"If someone else has done it, I can do it" >invents tricks that nobody else has done

6. Always land on your board with both feet. Allways.

landing tricks in your dreams also helps a lot

"Learn how to do every trick with this one easy step". "Pro's hate him".

If the tips for learning tricks come from Jonny, you know that shit works haha

"- I've been skating for more than 11 years" That's how you learn every skate trick.

5 Secrets to learn skate board tricks. 1.Practice 2.Practice 3.Practice 4.Practice 5.More Practice

1. Confidence 2. Progress in small steps 3. Look at what you’re doing wrong 4. Be dedicated 5. Record yourself

As long as you can command your legs/body to move how you want them to, you can learn something. It's a lot of trial and error. Among one of the trials or one of the errors, you won't land it. But you'll experience a *click* in your mind. In that moment, whether you land on it upside down or just land away from the board, you'll get it. First treflip back in 2007 for me, I was skating with a good friend of mine around town, it was pretty late around 2AM. We were both feeling good and I'd decided to try a treflip even though I hadn't landed one before. I landed with the board upside down, one foot on and the other foot near it. I immediately felt that *click* sensation. I then looked at my friend and said "Dude, I just learned treflips". Next try I landed but slipped out, the try after I rolled away. It's an incredible feeling when those pathways unlock in your mind and you can literally FEEL the exact moment you learn something. Don't beat yourself up. Trial and error. You're likely going to suck ass at whatever you're trying at first, that's how it's supposed to be.

These tips work for more than just skating. They are pro tips for life.

That guy make me coming back to skateboarding at 27 yo. Kickflip is back baby, like old time ! What a feeling.

Hey Jonny (and his followers)! I want to share something quick. I dont watch much youtube and for some reason a clip from your channel came up as suggestion. I watched it and then another and another and so on.. I got super inspired! Its been 15 years sience i skated, i went and bought a board a month ago, and started skating again! Youre a huge inspiration man and i really enjoy your videos! Greetings from sweden!

The location of this skatepark thoooo 😍

The most important tip to learning tricks is just to not give up, and I know that sounds really cheesy, but just hear me out. With skateboarding, if learning tricks is what you want to do, all it takes is time and dedication. No matter how impossible a goal seems, if you just keep doing it, it will eventually happen. Even if it doesn't feel like you are making progress, even if you know you aren't making progress, even if nothing different is happening, it will help. I remember when I started, I couldn't Ollie. I tried so hard for hours, and just couldn't get it. I turned to a couple other tricks, like the Strawberry Milkshake, Boneless, and No Comply 180, and the only one I got at first was the Boneless. I remember feeling so discouraged because nothing felt possible besides simply riding around, which wasn't what I wanted to do. But I kept at it, and eventually, I did an Ollie. It wasn't good. It was barely 2 inches off the ground, it was rocketed, and I fell off balance almost instantly afterwords, but I did it, and it felt so good. I kept trying, and for the next 2 weeks, it wasn't really getting any better than that. I was so excited to show people, and they all said "That's great, nice almost-ollie!". I knew I didn't really do it correctly. I went back to holding on to a fence and really focused on doing it perfectly. I brought my front foot up higher, I crouched down way lower, I jumped up higher, and they started to get better. I was getting 7 inches off the ground holding onto the fence. I tried it on flat, and I was actually able to replicate it. I was so happy with myself. I remember, after I learned the concepts and technique for ollieing, I went back and tried to learn the No Comply 180 and Strawberry Milkshake again, and completely had no idea how to do them. I tried for No Comply 180's switch, because I thought it would be a cool way to get back into my normal stance after landing switch or fakie. It was really terrible at first. The scoop barely worked for me, and when it did, I would kick it way too far in front of me. I eventually learned it but taking my front foot completely off the board, coming to a stop, doing the scoop, and then stepping back on. I kept doing this, but I also saw everyone else doing it really quickly and stylishly. Eventually I learned the real way, and then I got it quicker and more fluid. Then I focused on making it look good. And then I kind of wanted to learn it regular, and I tried to do it and (I'm goofy) it felt so foreign to have my left foot doing anything besides popping straight down. Everytime I tried to do a no Comply 180, I could not get the board to scoop. I put time into getting it down with my left foot, and eventually, I learned how to do it. It didn't feel as foreign now, and I could do the trick somewhat reliably now. It felt really good to be able to do them back and forth, from regular to switch to regular, down the street. I also learned Strawberry Milkshakes. It was funny because it felt so hard when I started, and I got them first try when I tried them again. My only problem was that I couldn't do them fluidly, so I worked on being able to flip the board over and do the movement without ever coming to a complete stop, which made it more fluid. Sorry for the text wall, but the moral is; seriously, if it's what you want to do, put time into it. It will get better it you try. It's a little bit like riding a bike. It's a skill that takes a really long time to develop, but once you develop it, everything else comes easy. Even with fliptricks, which I still can't really do, and I started skating 8 months ago. When I first tried a kickflip, the board wouldn't flip. I would just kick it in front of me. Eventually, learned the technique (For a kickflip, you want to kick towards the corner of the board. Instead of an Ollie, where you pull your foot up and then stop, you want to just go for a kick. You don't need to worry about pulling it upwards. When you first try this, your foot will probably feel like it has slipped off the top of the board, and the board won't flip very fast. To counter this, you need to kick slightly more downwards. Don't just stomp, but don't kick up like you would for an Ollie.), And now I can reliably flip the board. I have yet to land it, but I can at least get a full flip.

Point three is a good one. I remember trying to learn to kickflip over a (for me) large obstacle (a bench on its side), and a friend who was a sponsored shop rider just looked at my attempts and said "when you set up, have more of your front foot on". Instant result, kickflipped the bench twice in a row with nice catch.

I wish we had internet when I started 30 years ago. 😭😭😭 Thanks for sharing

6: posture.

I’m just getting my flow down in my local, like learning how to master everything in your local park is key.

practice A LOT. I'm still pretty new to cardistry for example, but it took me 3 full days of trying just to figure out how to riffle shuffle. and then you try different things, get the feel of how pressure affects the cards, how exactly you need to place your fingers, even start to think on what advice you would get to others learning like you. same story with the spring, took me a couple of days just to feel which finger is the best for releasing the cards, how to keep the fluid motion and how to catch them. now whenever I'm learning a new flourish or stuff and can't figure it out I just think about that and then have the motivation to try again and again until I get it right

You sir are a legend for doing this

Is it weird that every time I try to "improve" my ollies, I think of something else that is not even related with skateboarding while doing the trick and when I try to "focus" I always mess up...

I'm currently struggling with backside and frontside heelflips and those babysteps are bringing me just a tiny bit closer to it each time. Landed a couple today but didn't roll away, maybe tomorrow I'll nail them both ;)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think sometimes you shouldn't follow baby steps too much : for example, I wanted to learn how to fakie bigspin to manual, and I thought that I absolutely needed to know how to half-cab manual before, and I just couldn't do it. But one day I tried with a bigspin and it just worked, and even today I find this trick easier ! What I'm trying to say is sometimes, when you really feel like you can do a trick, you shouldn't bother yourself with baby steps. By the way great video as usual !

basically the secret is, try one million times until you can do a trick

Hey Jonny, great video, man! These tips are great for a lot of other things as well, they apply perfectly for learning to draw too! Confidence: Know that you will get better at art. Baby Steps: Start with drawing simple things and then move on to complex art. Analyze: Study other artists and see what might be lacking in your art. Dedication: Practice makes perfect, keep at it. Visualize: Imagine the thought process of other artists and how they approach things. Great advice Jonny! I used to skate back in high school but chose a career as a character designer, it's great to see your success in skating and your tips show exactly why you are where you are now :)

Visualization is SO powerful and has legit helped me in skating! Most skate tutorial channels don't mention this at all so kudos to you for adding that in 🙏

The park is so beautiful located and perfect!!! Has everything!!!

Posers be like "where's the secret ?"

Great video. That is what i need right now. I am now facing this issue of wanting to learn new tricks but way too fast. I am not taking my time in the process. At the same time i feel frustrated of not feeling enough progression in my skateboarding. So it is good that you remind people that is is better to keep the learning process a fun and positive experience.

Nothing to add Jonny. Thank you sooo much for this help. I took your "baby steps" and dedication advices,so one day I spent three completed afternoons at the skatepark trying to land shoves and finally I got them. I was alone so I had nobody to celebrate with haha I was so happy, feels great landing something but just happens when you fully committ. Namaste! 💪

Johnny you are the man I was skating when Frankie hill natas all those guys were big names i gotta you are 1 of my favorite man since watching you inspired me too start back after 15 years I love watching you skate keep ripping it up

This was one of the best support videos ive seen. I really got a lot out of this video, thanks Jonny you rock man.

Holy crap no wonder you are such an incredible skater. Great insight.

This is a great, thoughtful video. I showed it to both of my boys. Thank you for posting.

Skating is a perfect model for learning and mastering skills. Just replace anything that you want to get better at with with "skating" and watch this video. Thanks Jonny! Much prosperity to you.

your right about being confident because i barely started skateboarding on december 2016 and about a month later i learned all the basic tricks from trying really hard and i will be trying to learn more tricks

thanks man, getting back into skating after 15 years and your videos have been my favorite

LOVE YOU CHANNEL!!!!!! Hi, Ive been watching for a couple years, and you have really inspired me. I recently went to the skatepark and returned home discouraged and upset because I felt that I could not progress and that everyone was so much better then me. This gives me hope that I can achieve the level you have someday

This was really helpful bro I appreciate the points you made as a skater who's been doing this for a long time. Thanks Johnny!

He is right, learning new tricks is more of breaking mental barriers than anything when you reach a plateau, frustration, stubbornness, self doubt, fear, you hit a point where your anger wont help you land, you're thinking perseverance, but sometimes you gotta take a break, dont stick to a trick for 3 hours in a day it might be a waste of time, learning to move on and having fun while coming back to it later really helps

Smart and intelligent as always man.Thx for your work and the way you analyse and communicate the whole skate thing.Tricks process, mind work and all.No surprise you're a fan of rodney Mullen.I am 46 yo, 30 years of skating and it feels good to be refreshed by younger ones.Skate has evolved so much in the the past three decades that even for oldschool skaters and may be especially for them, we need to relearn how to skate because of the basics we kinda forget with time and take for granted.

could agree more Jonny! i've been skating for about 18 years, tho i'm not as gifted as you. skatetricks do take time to learn and sometimes when you least expect it you land one or two. stay dedicated stay safe 👊🏼

Really solid advice. I wish this kind of thing was available in the 80’s when I started skating. I’d be so much farther a long than I ever was. Never too late. 😁

the view behind his back is just awesome!! great place for a skatepark

If you watch Rodney Mullen's TED talks, he talks about inventing tricks through a gradual iteration process where he only changes one variable at a time (be that foot position, body wheight distribution or something else) and at the same time he tries to keep all other variables consistent. This allows him to zoom in on specific problems during the learning process and fix them.. he also talks about kids doing crazy tricks but not inventing them - the thing about skatetricks is that he himself might not be the most skilled skater (I would beg to differ), but just KNOWING that a trick CAN BE DONE - like seeing a video of Rodney doing something new - is enough for youngsters to pick the trick up. It just goes to show that he might invent the tricks through this process, but he is not the only one capable of learning them over time. :)

Thanks Johnny for the very helpful content for me. Cheers from Brazil!

Thank you for the great inspirational video! You are awesome skater dude!

thanks jonny, du gibst mir wirklich Mut und ich finde es immer toll, wenn erfahrene Skater mir sagen "hey, kein Stress, fang klein an, dauert alles, hat mich auch ewig gebraucht" :P weil manchmal bin ich auch frustriert, vorallem, wenn ich sogenannte "beginner tricks" einfach nicht hinkriege. Der shuvit hat mich ewig gebraucht ... bin ihn auch falsch angegangen, weil ich dachte "pffft, soll voll easy sein", hatte keinen Respekt davor, bin ständig Primo gelandet und hatte dann Angst zu comitten. Aber jetzt kommt er mir allmählich, bin mega happy damit =) Ollies sind schon ganz gut, auch witzig. Die meisten, die ich kenne strugglen eher mit dem Ollie und haben den shuvit längst raus. greetings from germany.

Continue like this Jonny, you're the best !

Thank you so much for your effort. This video helped me a lot. Especially the baby step point. Also my confidence is pretty bad. I literally tried to treflip for like 3hours and couldn’t figured it out. After watching this I decided to get my 360shuvits and varial Flips better. Now im landing some sketchy treflips already. But I’m not doing them for hours anymore and get mad after. I think my confidence will increase with the time. After 4months of skateboarding I learnt so much it’s crazy. Last month I began to record myself with my phone. The analyse and visualize part helps so much. Last week I woke up after a frustrating session the day before. My brain saved the movements over night and I landed a new trick like literally first try. I think the only thing you forgot to mention was don’t compare with better skaters too much. This was a huge problem for me(confidence). I give my best to learn a lot in this year. Thanks Mr.Giger!!! 🙏

This video really helped. I was practicing backside blunt slides and this helped me mentally. Thanks bro! Practiceing stalling, like you did with the nose slide really helped.

Thanks for sharing, always very helpful all your tips.

Jonny i saw u in a previous video saying that your views decreased.I rarely like on videos,dont know why but I ll start pressing the like button on your videos to support you more.I apperciate your content and I prefer the current content than changing into something you dont want,just for views.Keep rolling,skate is about freedom afterall!Namaste

Thanks Jonny, greetings from Chile ❤️

Hi from Sydney Australia, Thanks for the time you spent making ya videos.

Thank you for this video, you make me feel ridiculously confident in learning skating. I have all 5 in me already, just knowing that makes me much more confident lol you're the best dude

Good advice Jonny, thank you for the video!

thanks for sharing. Namaste to you too! 💜🙏💜

Best suggestions I've heard. Nice work!

I am in medical school and I love skateboarding but I don't have a lot of time to learn but I think this video will help me out a ton. Thanks

good advice, foreigners always have a great mind set on life and never giving up. commitment is the key.

this way really works, used it to relearn a lot of tricks. still using this method and slowly learning new things

Thanks man all your videos are a big help

I stopped skating before you began...time goes so fast. Great trick tips!

i like that !! i play basketball and i did the same secrets that what you do for skateboarding, so much respect for you !

Giger you're the man! Keep killin it. Much love from Kansas City!

Love this! Keep up the amazing work. Everything is possible as long as you have the right attitude, passion, comitment, the willingness and dedication to put in the work and effort. And just believe in yourself, because naturaltalent is and outdated and busted myth and excuse. It just takes away from the effort someone put in to perfect that skill, and it hinders people from pushing beond their personal barriers. So believe in yourself, commit and watch as you excell

Love these tips!! This is really useful thanks!! 😊

Recap: 1. Have confidence. You CAN do it! 2. Take baby steps. Build up to the trick. 3. Analyze what you’re doing right and wrong. 4. Stay dedicated! 5. Visualize yourself landing it and how you would do that before you do it! 👍

i'm soo agree with you! i've been 1 year learning (at my 28's) and i've been thinking very much about what has worked for me (even if i'm only able to do ollies and shove its). anyways, those five points make the whoole sense. i mean "practice-practice-practice" is the main scheme, but i think you can focus your effort 100% better if you just stop and think about what you are doing and what you WANT to do inestead of repeating thoughtlessly hoping someday you will land it. motivation is vital, but i spent a whole year trying shove its without any progress except spinning the board until i made myself aware of the DETAILS: the balance of my body and what my arms and my shoulders were doing. but the final step was keeping in mind that i JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO ROTATE 180° UNDER MY FEET. in the end, i was like "ok analyze it but keep it simple and focus on the result". and that made me progress in a month what i didn't improve in a year!!

Really good video! And really good tips! These you can apply to learning other things as well!

It has been 15 since I’ve been on a board. I could only Ollie, switch nollie heelflip, heelflip and pop shove it. And normal manual. I bought a skateboard again and now my daughter started skating to and the kids in the neighborhood want are j’ai big to because I use the same wisdom you just did in this video. Today, I will get my protection, because I am going on 39years old and I need to land the tricks again I used to but also: I must conquer my fear to skate in a bowl and do my first drop in. I don’t want to learn new tricks. I want to have fun and those tricks do it for me. The kids will have to see where their limits are but never forget that skateboarding is about community and fun, taking it step by step and encouraging others. Stay safe. Greetings from Belgium.

very helpful tips Johny. also, love that shirt brother .

Great video, I knew this but now I took it more serious, thank you!

GREAT video's man, good info

Golden words, this works!

Nice tips bro, thanks

this is exactly what i needed to hear, thanks man! Just waiting for my tailbone to hurt less before going back out there

life tips, thanks man!

I love your channel, man

Your backdrop there was amazing!

super sick, all my support from France ❤

Like your Cincinnati chili 3-Way shirt.

Hey man, I am happy you're doing all these vids, I just went back to skateboarding from not skating for over 10 years, any tips you have for me to get back in to it?

awesome tips man!😤

Damn where was this video when I was younger. Would have been very helpful. This makes me want to skate again. It's been over two years.

Solid Jonny solid.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Grüße aus Österreich

Nice work and a great video. i hope it will help me with the kickflip! Thanks

These were rly helpful!!

this guy is LEGEND since I found this channel 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Thankyou Johnny 🤙

Good vid. Thanks man

Great video! I learned a lot from it :) I have been always failing with confidence, as I have been afraid that I will not be able to land a given trick :)

Johnny has the best Scenery behind his park(s). Love it lol. We don't have alot of beautiful parks aroun here. Jealous lol. Appreciate the tips man 🤟☠

This is the most useful trick tip in the world ❤️

Thanks a lot Jonny this really helped!!!!!1

This ties in with the confidence tip but I would add to relax. The more I relax while I skate the more tricks I land and the cleaner I land them.

Thx Jonny just learned front shuvits!!!

Good video. Thx👍