How To Learn a Skateboard Manual

Video Transcript

"One way to learn how to do Manuals is just by setting distance goals and just testing it. You can learn in place to learn how to hold the Manual. You can try to ride and see how far you can get. One way to do that is maybe learn it with someone else and kind of have like a Manual contest and see who can get furthest. That's one way to learn. You'll want to start of course learning the Ollie Manual onto lower surfaces like a curb or maybe a sidewalk in front of your house or something like that. As you learn those, start bringing them up onto higher surfaces. It's going to get more difficult as you get higher of course. One reason is that your body will be low and then you'll jump onto the top of the surface and your weight won't be correct. That's another way to learn how to do Manuals. Another way to learn how to Manual would be to bring it to different lengths. One way that I learned how to Manual was I did Manuals in parking lots and I used the lines for each spot as a guide to tell me how much further I got. Another way that you could learn how to Manual is possibly finding something small like a crack to Ollie over and land in the Manual position. It's kind of a consequence free way and safe way to learn how to do it. If you don't make the Manual you can just set it down after and you can learn how to do it further and further every time. "