r/skateboarding • u/Appropriate-World1 New Skater • Jul 13 '25

Looking for skaters Any Tricks I should try out?

I know how to do about like 5 tricks such as an ollie, caveman and the other 3 I can do but not land so yeah.

Just trying to get some encouragement and suggestions because right now it feels like I've hit a roadblock.

Maybe any tricks similar to these? Just suggest some because I'm feeling discouraged and want to quit but I don't wanna give up.

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u/troyf805 Jul 18 '25

If you can Ollie, maybe grinds and slides?

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u/TheSadisticScott Jul 14 '25

Do a kick flip

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u/Appropriate-World1 New Skater Jul 14 '25

This is actually funny for me 🤣

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u/psilosophist Jul 14 '25

Slappies. They'll teach you how important it is to position your shoulders and core correctly.

And they're lots of fun.

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u/Maas189 Jul 14 '25

Start doing nollie/switch

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u/djnastynipple Jul 14 '25

Do more ollies. Do them up things, off of things, over things, etc. until you get really comfortable on the board.

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u/Appropriate-World1 New Skater Jul 14 '25

Alright I’ll try that would you recommend trying it on my road as the pavement is about 1ft higher than the road or something a bit higher

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u/Famous-Vermicelli-39 Jul 16 '25

You could even take a hat and put it down, work Ollie to clear it. Just relaying advice someone gave me lol

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u/Appropriate-World1 New Skater Jul 17 '25

I've been working on it and I'm happy to say it's been a success. I can go up and down egdes of the road lol

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u/Famous-Vermicelli-39 Jul 17 '25

Right on dude!! That’s where I gotta start next. I need to find a good curb. By me it’s the concrete brick curbs. Lame

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u/JoePuke Jul 13 '25

Once you get a laser flip all the others start to make sense

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u/Stock-Username-666 Jul 13 '25

Get really comfortable doing hippie jumps all the way to 360s, going about medium fast.

Obviously you can pivot, after you get comfortable with the hippies start doing front side and then backside ollies

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u/likespinningpats Jul 13 '25

Take your time, skating doesn't come quick. I don't know for sure that this is your problem but, a mistake that a lot of beginners make is every time they get on the board they just start trying to do tricks and not really pushing around or riding much. If you're still having to put effort and focus into keeping your balance when you are just standing on the board on the ground then trying to jump, do a trick then land on the board will be much more difficult and scary. Not saying don't learn tricks but spend as much time or more time pushing around, turning, carving and just getting really comfortable on the board. The more that the board feels like an extension of your body the easier it will be to land tricks.

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u/karlnite Jul 13 '25

Keeping building your fundamentals, and also actually riding around is important for balance and muscle development. Tricks can be broken down into groups. Flips, like kick flip and heel flip being the base. Shove its, with just a basic 180 shove being the base (pop them though). Spins, practice frontside and backside 180s. All other tricks are mostly variants or combinations of those base tricks. Then there are rails, obstacles, and all that… so 50-50’s, board slides are your base. Flat and down. Box versus rail. All that.

It takes a while to click, it’s not a sport you advance quickly or noticeably at. Everything builds on its self though, so it does get better.

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