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General Video tutorials

Braille Skateboarding

The most entertaining, goofy, informative, and just damn cool YouTube channel is Braille Skateboarding of SF-based professional/sponsored skateboarder Aaron Kyro and his posse at Braille Skateboarding. Their philosophy is skateboarding for everyone and building a skateboarding-loving/learning community like with Braille Army (Braille Skate Android phone app or for iPhone and has its own YouTube channel!)

Fundamentals

Ollie

The first of all skills and base of all tricks.

Summary of common mistakes:

• Back foot

  • Staying down too long/not rotating the ankle out (hence keeping the board down)

  • Not lifting it when dragging the front foot to try and lift the board up

• Front foot

  • Not dragging the side of the front foot on the board (so sole is almost perpendicular to the board) to bring the board up and to level it out

• Timing off

  • Correct timing: as soon as your pop the board, drag your front foot (not before)