50-50 Grind - The 50-50 is the most basic type of grind, and the first grind trick that most skateboarders learn. This grind is performed on a ledge, curb, coping on a ramp, or anything else that you may be able to grind on. To perform this trick you grind with both the front and rear trucks on the object to grind.

5-0 Grind - The 5-0 skateboard grind (pronounced "Five-Oh") is another way to grind a ledge or rail. In a 5-0, the nose of the skateboard is in the air, and only the back trucks are grinding along. 5-0s look pretty sweet, and can add a lot of style to your skateboarding!

Ollie - The Ollie is the first trick that most skateboarders learn. Learning to ollie makes sense – the ollie is the foundation of almost all flatland and park skateboarding tricks. Once you learn how to ollie, you’ll be able to move on to learning all kinds of other skateboarding tricks, or inventing your own skateboarding tricks.

Once you know how to ollie, you are probably going to want to ollie off and onto all kinds of things. That's great!

Ollie 180 - Learning how to 180 ollie on your skateboard is a great next step after you've learned how to ollie. A 180 ollie is where you pop up into the air on your skateboard, just like in an ollie, but you spin 180 degrees and land rolling in the opposite direction. 180 ollies are usually called simply "180s".

360 Ollie - The 360 Ollie is a sweet looking skateboarding trick. The 360 Ollie (or just "360") is where you are skateboarding along, and then you pop the board up into an ollie super high, while spinning all the way around in the air, and land rolling the same way you started.

Caveman - The Caveman skateboard trick is basically a really cool way to get on your skateboard. With the Caveman skate trick, you jump on the board before the board hits the ground! This adds a whole new level of style to your skating.

No Comply - The No Comply is an old school skateboarding trick, invented by Neil Blender (he was a pro skater in the 80's). No Complys are done usually on flat ground, like a skate park or parking lot. The No Comply is not too difficult a skateboard trick, and can look very cool. Also, once you've mastered the No Comply, there are a million variations to the trick that you can try!

360 Flip - The 360 Flip (also known as a "tre-flip") is a skateboarding trick that looks similar to a kickflip, except that the board spins on two axis. That means that the 360 flip will flip like in a kickflip, but also spin 360 degrees like a 360 shuvit.

Powerslide - Powerslides are the coolest and fastest way to stop on skateboards. A powerslide is where you are skating along, sometimes pretty fast, and spin your board to the side and skid to a stop. It's very similar to how you stop on a snowboard, except that if you mess up, instead of falling on snow you eat concrete or pavement. Most people have a hard time learning to powerslide.

Bert Slide - The Bert Slide was invented by the Zephyr team (the Z-Boys), and was named after a famous surfer named Larry Bertleman. The Bert Slide is where the skater crouches down low and plants one hand on the ground, letting their feet and board slide out 180 degrees. The Bert Slide is a very stylish, smooth, old school trick that anyone can learn - you don't even need to know how to Ollie in order to learn to Bert Slide! Plus, it just looks sweet.

Boardslide - Boardslides are the first slide trick that you're probably going to want to learn. Boardslides are somewhat easy, and look really cool when you land them! Plus, boardslides are versatile, they are an easy skateboarding trick to tweak and add to. A boardslide is where you skate alongside an object, usually a rail or curb, and ollie up onto it. Your board lands sideways, with the object in the middle of the board, and you slide along. At the end, you hop off the obstacle and ride away.

Kickflip - Learning how to kickflip on a skateboard is a great way to sept up your skateboarding, and move from beginner skateboarding into intermediate skating. This article gives advice and information on how to kickflip on a skateboard, step by step instructions on how to kickflip.

Manual - The Manual skateboarding trick is where the skateboarder balances on his or her back wheels while rolling along (something like a wheelie on a bike). The Manual is different from all the regular technical flip tricks, and adds a good variety. Plus, learning to manual on your skateboard isn't all that hard. It just takes balance and lots of practice.