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How to Ollie Onto a Curb: Skateboarding Tricks

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Summary: To ollie onto a curb in street skateboarding, timing and speed are key. Learn how to ollie onto a curb in this free skateboarding tricks and techniques lesson on video.

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Kevin Wilson has been skateboarding for more than twenty years. He spends most of his time street skating, but enjoys challenging his skills on ramps and bowls. He believes...read more

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"We're going to talk about another street skating technique learning how to ollie onto curbs. Learning how to ollie onto curbs is important part of fundamentals street skating. You want to approach the curb remember to have enough speed to where you are going to clear your back wheels onto the surface. Approach, ollie early let your momentum take you onto the curb compress your knees as you would if your were ollieing off of a curb and roll away. Let's see one in action. Notice even though I was ollieing to a higher surface in the ground I still compressed my knees as I was ollieing off of something. This will prevent knee injury, add style to your tricks, let's see it again. As most street technique the key to this trick is timing and speed remember to pop early enough to clear the curb and have enough speed to get you onto top."

eHow Article: How to Ollie Onto a Curb: Skateboarding Tricks

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