http://www.rideaskateboard.com Skateboard News, Tips and Tricks! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As many of you know, the 2nd Back to the Berg Contest went on a few weeks ago in San Francisco, and tons of never been done tricks went down the long 4 stairs...A bunch of them were super sick, including Chris Cole's backside 360 which was 2nd try, and ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/06/cody-mcentire-bigspins-wallenberg/ That's right, this is going to be the 2nd contest to go down at the Wallenberg Big 4 in San Francisco.  Check out footage from the first Wallenberg Contest from 2004.  This contest is a pretty big deal; Phelps and Thrasher have been hyping up this contest for a good ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/05/contest-back-to-the-berg/ So many people wonder about this, whether it's parents looking for the perfect board for their kids or the beginner looking for the perfect starter board. Well, here's a big secret some of you may not know about that will help you out. Are you ready? Well, ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/01/what-kind-of-skateboard-is-best/ Happy Holidays guys! Today we're going over the heelflip. This trick is much like the kickflip, except you flip it the opposite way...The flip comes from heelside of your foot. One of the biggest differences in doing this trick is the foot placement. You want the ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-heelflip/ This is probably the most requested and asked about trick of all time, everyone wants to kickflip. Well, in case you don't know what a kickflip is, it is when you jump up in the air and your board does a barrel roll underneath you 360 degrees, and then ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-kickflip/ Well, the backside 180 is pretty much just like a frontside 180, only you turn the other way. The principles are still the same, you want to do the ollie and whip your shoulders around hard, except backside not frontside. Turn your shoulders and ollie and you should hopefully ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-backside-180/ Frontside 180s are simply an ollie with a 180 degree turn. The key to this trick is turning your shoulders the way you want to go. The harder you throw your shoulders, the faster and harder you will turn. Your body generally follows your shoulders. Check ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-frontside-180/ After learning ollies, the pop shuvit is probably the next trick you should work on. The pop shuvit is probably the easiest trick in the eyes of most skaters, it is simply a 180 degree turn of the skateboard, without you turning...so you pop the board, jump, the board ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-pop-shuvit/ Only 22 more shopping days left until Christmas, what to get that aspiring young skateboarder? How about the perfect skateboard for a beginner! You want to get something cheap...but not too cheap...trust me, those things you get at Wal-mart and Target are NOT skateboards, these are ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/great-beginner-skateboards/ Alright, this is the most important thing to learn in skateboarding, it is basically a jump in which your board stays with your feet. The ollie is the foundation for pretty much every other trick, so you must learn how to ollie in order to keep progressing. This ... http://www.rideaskateboard.com/12/how-to-do-an-ollie/