| There are many longboard trick tips a player can | | | | increasing wind resistance of the body by |
| learn to execute tricks properly and very easily. | | | | spreading the arms our on the sides. |
| The basic tips include learning how to slide, break | | | | Terrain shift is a good way to apply breaks too. |
| and skurf. | | | | Shift to another terrain can cause friction which |
| The slide and the break are very important | | | | decreases the speed and slowing it down. A |
| because they help the player master the skills of | | | | player can also use break devices which can be |
| speed control, grip control and break control. The | | | | purchased from the shops. |
| slide and skurf is to enhance the | | | | Gliding until the road flattens is also a breaking |
| player’s gliding skills- this is almost | | | | technique. Sliding is the safest way to break but |
| similar to surfing on waves only that in longboard | | | | may take a longer time to master. Sliding is |
| skateboarding, it is done on a bank or platform. | | | | behind almost every longboard skateboard tricks. |
| All these three are the basic techniques behind | | | | While getting off your body from the longboard |
| every longboard skateboard tricks. The slide can | | | | skateboard may sound good and easy, this is |
| be done in two ways- the toeside slide and the | | | | actually the least recommended among the |
| heelside slide. | | | | techniques and should be done when all else fails. |
| The toe side is performed by maintaining a | | | | The skurf is a trick that modifies the regular |
| compact position with the hands close to the | | | | surfing to be more stylish and challenging. This |
| ground towards the direction of the toes and | | | | includes spinning, shifts in stances, slides and |
| spinning the deck clockwise. The heel side is done | | | | carves. It exercises more control from the player. |
| by positioning the arms behind and spinning in the | | | | Skurfing differs from the basics of longboard trick |
| counter clockwise direction. | | | | tips in the sense that it is more concerned on the |
| The break can be done several ways. Foot brake | | | | stylish execution of the tricks so practicing it |
| is a common trick, done by simply getting a foot | | | | enhances the skills of carrying out the tricks more |
| off of the deck. Breaking can also be done by | | | | easily, more smoothly but more amazingly. |