What is a Skateboard Manual?

Series Summary

Skateboarding tricks are a fun and exciting. It is also a great way to further your skating skills. Many skateboarders have had a profound effect on skateboarding throughout time. A recent study showed there were over eighteen million skateboarders worldwide. Over eighty percent of skateboarders polled had used a board when under the age of 18, and over seventy percent were male.

In this free instructional video series let a skateboard professional teach you a skateboard manual. He discusses other variations of this trick like a manual 180 out and a nollie manual. He'll also introduces curbs and table tops to help increase the skill level. Grab your board and take on a manual 180 out!

Video Transcript

"The Manual is a really fun trick. Basically what a Manual is, is it's another name for a Wheelie basically. You ride on two wheels. On your two back wheels while having the two front wheels off the ground. You can do a Manual rolling on the street. You don't need to Ollie into it necessarily. You can ride and test how to do Manuals by giving yourself some kind of marker. Like a crack or maybe even like a parking line to try to use as a goal for distance. A Manual basically is, an Ollie Manual, technically an Ollie Manual is when you Ollie into or up onto something and land on your back wheels, ride the distance on the top of the surface and then drop off or Ollie out."