What is the best way to learn how to ollie on a skateboard?
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The best way to learn is while wearing pads and a helmet. It's better to look like a dork than end up with a skull fracture.
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That is definately not a ollie.  I think you would be talking about a kick flip.  An ollie is when you kick down on your back leg causing the board to do a pop up action.\n\nYou would use an ollie to jump over things, or onto things, or etc.
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- The kickflip is considered the most difficult, basic trick. It combines the ollie with the skateboard doing a barrel roll, where it just rotates on an axis that goes across length ways. It rotates counter clockwise when looking from behind if you're goofy, and clockwise if you're regular. Once the kickflip is learned, a lot more difficult tricks that combine the kickflip with other rotations become possible to learn. The stance of this trick, is similar to an ollie, but the front foot is usually closer to the heel edge of the board and is at more of an angle. Most people  have their foot at a 45 degree angle, but it all depends on personal preference. \nHow To Kickflip\n\n\nHaving trouble learning to spin that pesky board? Well hopefully this guide can help\n\n\n\n\nHow to Kickflip\n\n1 - First you first need to know the basics. Make sure your able to ollie consistently and it helps if you can ollie about 2-3 decks at least. Also if you learned other basic moves such as pop shove-its and 180s it would help your balance and timing of this difficult trick\n\n2 - To start off, make sure you do this trick moving. Although there are a few people who prefer to do tricks while doing it still. I don’t prefer this method because then it makes you rely on staying still making you a little hesitant when you do start learning it moving. So its best if you just start off moving. Make sure its not too fast but not too slow either, make it smooth and flowing and be sure your comfortable\n\n3 - put your back foot like a regular ollie. Also DO NOT put your foot on the edge of the board. Some people say it helps the pop and flip. But that just screws up your balance and will mess up your flick. So just put your foot AROUND the edge of the board and make sure your feet are balance and comfy because that’s the main part. Now put your front foot about 2-3 inches behind the front bolts. Not on the middle because it’s a bit uncomfy and you need more strength in your flip which may screw you up when your just starting to learn it. Now put your front foot 45 degrees so it makes the flick easier and more accurate\n\n4 - Now comes the action, make sure you pop the board hard so your can get a better drag. So then not only makes your kickflip higher, but it also gives you more time to spin the board which is crucial. Everything should be going like a ollie. Now comes the hard part. You need to drag the front foot up as usual. BUT you don’t just stop at the bolts, your need to go off the corner of the board where the concave of the nose goes upward. Then this is where the 45 angled foot comes in handy, need to FLICK the board with your foot and not your whole leg. This is where people mess up. DO NOT USE YOUR WHOLE LEG!!!! Or this will mess up your kick flip and you will just overshoot it and thus, screwing up the whole thing. Just with a little power with your ankle, flick your foot out to spin it. I cannot stress this enough, trust me you don’t need a lot of strength for this, just a little flick can do it\n\n5 - Now it should be spinning. Pull your front foot back and make sure it doesn’t collide with the board. Your back foot is just hanging there waiting for the land. Just wait for the spin to finish and BAM! Slam your feet down to land. The landing should come with instinct and not timing. \n\n6 - Congratulations! You made your first kickflip (in your mind), now just make sure you pop and drag higher to make that kick flip even more sexy! Good luck
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THE NOSE MANUAL\nThe Nose Manual is a really simple trick to learn and will help you with your overall balance on a board. While your riding place your back foot on the back bolts or whatever feels comfortable and have your front foot on your nose. Next you want to lean forward slowly and raise the back of the board up so you are only riding on the front two wheels. This trick takes a while to get used to but once you get it you will be able to coast for a long time. Also try to ollie into a nose manual like up curbs etc. Check out team rider Eric Sepulveda as he shows us how its done in the video clip for this trick tip.
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The street outside your house. At least get a hang of moving and learning how to ollie before you head to the skate park.
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1.  You need to be able to ollie 1st.\n2.  Place your front foot on the side of the board below the truck blots.\n3.  Do a normal ollie.\n4.  after the tail clicks on the ground & you are airborne - kick you front foot straight down & out just a little.\n5.  The board should flip and you need to have your feet spaced apart ready to land.\n6.  Land it.\n7.  Practice, Practice, Practice & Patience.
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http://www.ehow.com/how_4803_kickflip-skateboard.html\nhttp://www.switchmagazine.com/skateboarding_tips/tip_kickflip.html\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+do+a+kickflip+&btnG=Google+Search
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first try to do it on grass or carpet when u r con4table with that go to sk8 parks if u need any more help give me yo e-mail aderss i'l send u a video by tony hawk they show u how to ollie
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skateboarding is kinda of similar but it's easier to turn on a skateboard and people I know have said that skateboarding is easier then snowboarding.\n\nWhen buying a skateboard it really depends on you. I recommend going to a skate shop and trying boards out, see if they're what you are looking for in size,weight,thickness, and width. and definitly don't be afraid to ask questions. that's what clerks are for! If your planning to ride more on ramps get a 8 inch or above board, if your gonna ride more on the street then its 8 or below. For a beginner I'd recommend an 8 untill you get better and find out which is easier for you.\n\nSome say the easiest trick is an ollie, but either way you need to know how to ollie to do most tricks. chech out www.skateboard.about.com it says alot about starting out, stances, and tricks.\n\nGood Luck and Have Fun!!!!! :)
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Practice, practice, practice....The trick to ollying is shifting your weight back and forward very quickly while controlling the board with your feet.  \n\n1. Make sure you have some good grip tape on the front of your board and good shoes that will grab it.  This will help keep the board tracking with your front foot.  \n\n2. Place your front foot just forward of the middle of the board and your rear foot at the tip of the tail.  I always tilt my rear heel up so I have just my toes on the tail.  This gives me the maximum "kick".\n\n3. Gain control of your board.  I've found that it is actually a bit easier to have the board slowly rolling forward on a level surface -- not too fast though.  \n\n4. With your feet in the above position, bend your knees slightly with your shoulders bent slightly over your front foot.  Your weight should be over your front foot.  \n\n5. Stomp your rear foot down on the tail and shift your weight backwards.\n\n6. As the board "pops" up use your front foot to keep it from flying out from under you.  This is done by keeping your foot flush with the board.  In actuality the angle of the board will be parallel with the side of your foot.  You can tell when you are doing it right when you get a scuff mark on your shoe right around the outside your little pinky toe.  \n\n7. Land it!  Push the top of your front foot out against the board to rotate it back underneath you.  By starting with your weight slightly forward and keeping your front foot flush with board in flight, your momentum should carry you and your board forward at the same pace allowing you to land smoothly.  \n\nUntil you are ready to get advanced with kick flips and such, you will know you are doing it right when the board never seems to leave your feet, but just becomes a single fluid motion.  You might want to exaggerate these steps as you practice this technique to get an idea of how the mechanics work.\n\nGood luck!
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This site explains how to do an ollie.\n\nhttp://www.wikihow.com/Ollie
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honey, your using ollie too much darlin'. your a beginner and i would sound like a pro and all but your just too little to handle all those stunts, sweetheart, ok? also i know how to kick flip easy. you just kick real hard on the end of the board and it will come right up to you. dont be scared, hun. you just catch it right before you fall backwords, ya get it now? \n\nand also dont go on the streets and all those dangerous stuff ok honey? i'm gonna protect ya from fallin. i'm just here and i'm like all these other regular people. i'm just old. i live in an old cabin with 2 cats and 4 dogs. trust me honey, it aint pretty. just pop a wheelie, two ollies over a hill, oh ya and i almost forgot hun, your gear and all that stuff to be safe. make sure you always have ya helmet. also knee pads and elbow pads. anyways good luck and try not to hurt ya self! i'll be right here waitin!
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http://www.londonskaters.com/main_how_to.htm\n\nThis link has some tutorials for the advanced inline skater
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If you are just getting into skateboarding try getting the video Tony Hawk's Trick Tips.
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Assuming that you can ollie, start with kickflips, heelflips, frontside and backside 180's, frontside 5-0's, frontside 50-50's, frontside and backside boardslides. After you get that stuff down, you can step up to varial flips, 360 flips, frontside flips, backside flips, and maybe some some switch and nollie tricks. Just watch alot of skate videos and try to emulate what you see. You can also check out Transworld Skateboarding magazine.   They have alot of trick tips. Have fun, because that is what skateboarding is all about!\nwww.skateboarding.com
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The only suggestion I can give you is what my son does, just go to the skate park and practice. You may fall, you may get hurt, but the only way to learn is to just do it. If you don't have a park available, just watch some Tony Hawk stuff, and go try it in the driveway or where ever you can. Just watch out for cars, please. GOOD LUCK!
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the ollie is the trick in skateboarding that brought the skateboard comunity to what it is today. it is when the board hops in the air by the grip tape and the shoes that are made for skatebarding it makes the board level out in the air. there is really nothing of physics in the trick. its just the grip tape on top of the board sticks to the specially designed shoes for skateboardng. like if you skate with tennis shoes it wouldn really stick to the board