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Skateboarding Video Tips and Tricks

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Keith Baldassare wants to make you a better skateboarder. And he has the skills to do it. In September 2008, Keith broke the Guinness World Record of 46 consecutive skateboard frontside ollies on a half-pipe. Keith’s amazing final tally: 348 ollies.

With a few ramps in his backyard, he has a great spot to practice right at home, which he does almost every day. Except that Keith doesn’t call it practicing.

“It’s just having a good time with my friends, being creative, doing whatever we want skating.”

Here are some skateboarding tips from Keith:

TIP 1: LEARN HOW TO FALL

It’s a fact, Keith says. “Be prepared for falls when you’re starting.” That’s why it’s important to learn the right way to take a tumble.

If the fall is too big for you to just land on your feet: Use your feet for a second as a stepping point. Tuck up into a ball (something like a skier’s tuck position), and then tumble and roll onto your shoulder.

And, Keith adds, always wear safety gear!


TIP 2: LEARN HOW TO DROP IN ON A RAMP

Start with the tail of your board on the edge of a ramp. Next, push down with the front foot and stay centered over the skateboard.


TIP 3: LEARN HOW TO OLLIE

You’ll be airborne for this trick, which can be done on either a flat surface or on a ramp.

Kick down on the tail of the skateboard and then level out the board by sliding your front foot forward. Think of it as sort of a jumping motion with the board “glued” to your feet.

This will take lots of practice. But once you master the ollie, you’ll have the foundation for many other tricks.

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76 Comments on Skateboarding Video Tips and Tricks

  1. short not cool 🙁

  2. COOL!!!! TEE-HEE!

  3. I can ollie

  4. I can ollie and shuv it ( I am awsome at doing an Ollie down stairs and vert! )

  5. WHOOO-HOO OH YEAH! I WANNA’ BE LIKE HIM

  6. he is so cool and I want to be like him

  7. He is so awesome!!!

  8. tony hawk lover // September 15, 2012 at 7:01 pm // Reply

    i luv 2 sktebrd

  9. those guys look awesome I can naerly oly but I can do all the other ones.

  10. i can kickflip, heelflip, frontside and backside 180

  11. Brando Cammando // May 7, 2012 at 7:17 pm // Reply

    Is there any easyer way to learn an “Ollie”? 🙂

  12. i could only go up like 5″ until i got a new board that had new everything. Skateboarding never gets old!!!!

  13. firefly2015 // April 23, 2012 at 7:51 pm // Reply

    i practice with my ripstick but i am getting a skateboard.

  14. I can’t get the Ollie

  15. i can do a backflip on my board

  16. MAC AND STEEZE // February 7, 2012 at 9:06 am // Reply

    Why dont they teach how to kickflip, heelflip, frontside and backside 180, front pop shuv, back pop shuv, 50 50 grind, ollie to manuals and 360’s. i can do all of these tricks.

  17. ii took me a long long time to ollie

  18. rad!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. This is how i started skating and now im turning pro

  20. shadow bord // January 4, 2012 at 5:06 pm // Reply

    it took me 4 days to learn how to ollie

  21. i just got a new sk8board and went a down 3 ft ramp!!!

  22. im a neighborhood ollie record set:43 ollies.

  23. i can do a kickflip and a pop shove it a 360 and a 5-0 and a 900.

  24. i can do a 360

  25. I LOVE skateboarding so I think it is so cool

  26. never will try skatebording again because last thanksgiving, sprained ankle badly. 🙁

  27. can someone help me?

  28. I can’t do the ollie

  29. will this be ok fo praticing on side walk?

  30. How do you do this?

  31. nice! i’m working on it : )

  32. sleepyturtle23 // August 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm // Reply

    now i can get 9 in.

  33. I am still mad that I can’t do a ollie

    • or would i? // August 8, 2011 at 9:37 am // Reply

      the thing is you need to pop as hard as you can,im only a begginer and i hold on to stuff whem im doing it

  34. i can do like a kickflip and a frontside ollie and a 5-0

  35. nice dude i wonna be like you not tony hawk

  36. 100acrewood // July 25, 2011 at 6:12 pm // Reply

    I saw these videos obout a year ago when I started skateboarding. It realy helped alot!

  37. that was cool but my cousin does better skating than him no offence

  38. sleepyturtle23 // July 19, 2011 at 7:55 pm // Reply

    i can only get off a few inches

  39. i have so much truble skateboarding until now

  40. NINJ11202 // July 8, 2011 at 9:20 am // Reply

    IT WAZ PRETEY GOOD AND HARD

  41. dude that kid did a foot and I can only do an inch or two

  42. billy bob joe // June 12, 2011 at 7:44 pm // Reply

    that was totaly RAD!!!!☺

  43. kurosacki // June 9, 2011 at 9:23 am // Reply

    i can barely do an ollie

  44. ollies are really hard i cant get them

  45. I didnt get what I needed! I need to learn how to actualy ride!

  46. i can alaredy do all of that

  47. mr.ketchup // April 28, 2011 at 9:05 pm // Reply

    I can’t do this because it’s raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  48. It was rad

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