Skateboard printable checklist

From your first push to flip tricks, transition and rails. A structured skateboard progression across 6 levels.

1.Beginner

Picking a skateboard I can pick a skateboard that suits a beginner
Regular or goofy I can tell you my preferred stance
Pushing I can confidently push on a skateboard to generate forward momentum and speed
Foot braking I can slow or stop my board by dragging my back foot along the ground
Carving (Turn by leaning) I can turn by leaning my weight forwards or backwards
Tic Tacs I can generate and control speed easily using the tic-tac technique.
Kickturn I can turn my skateboard by lifting the nose, pivoting and setting the wheels down
Riding fakie I can ride fakie back down a ramp and across flat ground

Skatepark etiquette
Manual I can ride my skateboard on the back wheels, with the front wheels in the air
Hippie jump I can jump up off of my board and land back on it again with both feet
Caveman I can throw the board down whilst jumping and landing on it
Pumping I can generate speed on transition without pushing
Kickturn on transition I can turn 180 degrees on a quarter pipe
Powerslide I can slow my board from speed by sliding at 90 degrees to the direction of travel

Fakie shove-it I can rotate the board 180 degress under my feet whilst riding fakie
Boneless I can Jump into the air with my board using my hand to lift it
Ollie I can jump with the board, getting all 4 wheels off of the ground using just my feet
Shuvit (Shove-it) I can Rotate the board 180 degress under your feet
Dropping In I can Drop into a quarter pipe, half pipe or mini ramp
Rock to fakie I can rock the skateboard with the front wheels clear of the coping on a quater pipe or mini ramp
Tail stall I can stall the tail of my board on the deck of a mini ramp
Pop Shuvit (shove-it) I can pop the tail and rotate the board 180 degrees beneath my feet

No Comply Shove-it I can do a no comply shove-it on flatground with style
Fakie ollie I can pop an ollie whilst travelling backwards
Half cab I can rotate the board and my body 180 degrees in the air whilst riding fakie
Frontside 180 I can Ollie 180 degrees frontside
Backside 180 I can perform an ollie and rotate backside
Kickflip I can flip the board a full rotation (backside) beneath my feet
Ollie to Manual on a pad I can ollie onto a curb height platform and ride accross with the front wheels in the air!
Fifty-fifty grind (on a ledge) I can Slide on a ledge with wheels either side of the edge/coping

Rock and roll I can rock the board on the coping before kickturning back in to the ramp
Slappy Boardslide I can Slide the underneath of my deck along a low curb or rail
Heelflip I can Flip the board beneath me, rotating it toeside
Axle stall I can stall in a 5050 position on the coping of a quarter pipe and drop back in
Nose manual I can ride along the ground with back wheels in the air
Fakie kickflip I can pop a kickflip whilst travelling backwards
Frontside pop-shuvit I can rotate the board frontside under my feet
Lipslide I can ollie, get my back truck over a rail and slide across it on the base of my deck

Nollie I can Pop an ollie from the nose of my board whilst travelling forwards
Varial kickflip I can Flip the board like a kickflip whilst it completes a 180 backside shuvit
Varial heelflip I can rotate the board 180 degrees frontside under my feet whilst it flips like a heelflip
5-0 grind (on a ledge) I can grind a ledge on only the back truck with the front wheels in the air
Noseslide (On a ledge) I can slide on the nose of the board on a ledge
Smith grind (on a ledge) I can grind a ledge with the back truck whilst the front truck dips down to the side
Tailslide I can slide on the tail of the board along a ledge or rail
Backside Disaster I can revert into fakie rock position on transition
Tre Flip (360 flip) I can spin the board 360 degrees under my feet whilst it flips like a kickflip

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