How to be a better skateboarder

Question

i have been skating like crazy for a year but still cant do much. i can sometimes ollie, manual, and im trying the kickflip. so basically i suck but i want to be really good. i have dreams of being in the x games and stuff like that but im already 15 and thats all i can do. im looking for some tips other than practice cuz i do tons of that already. if you skate tell me how you practice and just about your skating life please. thanks so much for any help!!!

Answer 1

i have skating on and off for about 5 years and i am just learning the concept of a kickflip...i can do them stationary but i cant do them moving. BUT my heelflips, there a different story, they are very clean and mastered the art of the heelflip.

what i do to practice is go out the and have fun. be yourself. dont try to be this cool macho poser skater that tries do crazy *** tricks and not land them and breaks there boards and leaves...its stupid, yet funny...but stupid.

and when ever anybody ask me to play a game of skate h**l yea ill play! its fun and it ante's up your focus. i get juiced in a game of skate because for some reason i start landing tricks i cant land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxo1Vq6R...

by the way i am 25 years old and still skating out there. i would love to be at your age and push on skating but im not. i know i aint going to be able to compete at anything but im out there still skatin wit the best.

im out there to skate and have fun. even if i dont land tricks...

just go skate and be yourself. play SKATE. oh and btw when you do start landing those technical trick like kickflip. heelflip. and so on...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP PRACTICING THAT SINGLE TRICK TILL IT LOOKS CLEAN.

BECAUSE IF YOU JUST LEARNED A TRICK AND CONTINUED ON TO THE NEXT TRICK YOU WANT TO LEARN...WELL YOUR TRICKS ARE GONNA LOOK SKETCHY AND UGLY.

Answer 2

well if you really want to get better you can go to www.secretsofskateboarding.com and buy a book. Its supposed to be the best way to learn almost every trick in the shortest amount of time. It was voted the best skateboarding guide out there right now. It will teach you different ways to practice each trick and all the techniques to help you learn as fast as possible.

Answer 3

skate with people that are better than you it will make you want to be that much better, also make it a practice to go to different city and skate there park and street, and one last thing dont get tips from friends get tips from pro..some tips suck but look for the good ones

Answer 4

you just got to love the sport dont just do it cuz ur friends do it cuz people will make fun of you and call you poser ive been skateing for 4 years now and you just have to go outside and practice and if you want to learn how to do tricks go ask friends that skateboard in ur schoool to help you out with your kickflips and ollies and thats a good way to make more friends or go to local skateshop and ask them to help u or lessons or look on youtube they are always convient goodluck man

Answer 5

get all your basic stuff down first then learn kickflip/heelflip and then learn nollie/switch and it is all practice from there