How to Stand on a Skateboard

Series Summary

Are you picking up the sport of skateboarding? Do you need tips on skateboarding tricks? Skateboarding is an art to some, and an extreme sport to others. Some people use skateboards as a mode of transportation, and others see it as just a hobby. Popularized as “sidewalk surfing,” skateboarding was introduced to the public in the 1950s. If this is your first time trying the sport, you will want to invest some money in safety gear such as kneepads, elbow pads and a helmet. Skateboarding is a great way to creatively express and challenge yourself. Tricks such as ollies, ramps, kickflips, and feeble grinding are performed on the skateboard.

In this series of expert videos, you will learn more about the hobby and sport of skateboarding. Get some great tips on tricks to perform using a vert ramp and a skateboard. The first step to riding a skateboard, however is learning how to properly stand on the board. Watch these videos to learn how to stand on a board and learn more about the different kinds of boards. Learn how to maintain the function of your skateboard including the maintenance of trucks, wheels, and the board itself. Get great tips on ramp tricks, and learn how to push and turn your board. Watch these videos and learn how to do a moving ollie or a stationary ollie for beginners. Also see how to turn your board on a ramp and how to drop in on a skateboard ramp. Increase your knowledge and skill level after watching these expert skateboarding videos.

Video Transcript

" Hi! my name is Brandon and I work at BC Surf-n-Sport here in Coral Springs, Florida. You can find us on the web at www.bcsurf.com. On behalf of Expertvillage.com I am going to welcome you and today I am going to show you some basic skateboard tricks. First off you want to learn how to stand on the board, basically you just want to have your feet over the bolts at all times and kind of just learn how to balance yourself by just standing on it and like a standard position. You don’t want to be moving, so you can get the feel of the board, after you basically accomplish this you want to start to learn how to push, you always want to make sure that your front foot is over your boards and your back foot is near the back wheel. If your front foot is in the back part of the skate board, you won't be able to control, your boards going to swerve like this all over the place, you wont be able to have any control at all. So, what you want to do is you want to have your front foot over your boards, and kind of take it one step at a time by giving a small little push, and get your back foot over the back part of your bolts."