Flatland Skimboarding Tricks

As far as we know flatland skimboarding has been around since the 1970's, back when skimboards were just a circular disk. Around the 90's is when flatland skimboarding really took off and people started using ramps and rails to do tricks. Even now indoor skimboard parks are popping up around the U.S. making it become even more popular.

There's many different kinds of tricks (actually limitless tricks) that can be performed while flatland skimboarding. We're going to give you some of the most popular ones first.

1. Ollies:

* Ollie: Is basically just a jump into the air with your board.
* Ollie North: This one is just like the Ollie but you're lifting your front foot off of the board.
* Hippy Jump: This one consists of the rider riding up to an object while being a few inches off the ground and the rider jumps over the object while the board goes underneath it.


2. Spins:

* It's basically what it says it is. You push the down on the ground-sand causing you to spin doing 360-520-720 degree spins.


3. Shuv-Its:

* This is done by jumping into the air and sweeping your back foot forward and your front foot backwards causing you to make your board spin 180 degrees.
* 360 Shuv-It: This is done by placing your feet differently and then sweeping your feet harder this then causes your board to spin 360 degrees.
* 540 Shuv-It: This is done by placing your feet differently and then sweeping your feet harder this then causes your board to spin 360 degrees then by jumping higher into the air you can get the full 540-degree spin.

* Pop Shuv-It: This is done by mixing an Ollie and a shuv-it you can then spin the board in mid air.

* Big Spin: This can be done by mixing a 360 shuv it with a 180 varial.

* Bigger Spin: This can be done by mixing a 540 shuv-it with a 180 varial. This trick was created by John Minns


4. Body Varial:

* Body Varial: This is done by jumping into the air and spin without spinning the board causing you to perform a Body Varial. You'll know when you've performed this right if you land with your back forward.

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