How to Ride a Tech Deck Skateboard
Tech deck skateboards have gained popularity all across the globe over the years. Riding a tech deck skateboard with two of your fingers can be fun, especially after you have mastered a number of tech deck tricks. However, lots of patience may be required on a rider’s part because although tech deck tricks are simple, yet performing them is not always easy. You may have to practice for days before you can ride a tech deck skateboard to perfection. Here is how even a novice can ride a tech deck skateboard.
Instructions
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To imitate your feet, you will have to use to your index and middle fingers. Place them on the tech deck in a comfortable position. If you are a right handed tech deck skateboard user, place your middle finger on the back and index finger on the front of the skateboard. The positioning of these fingers is exactly the other way around for left handed tech deck skateboard users.
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Using your index and middle finger, slide the tech deck back and forth along a flat surface. Make sure that none of the skateboard ends lift up in the air while you are sliding it. Keep the pressure on both fingers equally distributed to accomplish this.
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Ollie is the basic move for a tech deck skateboard rider. To execute this basic trick, simply make the skateboard airborne by lifting the finger placed at the front of the skateboard and simultaneously slamming down the finger placed at the rear end of the skateboard. When the skateboard is half way through it flight, place the front finger in its original location and make the skateboard land back safely.
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Perform a shove-it. Make the skateboard airborne as before. This time allow the skateboard to complete a backward rotation instead of placing you front finger on the tech deck immediately. Land the tech deck safely back to the flat surface with your fingers placed in the original location.
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Kick-flip comes after the Ollie and Shove-it. This trick is performed by making the skateboard airborne and flicking the board’s right tip in mid air with your index finger. This will make the skateboard rotate sideways. As soon as the tech deck completes on sideways rotation, land it back to the flat surface with your two fingers.
