
Discover how skateboarding unlocks individuality and creativity beyond team sports, offering a daily after school activity you can practice solo and enjoy freedom and self expression.
Learn how to push safely on a skateboard with proper stance, back-foot pushes, and foot placement at a 45-degree angle, while avoiding mongo and building balance.
Learn the two types of skateboard turns: subtle weight-shift turns using heel or toe, and larger turns lifting the front wheels, plus practice with balance and the tic-tac exercise.
Discover your skateboard stance by testing goofy and regular, identify your stronger, dominant foot, and choose a back-foot stance to learn tricks faster.
Rob from go skate Zahm teaches three ways to stop on a skateboard for beginners: toe drag, backwards push, and tail drag, with speed guidance.
Master the tic-tac on a skateboard by placing your back foot on the tail and your front foot on the four top bolts, then generate momentum with weighted turns.
Master your first basic skateboard trick by placing the board, feet underneath, and jumping forward to land on it, with repeat practice in a flat driveway, and explore one-foot variations.
Learn where to skate, from street spots to skate parks, and how to handle cracks with bondo or sheet metal. Use online guides like concrete disciple's dotcom to find spots.
Learn about the deck's seven to nine plies for strength, top orientation, and nose and tail shapes for pop, then assemble a complete skateboard with trucks, wheels, bearings, and hardware.
Choose your first board from Walmart or Target, test wheel spin 1–2 seconds after release, and wear a properly fitted helmet with wrist, knee, and elbow pads for safety.
Raul outlines beginner skateboarding gear essentials, from flat-soled skate shoes and padding to knee pads and jeans, with long socks and a lightweight aerodynamic T-shirt for summer sessions.
Compare the longboard and regular skateboard to highlight differences in wheel size, truck base, and ride purpose; longboards offer a smoother, cruising ride with larger, softer wheels.
Explain how wheel sizes and skateboard deck dimensions affect performance and maneuverability, and guide learners to assess symmetry, nose, and tail for tricks or transportation.
Discover a detailed overview of skateboard parts and how each component supports basic skating techniques for beginner riders in this online course.
Apply grip tape to a skateboard by preparing the deck, cutting with a razor blade, and smoothing air bubbles; finish by heating the backside and trimming.
Learn how to clean and remove skateboard bearings with simple steps, using a paper towel, for beginner skaters.
Master going off curbs on a skateboard by achieving adequate speed, correct foot placement, and lifting the front wheels to land all wheels at the same time.
Learn to build momentum for a running start by mastering walking start first. Then coordinate front-foot release, back-foot push, and look in the direction you're going to ride smoothly.
Explore the motivational skate part of the trick tutor's beginner skateboarding lesson online, designed for new skaters.
Build confidence by visualizing landing the trick and overcoming fear of falling. Practice shoulder position, weight, feet, gaze, and flick, then go out to try.
Emphasize hard work and consistent practice to improve skating, even for late starters, by watching skate videos, studying foot placement, and learning from the pros—it's not easy.
Build balance on a skateboard with the Simmy drill, maintaining a center of balance between feet, practicing seesaw and crab walk forwards and backwards to boost confidence.
Learn the primo walk, a simple beginner skateboard balance exercise, then progress to transferring weight, keeping foot contact over the wheel, and a primo 360 turn.
Rob from go skate dot com guides beginner skaters through ollie building exercise #2, using parking-lot line drills to improve balance, foot placement, and confidence.
Master three beginner-friendly indoor skateboarding drills to build balance and confidence, focusing on center of gravity, controlled stance, and room-friendly practice you can do at home.
Learn to ride a ramp on a skateboard by mastering foot placement, knee bend, and balance with arms out while keeping your front shoulder down and head looking down ramp.
Learn to ride a ramp to fakie with foot placement over the balls on each side, keep shoulders over your feet, and shift balance back to exit over the coping.
Learn to perform a kickturn on a ramp by approaching at a wide angle, transferring momentum to the front wheels onto the ramp, and using toe-side kick turns.
Learn to drop in on a ramp by anchoring the board against the coping, then transfer your weight forward to land the front wheels over your front foot.
Learn how to perform a 5-0 to fakie with weight on your back foot, a toe slide, and a controlled pivot, keeping shoulders over your feet.
Master the beginner ollie by practicing the pop and slide technique, dragging the front foot to the nose to lift the board, with timing and stability tips.
Learn the ollie for beginners by mastering foot placement, popping the tail, sliding the front foot to the board’s center, and timing the lift to control height and land cleanly.
Explore two main steps of the ollie, pop and the front foot slide, while keeping the tail down and committing to solid foot placement.
Master the ollie in Red Rock by following four principles: proper foot placement (back foot on the tail, front foot behind the bolts), loose ankles, and timed pop and slide.
Learn how to ollie higher by mastering foot placement, power, and timing, including a deliberate delay between pop and front-foot slide. Keep feet straight and shoulders centered for higher jumps.
Master landing more tricks by keeping shoulders level and weight centered to keep wheels level in the air, and use good days to practice kickflip and other tricks.
The center of balance is the imaginary line from the ground through your board. Maintain balance by adjusting foot placement, keeping shoulders level, and aligning hand position to land tricks.
Learn to perform the tail manual and nose manual. Master foot placement behind the front bolts, 50/50 weight distribution, and upper body adjustments for balance on a flat parking lot.
Master the frontside 180 ollie by coordinating head and board, using front foot placement and back foot power, look over your shoulder for full rotation and a solid land.
Master the fakie ollie fundamentals by setting feet behind the bolts, aligning the center, and popping straight down; keep shoulders level for balance and a clean land.
Place your front foot on the nose and push down to pop for a nollie. Slide the back foot to the tail, keep shoulders level, land on bolts.
Master a 360 ollie by leading with your head and shoulders, placing the front foot for stability, and scooping with the back foot to bring the board around.
Master the pop shove it by placing your back foot, pushing down and backward in unison, keeping shoulders over the board, and landing as the board returns.
Master the fakie big spin by drilling shove it and fakie basics, timing the scoop and 360 turn, and using pivot fixes to land smoothly.
Learn how to perform a frontside shuvit by positioning your front foot and back foot in the pocket, scooping the board up, and landing it.
Learn how to execute a backside big spin by mastering foot placement, the flick, and body rotation, with a focus on slow practice and safe progression.
Learn to perform a frontside big spin by positioning the front foot, shifting the weight, and popping to spin 360 degrees before landing over the bolts.
Overview
As featured on ESPN, eHow, and Yahoo Sports!, Trick Tutor is the ultimate help guide for new skaters. It helps students achieve the best balance, increase confidence, and elevate their current skateboard level.
Comprehensive Video Instruction
Every skateboarder must first understand the foundation of skateboarding-the transportation techniques. This makes skateboarding easier, learning quicker, and helps it be safer. Trick Tutor covers everything you must know about the transportation basics so that you have no fear.
What You Will Get:
-High Quality HD and 720p Instruction Videos
-Videos on How to Confidently Skate
-Learn Where to Skate
-Find The Best Equipment to Skate With
-A 84 pg. Ebook with Foot Diagrams
Understanding the parts of a skateboard is equally important to knowing how to ride. In this video series, we will teach you how each part of the skateboard effects your skating. We will help you pick the best skateboard parts for your ability.
Trick Tutor is brought to you by Go Skate, the largest skateboard school, which has over 1300 instructors. Go Skate has taught over 8,000 new skateboarders how to skate.
The ultimate "how-to" Ebook guide is the perfect compliment to your lessons. The E Book serves as a guide to refer to after the lessons and continue learning! This is one of the only skate lesson books ever developed.. This guide will save you a ton of trouble, time and money!
Learn Tricks Quickly
With the foundation set, we will amplify your skating with ramp moves, street tricks, and popular moves like the Ollie. Regardless of what you want to learn, we promise that this course will be the quickest way to achieve your skateboarding goals.