Skateboarders fascinate me. It's like they keep the actual secrets of how to do tricks to themselves and give people terrible explanations. This channel is one of extremely few that properly covers the physics of skateboarding

The trick for me was: when I was learning them on flat, I started putting my front foot into the pocket of the nose (as if I was about to do a nollie shove it) and my back foot as if I was to do a nollie heelflip. This position made all the difference and I can ride nose mannys on flat really far. Then it was just a matter of learning how to ollie into that foot position and nose manuals on obstacles became a lot easier. Hope this helps anyone!

Yeah this is a good point. I also noticed how adding some friction sideways (think forcing both feed to drag away from each other, whilst being very connected to the griptape) helps me a _lot_ in keeping nose manuals going. I'm still not very good at them, but it helped me to get twice or more the distance than having my feet (especially front foot) more loosely on the board.

I’m so excited to try this. Great tip thanks!

Great advice, as always! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Thank you for sharing this!!

Probably the best video I’ve seen on trick tips for a nose manual I’m stoked to try

Love the way nose manuals look! I’m trying this in. Y garage today! Wet streets😊

This is an absolute gem of an advice, muchos gracias fellow skater 🙏🏽

Whoa! I’m going to give this a try later!

Holy moly I never even considered this aspect. Thank you!

Never thought about that. I think im alway my toes for both but i will be trying that out next time. Crazy as a skater for 15 plus years how much your breakdowns help me. Thank you for that. I did get switch flips down thanks to you kickflip video btw

Wow - thank you so much Sarah! I need to try this out immediately because my manuals (nose and tail) still suck 🙈. Awesome illustration with the insoles! I love your videos!!

Thanks! definitely gonna keep this in mind on my next session! got em pretty good on flat but im excited to try to ollie into them! this video helped my understanding of the trick and gave me a little more confidence! thanks!!!

BIG THANKS!!!!

Great tip! Both the positioning of our feet and the distribution of our weight within them are important considerations, especially as the tricks get more technical. Rodney Mullen talks about this a lot. To quote Marc Johnson in the documentary, From The Ground Up: "He could explain it to you and break it down to like, the weight distribution for your foot. Like, do you lean a little bit on the outside of your heel? Do you lean on the ball of your foot? [...] Just from being around him, I have a new understanding of the mechanics of skateboarding in a way, like down to the way a truck sits on a block." Very inspiring little video that can be found on KZfaq. Two things that really helped me with manuals, and skating in general, were: * A continual awareness of my center of gravity (just below the navel when standing up) * How my arms are spread out as I move People often think about their feet/legs when skating, but it seems that many forget about what the parts of their upper body are doing too! In the case of a manual, trying to keep one's center of gravity directly over the bolts of the truck that is touching the ground can help one to keep balance for a long time. Likewise, spreading out one's arms as much as possible minimizes the wobble. There is a Physics reason as to why this works (i.e.: increasing one's "moment of inertia"), but one doesn't have to understand the details behind it in order to use it. Another instance when the position of the upper body is critical is when doing spin tricks. We can "wind up" by tilting our shoulders right before we jump so that the lower body naturally follows the rotation of the upper body as we swing our arms forward or backward. This makes it easier to turn. ...Sorry to nerd out. I am very interested in the subject.

Thanks! I’m workin on nose manuals been two days!

I'am not saying Sarah's tips are not ok, they are actually great. I She is learning and your learning with her. I'am freaking old and I appreciate her tips

Yeah so good video really helps thanks

Good advice

Perfect, thankyou

Thanx for tip

I love doing nose manuals and this is 100% facts. I recall Jamie Foy talking about this in the 9 Club once, about how you can also 'pinch' mannies. These can be scary to learn because you can get pitched hard if you scrape, unlike with regular ones. Helps if you can learn em on a smooth surface, like the flat of a metal mini or clean manny pad. No shame in waxing the edge of the nose a bit either, lol

I haven’t spent much time on my nose manuals, but as you described it, it occurred to me that I might be rolling toward the outside my front foot when I’m attempting them, too. I’ll need to pushing down through the ball of my foot and see if it helps. Thanks ✌️😊

You’re the best🎉🎉

As always, the right video at the right time. After the last video, my daughters said that they would like to bring in different manuals in our competition. Well, that I do this so that the two of them have more chances of winning again... Thank you for your wonderful work.

Coming from a long history of parkour I often forget that people don't know to use the ball of their foot. My best friend was a skateboarder and so he was flat-footed which made some moves more difficult for him

Manual pinches I'm coming for you but also that's something Imma need to practice seems like a solid tip to sit on the ball of the toe rather than trying to balance it forwards and backwards

Need to try this. My Nose manuals split second

My tip to manuals is get a street skateboard deck LOL Sooooo much easier to improve in manuals. Andy Anderson tells about it also in one video, he explains how it has more room to error and more control since the nose and tail are longer and higher. For me, freestyle boards are lighter but very difficult to handle because they are quick and unstable. Also on doing nose manual I personally put my front foot diagonally over the bolts with my toes on the nose pocket. Still on manuals, Chris Roberts says something important: you improve your balance by concentrating on the front foot, forget the other foot.

Awesome tip. Thanks! Ill be right back....

Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try that. Like you, I've been getting my manuals down, but, nose manuals are a different story. I can kind of do a g-turn, but, only one revolution if that. Straight nose manuals are pretty much non-existent. Would love to be able to pump a g-turn and keep it going like Mullen does. Not sure if you've seen it. It's pretty epic.

Excited to try this today! I’m getting somewhat decent at manuals, but can barely nose manual more than a few feet. Where do you now put your weight during normal manuals? What about when you ollie into them?

Hello Sarah, I follow you in any step. My target now is doing a powerslide have you ever tried it? Thanks

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Nose manuels are easier for me than normal ones :D

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does this work also with normal manuals?

Weird how pushing down and forward is so natural bc you're moving. Never thot such a minor foot pressure change wpuld be so important.

0:25 maybe try for a time to get more consistent at the tricks that you already know how to do than learn other tricks