Trick Library: Skateboard Trick Tutorials by Level

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Beginner

Starts with the 12 lessons of Shred School 101, the free course (also a book).

Ollie
The jump that almost every street trick is built on.
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Pop Shove It
The board spins 180 under you while you jump straight up.
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Frontside 180
An ollie where you and the board turn half a rotation, opening up forward.
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Kickflip
Your first flip trick: the board flips along its length.
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Railstand (Primo)
Standing on the edge of your board, plus ways in and out.
Freestyle · Shred School 101
Frontside Shove It
A shove it spun the other way, and the setup for heelflips and hardflips.
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Heelflip
The board flips off your front heel, the opposite way from a kickflip.
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Fakie Bigspin
Your first combo: a half cab and a shove it together.
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Noseslide
Your first slide, on the nose of the board along a curb.
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Varial Kickflip
A pop shove it and a kickflip in one trick.
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Casper
Balancing on an upside-down board, tail on the ground.
Freestyle · Shred School 101
50-50 Grind
Both trucks grinding along the edge: your first grind.
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Backside 180
An ollie with a half turn, facing backward.
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Taildrop
Popping out of a tail stall on a ledge. Also called a tail ollie or power ollie.
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Drop In
Getting into a ramp from the coping, the first thing to learn on transition.
Ramp + transition
Axle Stall
Stalling on both trucks on the coping, then dropping back in.
Ramp + transition
Nosestall
Stalling on the nose on the coping before dropping back in.
Ramp + transition
Walk the Dog
Pivoting the board under your feet as you step forward, to link freestyle tricks together.
Freestyle
Fingerflip
Flipping the board with your hand while you jump: a beginner freestyle trick.
Freestyle
Frontside No Comply 180
Step your front foot off, pop the board around frontside and step back on. Easy to learn and really consistent.
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Railflip (Primo Flip)
Flipping the board from a railstand back onto its wheels.
Freestyle

Intermediate

Backside Flip
A kickflip with a backside 180.
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Frontside Flip
A kickflip with a frontside 180.
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Varial Heelflip
A frontside shove it and a heelflip in one trick.
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Backside Bigspin
The board does a backside 360 while you turn 180 with it.
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Fakie Frontside Bigspin
A bigspin from fakie, spun frontside. Easy once you get past the blind part. Taught by Tony Clark.
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Pressure Flip
A flip done by scooping the tail with your back foot, no front foot flick.
Street · Freestyle
Hospital Flip
A half kickflip that your front foot brings back around. The one-footed take on the casper flip.
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Nollie Backside 360 Shove It
A full 360 shove it popped off the nose. Deceptively easy and rarely seen.
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Ollie Nose Manual
Ollie onto the front wheels and hold the balance.
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Frontside 5-0 Grind
Grinding on the back truck only, frontside.
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Backside 5-0 Grind
Grinding on the back truck only, backside.
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Frontside Nosegrind
Grinding on the front truck only, frontside.
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Crooked Grind
A nosegrind with the board angled into the ledge.
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Frontside Boardslide
Sliding on the middle of the board, facing the rail or ledge.
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Toeflip
Basically a varial kickflip style pressure flip, flicked off your toe. A freestyle flatground trick.
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Kickback (Underflip)
The board flips a quarter backward, then you catch it and flip it forward one and a quarter.
Freestyle
Flamingo (Calfwrap)
Wrapping the board around your calf and back down.
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50-50 Stand (Truckstand)
Stand on the truck. A freestyle building block.
Freestyle
Old School Kickflip
The pre-ollie kickflip: hook your toe under the edge and flip the board up as you turn around.
Freestyle
Old School Varial Kickflip
The old school kickflip with a varial spin.
Freestyle
Boneless Flip
Plant your front foot, grab, and flip the board on the way back on.
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Pressure Hardflip
A hardflip popped off the side of the tail, pressure flip style. A lot easier than a real hardflip.
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No Comply Bigspin Flip
A no comply with a frontside bigspin and a flip. Easier than it looks.
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No Comply Varial Heelflip
A no comply with a varial heelflip, and a stepping stone into the bigger no comply tricks.
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Shove It Underflip
A shove it that your back foot flips back under. The easiest way into late tricks. Taught by Tony Clark.
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Fakie Frontside Nosegrind
A frontside nosegrind from fakie. Surprisingly easy to balance on a short box. Taught by Tony Clark.
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Railflip to Rail
A varial one-and-a-half flip out of a railstand that lands back to rail.
Freestyle
Nosehook Impossible
An impossible wrapped off the nose with a hooked front foot.
Freestyle
Nollie Heelflip
A heelflip popped off the nose. One of Tony Clark's favorites, and he teaches it.
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Advanced

360 Flip (Tre Flip)
A kickflip combined with a 360 shove it.
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Hardflip
A frontside shove it and a kickflip, with the board flipping up between your legs.
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Semi Flip
A quarter kickflip caught with your back foot, then flicked into a late varial heelflip. A Rodney Mullen classic.
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Impossible
The board wraps vertically around your back foot.
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Plasma Spin
A frontside bigspin with the board wrapped around the foot like an impossible.
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Boneless Gazelle
A 360 boneless with a varial, so the board does a 540. Taught by Tony Clark.
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