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Skateboarding Tricks and Tips – Perfecting the Ollie Maneuver For Skateboard Beginners


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Skateboarding tricks and tips are as varied as the skateboarders who perform them, but none is more important and fundamental than the ollie. The ollie is a technique used to raise a skateboarder and his/her board off the ground. It’s the trick you see when a skateboarder jumps and the board seems to stay magically attached to their feet. If you plan to perform more difficult airborne tricks, the ollie is your gateway to getting there.

So how do you perform an ollie? Like most skateboarding tricks and tips, this will take time to master and it is recommended that you first learn and practice this maneuver on grass or another soft surface to prevent getting hurt. You shouldn’t need a rolling start to get some air.

The placement of your feet is very important when you perform an ollie. You want your front foot resting straight across the width of the skateboard about midway down the board with your toe in line with the rail of your skateboard. Your back foot should rest on the tail of the board with your heel hanging off and your toe aligned with the curve of the tail.

Once your feet are in position, crouch down by bending your knees, and then pop your back foot down as hard and fast as you can and jump with your back foot. Think of it like you are trying to bounce the back of your skateboard up off the ground. This is essentially what you are doing. As you are jumping with your back foot, slide your front foot up your board. Try sliding on the side of your shoe where your little toe would be rather than keeping it flat on the board.

When your front foot reaches the front of the board, you should be in the air. At first you’ll probably only get 1-2″ off the ground, but with practice you’ll be able to get much higher. Once you are in the air, you’ll need to level your board to land. You can do this by putting downward pressure over both sets of bolts on your skateboard. As you land absorb the impact by bending your knees. You’ve just performed the perfect ollie.

As with most skateboarding tricks and tips, you won’t master the ollie overnight. Practice daily and you will see improvement quickly. Don’t get frustrated if you continually fall. Just get back on your board and try again.

Now is the time to master skateboarding tricks and become the king of your board.

Skateboarding tricks and tips start with the basics, but the more difficult tricks are where the real fun begins. If you want to rule the skate park by learning how to turn even the most difficult maneuvers into easy skateboard tricks that can be mastered almost effortlessly, an extremely helpful resource that can help you right now is http://www.EasySkateboardTricks.org.

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Posted 03 March 2010 † admin § Skateboarding ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: , ,

Learn How to Build a Skateboard Ramp the Easy Way


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In a time when there are limited ramps available especially in parks and playgrounds, creating your very own skateboard ramp is probably the best solution to this problem of insufficiency. By following these quick and simple steps, anyone can own a solid and stable ramp for their own backyards.

Finding a nice play to skate is very hard these days, especially with some parks always full of children who are just trying to the same thing. At the same time, some parks do not have the adequate space or are just too crowded to accommodate skateboard ramps. To avoid these problems, one of the best solutions is to create your very own skateboard ramps either at home or in any backyard. To make this possible, follow this simple guide on how to design and build a stable skateboard ramp.

Before moving on with the project, it is best to gather first all the tools and materials that are needed to build a strong and stable skateboard ramp. The tools needed are nails and screws, electric plane, glue, electric saw, and drill. Meanwhile, the required materials include a single piece of plywood that measures 12 millimeters thick and 600 millimeters by 1200 millimeters. Another piece is needed, this time something that measures 6 millimeters thick and 970 millimeters by 600 millimeters. Finally, the three pieces of timber measuring 45 millimeters by 35 millimeters by 576 millimeters each complete all the materials.

After gathering all these important tools and materials, move on to create that perfect skateboard ramp following these simple instructions:

1. Pick up the 12-millimeter wood then cut it equally into two, with each one forming right-angled triangles at one end. The base of these triangles measures 900 millimeters, while the height 300 millimeters. Use the two triangles to build the sides of the skateboard ramp.

2. After cutting the plywood, use a plane to shape one of the timbers, creating an angle that is similar with the top of the two wood triangles. Then, move on to rivet the timber on to the two sides of the triangles one at a time. Place another timber and rivet it on to the lower right angle edge. Firmly place the final piece of timber at the middle part of the triangle and then rivet it once again. Be careful when riveting, making sure that both pieces are square and flat before fastening them together, in order to produce a more desirable result.

3. After everything is in the right position, it is now time to nail the pieces together permanently. From the remaining plywood, cut a smaller piece and then contour it using an electric plane, following the angle to create the pointed part of the skateboard ramp. Use a glue to hold the piece in place and then use a nail to keep the pieces intact while the glue dries off. Place the plywood on top of the frame, making sure that it is aligned with the top and both sides of the frame.

John Grant is a the author for a how to site where he is writing articles about how to build a skateboard ramp.

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Posted 01 March 2010 † admin § Skateboarding ‡ Comments Off °

Interactive Skateboard Parks of The Future


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Skateboard parks are a wonderful place for kids to practice and hone their skateboarding skills. Skateboard parks are a place where youth can enjoy themselves and challenge their abilities against other kids in competition and learn about mentorship and creativity. Of course as more technology is introduced to the present sport of skateboarding we will see revolutionary changes.

During extreme skateboard competitions we see that riders can choose their own music to get them into the zone and wow the crowds. We also see laser measuring systems which tell of how much air or height each rider coming off a ramp has attained while special timers measure the hang time. Digital Clocks and fog-horns are used to time routines and tricks and level the playing field allowing the best man or woman to win!

In the future directional sound will be used to alert the rider how much time is left on the clock or how high the rider went wins on the last ramp or even call out his speed approaching a ramp. Directional sound can also be used for the music and only the rider will hear it.

The riders will also be able to pick up a complete recorded routine to play on their computer to increase their skills. For instance, the skateboard park will be set out in a grid and the rider will have an active matrix RFID tag [Radio Frequency Identification Tag] in his shoe which will record every motion. The rider will be able to go home on his computer and see the speeds, directions and evaluate his performance so that he might achieve even greater results next time.

These technologies will not only be available for competition but also at the local skate parks with Digital Equipment and for a small fee the rider can buy a CD-ROM which was burned by the skateboard park’s digital nervous system. These technologies will also help pay for the skate park’s upkeep and maintenance; perhaps even fund future expansion projects.

Digital pictures and digital video might also be incorporated into skate parks. These digital pictures and videos can also be used on the rider’s MySpace or social networking web site.

The research gained by all this data can be used by skateboard park designers to make better skate parks, learn which ramps are more favored and to make the skateboard parks safer. As future hover boards come into place all the systems will already be available to make the experience totally awesome.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is an online writer in retirement.

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Posted 27 February 2010 † admin § Skateboarding ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: