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This trick is very basic and easy to do. If you can roll on your board you should be able to do this trick. This trick is also called “Mary Poppins”. I don't know why, because Hippie Jump makes much more since. Learning this trick is not extremely important but it's fun and easy. It also improves coordination and balance.
For this trick you will need a rail or some sort of obstacle that your board can go under as you go over it. You are going to roll at the rail perpendicular. As you approach the rail place your feet over the bolts. It is very important not to have your feet on the nose or tail so that the board does not pop up while you are going over. After your feet are positioned correctly bend your knees in preparation for the jump. Timing is key unfortunately you are going to need to figure that part out on your own. The obstacles that you approach are going to be different heights sizes and widths. This is a little bit different than a normal jump. You are moving side ways and you will want to suck your legs up as high as you can so that your legs, ankles and feet do not get tangled in the rail. This would make you fall. Keep your feet in the same position, if you can as your body travels over the rail. Look down at your skateboard traveling underneath the object you are jumping. As soon as the tail of your board clears the rail (assuming your doing it right) you should be coming down from the jump. Aim for the bolts with your feet, as your feet make contact with the board bend your knees and keep your arms out. It's much better to lean too far forward than too far back. You've got a rail behind you.
So try to land as even as you can. Then roll away. If you are having a problem with your board not keeping up with you try giving a little push with your back foot as you jump. This is more dangerous so raise the back foot as quickly as you can.
Oh, and watch this video.
How to Fackie Tail Stall by David Benson 10/22/2007
For this trick you will need to know how to Roll Fackie, and how to Drop In. Knowing Rock to Fackie would help, but only because Fackie Tail Stall is easer in a small tran line.
For this trick I suggest using a mini ramp or a small quarter pipe before stepping it up to the bigger tran. As you are rolling Fackie up to the tran, pump up the tran with your feet in Fackie position. As you're lead foot approaches the lip (edge of tran) start lifting your boards nose by applying pressure to the tail of your board lean back into your tail like you are doing a reverse drop in. Lean all your weight in to the tail stall then go ahead and drop back in.
Check this clip out to see it for yourself.
How to Backside Big Spin: by David Benson 9/25/2007
This trick is the same as a 360 Shuv-it while Backside 180ing. Obviously you must have backside 180's on lock. When I do this trick flat land I prefer doing it switch. But downstairs, on banks & most other skate spots I like doing it regular. It's odd I know but skateboarding is like a cruel mistress: erratic and mysterious. I suggest trying it regular first then switching to switch as soon as you nail it trick down regular.
Setting up for this trick is almost identical to Backside 180. However, you'll have to scoot your back foot forward (toe side) so the ball of your foot is at the very edge of your tail. Wind up your shoulder as if you were going to Backside 180, (because you are about to) put more pressure on your tail than you would for a Backside 180. As you pop the 180, scoop your back foot hard to spin the board 360 as you spin 180 in the same direction. Keep your front foot light. Do not try to put weight on it until you've spun around. As you see your deck line up with you, set your feet down. You will be leaning toward your lead foot pretty heavy so beware of this as you try to keep your balance.
Look care-fully at this clip
How to grip a deck by David Benson 9/25/2007
So you got a shinny new deck and you need to grip it. Well, first gather the necessary supplies. You will need a razor or a sharp knife, a file, one sheet of grip tape, and that new deck of yours.
Basically your sheet of grip tape is a big sticker. Peel off the bottom revealing the extremely sticky adhesive underneath. Be very careful as you line up the grip tape. This is the most important part. Make sure the grip is coming down flat. Pat the grip with your hand as it comes into contact with your deck. Take it slow and smooth out the grip tape as you go. This is the second most important part of griping a deck. After you've got the whole sheet of grip stuck to the deck. There will be a big rectangle of grip tape over the deck. Smooth it out one more time.
Next take the file and scrape all the way around your shinny new deck. Do not scrape all the way through the grip. The file will leave a white line in its path along the edge of the deck. This will be your guideline. Be very careful as you cut along this line with your razor. Do not cut yourself and try not to cut your deck as you cut off the excess grip. Make sure you fold the grip over so that the sticky side is covered. After you have cut off all the extra grip tape check for straggling pieces of grip tape, cut them off and groom as necessary.
You do not need to get carried away with this. Just the normal skateboarding wear and tear will most likely take care of these little stragglers. After you've done this grasp the excess grip tape. The grip tape should be grip on both sides (not sticky.) Rub this along the edge of your newly griped deck. This is not the same as filing. If you find that the deck is to grippy for your taste simply rub the excess grip you've cut off over the top of the grip. This will wear it down. I do not do this myself but lots of people do. This is a personal preference.
Now you've got a freshly covered deck. You will need to put trucks on your deck. To do this you will have to poke holes in the gripe tape. There are all ready holes in your deck push a nail, stick or pencil up from underneath so you can see where the holes are. Then poke the hole from the top. Now you are done gripping your deck. You can paint your own graphic or make a stencil. Something to let you know which end is the tail and which end is the nose........Or not……. I can not ride a board with out one but that, again, is all personal preference
How to Backside Crooked by David Benson 9/22/2007
This is a grind trick. Any “grindable” surface will do. I'd suggest starting out on a box before rock'n this trick down a rail. In order to complete a Backside Crooked Grind you will need to know how to B/S 50/50, B/S Nose slide & Nollies.
To get the hang of this grind, I would suggest Olling into a Crooked Stall. Balance the stall and practice popping out of it until you feel comfortable enough to try and grind this trick. Wax, wax, wax the box. When you are first starting out with this trick you will need all the help you can get. Roll toward your favorite ledge or box, just a few inches out from where you normally would for a good old B/S 50/50. Pop an Ollie but do not bring your back foot over the box, instead give your front foot an F/S180 motion like you would for a backside nose slide. Instead of laying the nose down flat on the edge, put the truck on the edge of the box, crooked, literally. Do not put a ton of pressure on your nose just stay light footed about it. Your weight will be mostly on your front foot. Balance with your arms. Lean into the grind with your hip. As you get to the end of your grind you are going to do this little retarded Nollie thing. Shuv the nose forward while you are sliding your back foot up toward the tail. It will feel more like Switch Ollie as you come out of the grind and make yourself perpendicular to the box. Bend your knees and roll away.
Crooked Grinds is the same as Crooks, K Grinds, or just K's for short. So don't be confused by the lingo. It is all the same trick. This video is how to pop out of K grind. But it is still the best video on how to K out there. I heart the accent.
How to Rock to Fackie by David Benson 9/21/2007
A Rock to Fackie is where you roll up to the top of some tran, stall on your board with your front trucks over the coping and then back in again rolling down backwards or in other words Fackie. To do this trick you will need to know how to roll regular and fackie and how to pump. It would help to know dropping in, manuals & Boardslides. This is a stall trick so you are going to need to find something to stall on. Like a mini ramp, quarter pipe or even a steep enough bank.
If I had a top ten list of tricks that I enjoyed the most Rock to Fackie would be on there. Your style will increase over time. So I will teach you the right way and the easy way to Rock to Fackie.
First the right way; roll at, lets say, a quarter pipe with enough speed to get to the top, pump through the tran by shifting your weight through to the peak of the tran. Push down on your tail as you allow your front trucks to go up and over the coping. This is a very, very slight motion. Push down on your nose with your front foot only until you come to a brief stop. Lean back as you pull the front of your board back into the tran. Make sure that your trucks do not hang up on the coping. As soon as it is safe to put weight on your front foot, do so. Balance and even out, roll back fackie to the flat and continue rolling away.
Second, the easy way looks bad but if you did everything right the first time you'd probable be off walking on water some where instead. Once again roll at the quarter pipe, but this time with barely enough speed to put your front trucks over the coping. Then do just that and let your front truck slip over the coping. You will hear a clink or scrape. Then push down shifting on your tail. Let your front trucks roll back in as you shift your weight back into the tran. But do not be satisfied with the easy way. It is just to help you get used to the motion before you can really Rock to Fackie.
This video clip will show you what I mean.
How to make a Crust-Core T-Shirt: by David Benson 9/17/2007
First find an old black t-shirt preferably to big for you. This will give you some room to make mistakes. You will also a need and needle, thread, knife and a seam splitter.
Next listen to Crust-Core for the next month. You will need to stop bathing all together before you start going to their shows.
Now for the shirt. Split all the seams, except for one side seam under the arm pit, with a seam splitter. Remove the sleeves and slit the shoulder seams, and remove collar. Discard sleeves and collar. Now lay the shirt on the floor. Lay a shirt that fits you over the top of the black t-shirt. Next you cut the black t-shirt the same size as the shirt that fits. Use a knife. You don't want to be exact at measuring. It is not cool to measure, just cut. Line things up in your head. Don't use a tape measure just your eyes. Sew the shoulder pieces together. Hand stitch it as sloppy as you can but still have it work. Then put the shirt on, pull the shirt tight as you can, make a small cut to show you were to cut the rest off. Then take the shirt off. Cut the excess off the side and sew the sides of the shirt back together. Cut off random flaps if any are left.
Now that you have the shirt finished put it on and never take it off. The t-shirt must fall off you. Never wash it or yourself live on the streets and be a crusty punk or you may use this for Halloween or something.
If you are unfamiliar with the Crusty Punk movement, visit wikipedia.
How to Varial Heel Flip: by David Benson 9/14/2007
I will admit that this flip is in and out of my bag of tricks. The Varial Heel Flip is pretty much a Front/Side 180 Heel Flip with out moving your body or it would be the same as saying a Heel Flip and a Front/Side Shove-it which is a Varial Heel Flip. You need to know how to Heel Flip and Front/Side Shove-it before starting to learn this trick.
For starters put your feet in a front shove position. Place the ball of your back foot on the heel side of your tail and the heel of your front foot on the toe side of your bolts. Pop a Front/Side Shove-it while pushing back on the front of your board. Flick a bit with your heel to get the board spinning in a Heel Flip. Now raise your feet up high to get out of the way of the spinning and rotating board. Watch for the grip tape to come around but be sure that it spins the whole 180 degrees before setting your feet down over the bolts.
For more instructions watch this clip:
How to Front/Side Smith Grind: by David Benson 9/10/2007
This trick is one of my favorites. I still use this one at almost every session. This is not the easiest trick, but once you have this trick down, it's hard to lose. To do this trick, you will need to know how to 50/50 and 5.0. Front Lip Slide, or Back Feeble Grind would help but you do not have to know them to do an F/S Smith.
Let's get to it. You're going to want to find a nice rail that is pretty sturdy. It will be much harder and more painful to learn if you have a wobbly rail. Approach the rail at the same angle you would for a 50/50 but with a little more speed. Aim for the same spot on the rail that you would normally get on 50/50. Have your feet in Ollie position but with the heel of your front foot hanging of the edge just a little bit. Pop an Ollie a little bit higher than you would for a 50/50. As you are on your way up, start to Shifty Front/Side, push into the grind with your back foot. Your back truck and part of your board will hit the rail. Keep your front foot pointed down, lean back, balance with your arms and hips, and point your toes toward the ground to keep your board nose pointed down. Now you are done with the hardest part. When you get to the end of your grind let your front foot come up. The nose of your board should follow. As you level out give yourself a very slight push off the rail and as you come down from the rail try to straighten your board back out before you hit the ground. Bend at the knees to absorb the force then roll away.
This will take some time to learn.
A visual aide could not hurt so here you go:
How to B/S 50/50: by David Benson 9/5/2007
This trick is the basics for all B/S grinds. To do this trick you must be able to ollie. It will really help if you feel comfortable with B/S board-slide, B/S axel stalls, and B/S 180 as well. This trick can be preformed on pretty much anything: ledges, boxes, rails, curbs, hubbas and anything else that has a grindable edge. It is best to learn this trick on boxes or well waxed curbs.
Now, to start learning B/S 50/50, you should approach the box with your feet in the ollie position. As you bend down, getting ready to pop an ollie, wind up your shoulders as if you are going to do a back side 180. Get ready and pop a bigger ollie than you think you are going to need. After your front truck is over the edge of the box, and pull your back foot over directly behind your front foot, set down on the edge of the box, bend your knees and balance with your arms. It is important to turn your shoulder so you can look forward. When you get to the end of the box pop a small ollie to get off. If you don't want to ollie off you can lean back slightly and push through.
Check this video out for a visual aid:
How to 1/2 Cab Frontside and Backside: by David Benson 9/1/2007
This trick is a Fackie 180. A 1/2 Cab is almost exactly the same as a regular Frontside 180. The timing is just a little different. But this knowledge will come through trial and error. However the Backside Half Cab is a different ball of wax all together. The mechanics are pretty similar but the smallest thing can make a big difference.
First, you should be comfortable with your Fackie Ollies and Backside 180's. Nollie 180 could help I guess but you do not need to know Nollie 180's to do a ˝ Cab.
For the Backside half you should be rolling Fackie. Your front foot is now your back so we will call it your popping foot to save us from confusion. You should place your popping foot on your tail with the ball of your foot on the heel side of your tail. The other foot should be in a normal Back/Side 180 position. You will have to pop this one just like a Fackie Ollie. Before you pop it make sure you wind up your shoulders as if you would for a Backside 180. As you twist through the air, suck your knees up as high as you can. Once you are 180 from your original point set down. And roll away.
Despite the few sec. of terrible music this video is very helpful
How to Backside Smith Grind: by David Benson 8/20/2007
This trick is hard, but I think its one of the coolest tricks in the book. To do this trick you will have to know how to B/S 50/50, B/S 5.0 and B/S shifty. It would help if you could B/S tail slide and/or B/S lip slide, but you do not have to know those tricks to pull this one off. Also practice stalling in B/S smith on a small transition to prepare to learn this trick.
B/S Smith is a grind trick so find a nice slide-able edge. Let's just use a rail as an example for today. First approach the rail going a little faster then you usually do for B/S 50/50 and at the same angel that you use for B/S 5.0. Pop a B/S shifty when your truck is over the rail just as it makes contact absorb the impact with your back knee. Do this while pointing your front foot down and out keeping the nose of your board down, while putting all of your weight on your back foot. As you get locked into the grind make sure to lean back, bending at the hip to push the grind through. When you reach the end of the rail prepare to get out of the grind. Bring your front foot up even out pop out if you can. Make sure to bend those knees if you need to and then just roll away. You can crack a smile if you want'a.
Be sure you understand how to backside smith grind by watching this clip.
(Video by youtube.com)
Making Your Own Stickers by David Benson 8/12/2007
Who ever says no to free stickers? I know of no such skater. You can stick'em on skate spots, home made ramps, boxes, cars, doors or any surfaces. When the graphics on my deck is gone I'll slap some stickers on the bottom. If I'm riding a blank deck and I am too lazy to paint a graphic on the board. I will tastefully plaster stickers on the deck in stead.
If you are some what of an artist like me you probably have tons of sketches, drawings & doodles all over the place. Pick some out or draw up some brand new ones. If you are not a little Pablo Picasso, you download some of my Stickers as PDF's from www.slacktime.com. After you pick out the images that you want to turn into stickers pick up some sticker paper available at almost any office supply store. Then head down to the nearest Kinko's or where ever you can get you hands on a photocopier. Copy the images that you have selected on to the sticker paper. Then cut out your brand new skate stickers making sure to be safe. Do not cut yourself or what ever else I need to say so some idiot does not sue me....... Now you are free to stick your creations where ever you can reach. I hope they end up looking the way you want them to. If they are really sick, send me one at (support@slacktime.com.) with a short letter. If I like it, maybe I'll post an article on all the sick stickers I've gotten. Have fun and skate daily.
B/S 180 by David Benson 8/6/2007
This trick is the basics for all B/S grinds. To do this trick you must be able to ollie. It would really help if you feel comfortable with B/S board-slide, B/S axel stalls, and B/S 180 as well. This trick can be preformed on pretty much anything: ledges, boxes, rails, curbs, hubbas and anything else that has a grindable edge. It is best to learn this trick on boxes or well waxed curbs.
Now to start learning B/S 50/50 you should approach the box with your feet in the ollie position. As you bend down getting ready to pop an ollie, wind up your shoulders, as if you are going to do a back side 180. Get ready and pop a bigger ollie than you think you are going to need. After your front truck is over the edge of the box, pull your back foot over directly behind your front foot, set down on the edge of the box, bend your knees and balance with your arms. It is important to turn your shoulder so you can look forward. When you get to the end of the box pop a small ollie to get off. If you don't want to ollie off you can lean back slightly and push through.
Check this video out for a visiol-add.
(Video by youtube.com)
How To 180* B/S & F/S by David Benson 7/23/2007
This trick is very important to learn not only for the gaps, but in and out of grinds and manuals as well. There is a plethora of tricks that uses the 180* as a base.
When I learned F/S 180*, I was having so much fun that I just forgot about B/S and that was dumb. You should not make the same mistake. Some skaters think B/S is harder than F/S but that is all personal preference.
When you land this trick you'll end up riding switch or fakie depending on where your feet end up on your deck. So if you have trouble rolling in either of these standsis, practice them by riding around switch or roll up a bank and then roll down fakie. This will get you used to shifting your balance. Also, learn to turn your head. It sounds stupid but some people have a hard time with it. You need to be able to see without messing up your balance.
OK, enough staged advice lets get down to business. You should know how to ollie. You start by rotating your shoulders the opposite way that your planning on 180ing. After you are all wound up start popp’in an ollie. Swing your shoulders as your foot slides up. Now complete the twist with your legs, you should keep your eyes fixed on where you are going to land. That should keep your head straight until you land. Bend those knees and keep roll’n. If you don’t get this trick the first try (which you will not!) watch this video.
The kick flip is a lot like doing a ollie. But have your heel off the back of your deck and the ball of your foot near the middle of your deck. Now basically do a ollie, but instead of just sliding your foot forward, then flick your foot out, rotating the board under you. Keep your eyes on the board. When your grip flips around, put your feet down. Now this is going to be hard and take a lot of work. But don't just take my word for it.
(Video by youtube.com)
Ollie by David Benson 7/6/2007
This is the first trick you should learn. It is the basis for almost all the tricks performed in all of skateboarding. By learnig this trick you will learn to feel comfortable on your board while rolling around. You may even try dropping off a curb or two.
The mechanics are as follows:
Push down on your tail, which will generate pop while simultaneously sliding your front foot forward towards the nose of the board. At the peak of this motion, level out your feet so they are even as you come down. Prepare for impact, and remember to bend at the knees on landing. Yeah, it’s harder than it sounds. A picture is worth a thousand words. This video should be worth a million:
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