Archive for June 2009
Skateboard Tricks
26. June 2009 by ZachPlay.
By Dustin L Smith
Alright I’m going to tell you what some of the skateboard tricks are called and what they are.
1. The kick flip - The kick flip is where you use your toes to kick the board over into a spin. The board will spin in a direction where the grip tape will spin towards you.
2. The heel flip - The heel flip is where you use the heel of your front foot to kick the board into a spin. The board will spin in a direction where the grip tape spins away from you.
3. The ollie - The ollie is where you jump up in the air and snap the tail of the board down so that it follows you into the air.
4. The shove it - The shove it is where you use both feet to spin the board in a 180 degree circle. The board does not flip over.
5. The manual - The manual is where you lift one of the trucks off the ground while balancing on the other. you can either do the tail manual or the nose manual.
6. The 360 flip or tre flip - The 360 flip is where the board will spin in a 360 degree circle while flipping over into a kick flip.
7. The impossible - The impossible is where the board does a vertical 360 degree rotation while wrapping around your back foot.
8. The late shove it - The late shove it is where you ollie and at the peak of your ollie you make the board do a shove it.
9. The boneless - The boneless is where you you pop the board up into one hand and leaving the back foot on the board while jumping with the other leg
10. The casper - The casper is where you flip the board over and have your back foot onto the bottom of the tail and your front foot under the board, on the grip tape to hold the nose of the board up.
I hope this article has been helpful to you, and if you need any help with another trick stop by http://www.meteora-skateboards.com
Dustin Smith - http://www.meteora-skateboards.com
Article Source: Skateboard Tricks
Learning to Skateboard
25. June 2009 by ZachPlay.
By Des Ingham
This post is for people who are just learning to skateboard. I will quickly mention the difference between the regular and the goofy stance. The Regular stance is for right footed people and the goofy stance is for us left footers.
Basically with a regular stance you stand with your left foot forward on the board, so that you are controlling the board at the back with your right foot. And obviously vice versa with the goofy stance. This will come naturally to you if you think about it and feel which stance makes you more comfortable and at ease. When you are learning to skateboard it is important to get yourself set right.
For some reason left footers do tend to rely on their left foot almost completely, whereas righty footers are more two footed. I know this from my own experience, as when I play football I cant do a darn thing with my right foot but have to keep the ball on my left foot all the time. Most left footers are the same.
Anyways, more stuff on learning to skateboard. When you get your stance right you then need to push off from a standing position. When you do this make sure your foot on the ground is ahead of your foot on the board, as if it is not your body weight will be all wrong on the board and it is likely that the skateboard will scoot on out in front of you. Dang!! That is so annoying!
So push off, making sure your foot on the floor is in front as you do so, and then as you push off bend you knees so that your body weight is pushed forward on the skateboard. This will give you the impetus to build up some speed and stay balanced on the board. When you are learning to skateboard, there aint no way Jose you are going to stay on that board if you don’t build up a little bit of speed.
You can then, as you shimmy along, start driving the board from side to side as you move your body weight from one side to the other. This is generally known as carving and will help you to continue to build up speed on the board.
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Article Source: Learning to Skateboard
Skateboard Deck Reviews and Why They are so Important to Read
3. June 2009 by ZachPlay.
So if you are interested in getting a new skateboard of course there are a few different things that you will have to think about, but one of the most important steps of all for you to take is to read some skateboard deck reviews. This way you are going to be able to get a better grasp on deck design and other elements of the different skateboards out there first, before buying.
There are hundreds of new skateboards that are out on the market each and every year, and while this is great because it means more selection for you, it can also definitely make it more challenging to decide on a single board. Well by reading skateboard deck reviews you will be able to get more educated on the options that you have and make the best decision in terms of which board is going to be best for you.
Where to Read up on Reviews
So now that you see the importance of reading some skateboard deck reviews, it is just a matter of you finding out where you can go to read them. There are quite a few different ways that you can wrangle yourself up some reviews, going online being perhaps the best way of all. Here you are going to have access to a wealth of different reviews, from people all over the world.
Just make sure that you read a variety of different skateboard deck reviews, so that you are getting to see lots of different ideas and opinions and not just one angle on any particular skateboard. You also want to be careful when you are reading these sorts of reviews because you really want to get the best idea of what the consumer is telling you about the skateboard and whether they liked it or not
You can also just get skateboard deck reviews from your family and friends. Anyone who you know that is into skateboarding as well has probably bought a new board recently and there is not going to be anyone better then to tell you firsthand which are worth considering and which are not.
Most skaters like to have not a variety of boards but instead just one or two that they love and ride on all the time. This is why you are going to want to be careful and make sure that you are getting the best board for you.
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