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How to Do a 180 Pivot on a Skateboard

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Perform a 180 Pivot on a skateboard by turning your skateboard 180 degrees in midair. If you do it correctly, you'll land the nose where the board’s tail started. When the skateboard is turned on the ground, it is a kickturn or revert. Once you ... more »

How to Do a Bigspin Flip on a Skateboard

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A bigspin flip is a skateboarding trick that can be attempted by the experienced skateboarder after she's mastered most other tricks. When done correctly, it looks impressive and can be altered to fit your skating style by adding other moves to ... more »

How to Do a BMX Manual Move

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Learning to do tricks on your BMX is a great way to stay active and have a great time, whether you want to compete or just show off for your friends. Start by mastering the manual, as this trick is the basis for more difficult BMX skills... more »

How to Do a BMX Rocket Air

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Many of the tricks in BMX and skateboarding have been learned on one apparatus, and then transferred to the other. In the case of the rocket air, it started out as a skateboard trick first performed by Christian Hosoi. In 1986, Craig Campbell saw ... more »

How to do a frontside 180 heelflip

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This article will teach you how to do a front side 180 heel flip. This trick can be very hard for some people or very easy for others, it depends on how well u know how to do heel flips, and front side 180's. You will want to know how to do those ... more »

How to Do a Girl Flip on a Skateboard

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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A Girl Flip is a combination flip of an ollie, kickflip and varial kickflip. Impress your friends and the ladies with this visually dynamic flip. Girl is a brand of skateboards, so when a trick is referred to as a girl trick, the lingo is talking ... more »

How to Do a Nose Grind on a Skateboard

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Learning a nosegrind, also called a frontside nosegrind, takes balance and speed. It is an advanced skateboarding maneuver where you grind your front truck along a curb or a block in a skate park. You must have knowledge of basic moves before ... more »

How to Do a Revert on a Skateboard

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A skateboarding revert is a trick that allows you to turn around with the skateboard still under your feet so you are merely changing skating directions. A skater would need to do a revert if he has done a trick that has turned him around so the ... more »

How to Do a Tailwhip on a Scooter

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Borrowed from the BMX trick-book, the tailwhip's one of the fundamental tricks of scooter freestyling. It's a simple move, but it takes some practice to master the timing of the kick and the catch. Fortunately, the tailwhip's not that dangerous, ... more »

How to Do an Off the Lip on a Surfboard

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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This spectacular move off the top of a breaking wave is a staple move for modern hotshots... more »

How to do an ollie late shuv it.

By babyJ3000

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This article explains how to do an ollie fronside late shuv it on a skateboard... more »

How to Do Deck Manuals on a BMX Bike

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Performing a manual while on a deck is a BMX skill that will definitely impress your friends and show off your panache. Best of all, the same skills can be applied to maneuvering on and over all kinds of objects... more »

How to Do Variations of 180 BMX Tricks

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The 180 is an essential trick to have in your bag of BMX skills. Learning to do variations of the 180 properly and with ease will allow you to tie a string of tricks together. After you've mastered some basic variations, you can learn more ... more »

How to Eat Pies Bigger Than a Person's Head

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Whether participating in a pie-eating contest at a festival or just trying to impress your friends, eating huge pies can be a useful skill. It can be difficult, but it does become easier if you take some time to prepare your stomach for such an ... more »

How to Flip a Tech Deck Skateboard

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Tech deck skateboards, also known as fingerboards, are 96 millimeter replicas of regular skateboards and can pull all of the same tricks. Tech deck's are maneuvered using your index and middle fingers to perform ollies, tailgrabs, flips and more. ... more »

How to Follow Ice Climbing Etiquette

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When climbing, it's important to keep in mind that you're not the first or the last person to touch that area. Experienced climbers have a high respect for the mountain and follow a set of rules and etiquette guidelines to make sure the place can ... more »

How to Freeboard

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Skateboarding came to popularity in the 1970s and it has only grown since then. Also on the rise are extreme sports, which come up with new and innovative ways to play a sport, often by combining it with something else. Freeboarding could be ... more »

How to frontside powerslide a longboard

By skate4life

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you will learn how to frontside powerslide this is for somebody regular footed so if your goofy switch it.. more »

How to Gauge Your Speed on a BMX Bike

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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The sport of riding BMX bikes and doing tricks is growing in popularity. Mastering speed, body positioning and even jumping come into play as you learn to gauge your speed on a BMX bike. Dedicate yourself to perfecting these skills and you will ... more »

How to Get Into Freestyle Motocross

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Freestyle Motocross (FMX for short) was born out of the dirt track races of Motocross. While going over various jumps on a course, the dirt bike riders would perform tricks while in the air to show off for the crowd. A rider bursting across the ... more »

How to get Molten Golf Ball of SCUBA Fins

By BILLYBOB

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Step 1. Get new fins... more »

How to Get Paragliding Gear for Beginners

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Paragliding is a simple way to experience the thrill of flight. The proper gear is essential to provide safety and the necessary tools for a good experience. Learn how to get paragliding gear for the beginner that fits your budget and provides ... more »

How to Get Started in Motocross

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Motocross is one of the most well-known alternative sports in the United States. It take grit, guts and eventually, the glory comes with hard work and talent. Motocross, though it started as a small sport, has grown to be included in the Olympics ... more »

How to Grade an Ice Climb

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There are actually two ways to grade an ice climb: based on technical rating and based on the length of the climb. The technical rating is used to grade the pitch or slope of a mountain and it's divided into seven different groups. The grade ... more »

How to J-Hop on a Mountain Bike

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The bunny hop and the j-hop are the two main techniques mountain bikers use to jump over obstacles. Although more people seem to know about the bunny hop, the j-hop gives you more control over your bike during the jump and reduces the wear on ... more »