skating up to an object, jumping onto it, holding there for a couple of seconds, and then jumping off. This can be

anything from a stair, to a curb, to a car, to the coping on a vert.

To begin learning stalls, it is easiest to do it by going straight at the object you want to stall on, lets say a stair.

Slowly skate up to the stair, and at about a foot away jump up onto the stair. Do your best to land between the

correct wheels, as that is the purpose of this exercise! If the jump is giving you trouble, you can start by stepping

up onto the stair, but keep in mind that the ultimate goal is rails!

After you get this down, you can begin practicing variations that will keep you busy for a while. You can try a

backside stall, or one in which you do a jumping 180 and land on the stair. Or you can go with a rewind after you

do the stall. Or just any combination of the above. How about a 180 stall with a 360 rewind? In any case, do your

best to learn how to stall as that is the foundation of all grinds.

Before you actually move onto grinding, you need to wax the object you are trying to

legs up. Keep an eye on your landing spot as you rotate through the 90 degrees and as you are coming back

frontsides, once you are on you just glide it out, but getting on is the hard part! And to reiterate the commitment

ground away some of the surface and it is becoming smooth on its own. This is why frequently ground planters

One other point of warning, don't put too thick of a coat on a handrail or you will regret it!

After all, stalls aren't that much different than frontsides.

grind that you should learn is a backside. Doing a backside is almost as easy as doing a frontside. The one catch

grinding, with a THICK coat of wax. The basic idea is that you want your wheels and frame to slide across the

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