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This is it... Here is where you will learn how to skate... Well I hope that you will. Otherwise I will feel like crap.

I'll try to make my instructions easy to scan, but also as specific as possible. Where appropriate, I'll include pictures that illustrate the steps.

How to Ollie

Step 1: You are going to want to move your feet into position. So from you skating stance move your front foot to the middle of the board and your back foot to the tail.

Step 2: Using your back foot you are going to slam the tail to the ground while you jump. This will start to make you and your board rise.

Step 3: Using your front foot you are going to slide your foot along the griptape toward the nose of the board... This will level you off.

Step 4: Now comes landing. All you have to do is stay on the board and you have ollied.

Step 5: Do it all over again until you can ollie over a table.

Tools and Materials

Get a deck and some shoes and you are set.

Terminology

Tail- the back end of your board.
Nose- the front end of your board.
Pop- the act of hitting the tail on the ground in order to get the board to rise.