Trick tips 2

1. Start with like three stairs, then work your way up to the big leagues.
2. Figure out how much speed you need. Longer stairs mean you'd better go faster.
3. You want to pop an ollie right at the end of the stairs.
4. You also want to make sure you keep your weight centered and board straight to avoid slamming.
5. Spot your landing.
6. Begin extending your legs so you can absorb the impact.
7. Make the board touch the ground, make sure your weight is centered.
8. Absorb the shock.
9. Ride it out.
10. Find some bigger stairs.

In order to learn the kickflip, it is necessary that you learn the ollie.

Now that you have learned it, I want you to get on your board in an ollie stance. Okay, we're going to have to alter this stance a little. Take you front foot and put it right before the front bolts. Now turn it 45 degrees. The ball of your back foot should be in the middle of your tail.

Now to actually do the trick. First you gotta pop down your tail real hard, just like an ollie, so you begin to get off the ground.

As you rise, you should slide your foot the way you do for an ollie, but you want to slide off the heel edge of your board also.

Now you better have your feet outta the way. However you gotta do it, do it.

Wait for the board to spin around, and stay well above it. When it comes around bring your feet back in and catch it. The best place for your feet to catch the board is right on top of all the bolts. You want to "catch" or "grab" it in the air with your feet, and then bend your knees a little because the ground is coming.

When your board hits the ground (and you should be on it at this point...), you need to use your legs like shocks on a car, and obsorbe the landing.

Ride away looking cool, because you just did one of the harder basic tricks to master.

This trick is actually pretty tough. You ought to know how to do regular pop shove-its and at least be able to kickflip and stuff.

You'll have to try putting your feet a few different ways. The best way is to put your feet kind of like an ollie and scoot your front foot towards your back a bunch. The most important thing is to keep the board from flipping, so you don't land prematurely or overmaturely.

Hit your tail and swing your back foot back. Jump. You want to use the power in your back foot for it.

Try to shoot it around fast and grab it with your feet. You might have to jump forward to catch it like a 360 flip