Serious skaters looking for unusual and innovative tricks will find them in this skateboarding instructional guide. The tricks run the gamut from classic old school to modern with an emphasis on diversification, creativity, and originality. Included are riding basics and tips for controlling fear, visualising, and focusing. Sequential shots detail every move needed to successfully re-create the various skateboarding tricks. The mechanics of the sport are also covered, including types of boards available, and the various wheels, bearings, and skateboarding surfaces.
With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone—the flip trick—benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.
How to Kickflipe? Tricks for Flatland, Ledges Rails Ramps and Bowls and more
Ever watched pro skaters and wished you knew how they were able to pull off the tricks that you see? If so, then Mastering Skateboarding is the resource for you!
Two-time world champion skateboarder Per Welinder teams up with longtime skateboard advocate Peter Whitley to bring you the techniques and tricks used by the pros. But the information doesn’t stop there. Welinder and Whitley also provide in-depth coverage of skateboarding equipment, including how to select the components that work best for you and how to build and tune a board that fits your individual riding style. Packed with 88 tricks, this full-color guide is the only resource you’ll need to pull off all the moves you’ve dreamed of doing.
Whether you ride street or vert, competitive or recreational, Mastering Skateboarding has you covered. Add this one-of-a-kind resource to your collection and you’ll soon be ready to put your new skills on display!
Skateboarding. Such as sports and lifestyle develop. Every year skateboarders growing populous. Is it possible to vibration, or perhaps sheer technical and accessibility of sports? for any reason, Skateboarding is an activity interesting to do. For me, drowning me in Skateboarding large active outlet in high school. I also find music and video art through a variety of gliding. The only problem for me, and many others who decided to take on the challenge of skateboarding is the level of difficulty. I remember when learning to ride a board I want to learn how to ollie, and follow the rough ugly picture and a brief sentence instructions on how to do tricks on the website. I slowly better but my friends are growing much faster than me. I even got Tony Hawk Trick Tips (1.2 and 3) They help a little but I really do not see a huge increase in capability or feel my skateboard.
Here I am a college student, I decided to go back where I left off in class 9 on skating. I guess it helps that I am much older now, but I started taking my old tricks better and I've got more style and ease on the board. I must really want to increase again. I was surfing through youtube when I found someone recommend this video as a good instructional videos, so I watched the sample clip 360 flip and I was impressed how quickly understand how to actually try the trick. I decided to order the video is based on a variety of testimonials, thinking it could not hurt my skating.
After I received the video, I was really impressed. I looked through the basic instructions on how to ollie and just watch the video I understand how I could actually lift me high ollie into a few extra inches. And MacFarlane, creator and instructor in this video really simplify any particular trick and explains it in a style that is very easy to follow every age. Any tricks he teaches (from Ollie, Pop Shove Its (BS / FS), Kickflips, heelflips, 360 Flips, Slides Council) he emphasized the important key points every time. Watching him do the trick in slow-mo, Its easy to copy and apply them on your skateboard. I did not experience the ease of learning and applying instructional skateboard watch other videos.
After watching the video already had it for a week and a half, I've improved my ollie higher, I encourage the increase of pop and get a clean frontside 180 ollies and kickflips come under greater and varial flip down .. His tips in the way of the mini is too big.
And not only provides great tips tricks (emphasizing pre-requisite prior to trick each) He also teach the basics of skateboarding. How to encourage, how to find out where the attitude of a beginner is, how to change correctly. These tips will help any beginner to successfuly join the club. He teaches you how NOT to skate (Mongo) is important because as many skateboarders, skaters I see disgust as many around me pushing Mongo. After basic troubleshooting, it gives you 8 fundamentals that you can apply to the level of experience in skateboarding. I feel that these tips really help any skater and is something that makes video and more prominent.
I recommend this video for all beginners, intermediate and pro skaters, it will make you slide off the best ever. I can not wait until the next installment.
In the Skateboarding Explained: The Skate Instructional DVD , skating instructor Dan MacFarlane guides you through an instructional program, packed with all the basics as well as tips for doing tricks. It contains fully illustrated segments on street and ramp skating, boardslides, pop shoves, ollies, nollies, frontside flips, noseslides, varial kickflips, heelflips, backside flips, and more.
