Skateboarding

If you like to skate, but are getting tired of not having anything to skate with, follow this guide to help you build some grind rails.

When most people think of all-American sports, they typically think of baseball, basketball and football. Few people immediately thing of skateboarding, although that fact may change in the coming...

Skateboards have been around for a while as a form of transportation and a tool used in extreme sports. Made of wood and sporting four wheels, a skateboard looks simple enough, though there is...

A Tech Deck helps those skateboarders who love to skateboard and can never get enough. With these cool little skateboards, you can do lots of tricks that you do with your skateboard. It takes...

Skateboarding is an act of freedom. Whether you are doing sweet tricks or just using your board to travel around town, don't you want to look awesome? One of the best ways to look cool while...

There is nothing cooler than learning some new skateboard tricks to show off to your friends. But before you pop an ollie, make sure that the kingpins and bushings on your skateboard are properly...

Turing is one of the most essential skills to learn while riding a skateboard, luckily it's also one of the easiest to learn. By mastering your balance and practicing leaning, you can easily...

Skaters all know how useful the ollie is. Not only is it good for creating tricks at the skate park or on a ramp, but it's also great for clearing gaps and other obstacles in the streets. One...

Do the 180 Casper Disaster on a skateboard. This skateboarding trick is really a fun move to do on a flat surface. It was first performed by Bobby Boyden, who had such pale skin that his nickname...

The No Comply Grab on a skateboard is one of those skateboarding tricks that skaters call old school because it's been around for so long. It's also a great one for beginners to learn because it's...

Once you learn the basics on a Tech Deck, it's time to begin a little more advanced technique. You can keep busy for quite a few years learning flips, slides, grinds and combinations. One of the...

The finger board is a lot less dangerous than the skateboard and a lot more tricks can be tried that would freak your parents out if they saw you attempt them on the skateboard. One of the tricks...

Skateboarding has become a very popular sport in recent years. Since the early 1980s the skateboarding industry has seen a large increase in interest worldwide. Now recognized as a viable sport,...

The frontside 180 is a trick that can score you big points at the skate park or on the street if you can pull it off and land it. Combining the jump of an ollie with a 180 twist that begins with...

If you're going to make any real progress skateboarding, you have to start with the ollie. The ollie not only lets you skate around the city or skatepark without having to get off the board at...

The ollie is the central trick in all of skateboarding. If you've learned the ollie but are finding that your style leaves something to be desired (or that friends are laughing hysterically even...

Protect your child’s precious noggin when it’s speeding around on a bicycle, skateboard or scooter. A properly sized and frequently worn helmet can help prevent injuries. Here is how to find one.

If you are just learning how to skateboard, there are some basic moves you will need to master before moving onto the killer tricks. One of those basics is simply pushing on the skateboard. Here...

You want to make a gnarly skateboard video so you'll get noticed and get sponsorship so you can turn pro. It's a fabulous idea, especially if you manage to record some of your coolest moves and...

You've skated in Portland, Maine and Boston. Continue your westward track and skate in the next big city, New York City. New York City is even bigger than Boston and Portland combined, and so...

Go west to Seattle, man. It's a happening town. It's got the Space Needle, lots of coffee, cool fish markets and skate spots.

An extreme sport that is both fun and exciting, street skateboarding comes with jargon that you might want to learn to stay on the cool side of hip. Follow these steps.

Not many people can master the art of skateboarding, but those who can – practice, practice, and practice. One of the many skateboarding drills that a lot of newcomers start out with is known as...

Before you learn how to Kickflip, you should learn how to ollie. Don't get frusterated on the kickflip because it is one of the most hardest tricks to learn

* before you learn anything in skateboarding, learn to do an ollie first. It may take you up to 2 or 3 months to learn it so be patient.

This article will tell you how to heelflip on a skateboard.

This is an article teaching you how to do a kickflip on a skateboard.

Do you want to know how to do a KICK FLIP. It's easy, let THE_HOW_TO_GUY show you the way. First of all the kickflip is the essential basic skateboarding move that will need to be mastered to get...

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...

The skateboard industry is extremely dynamic. Fashions change rapidly and new products are constantly hitting the shelves. If you're buying gear for children, understand what they want and are...

Pushing off is a very important part of skating, it enables the skater to get around.

Once you've learned to turn and slide on your Freebord, the first real trick to learn is the 180 slide.

Carve your way into a niche, slash your tail out and ride away to blow your friends' minds with your skill and form.

Maintaining your Freebord is simple, and is the key to prolonging its life and keeping it functioning properly.

Sliding sideways on a Freebord is made possible by an extra rotating wheel mounted on the trucks, and is the very reason to ride a Freebord in the first place.

There are several different ways to get your hands on a Freebord - a relatively new invention in the skateboard world that infuses downhill skating with the feel of snowboarding. Try them in the...

Think "pop shove-it" with a bit more flair!

In snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding, you're a 'regular foot' if you keep your left foot forward, a 'goofy foot' if you keep your right forward. Here are three ways to tell which you are.

Another powerful street and ramp basic that can be powerfully popped and styled!

Named after Eric "Salad" Dressen, this is a styled-out grind trick.

Spin like a top - amaze your friends!