Beginner Here

[April]

Hey guys(and girls)...my name is April and I am just learning to skate. There is a park by me that I can go to. All I can basically do so far is ride around and turn wide turns. But when I get going fast, I cannot turn cause I wipe out. I am trying to practice ollying on my lawn but it is really hard. I really wanna learn and everyone always tells me that skaters are all about helping newbies. So, help ANY advice would be great. I have a Powell deck right now and it seems to be like really fast, too. What is the best way to learn? Just skate and pick up things as I go or ask people? It is very intimidating! Thanks you guys!!!! You're awesome.

[Jnasty]

Well i never came to ne1 for ollie help, but asking around is always good, so listen up, u wanna step down w/ur back foot but dont, let the board hit the ground, so right b4 it's about to hit the ground slide ur front foot up to even out the board, if u want more info got to: projectusesoap2.proboards27.com/index.cgi

[April]

Thanks for answering me! I try to push down with my back foot and jump up at the same time but it is soo hard! Any tips you think of would rock or anything you wish you had known when you started! Thanks!

[Skate4Life]

hey i starting skatin liek amonth ago and i can olli pretty good now the key is slamming down hard andsliding yur front foot up and soon as you push down make sure to keep yur feet in the rite position and land with yur feet on yur truck bolts so it doesnt brake

[flip]

if your only able to turn wide turns then either try loosening your trucks(easy way out) or learn kick turns

[AprilGirlyGirl]

I think I only make wide turns because I suck so hard. I am scared to make tight turns cause I lose balance. And even when I push off and stuff, I still feel like kinda wobbly or something. My board is really wobbly. Is that normal?
You guys are awesome! Thanks! I am still practicing the ollie.

[flooghop]

o, if ur board is wobbly, then just tighten ur trucks

[Hopein]

But don't tighten it to much because your board may start to go in a certain direction on its on. (without you turning it).

[flooghop]

yea, just tighten them, then feel how it is, then just keep adjusting 'till its comfortable

[AprilGirlyGirl]

ok, cool, i tightened my trucks...and it is not wobbly but i am still kinda nervous on my board when i am pushing off. like i push off with little steps instead of nice long strides like all the good boarders do. tips on how to not look like an idiot?

[Hopein]

Really it's not a tip for that, you just have to build up the confidence and practice to get the long strides. But if it is that you are scared to go fast to do a trick, a thing that helps me is to just try to do the trick to fast where I know I won't land(not to fast were I will hurt myself) But then that will build your confidence.

[AprilGirlyGirl]

ok, cool. i will just try to build up to it. i guess i want to look and do good right off the bat ya know? when i go to the park, i feel so stupid. i cannot really do much except ride down the ramp thingys and skate around a little. and even riding down the ramps scares me. how stupid is that! but i am practicing!

[Hopein]

AprilGirlyGirl said:

ok, cool. i will just try to build up to it. i guess i want to look and do good right off the bat ya know? when i go to the park, i feel so stupid. i cannot really do much except ride down the ramp thingys and skate around a little. and even riding down the ramps scares me. how stupid is that! but i am practicing!

Not trying to talk about you but don't call it the ramp thingy's because it makes you sound like you don't know what you're talking about, and you know already how some boys make fun of girls, but anyways it's nothing stupid about being scared to ride up and down the ramps. I mean you just have to get use to it because just think all of the people you see there not scared on the ramps i'm sure they've been on them hundreds of times. ya know so just practice and don't be afraid.

[cegha]

hi im brand new and jus got me a complete bored today! all meh friends r jealous cause when i do something i go all out. ANYWAYS i got a birdhouse deck, trucks, and wheels. the bored has a orange dragon standing on a square cube and the cube has tony hawk wrote on it. I paid $140 for it in store; did i get ripped or was that a good price? you might kno what bored im talking about. my friend loves the thing. im gonna get him 2 help me learn to ollie. anyways he has never seen birdhouse trucks and like r they hard to get a hold of? he also notcied the grooves he said they are like perfect for kick tricks.

[Hopein]

personally I don't think that you should've bought all of that new gear to start off, because first you have to get the basics down and when you are begining you are more likely to scratch, tear, and break your board. But it's cool the things you got.