How to Learn the Basics of Skateboarding

[xXJHZXx]

ive fallen 3 times since i got my board in november :)

[Moogeled]

Wear protective clothing.. meanwhile at 0:10

[TheAimanProject08]

goofy stance and i rock like hell

[wateverloserx]

Thanks a lot! :)

[Th3GoatCat]

I cant skate cause I'm right handed, i skate goofy, but when i do tricks i have to have my right foot in the back-_- so if i wanna do a trick while riding i have to do a sex change. IT SUCKS!!!

[NEONReFleXxPHS]

30 people disliked the video

[deathnight817]

30 people fell over while skating

[whodafuckfarted]

im 19 can i still learn how

[erick270398]

@whodafuckfarted Never is too late to learn :)

[EasyDoesIt61]

When you heel drag do not let the tail of your board touch the ground at all it will ruin the pop and the board just ride around and get comfortable before you try an ollie. Get the ollie down perfect not high but clean. Then work on a fakie ollie. Then if you want to progress in switch try the ollie in the opposite stance and practice both it is great for future switch tricks. Then try a pop shuvit or shuvit. Try a backside or frontside 180 next and then try the kickflip or heelflip.

[EasyDoesIt61]

OK this is good for first timers but they left out key things..

1- When you start to figure out your stance just stand on the board and push and roll see what foot is on the board and where it is placed. If the foot that is on the board at all times is in the back move it to the front or switch stances and move to the front cause mongo is fine but looks unproffessional. Just make sure your a foot is in the front and the foot you use to push is back, behind the front.

[jessevdveen]

thumbs up if you are regular

[valschuck61]

i cant do an ollie :(

[Eldest9292]

I climb up the stairs with my right foot, and when I skateboard, I skateboard goofy and can't even push when in reg. Sooooo idk.

[narbh21]

you're awesome man!!!

[killerdude25924]

Who the hell is going to dislike this ...

ITS SO USEFUL 9 (0-H)

[arbuckster]

Im a single Mom and I just got my 6 yr old son a skateboard... Think you for this video cuz I had no idea how to show him to stand or anything on it.. :)

[HBKdabest1984]

Im hardcore i dont wear protection -:)

[onecabnomad]

Technically, the ollie mentioned in the video was created by Rodney Mullen, who took Gelfand's idea of getting air from a ramp and perfected it on flat surface.

[BgXERO]

okay wheres the ollie

[jackasdf5]

oh i always go

naked

use a football

and i skate on rocks

[TheMasterGnome123]

pause at 0:15 : camel toe!

[rhysyboy56]

im a goofy but im right handed. does this mean anything?

[DollarFirst10]

@rhysyboy56 no.

[onecabnomad]

@rhysyboy56 Not at all, I'm the same way. Just ride the way that feels "right". Besides, most good skateboarders can ride either way comfortably, just takes some practice.

[Starmilsare]

Ancanonda in your shorts in the 15 seg jajajaja

[Tashiihatesyou]

i want to know how to actually ride it, i didnt read the title and now i feel stupid

[icunspall]

Rodney Mullen invented the Ollie, get ur facts straight

[ignap0]

This really helped me a lot

[apf2001]

i'm righty, but i skate goofy. 

[TheBradyNation]

@apf2001 HELLZ YEAH!!!!!!! me too

[TheTeamSkateboarding]

@apf2001 Yes, i too. it is because you put your weight on the foot which is on the skate, the right foot

[apf2001]

@TheTeamSkateboarding yup.

[CafaroVids]

You can tell the guy pushes standard, he looks like he's running the special Olympics when he pushes goofy.

[TheDjomar1234]

I can't thank How cast enough before I sucked at skating but now I am one of the best in my friend's skate group i'm the 2ND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[W3RSoRAND0M]

1:28 one way you can do is jumping off and landing on the floor! ;)

[123aciller]

Gears?? I don't need of those!

[AlexEvanLove]

Hey bro your really good at skateboarding! I'm a pro skateboarder and want you to stop by my house in LA,California!!! Just give me your phone number and I'll meet up with you!

[supanija]

"You will need a skateboard"

NO SHIT SHERLOCK

[skaterobban]

im regular but i push mongo! joke i quit pusing mongo like 5 years ago but i still do it from time to time.

[hoochie1231]

i think tony hawk skated by him self without supervision when he was 6 lol

[IIIFreaKzIII]

PAD HELMET SHOES EVEN THOUGH WE DONT USE THEM AT THE START OF THE VIDEO

[MrA1ex69]

i skate in the nude ! >:)

[IsolatedPanda]

Isn't 'narly' surfing lingo?

[HELLOimConfused]

@IsolatedPanda "Narly" WAS surfing lingo. Now it's just another word use by many people.

U mad?

[HELLOimConfused]

**used

[IsolatedPanda]

protective wear? Psssht! FUCK THE POLICE

[1plusAidan]

Thanks Howcast, i now know how to walk up stairs

[Smallaustexploits]

at least where knee pads or elbow pads

[Lauriic54]

I'm right handed and I when I walk up stairs the first foot is the right one but I'm Goofy.

[Sweededcentral]

I'm right handed but i use the left foot to push

[MrA1ex69]

Ollie must have been a bad ass on the streets

[hehehehism]

0:48 asshole LOL!

[ABJSkateTeam]

i need a skateboard

thanks ehow now i know what i was doing wrong!

[sk8forlife782]

wtf most people are goofy

[piixiiedanny]

for skateboarding you need a skateboard?????

jesus!!!!!!!!!!!

i was using a cucumber!!!!!!!!!

everytime i go upstairs i use a diferent foot......*.*

[virra98]

@piixiiedanny wow, how many feet do you have?

[virra98]

@piixiiedanny wow, how many feet do you have?

[piixiiedanny]

@virra98 haha that was funny

[VGzDeaDShoTZz]

need a skateboard? Chuck Norris Doesnt?

[MikaelaaXD]

so if im lefthanded, im goofy? omfg.

ahahah.

[11clam]

I cant get on after I push any tips?

[EntrepreneurPuppy]

Safety gear? why arent they using it?

[SkateboardCalifornia]

Step 4 is "footbraking" not "footbreaking". You want to brake the board, not break your foot.

[tristyn360]

could you imagine if this video didnt teach you to stop.hahahaaaa

[MrMrMajestic]

@tristyn360 lol

[TheOrcboyguy]

thx now i know how to steer!!

[DontxraY1]

fuck you ur videos is so focked up dammit stop make youtube to an sjitpage. serr

[eric223350]

@BraxBoone, u nees to use ur common sense before going down a steep ass hill. Just walk it out obviously

[nirmanyu97]

so i can skate naked???

[Neobanned]

@nirmanyu97 if u have pads

[BraxBoone]

Notice how at the beginning they talk about required safety equipment but when he is skating he has nothing on

[TsbPrice]

So.. I tried to stop while going down a hill pretty fast, 16mi/hr with the heel stop and I bailed hard. Is there a more efficent way to stop going fast? Like say suddenly a car pops in front of you, now what? Hit it?

[piixiiedanny]

i know 5 years old childrens better than me!!!!

[piixiiedanny]

skateboard for skateboarding!!!! wow i didn't know it!!!!!!

[weezyfan25]

i dont wear helmet, i wear snapback

[weezyfan25]

HowCast's SkateBorading Basics

1. Be alive

2. Wear Clothes

3.Have feet.....

[jellysling4444]

rodney mullen invented the ollie idiots

[Dcskatemate901]

No the foot you first use to walk up stairs is your front foot, me and heaps of my friends have tried it and this wa how they found their stance.

[BlueNinja1299]

Atleast they don't teach to push mongo :P

[Lokneo29]

what the fuck? why would anyone stand with both feet in the middle of the board? lmfao

[ps3dean]

always wear protection gear? that skater isn't even wearing any

[timdork27g3]

@ps3dean ikr

[timdork27g3]

@ps3dean irk it's really not meaningful

[ichstim]

Under the age of 6, lol, i know a 5 year old skater who can do a kickflip, he's better then me :s

[valiant435674]

but wait, how would i know how to get up a stair case, i just fly up

[TRED2839]

i had a ripstick... i was really good on it... i just tried a skate board for my first time... I FELL!!! it sucked :( i cant ride my ripstick cause i did a kick flip and i landed with my foot around the grind bar and it busted in half :( cheaply made stuff :(

[TheKillgrey]

Nice grass you have there :D

[piixiiedanny]

some people can skate without shoes :) !!!!!!! and any protection.......and without a skateboard.....haha

[deespage963]

sheckler was 18 months lol



[bak2snus]

LOL. People actually need help to learn this shit?

[Neejc45]

did you know that hes an idiot :D

[AysieElf]

he didn't wear any safety clothes.

[seanskates100]

whats a helmet

[seanskates100]

whats a helme

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[iamSeanCore]

Talks about how you should always wear protective gear, yet the footage at the start he's using none?

[monkush0625]

somebody tell me how to loose the griptape for steer

[MusicCatastrophe]

@monkush0625 you need to loosen your trucks.. not your griptape. be sure not to loosen them too much though or you wont be able to land tricks.

[Bebo27ful]

why are all the vidoes called how to skateboard for begginers, i am not gunna be a pro if i am looking up how to skateboard am i???

[J2D2360waves]

and im guessing your a history teacher?

[moovehman9958]

wow i need a skateboard no shit sherlock

[IzzBAZIL]

I skate goofy but im right-handed

[vjasfilms]

thumbs up if your regula and sorry for the spelling

[katgamet1]

>.< I do the goofy one lol!! and I'm soooo nervous about doing freestyles!!

[vjasfilms]

thanks for teaching me how to skate

[Lalalalrjjdjrjrue]

0:00

FIGHT THE POWER

[monkush0625]

nice......



[mignight630]

realize they all seem to wear one type of shoes? i have the worst shoes for this...converse <.<

[Justhmmy]

0.o

[15rvara]

go goofy

[vjasfilms]

@15rvara

go reg

[DaimyoD0]

The usefulness of Howcast varies massively. Its an insult to retards to call everything up until 0:51 fucking retarded. And then everything after that was entirely informative, it actually raised some questions I'd never thought of despite already knowing how to skate.

[dirrtysteve89]

@DaimyoD0 i doubt you could acid drop off the sidewalk

[matstraightcrazy2497]

It was invented by rodney mullen on a flat surface not vert

[curtshan]

i wanna learn how to skate also

[DestructiveHope]

I'm a Regular xP thumb up if you thing Regular style is better then Goofy style XD

[TheNeilzorz]

i go 30 to 40 miles per hour on my longboard and i only think that a good pair of kneepads and a helmet is necessary elbow pads don't work anyway.

[13scottb13]

im goffy stanced and put my right foot on the stairs first and im right handed??

[AceMaxAceMax]

@13scottb13 your stance is what feels more comfortable to you, im right handed and i step with right foot usually on stairs first and im goofy. it just feels better to me

[TommyTrain99]

@13scottb13 im regular but im left handed

[iTsRoguE]

They say its not recommended skating under 6 ,yet sheckler started when he was 4!

[TheYouKnowWhats]

This was one of the best tutorials i have ever seen:0; if not THE best. To those of you who r saying i don't need this i already know it; why r u watching this? This is for beginners. Also, its good to start in the grass so you get the feel of it first

[heylookazombie4245]

yo it hard



[Zobfler]

are pads really considered clothing

[ChristianBoy24]

@Zobfler More like protective gears.

[Zobfler]

@ChristianBoy24 it says in da vid that pads are clothing

[ChristianBoy24]

@Zobfler I guess you could say that.

[DoodlerM]

@stupidstudiosproduct some people like me dont have great balance therefore i dont really know how to stand on the board! Im really new to this! And im a girl

[OSCARSSK11]

i tried the heel drag and i fell =.=

[societydeck]

I'm right handed AND goofy.

Doin it wrong?

[89Aquarius]

@societydeck

no, it doesnt matter

[slashcadd9202012]

@societydeck Nah its whatever feels comfortable man :)

[Casperino2000]

Howcast sucks

[Casperino2000]

They say always wear protecting clothes but they doesnt do it

[stupidstudiosproduct]

dude i already no how to do all o dat i can also ollie and kickflip why do people hav to LEARN to stand on a board i always knew is common sense realy no offence people but i only needed 2 learn tricks

[IvCurtisvI]

@stupidstudiosproduct If u kno how t do this, why did u watch a video titled "How to Learn the Basics of Skateboarding"?

[stupidstudiosproduct]

@IvCurtisvI easy was watchin how to 360 flip came across this thought it would be a laugh funny enough it was

[racemaxi]

Lol, do always wear protect clothes, what did that guy: npt wearing protect clothes.

Lol

[ipet12345]

you will need to sit with ur legs open awkwardly

[TheArsenalfan42]

thanks for the tips 1 of the best tutorials ive seen on youtube i really wanna learn how to skate

[me0eli]

My little cousin learned how to skateboard before he knew how to walk

[ramiabuhamra1]

I need a skateboard well no shit am i gonna try to skate with my feet ?

[GTAkaffee]

*ahem* Parking lot is bad unless it's very very new.

[JustWatchingOne]

i love skating, but its like i cant even get on top of the skateboard without falling, how can i controle balance a litttle bit better?

[crystalroy]

wow i dident know i needed a skateboard so i could skateboard thanks for tellin me i knew somethin was wrong when i used those chopsticks :O

[kailakaisha22]

this really helped!

[BluDavid100]

yeah now i need a skateboard xD

[License2chill15]

@loldp123456

Turn it upside down and look at which end is longer (the end after the concave) the longer one is the nose.

[matiqanstar]

i thought the ollie was invenetd by rodney mullen -.-

[spookedcab]

i can't tell if this guy's regular of goofy 0.o

[ckarulz101]

Didn't know I need a skateboard for skateboarding; guess I been doing it all wrong -.-

[xXmCpBXx]

When I was little, around maybe 7 or 8, when I didnt know the basics of skateboarding, I knew HOW to learn the basics of skateboarding, I just didnt know the basics.

[loldp123456]

how do you tell the difference between the nose and tail coz i took apart my board like everything so now im trying to put my gold hardware on and i forgot plz help

[moovehman9958]

seriously not under 6 years old i saw a freaking 3 year old skating in a skate park and he could almost make a freaking ollie

[XboxJulian]

Wait... I need a skateboard? I was using a vacuum cleaner...

[rista34]

@XboxJulian oh thats a good idea, i was using my dog im so stupid!

[TheBULLET52]

if you stand on the skateboard in the grass it will fuck up the griptape

[IVIonkeyZbrah]

0:15 CLOSE your legs.

[mshalo4ever]

If ur right foot feels comfortable in the front that means ur goofy right?

[RadioActiveFb]

they say where protective gear but do they use it? no!!!!!

[TheAussieNerd01]

"Always wear protective gear"... so why isnt the guy wearing that shit

[bloodygutz713]

I'm Right handed and I'm goofy

[FMLeprechaun]

Dude! You need to cut that grass on your lawn!

[Noob1093]

Im skating goofy and does ollie with my right foot in front.. Am I regular-goofy or what?

[Thack93]

@Noob1093 that is a nollie nose-ollie

[Noob1093]

@Thack93 When I skate, I skate with my right foot in front (Goofy) and I kick with that foot too

[SinisterAnimationS]

@Noob1093 because that makes sense lol

[ppjdbsjai12332]

ok so stopping on a skateboard sux i can either get holes in my shoes or fall backwards cool dude

[MaliciousVendetta]

@ppjdbsjai12332 if you fall backwards doing that, then I'm sorry man, but you suck.

[LegendzCraft]

My name is Olly only its spelled with a Y :D

[wardiabolo1]

I have a problem... I'm regular when I skate, I'm goofie when I do my ollie and attempt other tricks... Does anyone have any suggestions what I can practice? Seems like a huge dillemma for me thanks :)

[thegrizzlyy7]

@wardiabolo1 well if you you want to get better at skating then try to get used to riding goofy which will make it easier for you to do tricks while moving. but if you really don't want to...DON'T

[catkiller1239]

"How to learn the basics of skateboarding" You do that by paying attention.Cmon guys they messed up the tittle.

[TheKJade13]

the grass thing is really helpful, the thing i needed help with was my balance & i was trying to do that on the path!, but thats really helpful thanks!

[TheKJade13]

26 people can't skateboard

i push goofy even though i climb stairs with my right l