How to ride a skateboard

Are you tired of walking everywhere? Are you unable to afford a car or uber? Does it feel like a drag trying to find a place to park your bicycle? Well here's your solution! Not only is a skateboard an economic-friendly way to travel but it also has a size difference compared to a car or even a bicycle!


You'll need:

  • Skateboard
  • Practice area (park, backyard, school, NOT the street)
  • Shoes (sturdy and flat bottoms to grip onto the skateboard)
  • Safety gear (helmet, elbow and knee pads)
!!!! DISCLAIMER: YOU WILL FALL !!!! 
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Step 1: Properly Balancing

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This is the most important yet basic step of riding a skateboard. For the most part, it is the most fundamental stage in learning how to ride a skateboard. 

For starters, there are 3 main stances: Regular, Goofy, and Mongo

Regular Foot - When your left foot is placed on the middle section of the board and you push off with your right foot.
Goofy - When your right foot is placed on the board and you push off with your left foot. Basically the opposite of regular foot stance.
Mongo - Having your placed towards the end of the board and pushing off with your front foot.

Image from: https://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/i-have-a-problem-i-ride-goofy/6166/81


Place your board on the ground and simply stand on it to get comfortable being on the skateboard and finding the positions of your feet that are comfortable for you. Find which foot you are more comfortable with, and preferably make that be foot that is placed on the upper half of the board.



Get familiar with your skateboard and have an idea how your foot positioning.

Step 2:Pushing onto your board
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Slowly push one foot (the one not holding the skateboard) and place it on your board. DO NOT RUSH THIS STEP, YOU WILL BE IN RISK OF FALLING.

Start getting more comfortable with your board and foot movements that go along with riding a skateboard. Repeat this step until you gain a little of momentum and practice placing your foot onto the board as well as stopping and getting off gently. 

Combine this with step one and maintain your balance.

Step 3:Push=Momentum

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Once you you get comfortable with the previous two steps you will now start to push off once you slow down. Start building more momentum by pushing your foot more than a couple of times and go back into place with both feet on your board

The more you do this step the more you will get comfortable riding your board. Practice with your speed, get a hang of how your board handles going fast or going slow



Step 4: Making Turns
Now that you are getting the hang of pushing off and riding your skateboard try turning by shifting your weight (front or back) while maintaining your balance. You may shift your body weight forward to turn right and shift your body weight back to turn left. 

This might be the most difficult step to master but it is essential to get around places.

TIPS:

LEARN TO FALL APPROPRIATELY
  • Stay loose, try not to maintain a stiff body because you will increase your chances of fracturing and breaking a bone.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS
  • If you see something isn't going to end well like going to fast and unable to maintain control, jump off your skateboard and land on your feet 
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED SKATERS
  • Learn different techniques, styles and tricks by meeting other skaters in your local skate park 


Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 18, 2018 at 8:54 PM

    I used to skateboard a lot in high school, it was my main source of transportation. Your blog can definitely teach some one that wants to learn. I think it would help more if you explain the difference stances when going over balancing. You should tell the reader about how they could be either goofy and regular. Then use that as your reference when explain how to push and turn.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 20, 2018 at 8:47 PM

    I used to skateboard a little bit back in middle school and I mean like rarely skate because my uncle tried to teach me how to skate by just showing me the movement but he didn't explained it well enough, he just said don't be afraid to fall off. Either way he would make it look easy but in reality it was hard for me but a couple falls later and practices I got the hang of it. I think. But this blog would have been useful for me back then because I don't skateboard anymore if anything I probably for how to skate but with your blog I am able to learn the steps and materials needed to ride a skateboard. I wouldn't want to ride a skateboard anymore because I would be scared to fall or worse break an ankle because that hurts.

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  3. HAJMarch 15, 2018 at 6:17 PM

    Fun blog. Nice introduction to skating, with some good imagery, but rather brief and under-edited.

    Here are some examples of points that could use some editing.
    "economic-friendly"

    I think you can just say "economic."

    I was pretty excited to find out about MONGO FOOT, which I'd never heard of, even though I like to skateboard. Unfortunately, there was a pretty large error that obscured what you were trying to say:

    Having your placed towards the end of the board and pushing off with your front foot.

    OK. It sounds like the most important piece of information was left off.

    Your description of how to turn left something to be desired. First you said it was the hardest aspect of learning to skate, but the method you described (leaning) is the easiest thing to do, from my memory. The harder thing is actually lifting up the front end and turning it.

    This had a good start, and an appealing tone, but never took off for me.

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