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Everskate.com was established in 2013 as a platform for promoting amateur skateboarders around the globe. Share your skate videos & photos on our trick pages by using the designated hashtags.

Share your Rock to Fakie here using Instagram and #rocktofakie Rock to Fakie is one of the most basic skateboard stall tricks. The Rock to Fakie is done by rolling up the transition, pushing the front truck forward over the coping so that the middle of the board is stalled (like a stationary boardslide), and then rolling straight back into the transition fakie. Rock to Fakie is usually one of the first tricks a skater learns when beginning to skate transitions.

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Share your Boardslides here using Instagram and #boardslide The Boardslide is one of the easiest slide tricks you can do on a skateboard. A Boardslide is done by ollieing and rotating 90 so that the middle of the board lands on the grinding surface. Though it’s an easier slide trick, it can be done on rails of all sizes which can multiply the difficulty factor.

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Share your 360 Flips here using Instagram and #360flip The 360 flip, also known as the “tre flip”, “trey flip” or “3 flip”, is one of the most popular tricks in street skating. A 360 flip combines a 360 shove it and a kickflip. It is performed by flicking the front foot forward and out, like a kickflip, and scooping the back foot hard enough to spin the board 360 degrees. 360 flips are impressive in their own right, but combining a 360 flip with any other trick will result in mad props in front of any skate-savvy crowd! Rodney…

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Share your Kickflips here using Instagram and #Kickflips Kickflips are the most common skateboard flip trick. They serve as a basis or “gateway” to learning many other flip tricks, including Varial Kickflips, 360 Flips and Frontside/Backside Flips. A kickflip is done by ollieing and simultaneously sliding the front foot away from the board. A proper kickflip means flicking your front foot out and away diagonally (between forward and heelside). Kickflips can be accomplished also by kicking downward, but a more “forward and out” motion will allow you to retain hangtime, increase the height of your kickflips and learn other kickflip…

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Big Spins are a great tip to have in your arsenal. Big Spins can be done on a countless variety of street spots, skatepark elements, and transitions. Once you master Big Spins, you can move onto Big Spin Kickflips/Heelflips or combo Big Spins into and out of grinds and stalls. This Big Spin trick tip is brought to you by GoSkate. -Learn shuv-its prior to trying the big spin -Focus on the 360 spin first -Get your foot placement right -Use leverage of your back foot over the back edge of the skateboard -Have your front foot slightly angled behind the…

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Learning better balance on a skateboard is brought to you by GoSkate. Balance is crucial in skateboarding. It affects your tricks and all transportation aspects of skateboarding. It is important to be aware of your center of balance at all times. Keep your center of balance in the center by keeping your upper body still. The other thing to consider is to make sure that your shoulders are always level on your board. If your shoulders are at any angle then it will move your center of balance. In result, this will either cause you to fall or to do a…

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Learn how to heelflip in a few easy steps with this heelflip trick tip from GoSkate. Introduction to Heelflips Heelflips are a great trick to learn after you learn kickflips. Heelflip is not harder than kickflip but it can be little riskier because it sometimes spins wrong way and hit your crotch area when you do not understand how to spin your board. That’s why we introduce this trick after kickflip. Once you get how to flip your board, this kind of accident is not going to happen very often. In addition, motion of heelflip except for your front…

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Skateboard falls, fails and bails from Instagram. This page features Instagram posts containing skateboard falls, fails, and bails. If you skate, you know that falling is an inevitable aspect of the sport. Consider falls and bails as a right of passage when it comes to skateboarding. It’s what separates the true skateboarders from those just using it for attention or to look cool. Please check back often for new skate fail videos and posts. Help keep us ad-free! Support Everskate’s ad-free skateboard content by shopping some of our products! We handcraft them ourselves from recycled worn-out skateboards. Browse All Recycled…

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The kickflip is essential to your street skating repertoire.  Learn how to kickflip in a few easy steps with this kickflip trick tip from GoSkate. Make Sure Your Front Foot is in Area it Can Flick Well Your front foot positioning is more important that your back foot positioning, because this is the foot that dictates the kickflip. An angle or position which is off will throw off your flip. You will need to flick the board near an exact point (shown in the video). In order to hit this point, you need to not have your foot too far…

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