1.    Pushing
While it may not seem like much of a trick, pushing is a vital skill required to become a great skateboarder. The first thing to do is to NOT push mongo. For those of you who don’t know what that means, it means you should be pushing with your back foot, NOT your front foot. The reason for this is people that push mongo (with their front foot) have a much longer set up time before a trick. If you are just starting to ride do yourself a favor and learn to push with your back foot.
2.    Tick Tack
Another seemingly not so important skill that is vital. Being able to tick tack familiarizes an individual with his/her board. It allows you to get the feel of everything while at the same time not jeopardizing your safety. This is also a great way to become more comfortable skating switch. When I first started skating switch I used to tick tack all the time just to build the muscle memory,

3.    Ollie
Often times this is viewed as the first trick one should learn but if you aren’t comfortable on your board first you are creating a steep learning curve for yourself. Once you are comfortable on your board the first thing you need to master is the ollie. This fundamental trick is the cornerstone to virtually all other maneuvers. Once you have a good ollie the world of skateboarding will open up for you.

4.    Shuvit
There are two main movements in skateboarding that dictate the way a board will move the first is the lifting action of the font foot that you will learn when you are learning to ollie, the second is the scooping action of the back foot when you are learning to do pop shuvits. A pop shuvit can be fully completed without the help of the front foot. From this trick 360 flips, varial flips, and who knows what else will be possable

5.    180 (One-eighty)
The fist few tricks on this list deal mainly with only the board, the last one incorporates the body. 180s are a great trick for big drops or just switching directions. Start learning them in either direction, either front side or back side which ever is more comfortable. Remember you body follows your head so if you are having trouble spinning make sure you are leading with your head.

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