6/50 Skateboarding - Style

With how far skateboarding has come, it now isn't just about pulling the tricks. Now you have to look the best you can when pulling a trick off. No one cares what you do if your body is shaking and you look like a mess! Sure, you did it, but you made it look bad. Use these tips to improve your style.

- First off.. Style isn't something that happens. Also, style is not the same for every skateboarder. I mean.. Look at some pros. You can see such big differences in some of the ways their tricks looks. Some a caught differently, some a flipped at different speeds, ect. Your style is you, so see what you get with it, don't expect to be the same as your favorite pro skater. So skate alot, practice the tricks over and over, even if you already have them down!

- Alright, speed is very important. If you noticed, it isn't generally much fun to see a guy doing a line who is hardly moving. So get some good pushes. Sure, it will make tricks harder to land, but once you get them down, they look alot better.

- Have good upper body controll. You don't need to be really strong or anything, you just need to know how to keep your upper body good when doing a trick. No one wants to see you bending over backwards from a flat land kickflip. So keep the upper body as aligned up with your skateboard as you possibly can. And pay close attention with your arms. You really can look horrible if you have your arms flailing all over the place. Pay attention to how they look, and see if you like it. If not, tweak with it untill you think you do.

- Upper body is important, but as is lower body. When you land your trick, you wanna absorb the impact. Bend your knees appropriatly. Absorb impact and ride away as if nothing ever happened. Please don't ollie a stick and bend so far down your ass is scraping the ground. Make sure it's got a good cach too. No one wants to see you catch it with your back foot and your front foot be three feet away. And keep feet on it! No one will like seeing your feet hanging off and scraping the ground.

- Ok so you know what is what about the body. Now pay attention to your flip. This is all up to you. Maybe you like things to flip slow, maybe you want your tricks to flip really fast. But make sure they're level, caught, and get some nice height on them.

- For alot of people, but not everyone, music can play a pretty big factor. If you're going down to some nice sounding music, then it makes things flow alot easier for you.

- Lastly, be the judge of your style. While you want others to think it looks good, you wanna be happy with it aswell. So have fun developing your style. And make it what you want, that's one of the ways of creativity and even expression through skateboarding! Maybe video tape yourself, and watch it to see how it looks.

Style is something that just comes with time. Do a trick over and over, untill you couldn't stand to do it again! And this guide will give you ways to look where to practice, but it will not give you style. It can take a long time to develop a great style, or who knows, maybe you naturally have one. If you have questions, ask me here.