How to Skateboard - Beginners

I'm pretty sure that if you're reading this, you orwhy I created this resource, I built a website to help
somebody you know wants to learn how toyou get on your board and have some SERIOUS
skateboard, beginners probably, but I'm sure you fitFUN. I will show you a couple SECRETS OF
into one of these 3 options.SKATEBOARDING that you must get down pat
1. You're thinking about learning how to skateboardbefore you can really start skating and having some
because you've seen other people skateboarding onreal fun. You'll go from being in one of these 3
tv, or just around town and it looks like a blast.categories, to impressing your friends and taking
People who skateboard are usually fun andcomplete control of your board in no time. Just a
sometimes crazy people! You want to be one ofquick glimpse, 3 of the main secrets many people
those skateboarders who can have a blast whereverdon't know are these.
you go! You're looking around for tips and tricks to1. Proper Foot placement. Without this you'll never
help you learn how to skateboard.get your board off the ground, or at least you want
2. You have just picked up skateboarding, you'reland on it.
riding around a bit, getting the feel for it, maybe2. Maintaining the correct balance on your board
doing a small ollie here and there and not doing verybefore executing a trick. Without this learning how to
well at learning skateboarding tricks. For beginners thisskateboard for beginners and advanced alike, you're
can be one of the most frustrating parts of theboard will never do anything more than come off the
whole skateboarding sport. So you're looking aroundground. You want your board to do what you want
for tips about how to ollie higher, how to turn better,it to, but that works both ways, your board will
or trying to learn a couple tricks to add to youralways do what it wants to do. Where's the balance?
boarding resume. Maybe looking for kickflip tips,3. Where and how hard to pop or push your board.
wishing you knew how to shove it right now.Once you pop your board or get it off the ground,
3. You've been skating for a while now but reallyyou want it to flip, spin, or rotate exactly as you tell
want to up your ante. You have a couple flip tricksit too right? Well how exactly do you tell it how to
down, maybe you have the ollie down pretty good360 ollie, or tell your board how to kickflip.
and your're getting some air, doing some tricks, butThe bottom line is you have to learn how the
you're out looking for ways you can make increaseEXACT WAY of telling your board what to do. You
you're skateboarding skills so you can land your trickscan want your board to flip and land on its wheels
90% of the time instead of 1 out of 10. You want towith you on top and still riding, but until you learn
get a little bit fancier with your tricks but aren't surehow to build that exactly relationship with your
where to learn it, or how to do it the right way. Youskateboard, you will not land your skateboarding
want to land all your tricks like the pros and reallytricks 90% of the time like a pro. THIS IS A
show off around town.SCIENCE. Learning this science will put you at the top
I have been in all three of these options, which isof your game.