Can you ollie on a penny

The Apex 40 Longboard family is meant to do a little bit of everything — but performs incredibly well while doing tricks and will last MUCH longer for riders that want to do tricks and are hard on their boards than a cheap Penny Board made of plastic. For pushing longer distances a Longboard is and even better choice when compared to a Penny Board. The wider platform and ability to load bigger wheels makes longer distance pushing, cruising and commuting more fun and more comfortable.

It also opens up the possibility of taking longer trips using nothing but your longboard. If traveling is a huge part of your life there are huge selection of longboards that will fit in the overhead compartment and give you much more versatility to handle whatever roads you find while you are exploring.

Skateboards are different than longboards in that most longboards are primarily designed to make it's tightest turns and slides with your feet stance either over top of the trucks or BETWEEN the trucks in the center of the board. A skateboard on the other hand is designed to make it's tightest turns with one of your feet on the kicktial — by lifting the nose of the board up.

Ride face forward, slightly bend your knees, apply pressure on your kicktail and kick the board using your back foot heel side direction and your front foot outward. Your board will spin degrees and your body should stay neutral above your board.

A nose revert requires you to lean forward while applying some pressure on the nose of your Penny board using your front foot. Turn your upper body degrees and turn your lower body once you nearly turned Your board should follow automatically.

Your back foot should remain on your board all the time and in order to finish the trick, you need to jump back on. It looks harder than it is, but it requires some commitment.

Another one you can do on any type of Penny board. You need to step off with your front foot while gently pushing the back of your board forward using your back foot. The board will spin degrees and all you have to do is jump back on. Sounds easy but it still takes some practice.

This can be done on a quarter pipe and requires you to ride fakie. Make sure you have some decent speed to be able to get near the coping. Once you reach the coping transfer your weight to your back foot while still leaning a bit forward. Kick your tail at the right moment and lift your front foot but make sure it stays on your board.

Once you are in the stall position, drop back in by leaning forward and slightly kicking your front foot down. Time for something more difficult and I applaud you if you can pull this off.

Penny boards are made of plastic so that means they are very slippery. It requires quite a lot of control of your board and experience.

Make sure your front foot is on the front bolts first two bolts and place your back foot slightly in front of the kicktail. Commit and lean backward, take a sharp turn and apply pressure on your tail and push your board outward. Another thing that makes it harder to ollie on a Penny board is the shorter deck. Despite the short size and limited grip, though, some skaters still manage to ollie on a Penny board.

You can do flat ground tricks, such as shoveits, early grabs, and more. When skating transitions on a Penny board, you can kick turn, rock to fakies, frontside and backside slash grinds, pivots, and many more. More advanced and talented skateboarders can do flip tricks, such as kickflips and flips on Penny boards.

This shows it is possible to do basic and even complex tricks once you get used to the short tail and deck surface.

See also Should a beginner go to the skatepark? The best way to stop a Penny board when going downhill is by foot braking. Having a very narrow stance space between your legs to position yourself to throw a slide makes it very difficult to do heelside or toeside slides.

Going downhill on a Penny skateboard is quite tricky, especially on steep hills. That said, in spite of its size, it is still possible to do slides on a Penny board if you are skilled and experienced enough. The best way to powerslide a Penny board is to place your back foot on the tail and powerslide as if you are riding a standard skateboard.

Despite their small size and plastic materials, Penny boards are very durable cruisers that can support a lbs rider without breaking a sweat. The plastic materials used for building the deck are incredibly durable— even trying to break a Pennyboard in half intentionally is hard. In addition, the plastic materials give the Penny board a good amount of flex than makes it even more durable. Penny boards are equipped with large 59mm wheels with a softish 83a duro.

The size and durometer are similar to the wheels equipped on a cruiser, making the Penny board more suitable than a street skateboard for getting around the city.

Once you get comfortable with riding, carving, and foot braking on a Penny board, you may find it a better option for commuting than a skateboard. Skateboards come with hard 90a to a wheels.

Besides being harder, the wheels are also smaller than Penny boards with a 50 to 56mm diameter. These types of wheels are lighter for doing tricks and roll better on smooth skatepark terrain. Penny boards look good and come in a variety of different color themes, which entices many beginners into choosing a Penny board as their first skateboard for cruising and transportation. See also: Globe Blazer mini-cruiser review.

If you are a beginner looking for a board to learn tricks such as ollies, flips, slides, grinds, and transition tricks, the Penny board is not the best choice either, as discussed earlier.

See how to choose a good beginner board.