| Health, is a big concern among most Americans. If | | | | skateboard, a helmet, and flat ground. |
| one wants good health, you must exercise daily in | | | | When you first learn how to skateboard you must |
| order to gain/maintain good health. Diet also plays a | | | | first get a feeling of standing, and riding a |
| big role in ones health. You must have a healthy diet | | | | skateboard. Then, the first trick you would probably |
| and exercise daily for best results in health. | | | | learn, is an ollie. An ollie is a trick, where you pop the |
| Sports are a fun way to exercise as you may do this | | | | tail with your back foot, and slide in a rolling motion, |
| with friends or family, and when you play sports, you | | | | with your front foot. This trick will take a while to |
| don't even recognize it as a hassle! A few sports a | | | | learn, but you will need to keep practicing, as this is |
| lot of people enjoy are football, soccer, and baseball. | | | | the essential, of skateboarding. I recommend looking |
| There are also a few extreme sports you can take | | | | on YouTube to learn the basics of the ollie and the |
| part in if your daring! Extreme sports will make your | | | | basics of skateboarding. The second trick that |
| heart race, and not just because you are working | | | | beginners usually learn, is the shuv-it. The Shuv-it is |
| had. Once you get hooked on the adrenaline rush | | | | when the board rotates 180 degrees. The trick is to |
| though, your exercise routine will never seem like | | | | use your back foot, to scoop the board, giving it the |
| work again! These activities include Skateboarding, | | | | rotation you need. An easier alternative to doing this |
| BMX, and Free running (also known as parkour). | | | | trick is to ride the skateboard backwards, which is |
| Although these sports give you the benefits of | | | | called "fakie", and then preform a shuv-it. Tricks |
| exercise, they are dangerous! So when skateboarding | | | | preformed in the fakie position are typically easier |
| and riding your bike, you must make sure to wear a | | | | than tricks preformed normally. The ultimate keys to |
| helmet, and pads if necessary. In this article we will | | | | skateboarding, are practice, practice, and practice. |
| be focusing on the basics of skateboarding. Some | | | | And also you must understand that you are not |
| things that are required in skateboarding are, a | | | | going to land every trick you attempt every time. |