5/50 skateboarding - Manuals

Manuals doesn't seem like something you could really write a trick tip on, but there are alot of different ways to go about doing them, and it all depends on what you're trying to do with your manual. First off, there are four basic types of manuals. You have the normal manual, nose manual, switch manual, and switch nose manual, or better known as, a fakie manual. But for now, all I will talk about is the regular manual.

A manual isn't something that you just get good at. It is all in the skater, and their balance. And although this is to some not considered even a trick, it can be used in almost all levels of skating.

First off, I would suggest you keep your backfoot square in the center of the tail. If you do this, there are less chances of your back foot touching the ground, which tears up shoes... And you maintain more controll over it.

The front foot is arguable. But from what I often observe, if you're just going to manual off something, or just land the manaul, you want your front foot over the bolts in the front. But what if you wanna do a trick out of it? Tricks out of manuals are a pretty hard thing to get started with, but generally, the best place for your front foot would be set up for the trick, but you want it more in the middle of the board. It is gonna be really hard to get a decent pop with your front foot way up..

I know this is a simple guide, but if anyone has any questions on anything, go ahead and ask me.