How to Ollie Off a Curb on a Skateboard

Series Summary

The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950's. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations, and often skate on city built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks.

After you've mastered the basics of street skateboarding, it's time to move on to more advanced tricks and moves. In this free video series, our expert will give you tips on how to perform a number of advanced skateboarding tricks, including a number of ollie variations, fakie spins, and tricks rolling away from banks. You'll also learn how to do a shove it, how to approach a bank, and how to ollie down a set of stairs! Improve your skateboarding tricks and avoid breaking your ankle in the process.

Video Transcript

"We're going to talk about another street technique which is learning how to ollie off of curbs. Once you mastered the ollie, you can start trying to learn how to ollie off of objects such as a small curbs. You want to approach the end of the curb as soon as your front trunk is cleared the drop off of the curb, pop your back tail, suck it up like a normal ollie, land press your legs and roll away. Let's see it in action. Notice that the key of this trick is timing. If you pop too early, you won't have enough speed to clear the curb. If you pop too late, you simply drop off. Make sure you pop shortly after your wheels clear the curb, pop the ollie suck it up, land compress your legs and roll away. Remember no matter how large or small the curb whatever you ollie off of, it's important to learn how to compress your legs when you land. It's a good way to avoid knee injury and add style to your tricks."