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First outline the contours of the deck. The edges must be folded upwards. Do not forget that according to the rules prospects, closest edge must look bigger than the far edge.
This is very simple step, in which we draw the side edge of the board. Of course, the edge should repeat the curves of the shape from the previous step.
Now draw three wheels, which is not hidden behind the deck. Each wheel consists of a pair of round parts — redraw from our example. Using direct lines denote the suspension — metal parts by means of which the wheels are attached to the wooden deck. Gently hatch the side edge of the deck, using long strokes. Leave some highlights on the protruding areas.
On the top of the deck add some short strokes. Bowl and vert skating typically involve bigger risks from the beginning. Some bowl riders come over to the street section every so often, as do some vert riders, but for the most part, they are dedicated to that style of skating because they find it the most fun.
The style of skating you choose is really up to you. There are no bad points to any of them. Of course, there will be a style of skating you prefer, but these change as you grow up and your skateboarding style develops. Throughout our teens, we skated street, we loved jumping down big stair sets and gaps. Nowadays, we skate parks.
Parks are a great place to go for a chilled skate or a gnarly one. We just find it more fun to skate parks now, but everyone is different. Now, some of the basics that we are going to discuss below may not seem relevant to the style of skating you want to do.
For example, pumping on transition. Being able to pump on a mini ramp can help you in every corner of a skate park and even in the streets. Knowing when and where to bend your knees to get speed or reduce your speed will help you set up for tricks anywhere and it is invaluable for every skater in the world. So, although some of the skate tips here may not seem important to you, they truly are, and you will need them all if you want to start learning tricks and growing your abilities on your skateboard. So, please make sure you read all the skate tips below. Right, you have just got your board out of the box.
It is shiny and new, and you really want to stand on it and get going down the street. You first want to find the correct position to stand in on the board.
Now, comfortable positions for tricks vary for everyone, but for most people, the position for rolling on your board is the same. You want to have your feet shoulder-width apart, one on the tail and one just below the truck bolts of the nose, with your body facing to the side and your head looking forward.
This position gives you the most amount of control possible. Now, for younger kids, this position can be hard to reach because of their height. If this is the case, you may want to buy them a smaller board to start with. These boards are a few inches shorter than a normal skateboard and will help them achieve this position without needing to spread their feet too far apart.
The further apart your feet are, the less control you have. It is worth standing in this position for a while to get used to it. This is the position you are going to be in for much of your time on your board. This is the position you are going move back to after tricks and from when you set your feet up for tricks.
Practice this position and you will have your first level of control of your skateboard. These are the two stances that skateboarders stand in. Regular means that your left foot is forward and goofy means your right foot is forward. For most people, their stance is just dictated by how they feel comfortable on their board.
As long as you are comfortable on your board, that is all that counts. Pushing your skateboard can be tricky to start with, but stick with it. To start with, only try a few pushes at most. To begin with, stand in the golden position of control we talked about above. Then, rotate your front foot so that it is facing in the same direction as your board. Next, take your back foot off of the board and put it near your front foot, but on the floor. Now you are ready to take a push, just slowly drag your back foot across the floor so that the board starts to move and then place it back on your board returning both feet to the golden position of control.
As you get more comfortable with pushing, try to push a few times and then get back to the golden position of control. The thing that makes people fall when practicing pushing is their weight. It is all about where your weight is and why it is where it is. So, always remember the golden position of control and practice getting back into that position after you have taken a push. Now, some people like to push with their front foot, this is called Mongo. If you feel like you want to push mongo, it is the same motions as above, just in reverse.
However, your back foot with still be on the tail which can make the whole pushing situation a lot scarier. If you notice your board starting to lift when you take your front foot off to push, stop. Once you have finished pushing, you can then put your foot back to where it should be on your tail. The best place to learn skateboard basics and tricks is the skatepark.
Skateboarders are a great bunch of people who are always willing to help beginners learn. Every skateboarder gets excited when a beginner learns a new trick because that is exactly what skateboarding is all about. So, find out where your local skatepark is and grab your board and get down there! Before you go, though, there are some unwritten rules about skateparks that you should learn first.
Of course, many local skateparks have their own rules too which you should always follow.
Here is a quick breakdown of these skatepark rules. If everyone is using the skate park in one direction, do not start skating it in the opposite direction. If you do, you may collide with someone else. A snake is where you skate in front of someone when they are about to go. It may not seem like it, but most skateparks have a cue of people waiting to go, this is particularly true when people are skating the same obstacles. So, when you get to the skate park, take a minute to look around and see what people are skating and if there is a cue, find your place in it. Instead, sit back and watch the awesome trick, you never know, watching may actually answer your questions anyway.
This rule is for later on in your skating life. Comping is where you see someone trying a trick and decide to do the trick too. This person may have been trying this trick for hours, and you come along and do it first go, not cool at all! Give people some space to do their tricks and then try it elsewhere if you like. Or ask if you can session the trick, they may need a little help with it, and you may just make a new skate mate.
That is just a brief breakdown of skate park etiquette, there are more things to learn, and your local park may have other rules that you need to learn too. Although skateboarding is one of the most freeing things in the world, it is only as freeing as it is because of these rules. So, please respect them and have loads of fun! Right, now you can push comfortably, it is time to learn how to kick-turn.
Kick-turning is useful for many things, not just to turn around on quarter pipes. It teaches you valuable control techniques and helps you make your way around skateparks more fluidly. If you start small, there is less fear and so the easier it all becomes. Just go slowly toward the flat bank at first, you can build up speed as you get more comfortable with turning your board the degrees. So, as you reach the bank are start going up it, you want to start turning your board.