The Ollie is the most important trick in skateboarding today. Once you have mastered it, the potential of skateboarding really opens up and almost anything becomes possible. Here are the basic steps you need to learn how to Ollie.

Skateboarding first started back in the 1940s. Many kids had scooters then but these were expensive, those kids who could not afford scooters took the wheels from their rollerskates and nailed them to pieces of wood. They also nailed a handle to the board so they could use it as a makeshift scooter. Pretty soon the handle was removed and the kids would ride just on the wooden board and wheels.

Learning new tricks is one of the most enjoyable parts of skateboarding. It is pretty hard to define a skateboarding trick as almost anything other than straight rolling can be classified as a trick.