Learn how to turn and carve on a skateboard, including the different techniques and body positions used to perform these moves.
Skateboard anatomy: Understanding the basic parts of a skateboard such as the deck, trucks, wheels, and bearings.
Riding stances and foot positioning: Learning the proper stance for turning and carving as well as the placement of your feet on the board.
Board control: Learning how to control your board while turning or carving, including weight distribution and balance.
Carving basics: Understanding the fundamentals of carving, such as how to initiate and maintain a carve, and how to control your speed.
Turning basics: Understanding the basics of turning, such as how to perform a kick turn and how to initiate a turn with your feet.
Carving techniques: Learning advanced carving techniques, such as pumping, speed-checks, and slides.
Turning techniques: Learning advanced turning techniques, such as the frontside and backside turns, and how to link multiple turns together.
Types of turns and carves: Learning about different types of turns and carves, such as carve turns, power slides, and layback carves.
Board setup: Understanding how your board setup can affect your turning and carving abilities, such as the height and tightness of your trucks or the diameter and hardness of your wheels.
Terrain: Learning how different types of terrain can affect your turning and carving abilities, such as smooth vs. rough pavement or steep vs. mellow hills.
Safety: Understanding the importance of wearing proper protective gear, such as helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads, and knowing how to fall properly.
Practice drills: Learning specific drills and exercises to help improve your turning and carving skills, such as practicing carving in a bowl or practicing pumping on flat ground.
Ollie: Jumping the skateboard with the help of the tail.
Kickflip: Flipping the skateboard in the air with the front foot.
Heelflip: Flipping the skateboard in the air with the back foot.
Pop shove-it: Spinning the skateboard 180 degrees with a pop.
180: Turning the skateboard 180 degrees.
360: Turning the skateboard 360 degrees.
Backside grind: Sliding the skateboard on the back truck and tail.
Frontside grind: Sliding the skateboard on the front truck and nose.
Axle stall: Balancing the skateboard on the back truck.
Rock to fakie: Riding the skateboard up the ramp, turning around on the coping, and riding back down.
Smith grind: Grinding on the back truck with the front nose pointing downward.
Feeble grind: Grinding on the front truck with the back tail pointing downward.
Hurricane grind: Grinding on both trucks simultaneously.
Boardslide: Sliding the skateboard on the underside of the board.
Nose slide: Sliding the skateboard on the front nose.
Tail slide: Sliding the skateboard on the back tail.
50/50: Grinding on both trucks.
Crooked grind: Grinding the truck on an angle.
Nollie: Popping the skateboard with the front foot.
Fakie: Riding backward with the nose facing forward.
Switch: Skating with the opposite foot forward.