Skateboard
tricks list

Skateboard tricks for beginners first, in the order most skaters learn them. Then 64 step-by-step guides, easy to hard, from your first ollie to a tre flip.

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The first 12 skateboard tricks for beginners, in order

A common order to learn your first year of tricks. Balance and turning come first, then the ollie, then the tricks that need it. Each one builds on the last, but skip ahead when something clicks.

  1. 01How to manualBalance and roll on just the back wheels with the nose up.Level 1
  2. 02How to frontside kickturnTurn on the ramp wall with your chest facing the ramp.Level 1
  3. 03How to backside kickturnTurn on the ramp wall with your back to the ramp.Level 1
  4. 04How to olliePop the tail and slide your front foot up so the board jumps with you.Level 1
  5. 05How to drop inRoll into a ramp from the top by tipping the board forward off the coping.Level 1
  6. 06How to pop shove-itThe board spins 180 flat under you without flipping.Level 2
  7. 07How to fakie ollieA regular ollie popped while rolling backwards in your normal stance.Level 2
  8. 08How to rock to fakieRide up, rock the middle of the board on the coping, and roll back down fakie.Level 2
  9. 09How to 50-50Both trucks grind along the ledge or rail.Level 2
  10. 10How to frontside 180An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your heel side, facing forward first.Level 3
  11. 11How to kickflipAn ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a full flip.Level 2
  12. 12How to heelflipAn ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a flip the other way.Level 2

Flat ground

47 tricks
Level 1OlliePop the tail and slide your front foot up so the board jumps with you.Read the guide →Level 1Ollie on the SpotAn ollie standing still. The tail snaps, all four wheels leave the ground, and you land on the board less than a board length from where you started.Read the guide →Level 1ManualBalance and roll on just the back wheels with the nose up.Read the guide →Level 2Ollie Over SomethingA rolling ollie over a shoe, a stick or a line on the ground. The whole board clears it and you land on all four wheels still rolling.Read the guide →Level 2NollieAn ollie popped off the nose while rolling in your normal stance.Read the guide →Level 2Fakie OllieA regular ollie popped while rolling backwards in your normal stance.Read the guide →Level 2Nose ManualBalance and roll on just the front wheels with the tail up.Read the guide →Level 2Pop Shove-ItThe board spins 180 flat under you without flipping.Read the guide →Level 2KickflipAn ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a full flip.Read the guide →Level 2HeelflipAn ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a flip the other way.Read the guide →Level 2No ComplyYour front foot steps off the heel side and taps the ground while the back foot pops the board up to your leg, then you hop back on.Read the guide →Level 2BonelessYou grab the board with your back hand, plant your front foot on the ground and jump, pulling the board up under your feet.Read the guide →Level 3Switch OllieAn ollie in your opposite stance.Read the guide →Level 3Frontside Pop Shove-ItA shove-it that spins the other way, out in front of you.Read the guide →Level 3Frontside 180An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your heel side, facing forward first.Read the guide →Level 3Backside 180An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your toe side, back first.Read the guide →Level 3Varial KickflipA kickflip and a backside shove-it together.Read the guide →Level 3Varial HeelflipA heelflip and a frontside shove-it together.Read the guide →Level 3Fakie KickflipA kickflip while rolling backwards in your normal stance.Read the guide →Level 3Nollie Shove-ItA pop shove-it popped off the nose while rolling forward. The board spins 180 flat under you and doesn't flip.Read the guide →Level 3Nollie Frontside 180A nollie where you and the board turn 180 frontside together, facing forward first. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 3Nollie Backside 180A nollie where you and the board turn 180 backside together, back first. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 3Half CabA fakie ollie where you and the board turn 180 backside together, so you can see where you're going. You roll away forward.Read the guide →Level 3Fakie Frontside 180A fakie ollie where you and the board turn 180 frontside together, your back to where you're going. You roll away forward.Read the guide →Level 3Fakie HeelflipA heelflip while rolling backwards in your normal stance.Read the guide →Level 3No Comply 180A no comply where the back foot scoops the board round frontside 180 while your front foot is on the ground. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 4360 Shove-ItA pop shove-it taken all the way around, a full 360 with no flip.Read the guide →Level 4Nollie KickflipA kickflip popped off the nose. The back foot does the flick.Read the guide →Level 4Nollie HeelflipA heelflip popped off the nose while rolling forward. The back foot kicks the board into a flip the other way from a nollie kickflip.Read the guide →Level 4Double KickflipA kickflip that flips twice before you catch it.Read the guide →Level 4Double HeelflipA heelflip that flips twice before you catch it.Read the guide →Level 4Hospital FlipA half kickflip that your front foot flips back the way it came.Read the guide →Level 4Frontside FlipA kickflip with a frontside 180: you and the board turn together, facing forward first, while it flips once. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 4Backside FlipA kickflip with a backside 180: you and the board turn together, back first, while it flips once. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 4Frontside HeelflipA heelflip with a frontside 180: you and the board turn together, facing forward first, while it flips the heelflip way. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 4Backside HeelflipA heelflip with a backside 180: you and the board turn together, back first, while it flips the heelflip way. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →Level 4Big SpinA backside 360 shove-it while your body turns a backside 180. The board ends pointing the way it started and you ride away switch.Read the guide →Level 4Switch KickflipA kickflip in your opposite stance.Read the guide →Level 4Switch HeelflipA heelflip in your opposite stance.Read the guide →Level 5360 FlipA kickflip with a full 360 backside shove. The tre flip.Read the guide →Level 5360 Double FlipA 360 flip that flips twice while the board spins a full 360. The double tre flip.Read the guide →Level 5HardflipA kickflip and a frontside shove-it together, the board flipping up between your legs.Read the guide →Level 5Inward HeelflipA heelflip and a backside shove-it together.Read the guide →Level 5Nollie 360 FlipA 360 flip popped off the nose while rolling forward. The front foot pops and scoops the nose around while the back foot flicks the flip.Read the guide →Level 5Laser FlipA heelflip with a full frontside 360 shove-it under you, your body staying square.Read the guide →Level 5ImpossibleThe board wraps end over end around your back foot, nose up and back over the top, and lands grip-up under you.Read the guide →Level 5Full CabA fakie ollie where you and the board turn a full 360 backside together. You roll away fakie.Read the guide →

Grinds & slides

11 tricks
Level 250-50Both trucks grind along the ledge or rail.Read the guide →Level 35-0Only the back truck grinds, with the nose held up.Read the guide →Level 3NosegrindOnly the front truck grinds, with the tail held up.Read the guide →Level 3Frontside BoardslideThe middle of the board slides on the rail, rail ending up in front of you.Read the guide →Level 3Backside BoardslideThe middle of the board slides on the rail, rail behind you.Read the guide →Level 3NoseslideThe nose slides on the ledge with the tail up.Read the guide →Level 3TailslideThe tail slides on the ledge with the nose up.Read the guide →Level 4Crooked GrindA nosegrind with the board angled, tail out.Read the guide →Level 4Smith GrindThe back truck grinds on top while the nose dips down beside the ledge.Read the guide →Level 4Feeble GrindThe back truck grinds on top while the front truck hangs over the far side.Read the guide →Level 4LipslideLike a boardslide, but the back truck goes over the rail first.Read the guide →

Transition

6 tricks
Level 1Drop InRoll into a ramp from the top by tipping the board forward off the coping.Read the guide →Level 1Frontside KickturnTurn on the ramp wall with your chest facing the ramp.Read the guide →Level 1Backside KickturnTurn on the ramp wall with your back to the ramp.Read the guide →Level 2Rock to FakieRide up, rock the middle of the board on the coping, and roll back down fakie.Read the guide →Level 2Axle StallStall with both trucks on the coping, board parallel to it.Read the guide →Level 3Rock and RollRock the middle of the board on the coping, then kickturn back in forward.Read the guide →

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