Learning How to Do This Impressive Skateboard Maneuver

Knowing how to go back and forth on a skateboard is one thing. However, you also have to remember that there is more to skateboarding than just riding it forward, stopping, and then riding back to where you came from.

It is time for you to learn about the different basic maneuvers that you can do with your skateboard, if you know how to ride the skateboard comfortably.

Kickturning is one basic skateboarding skill. Kickturning is basically where you will balance your back wheels for movement and swinging the front of the board to go in a new direction. You have to practice more to get balance.

Make sure that all you are wearing all of your safety skateboarding equipments are to prevent injuries during falls when practicing, before you start.

The first thing you need to learn is how to balance your body and skateboard on two wheels, particularly the back wheel. To balance the skateboard on two wheels, you need to get your back foot across the tail and your front foot just behind the front trucks. Try imagining your foot when you are going to attempt an Ollie. Keep your knees bent and relaxed. Your shoulders should be level to the skateboard deck.

Then shift your weight to your back foot. Just a bit of weight shift is good. Now, lift your front foot just a little. This will make the front of your skateboard pop up.

Try practicing the duckwalk with kickturns. This will be like shifting the board from left to right with the kick turns. This will improve your balance and enable you to practice your kickturns.

You should also practice the tic tac. This is where you combine the left and right kickturns. Try doing a little kickturn to the left and another to the right. Do this continuously and you will be able to a great skateboard maneuver.

You may fall when attempting to do kickturns on the first few attempts but this is natural. Almost everyone falls when practicing this move.