The Ollie

You need to have this skill in the bag if you want to do a whole load of the more advance moves.

The Ollie is the best way to get some air without the aid of curbs, steps or ramps.

Practice with the scooter stationary to start with. Then as you get more height try it moving.

1. Position your feet with your back foot near the back of the deck. The front foot near the head of the scooter and angled forward.
2. Raise the back foot heel, with you weight centered on the ball and toes.
3. Push down with your back foot heel, and immediately jump up. Lead with your back foot followed by your front foot after sliding it right to the front of the deck and pull the handlebars
4. Bend you legs when you are in the air and relax your arms.

Ollie Manual

Wheelies on a scooter!

It works like this, cruise at a good speed, then do a normal Ollie, but try to land on the back wheel only. Pull up on the handlebars to keep the front in the air.

Tips

1. Set your feet so that you can balance without standing on the brake
2. Lean your body forward toward the handlebars
3. Keep the handlebars raise as high as you can off the ground to make this trick look good.

Bail out

Learn how to bail out of a move going wrong. This move is essential as you proceed to more difficult stunts.

Turning a mistake into a bailout will still look good at a skate park filled with your fans.

The simplest bailout involves lifting one leg and the same hand off the scooter as the move goes wrong.

This allows you to get one foot onto the ground with a free hand ready for balance. The hand on the handles can keep the scooter away from your body.

For a major bail out leap away from your scooter this will save you from 'baggin it' on the mast when you hit the deck.

Advanced Scooter Tricks

Bunny hop: Like a bike rider hopping to keep their balance while moving forward.

1. Slide both feet to the rear of the scooter, with your right foot over the brake and weight over the rear wheel.
2. Pull up on the handle bar to a 45 degree angle and hop the scooter by jumping and landing on the rear wheel.
3. Once you have this mastered try going backwards!

The 180

A cool way to change direction. You do this by Ollie-ing and using your body weight to spin the scooter around in the air.

This is harder than it sounds you might start with 1/4 turns at first then work up to the real 180.

1. Bend your legs into the Ollie position and jump as high as you can.
2. A soon as you take off, turn your shoulders and upper body to the right. Hold on tight to the handlebars and the scooter will turn and spin with you in the air.
3. As you land relax your body like a normal Ollie.