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The ollie is the most fundamental trick of skateboarding. It is useful in most skateboarding tricks and can help you use obsticles. One way you can use your ollie is to ollie down stairs. This at first seems pretty intimidating but with this trick tip and a little practice it will not be that hard to do.
Step 1. Make sure you are 100% confident with your ollie. Find a small set of stairs anything from 2-4 should be good. Also make sure that there is no ruble or anything else that could get in the way of your ollie.
Step 2.Start skateboarding toward the stairs a comfortable speed. You would be surprised you actually don’t need that much speed to clear a set of stairs.
Step 3. Once you are a foot from the ledge of the stairs pop your ollie. Keep in mind that you don’t need to pop a big ollie. In fact i actually recommend that you pop a small one for the first few times you ollie down stairs. You might think you won’t be able to clear the stairs with a small ollie but trust me you can.
Step 4. Now your in there air, spot your landing and prepare to take impact. The impact might feel a little strong if your not used to it.
Step 5. Land and ride away with style.
Step 6. You can practice for ollieing stairs by ollie off high ledges and boxes.
Conclusion:
Ollieing down stairs is great way to take your ollie and our skateboarding to the next level. It also looks really sweet to on lookers.
My Big Tip:
My biggest tip would be not to worry about ollieing high. Trust me you can easily clear a set with a small ollie.
Trouble Shooting:
Question: I can’t get the confidence to ollie down stairs. I every time I try I get to the point where I pop the ollie but then I kick the board away.
Answer: Gain confidence by ollieing down a ledge about the same size as the stairs.
Question: I can’t clear the stairs.
Answer: You probably need to be moving faster
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Source by Bob Slattter
