Well, well, well, started and looking for some tips to work your way up in skating. As you got your equipment ready (Pro skateboard, protective pads, skate shoes that you will not hang out with anymore) then you are ready to start training to impress everybody with your tricks. If you still didn't get your skate gears, then go read our Beginner's guide to know how you can start out.
Skateboarding is divided into three main skating styles:
- Vert skating , which is skating the big half pipe ramp. (Tony Hawk is a vert skater)
- Freestyle skating , this is exactly what skateboarding started with in the seventies where skater only do tricks on flat ground without the board coming off the ground like Ollie based tricks.
- Street skating, this is probably what you were looking for and what made you think of starting skating. This is where skaters skate everything they found around in the street like stairs, rails, big gaps, and by jumping with the board like if it's glued to their feet. Rodney Mullen is the godfather of street skating, he took skateboarding into a totally new level after being the first one who does an Ollie on flat ground which is making the board jump with him without grabbing it with the hands. He still amazes us all the time with new tricks that only him can do. Watch Almost Round three video if you do not believe me.
First thing to start learning tricks is to get used to your board and feel comfortable being on it. You have to learn first how to push with your skateboard and finding which stance you feel is comfortable to you. If you cannot understand what is your stance and how to learn to push then it would be a good idea to visit the Beginner's guide and read about them.
Flat land trick tips:
  The Ollie (Arabic tricktip video)
Backside Pop shove-it (a.k.a pop shove-it) Arabic tricktip video
Frontside Pop shove-it
Fronside 180 Ollie
Backside 180 Ollie
Frontside Flip (Arabic tricktip video)
The Kickflip (Arabic tricktip video)
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