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14 Skateboard Tricks for Beginners

14 Skateboard Tricks for Beginners

Once you have properly learned the methods of skateboarding, such as balancing, rolling, pushing, stopping, turning and certainly falling, it’s about time to begin learning a few new skateboard tricks. A skateboarding trick is a sort of movement done on a skateboard while you are skateboarding. Skateboarding tricks vary tremendously in difficulty.

The practice is very important when it comes to getting to know new skateboard tricks. Just don’t give up and you will get them down in time. Be sure that you are using the right skateboard wheels for your tricks. There are particular tricks that each skater should at least attempt to conquer. These are generally the basic skateboard tricks, and are also a reliable starting point in case you are new to skateboarding, or perhaps even if you have been skating for some time, and are in search of what should be done next! Additionally, some skaters result in skipping whole kinds of basic skateboard tricks – that is actually OK, however, if you wish to be a rounded skater, and not lose each single game of SKATEBOARDING just because you never figured out to truck stand, for instance, then this list is a wonderful place to obtain some ideas for important aspects to understand!

If you want to learn the best way to achieve skateboard tricks which will shock and certainly amaze your friends, your answers are right here. Below are 14 Skateboard Tricks that you can practice especially for beginners. We have also participated in Skateboard Lessons from Go Skate which we can highly recommend. They provide affordable 1-on-1 Skateboard lessons from awesome skateboarders. Now without further ado, the first skateboard trick for beginners.

Contents

  • 14 Skateboard Tricks for Beginners
  • 1. Ollie
  • 2. Ollie North
  • 3. Nollie
  • 4. No Comply
  • 5. Heel Flip
  • 6. Inward Heel Flip
  • 7. Kick Flip
  • 8.  Grinds
  • 9. Blunt Fakie
  • 10. Board Slide
  • 11. Fakie Big Spin
  • 12. Fakie Heel FLip
  • 13. Frontside Pop Shuvit
  • 14. Axle Stall

14 Skateboard Tricks for Beginners

1. Ollie

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Originally posted by skateboardwallpaperhd.com

A trick wherein the skater kicks the tail of the skateboard downwards while jumping to make the skateboard pop into the air.

2. Ollie North

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This trick is an ollie that has been taking the front foot out on the mid-air.

3. Nollie

Skateboard-Tricks-for-Beginners-Nollie
Originally posted by vimeo.com

An opposite of ollie, where the skateboarder pushes the nose od the skateboard down with the use of a front foot and the back foot in a backward direction was slid to achieve a lift-off from the ground.

4. No Comply

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In this trick, the skater using their back knee will pop the skateboard into the air while they will plant their front foot for a moment on the ground.

5. Heel Flip

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An aerial skateboarding trick in which the skater kicks out on its front and flip the board 360 degrees on the skateboard’s axis.

6. Inward Heel Flip

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A flip trick in which the skateboard rotates around its vertical and horizontal axis simultaneously.

7. Kick Flip

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Originally posted by martinez3.edublogs.org

A skateboarding trick, where the skater did an ollie and kicks his foot out and flip the skateboard 360 degrees on its axis with his toes which allows the skateboard to spin all the way, catches it and lands.

8.  Grinds

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Originally posted by Rocky Lubbers

This trick involves a skater sliding along an object with the use of skateboard trucks rather than its wheels.

9. Blunt Fakie

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A trick for mini pipe wherein a skateboard goes all the way up to the coping, and then rest for a short time with the use of the back trucks.

10. Board Slide

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Originally posted by thrashermagazine.com

This skateboard trick is performed by riding up to the rail or any that you can slide with your toes and chest facing the object.

11. Fakie Big Spin

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This skateboard trick is a combination of big spin along with a kick flip in a fakie position.

12. Fakie Heel FLip

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For this skateboard trick, you must know how to do a heelflip in a regular stance and must know how to ride fakie.

13. Frontside Pop Shuvit

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To do this trick, you need to scoop forwards your backfoot and it rotates in the opposite direction as you pop it.

14. Axle Stall

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To perform this trick, with the right amount of speed, ride up the mini ramp and as you are near in the top turn backside and set the axles on the coping. After this, pause and as you lean back into the ramp, turn your lead shoulder and ride away.

There you have it, 14 Skateboard Tricks for Beginners. Whenever you seem like you’re missing a piece in the puzzle, due to the fact that you’re required to work so difficult to achieve simple tricks and certainly you’re being exhausted that you’re not achieving better outcomes already, you’re not on your own. The vast majority of beginner skateboarders give it up before they at any point attain their full potential. If you realize the strategies of skateboarding though, you can surely turn into a better skateboarder just about overnight. Challenge yourself and find out just how many of these skateboarding tricks or various other tricks you’ll be able to learn. If you are not yet ready to do these tricks then you might want to do finger skateboarding or play skateboard games online.

James Haden
James Haden

James Haden is one of the owners of the Active Thrills community, together with Nash Gibson – his co-owner. He works as a full-time copywriter for a private company and also a true adventurer. He is an avid reader, writer, traveller, and extreme sports junkie. During his free time, he researches interesting content for their blog and continuously writes for their audience.

Updated on October 27, 2020 by James Haden

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  1. Simon nolandsj

    February 26, 2020 at 7:50 pm

    I like it was cool and easy to learn very funny and I might send you a video ha

  2. Simon noland

    February 26, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    I like it was cool and easy to learn very funny and I might send you a video ha

  3. Anonymous

    March 28, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    I like

  4. Branson

    April 15, 2020 at 1:16 am

    Thanks

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