Beginner Skateboarders News – Avoid These Performance Blunders
You’re watching skateboarders and think, “That’s looks so easy, dude.” Just looks like you push-off and then find your balance. Of course surfing looks like it should be pretty easy too–all you have to do is stand up! But if you try it, you’ll immediately discover skateboarding only “looks” easy. You’ll need to practice and it takes skill to do all the cool expert tricks. If you are just starting out, here are a few hints and tips that you can use to speed up your learning process.
Wearing the proper footware is important. Board control is critically important, so you’ll need to have the ability to control the board with your feet. If you ever want to do tricks, or if you use your board a lot, then you really will want to be wearing the proper shoes. Skateboarding shoes are just like athletic shoes except the inside is flat. There’s very little to zero arch support in the shoe, on purpose. You’ll have more board control because your feet will be able to control better. These shoes are not hard to find, and they’re not expensive, either.
So when you want to turn, just shift your weight the right way and maintian your balance.
However, it doesn’t mean you should lean completely with all your weight to the back/front. So you’ll want to shift your weight by shifting from flat-footed to either heel/ball of your feet. You don’t want to be swaying, stay upright on the board. You could fall-off by leaning/swaying excessively. It’s best to be on a flat/even/uncrowded surface. You can get the feel for shifting weight with wide turns that are gentle, then you can try more sharper turning. Then, when you’re comfortable, practice lifting the front a little for the sharper turns.
Goofy and Regular are two basic stances you’ll want to learn. The Regular stance is done with the left foot in front, right foot in the rear. Just switch your feet positions to do the Goofy. You can do four basic push-off techniques. Regular – use right foot to push, Mongo Regular – push with front (right) foot, Goofy – use left foot, and Mongo Goofy – push with front (left) foot. In time you’ll decide what’s best depending how you feel about it.
Learning how to skateboard does not have to be difficult but it will probably take some time. Just try to have patience and be cool about it, you will learn. It’s important to learn the basics before trying the fancy tricks. Going too far and too fast is the way to get unnecessarily hurt. Keep doing it, you could be better than Tony Hawk.
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