Skateboarding How-Tos
How To: Do the cross step on the long board
The Cross step is a great looking skateboard trick. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the cross step on the longboard. Be sure to wear safety gear when attempting this board trick.
How To: Perform slides on the skateboard
Are you just learning how to perform slides on the skateboard? Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to properly do a number of slides including speed check slides, slides with grabs, and dancing and sliding. Be sure to wear slide gloves when attempting these tricks.
How To: Do the toe-side pendulum on a skateboard
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the great looking toe slide pendulum (or pendy) trick on a skateboard. If you're going to attempt this trick, be sure to wear gear especially knee pads. Be careful of curves.
How To: Do a backflip on the scooter
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the backflip on a scooter. The tutorial suggests that you follow the curve in the jump and lean your body back to make sure it's perpendicular to the base of the jump. Be careful when performing these scooter tricks.
How To: Do a Briflip on the scooter
Scooters may not seem as cool as a skateboard, but there are still some very impressive looking tricks you can learn. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the briflip on the scooter.
How To: Do a fakie slider on a kick scooter
This video skating tutorial shows how to do a fakie slider on a kick scooter. While it looks like the rider pulls back on the scooter's handle bars to perform this trick, there is a way to balance and steer. Watch this instructional video and learn how to do a fakie slider.
How To: Master the basics of skateboarding
This is a quick video tutorial on how to master the basics of skateboarding. These skateboarding basics include how to maneuver, ollie and perform a pop shuvit on your board. If you know nothing about skateboarding tricks, this could be a good start for you. Learn about the trucks, the hardware, the grip, and everything else on the board. This is a great, not to mention odd, introduction to the world of skateboarding.
How To: Frontside noseslide on your skateboard with Ryan Smith
Watch as professional skateboarder Ryan Smith teaches you how to perform the frontside noseslide trick on your skateboard.
How To: Frontside flip on your skateboard with Ryan Smith
Professional skateboarder Ryan Smith teaches you how to perform a frontside flip on your board in this video tutorial.
How To: Backslide lipside on your skateboard with Ryan Smith
Watch as professional skateboarder Ryan Smith teaches you how to perform a backslide lipside trick on ramps, flat bars, and rails, right in this video tutorial.
How To: Backslide ollie to tail on a Skateboard with Danny Way
Professional skateboarder Danny Way teaches you how to backslide ollie to tailslide (or BS ollie to tail) on your skateboard. Danny Way gives you his best tips for this essential skateboard trick so that you can master this difficult move. He gives foot positioning and body break-downs so you can do this right.
How To: Big spin on your skateboard with Ryan Smith
Join professional skateboarder Ryan Smith as he teaches you how to perform a big spin on your board. This video tutorial will how you just how to do the big spin trick, perfectly.
How To: Backside 50-50 on your skateboard with Colin McKay
In this trick tip tutorial video, professional skateboarder Colin McKay will show you how to perform a backside 50-50 on your board.
How To: Pivot fakie on your skateboard with Danny Way
Check out this video tutorial from professional skateboarder Danny Way on how to perform a pivot fakie trick on your board. Danny Way will show you how to do this move on the mini ramp, for your safety.
How To: Drop in on a vert ramp with Colin McKay
In this how-to video, professional skateboarder Colin McKay teaches you how to drop in on a vert ramp. What's a vert ramp? A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in "extreme sports" such as skateboarding.
How To: Ollie blunt on a skateboard with Danny Way
If you know how to perfrom an ollie on a skateboard, why not try for somthing bigger and more challenging? This how-to video with professional skateboarder Danny Way shows you how to do an ollie blunt on a skateboard.
How To: Make a peg for a scooter using old bearings
Watch this video on how to modify a scooter in order to make a BMX-ish peg for grinds and stalls using parts from an old scooter.
How To: Tailwhip on a scooter
This is a quick video tutorial demonstrating how to effectively master a tailwhip on a scooter. Watch and learn!
How To: Do a primo flip
This is a video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the primo flip.
How To: Do a boned ollie
Watch this video to learn the so called "secret" to pulling off a boned ollie on a skateboard.
How To: Do a handflip on your skateboard
A video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the handflip.
How To: Tail stall on a skateboard
This video provides excellent step by step technique to master a tail stall on a skateboard.
How To: Do a BS Smith Stall
Learn how to do a BS Smith Stall on your skateboard by watching this informative tutorial.
How To: Ollie Off of a Kicker on a skateboard
This video is a tutorial on how to ollie off a kicker. This skateboard trick is not too difficult, but requires good reflexes.
How To: Do a BS 5-0 Stall on a skateboard ramp
This is a video tutorial that will teach you the skateboard trick known as the BS 5-0 stall or the Backside 5-0 stall. This isn't to hard of a skateboard trick, it just requires practice.
How To: Do a Boneless on a skateboard
A video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the boneless. The boneless is a gateway trick, which means as soon as you master it, you can do a bunch more skateboard tricks pretty easily.
How To: Do a BS Feeble Stall on a skateboard
This is a video dedicated to teaching the BS feeble stall skateboard trick. This video will tell you what to do as well as what to avoid in order to master this skateboard trick.
How To: Do a No-Comply Impossible on a skateboard
This is a video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the No-Comply Impossible. The No-comply Impossible is not too hard, and this video will tell you how to do it as well as fix any problems you may have with it.
How To: Do an Inward Heelflip on a skateboard
A video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the Inward Heelflip. This skateboard tutorial covers areas such as foot placement and common mistakes made while practicing the Inward Heelflip.
How To: Drop In on a skateboard ramp
This video provides tricks and tips on how to drop in on a ramp while skateboarding. This is an essential skateboard skill for anyone planing on skating in a park.
How To: 360 Manual on a skateboard
This is a video dedicated to the teaching of the skateboarding trick called the 360 Manual. Learning the 360 manual is not very hard, it just takes practice.
How To: Axle Stall on a skateboard
This video will teach you how you can do a trick known as the axle stall on the skateboard. It covers common mistakes of the axle stall, as well as foot placement.
How To: Powerslide on your longboard
Powerslide on your longboard with tips from this video. Put your back foot in a "Y" position a little far away from your shoulder. (Does it make sense?)
How To: Clean your bearings on your skateboard
This is how to video on how to clean skateboard bearings with metal shields.
How To: Make sliding gloves for skateboarding
Check out this video to learn how to make sliding gloves. Use gorilla glue to make sliding gloves for skateboarding.
How To: Do a manual on a scooter
This is a tutorial explaining how to do a manual on a scooter. It covers different aspects of the manual, such as foot placement and control. With these tips, you should be doing a manual on your scooter in no time.
How To: Do a basic fingerwhip trick on a scooter
This is a short how-to video explaining the fingerwhip trick on the scooter. The fingerwhip should not take very long to learn on a scooter.
How To: Do a tailwhip on a scooter
This is a how-to video tutorial on how you can do a tailwhip on your scooter. Tailwhipping takes about a day to learn.
How To: Do a 180 on your scooter
This video will give you a how-to on how you can do a 180 jump trick on your Razor scooter.
How To: Grind on a ledge on a scooter
This scooter how-to will show you how you can do a grind on a ledge or a curb on your scooter.