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An aerial “skateboarding trick” is termed as Ollie.  It was discovered by “Alan Ollie Gelfand” in the year 1978.  The Ollie is performed on skates. The Ollie was the first ever basic trick which was performed in skateboarding.  Ollie takes lots of time to learn, once you learn the basic trick, you will be able to perform other new tricks such as kick flip, heel flip.

“Danny Wainwright”, performed the highest official Ollie, which is 44.6 inches flat from the ground. “Rob Dyrdek”, holds the record of world’s highest number of successive Ollies. He performed   215 Ollies on a television show named “Rob and Big”.

There are different types of tricks of Ollie in skateboarding. These tricks are as mentioned below.

• Flatgound ollie: this trick was discovered by “Rodney Mullen”. In this trick the trail is smacked on the ground to explode the board, glide you foot in the direction of the nose to even it out in the air.

• Nollie: Nollie is a trick which is executed while riding on the nose.

• Fakie ollie:  This Ollie is executed while driving switch on the nose.

• Switch Ollie, this Ollie is performed while driving switch.

• Ollie 180, in this trick skateboard and skateboarder rotate at 180 degrees when they are off the ground.

• Nollie 180 is similar to Ollie 180.

• Half- cab, it spins to 180 degree while riding fakie.

• Switch Ollie 180, similar to Ollie 180, done from switch.
• Ollie north, in this trick the front foot is booted forward on the nose of the board.
• Ollie south, in this trick the back foot is boned directly down.
• Boned Ollie: in this ollie, the board is dipped down and legs are put horizontal. It is similar to “Melon Grab”

The trick of airborne skateboard is the basis of Ollie and this is compulsion for every skater, they have to learn this trick. If you ant to be a good Ollie player then follow the simple steps, which is mentioned below.

Things required:

• Skateboard Pads
• Skateboard Parts
• Skate Rails
• Skateboard Decks

• Skateboarding Shoes
• Skateboards

• Skateboard Helmets
• Skateboard Trucks
• Skateboard Wheels

Instructions:

• Stand on the skate, and put your rear foot on the end and front foot in the middle of the skate or board and fasten the front.

• Put the ball of your rear foot in the middle of the board. Due to this when you push the end down the ball of your foot feels the pressure.

• Place the front foot directly across the skate board

• Try pushing down the board as quickly as you can with your back foot and put your all weight on the tail of the skate. This is the initial motion for learning this trick.

• Remember the harder you push, the more your skate wants to move ahead once the tail of the skate is on the ground. Use that motion in next step

• Hit the tail on the ground strongly enough and jump off with your rear foot and slowly slide your front foot up the board. By this motion, your knees will move towards your chest.

• While jumping drag your feet up the board. This will make the skate come up with your jump. The skate will seem to stick on your feet, once your feet are in the air.

• Land slowly and safely.

Tips and warnings:

• At first learn the tricks without rolling to get comfortable with the motions. Once you get used to it and comfortable with basics, you will be able to adjust with the motions of this trick.
• The hardest part of the Ollie is timing. The secret of maintaining time is to be fast. The faster you do it the easier it becomes.

• Ollie is a dangerous sport and can cause some serious injuries or death. Practice Ollie under an expert guidance and take a proper training and gear before trying this stunts.