# Skateboard tricks list > An index of 64 skateboard trick guides (flat ground, grinds and slides, transition), each with foot placement, steps, common mistakes and an FAQ. Canonical: https://getskateai.com/tricks Last updated: 2026-10-19 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. Want an app to go with them? See the [skateboarding apps that help you learn these tricks](https://getskateai.com/best-skateboarding-apps), or [which AI skate coach app to use](https://getskateai.com/ai-skateboard-coach-apps). ## 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. [How to manual](https://getskateai.com/tricks/manual): Balance and roll on just the back wheels with the nose up. 2. [How to frontside kickturn](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-kickturn): Turn on the ramp wall with your chest facing the ramp. 3. [How to backside kickturn](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-kickturn): Turn on the ramp wall with your back to the ramp. 4. [How to ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/ollie): Pop the tail and slide your front foot up so the board jumps with you. 5. [How to drop in](https://getskateai.com/tricks/drop-in): Roll into a ramp from the top by tipping the board forward off the coping. 6. [How to pop shove-it](https://getskateai.com/tricks/pop-shove-it): The board spins 180 flat under you without flipping. 7. [How to fakie ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/fakie-ollie): A regular ollie popped while rolling backwards in your normal stance. 8. [How to rock to fakie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/rock-to-fakie): Ride up, rock the middle of the board on the coping, and roll back down fakie. 9. [How to 50-50](https://getskateai.com/tricks/50-50): Both trucks grind along the ledge or rail. 10. [How to frontside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-180): An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your heel side, facing forward first. 11. [How to kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/kickflip): An ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a full flip. 12. [How to heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/heelflip): An ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a flip the other way. ## Explained - [How to skateboard: the steps before any trick](https://getskateai.com/how-to-skateboard) - [How often tricks land: Skate AI data](https://getskateai.com/skateboard-trick-landing-rates) - [Tricks to learn after the ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks-to-learn-after-ollie) - [Flip tricks, easiest to hardest](https://getskateai.com/skateboard-flip-tricks) - [Grinds and slides, easiest to hardest](https://getskateai.com/skateboard-grinds) - [The 8 hardest tricks, ranked](https://getskateai.com/hardest-skateboard-tricks) - [Foot placement chart](https://getskateai.com/skateboard-foot-placement-chart) - [Kickflip vs heelflip](https://getskateai.com/kickflip-vs-heelflip) - [Fakie vs switch vs nollie](https://getskateai.com/fakie-vs-switch-vs-nollie) - [Boardslide vs lipslide](https://getskateai.com/boardslide-vs-lipslide) ## Flat ground 47 tricks - [Ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/ollie) (Level 1): Pop the tail and slide your front foot up so the board jumps with you. - [Ollie on the Spot](https://getskateai.com/tricks/ollie-stationary) (Level 1): An 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. - [Manual](https://getskateai.com/tricks/manual) (Level 1): Balance and roll on just the back wheels with the nose up. - [Ollie Over Something](https://getskateai.com/tricks/ollie-over-object) (Level 2): A 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. - [Nollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie) (Level 2): An ollie popped off the nose while rolling in your normal stance. - [Fakie Ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/fakie-ollie) (Level 2): A regular ollie popped while rolling backwards in your normal stance. - [Nose Manual](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nose-manual) (Level 2): Balance and roll on just the front wheels with the tail up. - [Pop Shove-It](https://getskateai.com/tricks/pop-shove-it) (Level 2): The board spins 180 flat under you without flipping. - [Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/kickflip) (Level 2): An ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a full flip. - [Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/heelflip) (Level 2): An ollie where the front foot flicks the board into a flip the other way. - [No Comply](https://getskateai.com/tricks/no-comply) (Level 2): Your 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. - [Boneless](https://getskateai.com/tricks/boneless) (Level 2): You grab the board with your back hand, plant your front foot on the ground and jump, pulling the board up under your feet. - [Switch Ollie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/switch-ollie) (Level 3): An ollie in your opposite stance. - [Frontside Pop Shove-It](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-pop-shove-it) (Level 3): A shove-it that spins the other way, out in front of you. - [Frontside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-180) (Level 3): An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your heel side, facing forward first. - [Backside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-180) (Level 3): An ollie where you and the board turn 180 toward your toe side, back first. - [Varial Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/varial-kickflip) (Level 3): A kickflip and a backside shove-it together. - [Varial Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/varial-heelflip) (Level 3): A heelflip and a frontside shove-it together. - [Fakie Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/fakie-kickflip) (Level 3): A kickflip while rolling backwards in your normal stance. - [Nollie Shove-It](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-shove-it) (Level 3): A pop shove-it popped off the nose while rolling forward. The board spins 180 flat under you and doesn't flip. - [Nollie Frontside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-frontside-180) (Level 3): A nollie where you and the board turn 180 frontside together, facing forward first. You roll away fakie. - [Nollie Backside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-backside-180) (Level 3): A nollie where you and the board turn 180 backside together, back first. You roll away fakie. - [Half Cab](https://getskateai.com/tricks/half-cab) (Level 3): A fakie ollie where you and the board turn 180 backside together, so you can see where you're going. You roll away forward. - [Fakie Frontside 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/fakie-frontside-180) (Level 3): A fakie ollie where you and the board turn 180 frontside together, your back to where you're going. You roll away forward. - [Fakie Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/fakie-heelflip) (Level 3): A heelflip while rolling backwards in your normal stance. - [No Comply 180](https://getskateai.com/tricks/no-comply-180) (Level 3): A no comply where the back foot scoops the board round frontside 180 while your front foot is on the ground. You roll away fakie. - [360 Shove-It](https://getskateai.com/tricks/360-shove-it) (Level 4): A pop shove-it taken all the way around, a full 360 with no flip. - [Nollie Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-kickflip) (Level 4): A kickflip popped off the nose. The back foot does the flick. - [Nollie Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-heelflip) (Level 4): A heelflip popped off the nose while rolling forward. The back foot kicks the board into a flip the other way from a nollie kickflip. - [Double Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/double-kickflip) (Level 4): A kickflip that flips twice before you catch it. - [Double Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/double-heelflip) (Level 4): A heelflip that flips twice before you catch it. - [Hospital Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/hospital-flip) (Level 4): A half kickflip that your front foot flips back the way it came. - [Frontside Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-flip) (Level 4): A kickflip with a frontside 180: you and the board turn together, facing forward first, while it flips once. You roll away fakie. - [Backside Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-flip) (Level 4): A kickflip with a backside 180: you and the board turn together, back first, while it flips once. You roll away fakie. - [Frontside Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-heelflip) (Level 4): A heelflip with a frontside 180: you and the board turn together, facing forward first, while it flips the heelflip way. You roll away fakie. - [Backside Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-heelflip) (Level 4): A heelflip with a backside 180: you and the board turn together, back first, while it flips the heelflip way. You roll away fakie. - [Big Spin](https://getskateai.com/tricks/big-spin) (Level 4): A backside 360 shove-it while your body turns a backside 180. The board ends pointing the way it started and you ride away switch. - [Switch Kickflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/switch-kickflip) (Level 4): A kickflip in your opposite stance. - [Switch Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/switch-heelflip) (Level 4): A heelflip in your opposite stance. - [360 Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/360-flip) (Level 5): A kickflip with a full 360 backside shove. The tre flip. - [360 Double Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/360-double-flip) (Level 5): A 360 flip that flips twice while the board spins a full 360. The double tre flip. - [Hardflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/hardflip) (Level 5): A kickflip and a frontside shove-it together, the board flipping up between your legs. - [Inward Heelflip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/inward-heelflip) (Level 5): A heelflip and a backside shove-it together. - [Nollie 360 Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nollie-360-flip) (Level 5): A 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. - [Laser Flip](https://getskateai.com/tricks/laser-flip) (Level 5): A heelflip with a full frontside 360 shove-it under you, your body staying square. - [Impossible](https://getskateai.com/tricks/impossible) (Level 5): The board wraps end over end around your back foot, nose up and back over the top, and lands grip-up under you. - [Full Cab](https://getskateai.com/tricks/full-cab) (Level 5): A fakie ollie where you and the board turn a full 360 backside together. You roll away fakie. ## Grinds & slides 11 tricks - [50-50](https://getskateai.com/tricks/50-50) (Level 2): Both trucks grind along the ledge or rail. - [5-0](https://getskateai.com/tricks/5-0) (Level 3): Only the back truck grinds, with the nose held up. - [Nosegrind](https://getskateai.com/tricks/nosegrind) (Level 3): Only the front truck grinds, with the tail held up. - [Frontside Boardslide](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-boardslide) (Level 3): The middle of the board slides on the rail, rail ending up in front of you. - [Backside Boardslide](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-boardslide) (Level 3): The middle of the board slides on the rail, rail behind you. - [Noseslide](https://getskateai.com/tricks/noseslide) (Level 3): The nose slides on the ledge with the tail up. - [Tailslide](https://getskateai.com/tricks/tailslide) (Level 3): The tail slides on the ledge with the nose up. - [Crooked Grind](https://getskateai.com/tricks/crooked-grind) (Level 4): A nosegrind with the board angled, tail out. - [Smith Grind](https://getskateai.com/tricks/smith-grind) (Level 4): The back truck grinds on top while the nose dips down beside the ledge. - [Feeble Grind](https://getskateai.com/tricks/feeble-grind) (Level 4): The back truck grinds on top while the front truck hangs over the far side. - [Lipslide](https://getskateai.com/tricks/lipslide) (Level 4): Like a boardslide, but the back truck goes over the rail first. ## Transition 6 tricks - [Drop In](https://getskateai.com/tricks/drop-in) (Level 1): Roll into a ramp from the top by tipping the board forward off the coping. - [Frontside Kickturn](https://getskateai.com/tricks/frontside-kickturn) (Level 1): Turn on the ramp wall with your chest facing the ramp. - [Backside Kickturn](https://getskateai.com/tricks/backside-kickturn) (Level 1): Turn on the ramp wall with your back to the ramp. - [Rock to Fakie](https://getskateai.com/tricks/rock-to-fakie) (Level 2): Ride up, rock the middle of the board on the coping, and roll back down fakie. - [Axle Stall](https://getskateai.com/tricks/axle-stall) (Level 2): Stall with both trucks on the coping, board parallel to it. - [Rock and Roll](https://getskateai.com/tricks/rock-and-roll) (Level 3): Rock the middle of the board on the coping, then kickturn back in forward. App: [Skate AI: Kickflip Ollie Coach on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6814983538)