The Ollie difficulty = 2

Ok, first off, the ollie is the most basic trick there is. It is the foundation of your skating. If you can't ollie, forget about skating. Practically every trick from here on will involve an ollie.Now that that's over, here's how you do it: You want your back foor right on the edge of the tail, and your front foot around the middle of the board. Now here's the tricky part: You want to bend down, then kick down sharply with your back foot, and, at the same time, kind of "jump". Now slide your front foot forward until it reaches the nose. Then you want to level out the board by putting a little weight on your front foot. It's hard, and it takes practise, but don't worry: you'll have it soon enough.

The Shove-It difficulty = 3

The Shove-It (or varial) is a basic move; it's the second move I learned how to do, and it's the second move most people know how to do.

You want to start the move in the basic ollie stance. But this time, when you ollie, you want to swing the nose of the board in the direction you are facing. ( Clockwise for regular-foot, counter-clickwise for goofy-foot.) You being an ollie, but, this time, don't just slide your foot: push the board with your heel, which will cause it to rotate 180 degrees. Stay above the board, and land on it with bent knees.

The Kickflip difficulty = 4

Ah, the kickflip. A bitch to learn, but a great trick once you master it.

You want to start the move in the basic ollie stance, but this time with your front foot heel slightly hanging off the edge of the board. This time, when you do an ollie, kick down sharply with the balls of your feet. This wil cause the board to do a spin-flip. Stay above the board, and land with bent knees. (You might want to start training for this move by putting your back wheels in some sidewalk cracks so your board will not move a lot.)

Heelflip difficulty = 5

The heelflip is very similar to the kickflip in that they both cause the board to flip. You want to start in the ollie position, but this time with your front foot TOES hanging off the edge. Start an ollie, and kick down hard with your heel. The board will flip. Stay over it the whole time.

Varial Kickflip difficulty = 6

The varial kickflip is a combination of a kickflip and a shove-it. It's tough to learn, but it's a great trick.

First, roll along with your back foot in a shove-it position, while your front foot is in a kickflip position. Then, kick with your back foot, as if you were doing a shove-it. Just as the board begins to rotate, kick with your front foot, as if you were doing a kickflip. The board should spin both as a shove-it and as a kickflip. Stay above the board, and stick it!

Varial Heelflip difficulty = 7

The varial heelflip is an intensly difficult move. It combines the heelflip with the shove-it.

First, roll along with your back foot in a shove-it position, while your front foot is in a heelflip position. Then, kick with your back foot, as if you were doing a shove-it. Just as the board begins to rotate, kick with your front foot, as if you were doing a heelflip. The board should spin both as a shove-it and as a heelflip. Stay above the board, and stick it!

Frontside 180 difficulty = 3

The frontside 180 is a pretty cool move. It can be done off curbs, stairs, or ramps. You can also add kickflips or shove-its for an even more spectacular move.

To do a 180, roll along in the standard ollie position. As you begin your ollie, throw your arms and hips backward. You will spin 180!

Backside 180 difficulty = 4

The backside 180 is very similar to the frontside 180, you just spin the other way.

Boneless-180-No-Comply (* compliments Chris Marcellen) difficulty = 5

You roll forward, normal stance, and reach down on your frontside with your back hand and grab the middle of the board. from there you step your front foot off parallel to the board on the backside, plant, and pick the board up with your hand, keeping your back foot on, turn the back foot to the front, and then hop on like an acid drop with your front foot, now in the back. let go of the board on the way down, and roll away knowing that you just did a cool-ass-looking old-school trick.

The 360 difficulty = 7

A 360 is when you go around a full time. This is almost impossible on the flat ground. You might want to try this off a ramp or curb. To do a 360, get in the regular 180 position, ready to ollie. Once you start your ollie immediately begin your 180. Twist your hips in the direction you wish to spin, and hold them there. Get some big air and keep spinning until you hit the ground. If you spun fast enough, you'll land the 360.

The Basic Grind difficulty = 6

A grind is when you slide on something with only your trucks, grinding them down. (Grind?) To do a grind, roll towards the object you intend to grind (curb, rail, etc.) facing towards it. Then ollie at it, but keep your nose forward and keep moving forward. With some luck, your trucks will land on the rail, and you will go sliding away. To being to learn to grind, try building a small grindrail.

The Boardslide difficulty = 5

A boardslide is when you use the middle of the bottom of the board to slide down a rail or pole. To do a boardslide, roll towards the object you wish to rail with your back towards it. Then ollie, twisting yourself and the board 90 degrees, so you're facing forward. The middle of the board will land on the pole, and you'll slide down. As with the grind, try building a small railslide to practise with.

The Noseslide difficulty = 5

A noseslide is when you slide forward on a rail with only your nose. To do a nose slide, roll up to a rail as you would a boardslide, but this time don't ollie over the rail, stop when the nose is over it. Then land on the rail with your nose and slide away!

The Tailslide difficulty = 7

A tailslide is when you slide forward on a rail with only your tail. To do a noseslide, roll up to the rail, facing it. Then do a front side 180 so you're facing forward. Try to get the tail over the rail. Land on the rail with the tail and slide down, applying pressure to the tail.

The Nollie difficulty = 4

The Nollie is when you ollie the opposite way. Ollie with your nose. Slide the opposite foot forward. If you're regular footed, then kick with the left foot and slide the right.(The opposite for goofys).Confusing? Tough.

The 360 Flip difficulty = 7

The 360 flip is then the board does a 360 shove-it with a kickflip. It's very difficult. Get your feet in a 360 shove-it position. Be prepared to spin it HARD. Once you ollie, spin the board and do a kickflip motion with your front foot at the same time. It's tough, so practise.

The Hardflip difficulty = 7

The hardflip is hard. Here's how it goes: Roll along at a decent speed. Pop a big old ollie. Now's the tricky part. You want the nose of the board to go striaght up, like an impossible. But once the board is completely vertical, you want it to rotate so it comes back down with the wheels down, not up. It's like an impossible, but the board doesn't flip a full time. I suggest switching stance when you do it: that way it flips easier. Try this trick off loading docks and big stairs, wimp.

The Impossible difficulty = 8

The Impossible is impossible. However, it can be done. First off, don't try this on flat ground; you'll never do it. Try it off stairs or a loading dock or anything with height. Now, roll with moderate speed with your front foot very close to your back foot. Pop off with the back foot, and allow the board to go vertical. Now, with your front foot still close to the tail, "swing" the tail forward, causing the board to flip. Kick with the front foot so the tail goes forward and the nose swings down. There's no real way to explain this with words, you'll have to experiment. Once the board begins it's flip, spread your legs (very deadly, but essential) and hope the board makes a full flip around. Catch the nose with your front foot, land, roll away. Recieve mad applause and cheers from spectators.

The Kastalarial difficulty = 4

A Kastalarial (pronounced cast-ah-lair-e-ul) is a rad trick that originiated in Northern Virginia. It's mainly a bank trick, but it can be done on flat ground. You roll along with moderate speed, knees bent. Then you pop a big shove-it. Here's the important part: when you pop the shove-it, you rotate your body 180 degrees in the opposite way! So you pop a shove it, and do a frontside 180 with your body. Your body simply spins the opposide way the board is. This looks great on banks, where you end up riding down the bank the same way you rode up! You can also do a Kastalarial with a 180 kickflip or 180 heelflip. All you have to do is spin your body the opposite way the board is spinning!!

*NOTE: THIS IS NOT A BIG SPIN. When you do a big spin, you rotate your body WITH the board, spinning the same way. A Kastalarial is when you spin your body the OPPOSITE way. Get it straight!