Advanced Skateboarding: Tips and Tricks

Meet the skateboarding twins, age eleven with five years skating, who introduce park as their favorite and promise tricks demonstrations across vert, pool, and other skating styles.

Learn how to execute a backside air by approaching the coping, grabbing the board before hitting the coping, reaching peak height, then turning forward to land.

Learn to ride 50-50 on rails by balancing on square rails for stability, then lift your front truck at the end to finish the trick.

master the disaster trick with precise foot placement, backside approach, and spinning motion to improve control and progression on the board.

Master the fakie kickflip by coming up in fakie, then perform the flip, lean as you go down a bank ledge, land on it, and write off.

Learn to perform orderly ollie transfers by building speed, keeping your feet on the board, and landing centered on the other side for the next gap.

Learn the lien air technique through grabbing backside and opposite way tricks, as you approach the wall, with emphasis on higher difficulty than top riders like Mellinger.

Learn the heelflip by mastering opposite spin, precise foot placement, and steady balance, using light, controlled pressure and wedges for stability to execute the trick.

Master the acid drop by entering at an angle and then going straight in to land farther down; maintain speed to avoid lifting, and wear a strapped helmet for safety.

Learn the frontside air by grabbing and turning opposite, looking behind you, and applying early gravity before the coping and late grabs after you get to the killing.

Learn how to perform a lipslide on a rail by maintaining balance, turning the board into the slide, and exiting smoothly.

Practice the kickflip rock to fakie with a rock approach and frontside air, then push off at the coping, starting under it and progressing to the coping.

Master the bottom drop by grabbing the nose, jumping to it, and fully committing; keep both feet on, lean forward, and progress from two feet to 15 feet.

Practice the sal flip on a shelf by grabbing the nose, popping out, and spinning in the air. Start on flat ground with one foot, then commit with both feet.

Master the one footed air: exit the bowl, grab in the air, extend the front foot, and reattach, enabling gap tricks once you practice.

learn the blunt stall by grabbing, then pulling back and letting go to enter the trick, with practice making the grab easier.

Learn the invert, a wall trick where you grab between your legs at about five feet, push off the wall, and rotate yourself 180 degrees toward the coping.

Learn to write switch in, build speed for a seven-foot air, pop off the coping, and grab into a baby backside 360, essentially like a bad side air.

Master 360 skateboarding spins by keeping your feet on the board, learning on flat ground, and progressing through walls, bowls, and transfers, while looking ahead to stay oriented.

Practice hard and apply advanced skateboarding tips and tricks, consider entering a local skate competition, meet other skaters, and have fun while you improve your skills.