| Hey, can you teach me skateboarding tricks? There's | | | | Down Stairs |
| always that one guy who rips up the skateboard | | | | 1.) Skate toward the curb or edge of the stairs at a |
| park week in and week out and gets asked this | | | | comfortable speed. You won't need to be zooming |
| question on a daily basis. Skateboarders who have | | | | down the sidewalk for small sets of stairs. You'll just |
| been there themselves know that learning | | | | need to have enough speed to clear all the steps. A |
| skateboarding tricks isn't always easy and they are | | | | little bit of practice will make this easy to figure out. |
| often very happy to help you out and give you a | | | | 2.) When the front of your skateboard gets about 6 |
| few pointers. Today we're going to focus on learning | | | | inches away from the curb or edge, you'll need to |
| how to ollie down stairs. | | | | pop your board to perform your ollie. How do you |
| You just got a new skateboard, you've mastered | | | | know if you waited too long to pop your board? |
| simple skateboarding tricks like the manual and | | | | You'll easily be able to tell by the somersaults you're |
| drop-in, and you've even become pretty good at a | | | | doing as you tumble down the stairs or off the curb. |
| standard ollie. Now you want to impress your friends | | | | 3.) Create extra hang time by tucking your knees |
| with a slightly more advanced maneuver. You want | | | | into your face to bring your feet up. Do your best to |
| to learn how to ollie off stairs, ledges, tables, curbs, | | | | keep your shoulders square with your skateboard. |
| and more. Before you attempt this maneuver, be | | | | Stick your tongue out if you want to do your best |
| sure that you are an excellent skater with good | | | | Michael Jordan skateboarding impression. |
| board control and balance and that you've practiced | | | | 4.) For landing this skateboarding trick, you'll want to |
| doing ollies enough to get good height in the air. | | | | do your best to keep your feet lined up over your |
| Don't get too crazy at first. I promise it won't | | | | trucks. Otherwise you can break your board in two |
| impress any girls if you fall flat on your face and bust | | | | which will make your next ollie extremely difficult to |
| your nose against the concrete. Instead, find a | | | | perform. |
| staircase that consists of just 1 or 2 stairs. If you | | | | 5.) Try to land as flat/level as possible and bend your |
| can't find any stairs, you can practice this maneuver | | | | knees to fully absorb the shock. Your knees are a |
| off a curb. Just make sure you have a good flat path | | | | critical element to all aspects of this maneuver. You |
| leading both up to and away from the stairs. Also, | | | | use them to help get height during your ollie, to help |
| make sure you can see in all directions so you don't | | | | create hang time, and to help land safely and |
| plow someone attempting to come up the stairs. | | | | comfortably. |
| Once you have a location picked out, follow these | | | | 6.) Now just ride away as you've turned yet another |
| steps to perform the maneuver. | | | | maneuver into one of many easy skateboarding |
| Teach Me Skateboarding Tricks - Steps To Ollie | | | | tricks. |