Trick Fingerboard Basic

Basics
These are the basics of further more complicated tricks. Most tricks evolves from these and the following are used extensively in many tricks.

Finger positioning: Although some tricks vary, most tricks are executed with your index (pointer) finger on the middle nearer to the front of the board. Then your other finger whatever you prefer [usually either the middle finger or the fourth finger (goofie)] on the tail of the board. This positioning is most useful for flips and other "air" tricks.

The Ollie: Position your fingers as stated above. First, tap down on the tail end of the board. (You do not have to hit the surface your board is on, unlike skateboarding. Due to the reason that it takes longer for the board to hit the surface and by that time your board is already supposed to be in the air) The tail end finger should be pushing forward and towards the underneath of the board. Now, your finger on the middle of board should be sliding up to the front as your back finger is pushing. This will pull the board forward even more. Next, let your finger on the tail end lift a bit to level out the board, and land. It may help if you gather a bit of speed on the board before executing the ollie. (Note: ollieing is the most useful in all the tricks you will be doing. It is the basis and fundamentals of all tricks.)for a picture:


The Nollie: Position your fingers with your index on the nose of the board. Your other finger (middle or fourth) should be on the middle of the board. Nollie up by tapping the nose down. Your index finger should be pushing forward and up while your finger on the middle of the board moves upwards towards the tail of the board. Level out by pushing down with your middle/fourth finger and lifting up your index. Land it smoothly. This is basically a backwards Ollie.

Fakie: This is riding your board with your fingers switched around. Relative to the direction you're travelling in, your index finger should be on the tail of your board, and your fourth (goofie)/middle finger should be on the center of the board.

Manual: Ride your board only one truck. Push down on the nose so that the nose isn't touching and the board is balanced on the front trucks. The tail should be up in the air.

Gap: Do an ollie over a gap. This is very simple, gather a bit of speed towards the gap, and ollie just as the front trucks leave the first surface and start going over the gap. Land it on the other side and roll away. Gaps are easy to set up. Anything works, you can take two textbooks and put it a distance apart from one another and do the gap over that.

Wallride: Position your fingers like the ollie and ride up near a vertical surface. Execute an ollie up onto a vertical surface. Ride up or across that. You can do a wallride 90 degrees to the surface of the wall, except you will be going straight up and down the wall. Or you can do a wallride travelling parallel to the wall, only ollie up onto the surface and ride forwards along it. Land it properly.

Kickturn: Travelling in one direction, apply very little pressure to lift the nose up. The tail should not touch the ground. Now pivot the board on the back trucks so it now points in the opposite direction. Put your fingers back into position.

Grabbing: While in mid air, place your thumb on the nose of your board and hold it through the air. This is the act of grabbing.

Drop-off: This is how to get onto a ramp. Travel along the flat top of the ramp until you reach and go over the coping (edge of the ramp). Now push your forward finger (index) down the ramp. As this is happening, you should still be travelling forward. As a result you will have moved off the top and down the ramp.