The Ollie is the gateway trick to the world of skateboarding, serving as the foundation for almost every skate maneuver. Whether you're a novice skater or a seasoned rider looking to take your skills ...

Ever wondered what it takes to learn how to skateboard? How about to do the most simple skate trick? In this episode of 30 Days to Greatness, Alexandria learns how to skateboard from Skate Kitchen's ...

For a time, the "ollie" was the holy grail of skateboarding moves. Before it was invented, it was the one thing all skateboarders wanted to do, but couldn’t. And when it was finally mastered, it ...

Pro skater Tony Hawk explains ground and vert skateboarding in 21 levels of difficulty. From the olllie to the 900 and the heelflip 720, watch how Tony demonstrates and breaks down everything that ...

The Ollie. It’s skateboarding’s bread-and-butter move, a quick, seemingly simple move, overshadowed by all the crowd-dazzling, GoPro-dizzying flips and spins. But there’s a reason they call the Ollie ...

Here’s a problem for keen students of classical mechanics: how can a skateboarder cause their board to leap into the air by pressing down on it with their feet? What I’ve described is a trick called ...

When I was about 10, I broke my first skateboard by riding it into a ditch. A decade later, in college, I broke another skateboard within an hour of owning it (surely a record) in a short-lived ...

I was 15, dithering at the top of a mini ramp as my friends egged me on. I leaned forward hesitantly and dropped in. Wham. The board shot out from under me, and I slammed backwards into the ramp. That ...