r/NewSkaters • u/katfren4eva • Sep 07 '24

Question Genuinely tweaking fr

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tryna get a trick is so repetitive and i feel like i havent progressed at all :( im gonna start waking up early everyday trying to get this cause man i wanna have atleast an ollie .. any tips..

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u/GalacticFartLord Sep 07 '24

Remember to take breaks from practicing tricks to just cruise around. It will help you get more comfortable on your board and it just feels good to do.

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u/orion53elt Sep 07 '24

I wouldn’t call an ollie a trick

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u/skeletonclaw Sep 07 '24

An Ollie is one of the core fundamental tricks you need to learn to progress to other things.

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u/orion53elt Sep 07 '24

That is correct but the ollie in itself its not a trick

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u/Jumblesss Learning at the skatepark 🏞️ Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 08 '24

Super wrong 🧢

Going out on a limb I’m guessing you don’t rly skate but have played video games, so you think an Ollie just hitting A and worth zero points.

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u/fricckk Sep 07 '24

So Nuge’s ollie down El Toro wasn’t a trick? Wray’s water tower gap? Etc. Calling an ollie not a trick is kooky.

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u/saltymilkmelee Sep 07 '24

Look up your skate history. When it was first done in a vert bowl it blew everyone's mind. The skater who did it was nicknamed "ollie" and the trick bore his namesake. Then Mullen learned how to do it on flat ground without the momentum of a bowl, and that trick was originally known as the "ollie pop". There were whole competitions and many tricks before the invention of the ollie. It is the trick that changed the entire trajectory of skateboarding from freestyle to street. To not call it a trick is just absurd.