Things You'll Need:
- Paper
- Pen
- Street skateboarding how-to videos
- Professional street skateboarding videos
- Deck
- Skateboard
- Video camera
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Step 1
Know the common street skateboarding terms. Knowing these terms will make it easier to learn tricks from the videos.
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Step 2
Find street skateboarding how-to videos online or on DVD. Take notes while you watch the videos. Practice the tricks in front of your TV on a deck that doesn't have attached hardware.
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Step 3
Get professional street skateboarding videos online or on DVD. Watch the professional street skateboarders over and over to learn how they execute tricks successfully. Watch amateurs to learn what to avoid.
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Step 4
Study the street skateboarding videos in slow motion. Choose the trick you want to learn and watch it in slow motion several times in a row, copying the footwork on your deck.
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Step 5
Take your skateboard (now with hardware attached) to the streets and try out the new tricks you have learned.
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Step 6
Ask a friend to videotape your street skateboarding tricks. Watch the tape and analyze what you are doing correctly and find areas where you can improve.
