Simple Shit You Never Learned

[Gomez]

I can't throw down.  As in I can't run and throw the board down and jump on it.  I just never ever learned.  I always put my board down...then kick it...then run and jump on it.  I'm just not overly coordinated when I'm not skateboarding.  It's essentially the only thing I'm at least sorta good at.

damn, that's like the easiest way to get speed for anything. you could probably learn the way i did, when i started trying it, essentially i just ran and did a low caveman onto my board and just allowed it to progress on its own into just a normal throw down.

i mentioned that i can't do any bs grinds other than crooks or if i get onto them straight on, but i didn't say that can't bs ollie. like ollie backside. if i approach a curb bs and i'm cruising, i have to 180 up it or ollie and make a super sharp turn.

[Hobo.Joe]

bs feebles on rails
nollie bigspins on flatground. I can do them on tranny, and down/over stuff though i just can't for the life of me do one on regular ol flatground. I get a letter in skate every time on those

[EricLogan]

front shuvits and back 180's are the epitome of simple tricks i suck at, even though I can do hardflips, varial heels, backside flips and backside heel flips. aside from that there's a bunch of tricks I can do fakie and switch, but not nollie or regular, such as tre flips, big spins both ways, and bigspin heel flips

tricks r wierd

[rawbertson.]

I can't throw down.  As in I can't run and throw the board down and jump on it.  I just never ever learned.  I always put my board down...then kick it...then run and jump on it.  I'm just not overly coordinated when I'm not skateboarding.  It's essentially the only thing I'm at least sorta good at.

damn, that's like the easiest way to get speed for anything. you could probably learn the way i did, when i started trying it, essentially i just ran and did a low caveman onto my board and just allowed it to progress on its own into just a normal throw down.

i mentioned that i can't do any bs grinds other than crooks or if i get onto them straight on, but i didn't say that can't bs ollie. like ollie backside. if i approach a curb bs and i'm cruising, i have to 180 up it or ollie and make a super sharp turn.

come on man that shit is easy. people like you are the worst to skate with you are cruising down some primo hill at top speed you cant even ollie up the fucking curb? jesus. my friend chad is like all you guys he can do all these sick tricks like bs flips, bigspin flips, nollie ggrinds, all this shit, but he cant even do basic shit like ollie up a curb backside. its not fucking hard just try it for more than 2 seconds.

[bandini]

Can't do nollie flips or switch flips. Can't even come close.

Can do the heelflip version of both, but the kickflip motion with that back foot just feels so awkward. It makes me look ridiculous to even try it.

Not sure if it counts as "simple shit" but I've been trying back 360s forever and still can't get farther than what is basically a back 180 with a 180 degree pivot...

[ThatOneGuy]

The entire 360 rotation is in your upper body. Bring your shoulders around first, then your waist, then your board.

[wedgett]

Frontside Tailslides. I always just tap the tail and can't get it to slide. So frustrating

[zipzinger666]

Frontside Tailslides. I always just tap the tail and can't get it to slide. So frustrating

after four years of skating I just learned these a month ago. I would always get in before but never slide or slip off the ledge immediately. I tried hauling ass on a few and got it, It helped me lean a bit more back than if I hit it slower, and once I got everything locked in It just clicked. thats just what worked for me...

[EricLogan]

oh yea, fs flips, and back tails

[Tuna]

frontside slappys, i got em all day backside, but for some reason i can't get my back truck up onto it frontside.

[Boston.]

front noseslides
turning backside for flip tricks feels really uncomfortable. i can do backside flips and backheels, but they feel awkward so i rarely ever try them
i landed my first hardflip almost four years ago. in those four years i've landed maybe ten at the most, and every time i hail mary them. i can do them switch, but never regular
inward heels make no sense either. i've done them fakie, switch, and nollie but never regular
i can't do back disasters

[pancake man]

nollie front 180s still elude me along with

[wedgett]

Frontside Tailslides. I always just tap the tail and can't get it to slide. So frustrating

after four years of skating I just learned these a month ago. I would always get in before but never slide or slip off the ledge immediately. I tried hauling ass on a few and got it, It helped me lean a bit more back than if I hit it slower, and once I got everything locked in It just clicked. thats just what worked for me...

Thanks for the tip mate. Will give it a go

[mcpeepants]

front noseslides
turning backside for flip tricks feels really uncomfortable. i can do backside flips and backheels, but they feel awkward so i rarely ever try them
i landed my first hardflip almost four years ago. in those four years i've landed maybe ten at the most, and every time i hail mary them. i can do them switch, but never regular
inward heels make no sense either. i've done them fakie, switch, and nollie but never regular
i can't do back disasters

I know what you mean. I can only do them regular and fakie, but fakie is so much easier and I can pop it higher.

[papasmurfsdog]

I can only nollie back bigspin on banks, I really don't try the trick much cuz everyone and there grandma seems to do them. Also, for some reason I can't bs krooked grind I can't get it super krooked and sideways, its always like a crappy nosegrind.

[raul]

I mob flip, but can switch flip fairly well. It's annoying sometimes, but I'm comfortable with it.
Backside flips are mobbed too.
Over the years I've done every 180 flip trick besides frontside heel, just can't figure them out.
I usually don't try hardflips because I think they'll be illusioned if I land it, and I can't bring myself to settle for that.
Frontside bigspins.. never.
Crooked grind/nose grinds, I haven't tried nosegrinds all that much over the years but crooked just never worked for me. I taught a friend of mine how to do them though. 

[EricLogan]

I mob flip, but can switch flip fairly well. It's annoying sometimes, but I'm comfortable with it.
Backside flips are mobbed too.
Over the years I've done every 180 flip trick besides frontside heel, just can't figure them out.
I usually don't try hardflips because I think they'll be illusioned if I land it, and I can't bring myself to settle for that.
Frontside bigspins.. never.
Crooked grind/nose grinds, I haven't tried nosegrinds all that much over the years but crooked just never worked for me. I taught a friend of mine how to do them though. 

put your back foot in the front 180 position, and your front foot way up there, like over the bolts with your toes hanging off, so that you can feel the ball of your foot chilling on the edge, pop, scoop and start turning like you're doing a 180, and at about 90 degrees, and instead of flicking off the end of your board like you usually would, physically roll the board over with your front foot and then get it out of the way, and then hope for the best.

also, when you're popping and scooping, you wanna sort focus on hucking the board forward in the direction you're going, or else it'll just fizzle out and you'll land 2 feet ahead of your board that's just spinning awkwardly on the ground

hope that makes sense, it seems like a weird tip, but it's one of few tricks I feel I understand well enough to give tips on

[esskate]

bs 180's i learn only a couple months ago..its weird i can do backside tricks but just never thought to learn bs 180s

[raul]

I mob flip, but can switch flip fairly well. It's annoying sometimes, but I'm comfortable with it.
Backside flips are mobbed too.
Over the years I've done every 180 flip trick besides frontside heel, just can't figure them out.
I usually don't try hardflips because I think they'll be illusioned if I land it, and I can't bring myself to settle for that.
Frontside bigspins.. never.
Crooked grind/nose grinds, I haven't tried nosegrinds all that much over the years but crooked just never worked for me. I taught a friend of mine how to do them though. 

put your back foot in the front 180 position, and your front foot way up there, like over the bolts with your toes hanging off, so that you can feel the ball of your foot chilling on the edge, pop, scoop and start turning like you're doing a 180, and at about 90 degrees, and instead of ing off the end of your board like you usually would, physically roll the board over with your front foot and then get it out of the way, and then hope for the best.

also, when you're popping and scooping, you wanna sort focus on hucking the board forward in the direction you're going, or else it'll just fizzle out and you'll land 2 feet ahead of your board that's just spinning awkwardly on the ground

hope that makes sense, it seems like a weird tip, but it's one of few tricks I feel I understand well enough to give tips on

No hahaha I understood actually. Thanks a bunch! I'll give it a shot when it's above 30 degrees & not windy.

[watershed]

frontside slappys, i got em all day backside, but for some reason i can't get my back truck up onto it frontside.

me too and i've been skating since the 80s so it's really sad.

[Gomez]

I can't throw down.  As in I can't run and throw the board down and jump on it.  I just never ever learned.  I always put my board down...then kick it...then run and jump on it.  I'm just not overly coordinated when I'm not skateboarding.  It's essentially the only thing I'm at least sorta good at.

damn, that's like the easiest way to get speed for anything. you could probably learn the way i did, when i started trying it, essentially i just ran and did a low caveman onto my board and just allowed it to progress on its own into just a normal throw down.

i mentioned that i can't do any bs grinds other than crooks or if i get onto them straight on, but i didn't say that can't bs ollie. like ollie backside. if i approach a curb bs and i'm cruising, i have to 180 up it or ollie and make a super sharp turn.

come on man that shit is easy. people like you are the worst to skate with you are cruising down some primo hill at top speed you cant even ollie up the fucking curb? jesus. my friend chad is like all you guys he can do all these sick tricks like bs flips, bigspin flips, nollie ggrinds, all this shit, but he cant even do basic shit like ollie up a curb backside. its not fucking hard just try it for more than 2 seconds.

haha i know i hate that i can't do it. it didn't come easy to me when i started and i never bothered to learn it. it's too late for me now.
 it's funny that you mention bombing a hill and not being able to ollie up a curb backside because about a year ago i was bombing a hill on the way to a skate spot with my camera bag around my neck when i thought i'd go for an ollie up the curb backside. don't know what i was thinking, but it was a terrible decision. i ollied 90 and fell forward onto my cameras and broke one of them. i also fucked up my arm pretty badly. such a disgracing moment.

[jeremyrandall]

I can't throw down.  As in I can't run and throw the board down and jump on it.  I just never ever learned.  I always put my board down...then kick it...then run and jump on it.  I'm just not overly coordinated when I'm not skateboarding.  It's essentially the only thing I'm at least sorta good at.

lol really??? u are a tranny guy you should be able to do these into quarters!!

I'd honestly rather stand on the deck of a bowl and jump in and land on my board then try to run and throw down on flat ground.

I assume at least once you've kicked your board with your toe and tripped over (or almost) trying to get on? It's happened to me when doing that, must be funny for anyone watching.

Ugh...so many times.  It's the worst.

[tysj!]

I can halfcab flip, bigflip, fakie bigflip, but i've never landed a backside flip. and i apparently i can kickflip front board, too. i love backside flips to death but they don't love me back.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Frontside Tailslides. I always just tap the tail and can't get it to slide. So frustrating

after four years of skating I just learned these a month ago. I would always get in before but never slide or slip off the ledge immediately. I tried hauling ass on a few and got it, It helped me lean a bit more back than if I hit it slower, and once I got everything locked in It just clicked. thats just what worked for me...

Thanks for the tip mate. Will give it a go

I had this problem too for a while. What worked for me was to think of the trick as throwing my feet in front of me to do it. I kind of try to keep my upper body back when I do the ollie and throw my feet in front of me a bit. Also, if you bring your front foot in towards the tail, that helps too for some reason.

[Tarquin]

Frontside Tailslides. I always just tap the tail and can't get it to slide. So frustrating

after four years of skating I just learned these a month ago. I would always get in before but never slide or slip off the ledge immediately. I tried hauling ass on a few and got it, It helped me lean a bit more back than if I hit it slower, and once I got everything locked in It just clicked. thats just what worked for me...

Thanks for the tip mate. Will give it a go

I had this problem too for a while. What worked for me was to think of the trick as throwing my feet in front of me to do it. I kind of try to keep my upper body back when I do the ollie and throw my feet in front of me a bit. Also, if you bring your front foot in towards the tail, that helps too for some reason.

Speed is definitely key, it's just scary at first getting yourself to lean back a little. A new board also makes them easier I think, it feels like you've got more tail to lean on.

[VictoriousOG]

Tricks that I can NEVER get.

tre flip
b/s & f/s bigspins
no-comply
hardflip
varial heel

[frank gerwer's nose]

Backside noseslides scare the shit out of me

[rawbertson.]

I can't throw down.  As in I can't run and throw the board down and jump on it.  I just never ever learned.  I always put my board down...then kick it...then run and jump on it.  I'm just not overly coordinated when I'm not skateboarding.  It's essentially the only thing I'm at least sorta good at.

damn, that's like the easiest way to get speed for anything. you could probably learn the way i did, when i started trying it, essentially i just ran and did a low caveman onto my board and just allowed it to progress on its own into just a normal throw down.

i mentioned that i can't do any bs grinds other than crooks or if i get onto them straight on, but i didn't say that can't bs ollie. like ollie backside. if i approach a curb bs and i'm cruising, i have to 180 up it or ollie and make a super sharp turn.

come on man that shit is easy. people like you are the worst to skate with you are cruising down some primo hill at top speed you cant even ollie up the fucking curb? jesus. my friend chad is like all you guys he can do all these sick tricks like bs flips, bigspin flips, nollie ggrinds, all this shit, but he cant even do basic shit like ollie up a curb backside. its not fucking hard just try it for more than 2 seconds.

haha i know i hate that i can't do it. it didn't come easy to me when i started and i never bothered to learn it. it's too late for me now.
 it's funny that you mention bombing a hill and not being able to ollie up a curb backside because about a year ago i was bombing a hill on the way to a skate spot with my camera bag around my neck when i thought i'd go for an ollie up the curb backside. don't know what i was thinking, but it was a terrible decision. i ollied 90 and fell forward onto my cameras and broke one of them. i also fucked up my arm pretty badly. such a disgracing moment.

oh fuck i am always super scared about doing that stuff i have came hella close to breaking stuff lots of times. to be honest i used to have the hardest time with that as well i could never ollie up curbs backside. i just got really good at bs 5050s, i learned them when i was on mushrooms i just needed that expansion of mind to get onto the rail that way. i learned them on a 1 stair rail like we put a flat bar down a curb so it forced you to grind the entire thing and helps you slide and get your weight on properly. i actually got the best at bs 5050 coming straight onto a ledge. that is the easiest way to learn it, i built a box where you could ollie onto the ledge straight on. then it was jsut a progression from there.

side story once on the way to school or work or something i had my lunch in my bag and i got stuck on an ollie my wheel bit into the crack right when i landed just ollieing a sketchy sidewalk and i slammed onto my back and spagghetti and orange juice spilled out everywhere i jst said fuck it left my backpack with all the fucked up lunch in it and went on my way,.

[tonysean]

i didn't learn kickflips for the longest time. just never tried

[raul]

Backside noseslides scare the shit out of me

Same! A buddy of mine used to do them slappy pretty far & I couldn't even do that. The way the arms position just make it look like you're falling backwards. No thank you.