a Skateboard

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Skateboarding started in the 1960s as a recreational activity for teens. It has evolved in to a sport, transportation and even a career for some skaters, who often perform impressive stunts while riding. The one-footed Casper skateboard trick is ... more »

How to Do a Pop Shuv It on a Fingerboard

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When you're unable to ride your skateboard but still feel the need to "skate or die," you may turn to a fingerboard to help you scratch your itch. When you've mastered the ollie and other basic tricks, give the Pop Shuv It--an ollie in which the ... more »

How to Do a Rail to Casper on a Skateboard

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The Rail to Casper is a basic freestyle skateboarding move that is not that difficult to learn. You basically go from a Rail Stand into a Casper then ride out of it. You can also spin a 180 at the end to really make it look cool... more »

How to Do a Shove It 180 on a Bank

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The Shove It 180 is one of those basic moves that skateboarders first learn on the street. It's a useful freestyle move that is great for implementing into cool footwork combinations. You need to learn the Shove It 180 before you can move on to ... more »

How to Do a Shove It on a Bank

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The Shove It is a beginning skateboarding trick that looks harder than it is. If you get bored with trying the Shove It on flat ground, take it to the skate park and try it on a bank. The slope of the bank will let you feel what it's like to do ... more »

How to Do a Shove It Shuffle on a Skateboard

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This street skateboarding trick works well on banks, ditches or very sloped driveways. It is similar to a 180 Shove It only as a revert. Basically you'll roll up a slope, do a nose 180 Shove It, into a wheelie and kickturn. It sounds complicated ... more »

How to Do a Sidewinder on a Skateboard

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The Sidewinder is a freestyle skateboarding trick that takes a great deal of balance. It's what is called a transfer trick because you have to shift your weight in the middle of it. If you can't shift it well, the entire trick will fall apart... more »

How to Do a Switch 360 Double Kickflip to Late 180 Fingerflip Revert

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This trick is really a combination of two tricks done on the skateboard. The first is a double switch kickflip and the second is a 180 fingerflip revert. You need to have a little speed going to do the trick right. It's easiest if you learn each ... more »

How to Do a Switch Frontside Nose Grind 180 Out on a Skateboard

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This freestyle skateboarding trick better for advanced skaters. You should already be able to do an ollie and a switch ollie as well as a frontside nose grind. Since this is a grind, this move is done on a curb or ledge... more »

How to Do a Switch Straight Pressure Flip M-80 on a Skateboard

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Do a Switch Straight Pressure Flip m80. This freestyle skateboarding trick actually takes longer to perform than it does to rattle off its name. But when it is done right, it looks spectacular. This is one trick that will impress your skating ... more »

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