1.The Manual is where the skateboarder balances on his or her back wheels while rolling along (something like a wheelie on a bike - read more in the Skateboarding Dictionary). The Manual is a great skateboarding trick to learn - it's different from all the regular technical flip tricks, and adds a good variety. Plus, learning to manual on your skateboard isn't all that hard -
it just takes balance and lots of practice.
If you are brand new to skateboarding, you may want to take some time getting used to riding your skateboard (read Just Starting Out Skateboarding) before learning to manual. It will also help if you've already learned how to Ollie (read How to Ollie on your Skateboard). Of course, it is totally up to you – if you are aggressive and want to learn to manual on your skateboard before learning how to actually ride, that’s up to you! Make sure you read all of these instructions before you try to manual. Once you are familiar with them, jump on your board and manual away!
2.Foot placement for manualing is important. You'll want to have your back foot covering most of the tail of your skateboard, and the ball of your front foot right behind your front trucks. Take a look at the photo to see. Now remember - there is no right or wrong way to skateboard! So, if you feel more comfortable with your front foot more toward the nose of your skateboard, or back more, or even over to the side - feel free. Do what works. But, right at the start, I recommend putting your feet in this position. It works best for most people
Definition: Backside refers to rotations or turns done so that the skateboarder's back is facing the outside of the turn arc.
The name Backside came originally from surfing, as did a lot of skateboarding's original language. The first skaters were in fact sidewalk surfers.
Backside turns are the opposite of frontside turns. Backside is usually put before the name of another trick, such as "Backside 180".
Alternate Spellings: Backside is often shortened to B/S or BS
Examples: Sarah came flying out the half pipe and did a backside 360 with a tailgrab.
3.And now to start manualing! You'll want to have plenty of flat ground to practice on. The skate park, sidewalk, parking garage or a large flat clean parking lot should do the trick. Just make sure it's flat, and mostly smooth.
Once you have your spot, get going at a pretty good speed. You'll need to be good enough at cruising around on your skateboard to be able to get up speed quickly, and keep it up for a little while without more pumping. Choose a line (a route you will go), get up some speed, and get ready to manual.
4.Now we're at the core of manualing - balance. Normally while skating, you have your weight spread out to about 50% on each foot, right? And if you are going downhill, you shift some of your weight to your front foot (perhaps making it 60% instead of 50%).
For the manual, you shift your weight toward your back foot (slowly at first), while you lean a little forward (also slowly at first). Make sure you do NOT lean backward. Instead, lean the upper part of your body (your shoulders and head) toward the nose of your skateboard, while you shift your weight to the back foot. Take a look at the photo to see what I mean.
This is pretty tricky stuff, and you will probably feel like you are loosing your balance. It's perfectly OK to hold your arms out and use them to catch your balance. Everyone does it - even pros!
5.if you've ever played any of the Tony Hawk video games and tried the manual, you know that if you fall forward after a manual, everything's fine. If you fall backwards, there's blood and sickening crunching sounds coming from your skull.
That's more or less true. Make sure you keep those shoulders forward, and when you are done manualing, just shift your weight back on that front foot and put the front wheels down. You should be able to ride away from a manual comfortably.
6.Once you feel comfortable with your manual, you can do all kinds of things to tweak it.
Give yourself a goal. Manual on a sidewalk, and see how many sidewalk cracks you can manual over. Try and add one. See if you can manual from one thing to another. Having a skater buddy with you will help - you can challenge each other.
Try and manual off of a curb. This takes some practice! You'll want some speed, and to make sure that you keep your balance perfectly. But once you pull it off, it sure looks sweet.
Try a one footed manual, like Tyler in the photo! This is hard to do, and takes a lot of balance, but it will impress everyone around. The basic principals are the same - shoulders forward, keeping balance. Don't try this though until you've really mastered manualing, and feel very confident in your skateboarding!
Make something new - these ideas are only a few. Go out and invent something totally original off of your manual! Try and Ollie while manualing (Rodney Mullen can do this - I don't understand how ...). Try combining a manual into a run. Try manualing around something in a circle. Try a nose manual. Try something that I don't have a name for!
Most of all, have fun. If you run into any problems with your manual, you can drop by the Skate Lounge with your questions. You can also try some of the other tricks in the Trick Tips section. But for now, you have the instructions down - get out there and learn to manual!
it just takes balance and lots of practice.If you are brand new to skateboarding, you may want to take some time getting used to riding your skateboard (read Just Starting Out Skateboarding) before learning to manual. It will also help if you've already learned how to Ollie (read How to Ollie on your Skateboard). Of course, it is totally up to you – if you are aggressive and want to learn to manual on your skateboard before learning how to actually ride, that’s up to you! Make sure you read all of these instructions before you try to manual. Once you are familiar with them, jump on your board and manual away!
2.Foot placement for manualing is important. You'll want to have your back foot covering most of the tail of your skateboard, and the ball of your front foot right behind your front trucks. Take a look at the photo to see. Now remember - there is no right or wrong way to skateboard! So, if you feel more comfortable with your front foot more toward the nose of your skateboard, or back more, or even over to the side - feel free. Do what works. But, right at the start, I recommend putting your feet in this position. It works best for most people
Definition: Backside refers to rotations or turns done so that the skateboarder's back is facing the outside of the turn arc.The name Backside came originally from surfing, as did a lot of skateboarding's original language. The first skaters were in fact sidewalk surfers.
Backside turns are the opposite of frontside turns. Backside is usually put before the name of another trick, such as "Backside 180".
Alternate Spellings: Backside is often shortened to B/S or BS
Examples: Sarah came flying out the half pipe and did a backside 360 with a tailgrab.
3.And now to start manualing! You'll want to have plenty of flat ground to practice on. The skate park, sidewalk, parking garage or a large flat clean parking lot should do the trick. Just make sure it's flat, and mostly smooth.
Once you have your spot, get going at a pretty good speed. You'll need to be good enough at cruising around on your skateboard to be able to get up speed quickly, and keep it up for a little while without more pumping. Choose a line (a route you will go), get up some speed, and get ready to manual.
4.Now we're at the core of manualing - balance. Normally while skating, you have your weight spread out to about 50% on each foot, right? And if you are going downhill, you shift some of your weight to your front foot (perhaps making it 60% instead of 50%).
For the manual, you shift your weight toward your back foot (slowly at first), while you lean a little forward (also slowly at first). Make sure you do NOT lean backward. Instead, lean the upper part of your body (your shoulders and head) toward the nose of your skateboard, while you shift your weight to the back foot. Take a look at the photo to see what I mean.
This is pretty tricky stuff, and you will probably feel like you are loosing your balance. It's perfectly OK to hold your arms out and use them to catch your balance. Everyone does it - even pros!
5.if you've ever played any of the Tony Hawk video games and tried the manual, you know that if you fall forward after a manual, everything's fine. If you fall backwards, there's blood and sickening crunching sounds coming from your skull.
That's more or less true. Make sure you keep those shoulders forward, and when you are done manualing, just shift your weight back on that front foot and put the front wheels down. You should be able to ride away from a manual comfortably.
6.Once you feel comfortable with your manual, you can do all kinds of things to tweak it.
Give yourself a goal. Manual on a sidewalk, and see how many sidewalk cracks you can manual over. Try and add one. See if you can manual from one thing to another. Having a skater buddy with you will help - you can challenge each other.
Try and manual off of a curb. This takes some practice! You'll want some speed, and to make sure that you keep your balance perfectly. But once you pull it off, it sure looks sweet.
Try a one footed manual, like Tyler in the photo! This is hard to do, and takes a lot of balance, but it will impress everyone around. The basic principals are the same - shoulders forward, keeping balance. Don't try this though until you've really mastered manualing, and feel very confident in your skateboarding!
Make something new - these ideas are only a few. Go out and invent something totally original off of your manual! Try and Ollie while manualing (Rodney Mullen can do this - I don't understand how ...). Try combining a manual into a run. Try manualing around something in a circle. Try a nose manual. Try something that I don't have a name for!
Most of all, have fun. If you run into any problems with your manual, you can drop by the Skate Lounge with your questions. You can also try some of the other tricks in the Trick Tips section. But for now, you have the instructions down - get out there and learn to manual!
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