Skateboarding tips and tricks.................................
Ollie
Information:
The Ollie is the foundation of almost all skateboarding tricks excluding
oldschool tricks. It should be one of the first tricks you learn after you
become comfortable riding your skateboard. The inventor of the ollie is Alan
Gefland. He created it back in 1977 when he was only 13 or 14.
Description:
While rolling the skateboarder jumps and the skateboard comes off the ground as
well. It seems to stick to his/her feet, and does not flip or turn while in the
air.
Technique:
1. Push a few times to get rolling at a comfortable speed.
2. Put your back foot flat across the tail, and put your front foot in the
middle of the board. The farther back you put your foot, the higher you will be
able to ollie, but you will also have less control.
3. Bend you knees. Push down as hard as you can on your back foot so that
your tail hits the ground. At the same time slide your front foot up towards the
nose of the board, and jump high. I mean jump high! Make your knees hit you in
the chest.
4. Don't let your back foot drag you down. Bring it up too. Most people can't
ollie high because they only bring up their front foot, and their back foot
holds the rest of the board from coming up. Jumping involves both feet! Get them
both up high.
5. Keep your shoulders and legs parallel with the direction you are going. It
will make it easier to land.
6. Land on all four wheels and bend you knees to take the impact. Ride away.