| Ollie
The
ollie is one of the first tricks you will learn on your
board.
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Start
by finding a flat area
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Start
moving on your board until you are going pretty
fast.
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When
you are rolling, move your back foot on the
tail, and your front foot near the middle
of the board.
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Bend
your knees into a crouched position so you
can get a good jump.
Now for the trick.
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Kick
the tail onto the ground and at the same time
slide your front foot up the deck while jumping
from your crouched position.
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Make
sure you stay over the board. At the top of
the ollie you should be centred on the back
of the board with your knees bent again ready
for the landing.
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When
you land your back foot should still be on
the
tail but not as far back as when you started,
and your
front foot should be directly over the front
truck.
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That's
it you can now ollie. Take it easy at first to get the
technique right. Later on you can try ollieing up and
down and over stuff.
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Switch
Ollie (Fakie Ollie)
A
switch or fakie trick is the same technically as the trick
itself but with your feet in the opposite positions to
where they normally are. Huh?
If
you usually skate with your right foot in front and left
foot in back then to switch is to skate with your left
foot in front and right foot in back.
So,
to do a switch ollie you will first have to get used to
skating the opposite to normal and when you are comfortable
with it follow the same steps as the ollie above.
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50/50
Grind
The
50-50 is the first grind or slide you will learn. It means
you will jump up onto something with an edge such as a
step or footpath edge or even a hand rail if you can get
that high, and then slide along it with the edge or rail
running between your wheels. Start off with something
low and then as you get better grind on objects higher
off the grind.
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Start
by approaching the object you will grind on
at a shallow angle. In other words don't head
straight for it but come in from the side.
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Ollie
up onto the edge. At first you may need to
put your back foot on the edge you are grinding
to help get the back truck onto the edge.
You can then push along with that back foot
at first until you get the hang of it.
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Cruise
along with half your wheels on the object,
such as the step, and half them off it.
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When
you feel your slide slowing down too much
move your weight to the back of the board.
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Rose
from Brazil |
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Kick
the back of the board so the front rises up
and off the edge.
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Now
let the front of the board drop and once you
hit the flat just roll away.
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That's
the easy grind. Take your time and get good at it before
moving on to something difficult like a hand rail. Remember
for a rail you won't be able to use your back leg to push
off from the rail so it's much tougher.
The
most important thing is to have enough speed to get a
decent ollie onto the edge you are grinding.
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