This time on the Shred School, we’re going to figure out the 50-50 grind! Let’s get to it! Prerequisites To learn the 50-50, you need a solid rolling ollie. I think noseslides help quite a bit for the sake of getting comfortable with sliding, but they aren’t completely required. As long as you can ollie […]

This week, we’re going to learn our second freestyle trick, the casper. It’s like a manual, but with the board upside down! This trick is so cool that seeing it made me want to start skating in the first place. Let’s give it a try. Prerequisites Heelside railstands and kickflips are both really helpful while […]

Today, we’re combining kickflips and pop shove its into the kickflip shove it, more commonly known as the varial kickflip. Let’s do it! Prerequisites Of course, you’ll need a good kickflip and shove it. Well, you really only need a good shove it. Some people find varial kickflips easier than straight kickflips. So if you […]

This week, we’re going to do our first grind or slide trick, the noseslide! We’re in new territory here, but I think we’re going to have a good time. Prerequisites Being comfortable on your board and rolling both ways. You’ll need to ollie when we start doing them higher, but you can learn this trick […]

Today, we’re going to be combining tricks for the first time! Today we’re going to be doing a half cab and a shove it at the same time, known as a bigspin. Let’s do it! Prerequisites You need to be comfortable with shove its, of course, but you don’t technically need to know half cabs. […]

The whole point of this series was that I haven’t been able to skate due to injuries, and I have to relearn my tricks. So it seemed like the best possible time to teach them, with all the challenges fresh in my mind. And I’ll be honest with you. For me, this trick was by […]

Today, we’re going to mix things up and try shove its going the other way, frontside. It’s a bit tougher, but hopefully you’ll get the hang of it. Prerequisites Pop shove its and frontside 180s are going to be a big help, although, you could theoretically do this as your first trick. In fact, it […]

This time on the Shred School, we’re going to be learning a freestyle trick, the railstand! There are a few styles and techniques for this one, and no doubt you’ll find one that works for you. We’re taking a mini break between the last trick and the next one, but that doesn’t mean this is […]

Here it is! Time for the kickflip. This time on Shred School 101, we’re going to land our first true flip trick. Sure, the pop shove it is technically a flip trick, but it’s not really the same thing as having the board be completely upside down in the middle. This one can be tough, […]

Welcome back to Shred School 101! At this point, you might be itching to learn kickflips, but I don’t think we’re quite ready yet. Learning 180s is a good way to build some more confidence with landing without being too heavy technique-wise. Once we get these down, we’ll have the strongest base we can for […]