Simple Shit You Never Learned

[Brosevelt]

backside noseslides. I haven't bothered for years, but maybe tomorrow I'll try and eek a few out. I am much more comfortable doing frontside flip tricks switch than regular, I hate regular frontside flips but switch is not a problem.  I just learned smith grinds the other day. That's kind of ludicrous, I've done more nollie flip noseslides than frontside smiths in my life. kinda wish I wasn't so concerned with getting good when I was younger and just had fun with more fundamental tricks. my lack of tranny skills frequently embarrasses me, especially these days when people are so well-rounded.

[zipzinger666]

no-comply 180's. they look so damn good too...

[Smell Good]

I'm the opposite, I can never do straight no complys. Front 180s no complys are no problem though.

[Tarquin]

I'm the opposite, I can never do straight no complys. Front 180s no complys are no problem though.

I don't think there's anything simple about that trick at all, they're so fucking hard to get off the ground, I just don't get it. 180 no comply is one of my favourite tricks to do on flat though, so much fun.

[DevinSB]

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Since we're getting some good tips on back noseslides and front tails, who can help me with backtails? I dedicated a whole session to learning those and had them for awhile, now they're completely gone. I try ollie way too high I think, and just kick it out like a bitch and it half looks like i'm trying kickflip backtails.

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i used to have so much trouble with them. The way i figured it out, it's all about having decent speed, and ollieing higher than the ledge. i just ollie a good bit over it, then turn, and just push down hard as fuck on the tail. also practice looking over your shoulder.

tricks i cant do: pop shove its, heelflips, and kickflips. or front 5-0's that trick is fucking gay. i didnt care to learn any of those but kickflips when i first started, just because pop shove its didnt seem cool, heelflips were scary, and front 5-0s were just hard, i suck at manuals too though. kickflips i just sorta stopped doing when i learned hardflips, and its bit me in the ass ever since. i broke my ankle last november and havent really skated since then, but i'm buying a new complete saturday, and a pair of blazer highs for my weak ass ankle, so my goal is to re-learn every trick.

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MAN...This is hands down the funnest trick in the world!!  Once you learn to lock into them you can just sit on them for days. 

i prefer all things backside 

[DevinSB]

oh and i think i might be the only person ever who's better at regular no comply's than 180 no comply's

[barrierkultt]

Proper, on top of the coping backside grinds on tranny. I'm working on it though.

[Boston.]

oh and i think i might be the only person ever who's better at regular no comply's than 180 no comply's

so you've never heard of ray barbee?

backtails on street are a nightmare for me. i'll try it out every once in a while and give it a bunch of fake attempts before i commit. i always land on my chest and almost hit my face every time. used to do backlips too, but i haven't tried one in a long time. back smiths are either a first try hail mary, or a "not today" trick. dunno why

[Gomez]

i think a shove it was the first trick i ever did. id say they are easier than ollies by a long shot.

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nosemanuals of any kind

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Same. I did a 180 switch manual by accident when I was 15, it remains the best manual trick i've ever done haha.

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those are actually pretty hard. i have seen a lot of people do sw 180 to reg manual, but rare to see the opposite. the craziest fucking trick is 180 to fakie nosemanual. the switch version seems like it might be easier on that one just because youd be more used to the nosemanual. fakie nose manuals are fucking ridiculous probably one of the hardest tricks in skating next to switch wallrides.

haha those are the same tricks. a fakie nosemanual is a switch manual. you mean 180 fakie manual, which actually is really hard. i've gotten close to doing a switch nose manual on a curb pad messing around, i may try to actually learn those.

[yeahisaidit]

I haven't learned nose/tail stalls on mini ramps/tranny. Haven't tried them either.

[DevinSB]

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oh and i think i might be the only person ever who's better at regular no comply's than 180 no comply's with the exception of ray barbee*

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so you've never heard of ray barbee?

backtails on street are a nightmare for me. i'll try it out every once in a while and give it a bunch of fake attempts before i commit. i always land on my chest and almost hit my face every time. used to do backlips too, but i haven't tried one in a long time. back smiths are either a first try hail mary, or a "not today" trick. dunno why

[ThatOneGuy]

I've been trying to relearn bs 50-50's since the weather's finaly starting to clear up.

Any tips are appreciated 

[oyolar]

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I'm the opposite, I can never do straight no complys. Front 180s no complys are no problem though.

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I don't think there's anything simple about that trick at all, they're so fucking hard to get off the ground, I just don't get it. 180 no comply is one of my favourite tricks to do on flat though, so much fun.

As much as I want to learn straight no-complys, every time I see one done, it looks so awkward that I'm kind of happy I just have 43's and no-comply front/pop shoves.

[eastern]

I've never been able to do pressure flips, although they're probably not worth learning anyway

[DevinSB]

theres nothing simple about pressure flips, fuck that trick

[ScreamingHand]

bs tails and smiths on ledges.  just about anyting backside i feel i look like a silly goose

[Boston.]

bs tails and smiths on ledges.  just about anyting backside i feel i look like a silly goose

though my advice might suck since i'm not good at back smiths, i will give it a try anyways. i always try and ride up to the ledge as parallel as possible, try and pop into a back 5-0 that goes slightly in front of you compared to standing directly over it, and the trick will guide itself basically.  there is something about doing that trick on ledges and rails that feels unlike anything else in skating. one of a few tricks that make me feel happy/stoked afterwards

[raul]

no-comply 180's. they look so damn good too...

I usually do this in a scooping motion. I think of my front leg as the thing that holds it together--it needs to be stable, like a tree trunk. I firmly root it, then I do a strong scoop on my back foot and rotate my body and my board follows. Once my back foot is lower than my front leg's knee I begin to bring the front leg back to ride away switch. Hope this helps, advice over the internet and without hand gestures is difficult for me.

[420]

Fucking frontside flips! I hate it!

[mandibleclaw]

this is REALLY simple--i can't do lipslides on street.  when i was a kid i'd always break boards trying them, so i never learned.  nollie lips, etc, are a different story, but regular lipslides, frontside and backside, are the death of me.  every once in a while i'll want to try to learn them, but i never end up trying.

i feel like i'm at a point in my life where i don't try to learn anything new--it's more fun just to do the tricks i know how to do, and cruise.  i got really hurt last year--i broke my pelvis--and though i'm technically 100%, i still take an incredibly long time to warm up, i'm still really stiff, and i've definitely regressed skill-wise (street, not tranny.  i'm fine on a ramp.).  so, before the accident, where i'd do a kickflip back tail, i'm definitely happy with a regular back tail now.

what i'm trying to say is that the simple tricks i never learned--lipslides, frontside flips, noseblunts--i don't plan on learning any time soon.

[DevinSB]

I did 4 pop shove its today, like 4 really good pop shove its. this re-learning to skateboard thing is turning out to be fun.

[dylan makes me wet]

nollie cabs
full cabs
bs 180-fuck that trick i can get it occasionaly but it is never good or clean in anyway

[Narcissus]

pivot fakie

[EricLogan]

nollie cabs
full cabs
bs 180-fuck that trick i can get it occasionaly but it is never good or clean in anyway

whenever I'm forced to do this trick (playing skate with friends), I end up doing a halfcab to nose manny for about 3 ft before pivoting around. luckily it's so entertaining I never get a letter for it

[Benihana yo Mama]

frontside pop shuvits.  but ive got them perfect switch

story of my life

[HoneyBear]

I can't manual for the life of me. I can't heelflip either but i've learned every other heelflip trick like bs heels,fs heels, big heels, and varial heels.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

I haven't learned nose/tail stalls on mini ramps/tranny. Haven't tried them either.

The only way I can do nosestalls on tranny is by fooling myself. I have to drop in switch on a mini ramp, do a switch rock to fakie, and then come back like its a switch tail tap. When I just go for them regular, I always do a nollie pop tart.

[mock nugget]

I just realized this last night on a solo sesh, I cannot fronstside slappy a curb.

[Doritos And Coke]

frontside pop shuvits.  but ive got them switch

[whale]

Anyone have any tips for frontside tailslides?

I have problems with this trick too, it comes and goes.
But umm... if the problem is its not sliding (hitting the wheels first and whatnot) i slightly put more of my back foot on the tail for the ollie.
And try to only turn your lower body and keep your shoulders parallel, just like a bs tail.