"Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard..."
Learn how to stand on a skateboard, how to balance, and discover the different stances available to riders.
Foot Placement: The position where your feet are on the skateboard's deck determines your balance when standing, pushing, and landing.
Center of Gravity: The point in the skateboarder's body where the weight is evenly distributed, which needs to be kept over the skateboard's trucks to maintain balance.
Board Width and Shape: The width and shape of the skateboard determine the rider's level of comfort and stability while riding.
Trucks Tightness: The tightness or looseness of the trucks affects your ability to turn and control the board.
Wheel Size: The size of the wheels determines how fast the skateboard moves and how easily it rolls over cracks and pebbles.
Posture: The correct stance and posture are essential to maintain balance, stability, and control over the skateboard.
Foot Position: The position of each foot on the board determines the type of tricks you can perform and allows for better control.
Shifting Balance: The ability to shift your weight from side to side or forward and backward is crucial for maintaining balance when riding and performing tricks.
Riding Styles: Different riding styles like cruising, carving, downhill, and freestyle require different stances and balance techniques.
Tricks and Maneuvers: Skilled skateboarders must learn specific techniques like kickflips, ollies, grindings, and slides, which require excellent balance and control.
Practice and Repetition: Consistent practice and repetition are essential for improving stance and balance on a skateboard.
Regular stance: The left foot is positioned in front of the right foot, with the rider's left foot leading the board.
Goofy stance: The right foot is positioned in front of the left foot, with the rider's right foot leading the board.
Nollie stance: The rider stands with their front foot on the nose of the board, and their back foot on the tail.
Fakie stance: This stance involves riding the board backward, with the rider's back foot leading and their front foot on the tail.
Switch stance: A switch stance refers to riding the board with the opposite foot than usual, i.e., a regular rider standing in a goofy stance.
180 stance: The rider turns the board 180 degrees while riding, changing their stance and orientation.
One-footed stance: The rider lifts one foot off the board while riding, balancing on the other foot.
No-comply stance: This stance involves lifting the front foot off the board and spinning the board with the back foot, then jumping back onto the board.
Ollie stance: The rider jumps into the air while popping the tail of the board down with their back foot, allowing the board to follow their motion.
Manual stance: The rider balances on the back two wheels of the board and rides without touching the ground with the front wheels.
"...as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation."
"Originating in the United States..."
"...skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years."
"A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue..."
"...with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world."
"...it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo..."
"Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders..."
"...freestyle BMXers, aggressive skaters, and more recently, scooters."
"...skateboarding has become controversial in areas in which the activity, although legal, has damaged curbs, stoneworks, steps, benches, plazas, and parks."
"A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue, with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world."
"In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo..."
"A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue..."
"...the activity, although legal, has damaged curbs, stoneworks, steps, benches, plazas, and parks."
"Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders..."
"...freestyle BMXers, aggressive skaters, and more recently, scooters."
"Originating in the United States..."
"...as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation."
"...skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years."
"...skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for both male and female teams."