So you want to get better at skating? Maybe you read some skateboard trick tips and can land a couple of tricks. Now what? Here are 5 Tips to help you take your skateboarding to the next level.

1. Know What you Want to Get Out of Skateboarding

You must have a goal. Why do you want to skateboard? Is it to strive to be a professional? Is it just to have fun? Whatever your reason may be, you must know why you’re skating. You’ll find that once you determine your purpose, you’ll get a lot more out of skateboarding and enjoy it a whole lot more.

2. Skate with other skaters

This may sound like common sense, but I know many skaters who just practice by themselves in their driveway or basement. I strongly suggest you go out and find some others skaters to hang out with to push you and motivate you. Skate with those better than you and worse than you so you can both learn and teach.

3. Push yourself

To get better, we must get out of our comfort zone. If you want to get better, you have to push yourself and not settle for what you currently have. Always strive to be improving. This is not to say you can never be satisfied with your currently skill level- you can be appreciative of what you can currently do, but you should always seek something greater. When you push yourself to do that extra attempt, or skate that extra hour, you will find that you are improving both your skills and your mentality.

4. Experiment

If you can’t seem to land a trick, instead of posting on the forums and asking for help, why not just try something different? Why not just shift your balance? Or move your foot further back? Think about it- how was Rodney Mullen so successful in inventing so many flatground skateboarding trick? He couldn’t ask anyone for help- he just believed that the trick could be done, and tried different things until he got it.

5. Practice

Out of all of these tips, this is the most important one. In fact, practicing is the only way to become a better skater. You can spend hours on the internet reading about skateboard trick tips until you understand every single detail of the trick, but once you step on your board, it’s completely different.

I know I used to read up on so many skateboarding tricks that I felt like I knew them all, but when I was actually skating, it was a whole different ball game. Knowing the trick is not enough, you must practice to fine tune the muscles in your body to do exactly what they should in order to land a trick successfully.

So now you know exactly what you have to do to get better at skateboarding. Why not give them a shot and start applying them today?