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suggestions?

hey guys :) im really really new to this whole skating thing i just started last week. i think im pretty bad because i cant really do anything yet but skate around and jump a little :( what would you suggest i try to do for the first few trick attempts? im not really scared to fall i just dont know what i should be trying to do.

Comment by Sara Rozic on June 24, 2009 at 3:44am: first of all wear protection for knees and wrists. the next thing you should be pretty comfy skating backwards .it will help you when landing some tricks. dont worry i ve been skating a week as well :)
I started with simple 180 and 360 spins from curbs. Then I started grinding curbs ( you should learn grinding them before you get to rails cuz you will need to learn how to control balance). Just start nice and easy..the easiest tricks to perform is a Mizou. Then you can try some dropping from qurterpipes and then mini ramps.
I will give you some nice links that helped me :

so the first one is a trickguide site when the tricks are explained (with photos as well). just to get you an idea what can you perform them and how are they called:
http://toxboe.net/trickguide

the next one is a great youtube link where 2 kids give tips how to start grinding how to drop in. they helped me a lot so here it is :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzCh3vVRcWk

Maybe when you start going to skate parks you should go there earlier in the mornings when the arent ppl, cuz if its crowded its really difficult to skate.
Hope i helped you and if you need anything more just ask me :)
have a great skating day!