Trick tips are from - * http://www.switchmagazine.com/skateboarding_tips *
Ollie - 1) Push at a comfortable speed, remember the faster you go the better the pop.
2) Place your front foot near the middle of your board, about two inches under your bolts. Put your back foot on the tail.
3) Squat, so you can spring yourself up.
4) Kick your back foot down so you can pop as you jump up, your front foot should rub upward on your griptape.
5) Make sure you tuck your knees to your chest, picking up your back foot as well to level the board at a good height. REMEMBER you are jumping forward.
6) Then come down comfortably, both feet on the board. It will look better if both your feet are over the bolts as well as lessen the stress of impact
7) Finally bend your legs as you touch down to give it that smooth style and roll away stocked.
Kickflip - 1) Start with your back foot on the tail and your front foot right under the bolts. Your front foot should be slanted just a little.
2) Bend your knees and pop your board.
3) Flick your front foot off the tip of the nose making it flip.
4) Suck up your legs for the catch. Try and keep your feet over the bolts.
5) Land and absorb the shock and roll away.
Heelflip - 1) Roll fast enough that you feel like you're rolling smoothly and comfortably across the ground.
2) Set up with your back foot on the tip of the tail and your front foot just behind the front truck bolts with your toes hanging off the edge of the board. Keep your body straight-- your head should be directly above the center point between your feet.
3) Bend down keeping your head above your board. (Don't lean forward, just squat.)
4) Pop your ollie and jump with it but don't throw your shoulders back as you go up. Right after your tail taps the ground, kick your front foot forward with the heel in a kind of diagonal direction. Kick it out in front of you but also kick it a little toward the direction in which you are rolling. This helps to give you a flip that you can see and catch easier.
5) Don't lean back! Don't try to bail! Catch the board, push it down and land. Roll away happy.
Pop Shove it - 1) Start off with your feet placed correctly on your board.
2) Cruise at a comfortable speed, its about the same as an ollie except you rotate your body inward.
3) As you ollie up kick your back foot behind you and you board will rotate inward.
4) Keep your shoulders and body straight, don't turn.
5) As the board rises up jump up with the board, the harder you pop the higher your board will.
6) Land Square on your board and ride away with a smile.
Half Cab - 1. First learn how to backside 180
2. From the 180 get comfortable rolling fakie and doing fakie ollies.
3. You want to roll fakie and wind your shoulders up a little bit.
4. Now pop your board exactly like a fakie ollie and start turning your board with your shoulders.
5. Try and level out your board half way through your turn.
6. Keep turning till your facing completely forward.
7. Now just absorb the impact and roll away.
360 Flip - 1) First you need to be able to keep a good amount of control and balance on your board.
2) Approach the obstacle you want to try to do the trick over or down.
3) Sweep your back foot in the opposite direction you are facing
4) At the same time let your front foot flick straight off the corner of your board where the concave starts. If your goofy it will be the right side, regular would be the left side.
5) After doing this let your board rotate under you until you see the board folding up to your feet
6) Catch the board and land solid avoiding wheel bite
Note: foot positions vary from person to person, I prefer to set my back foot in the corner of the board and my front foot right under the bolts with my heel hanging off
Hardflip - 1) Apporach the object your are trying to hardflip (gap, stairs, ramp, flatgound).
2) Set your back foot in the left corner (if your goofy right corner if you are regular foot) of your tail. This will help you scoop the board. Then set your front foot on the upper right side (if your goofy) were it feels comfortable to flick it off to the side.
3) Since your board is fliping in a folding fashion most of the work is done with your back foot.
4) When your are ready, scoop your back foot so that your board will start going into a vertical motion.
5) When your front foot reaches the top of the board let it go limp so that you get a solid flick.
6) Avoid poping to hard, this will cause your board to pop up your butt. Try and pop with control
7) Watch for your board , catch it as it folds up to your legs.
Catch it, float, float and land.
9) Then ride away smooth.
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