HOW TO MANUAL THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL
HOW TO MANUAL THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL by Braille Skateboarding is a skateboarding tutorial for the Manual. Braille's classic early tutorial from Aaron Kyro focusing on the core prerequisite: you must be comfortable riding your board on all four wheels before attempting two.
What this video teaches
Braille's classic early tutorial from Aaron Kyro focusing on the core prerequisite: you must be comfortable riding your board on all four wheels before attempting two. The method is lift-and-hold between two parking lot lines, starting with a short distance and extending it as balance improves. The key cue is to stay as still as possible, excessive movement and arm-flailing indicate the skater is not on the balance point yet.
Key tips
- Prerequisite: be fully comfortable pushing and riding on all four wheels before attempting to balance on two
- Front foot just behind the front bolts, back foot perched on the tail edge, bend the front knee and keep the back leg relatively straight to lift
- Practice between two lines in a parking lot: ride to line 1, lift into the manual, hold to line 2, then gradually increase distance
- Stay as still and steady as possible once in the manual, excessive moving and arm-flailing means you are not on the balance point
- This trick requires a lot of practice and trial and error, there is no shortcut to finding the balance point beyond time on board
- Arms can be used to help balance but should be calm and deliberate, not flailing
- Once you have rolling manuals down and can ollie, combine them to ollie into a manual as the next progression step
- The balance point feels different for every skater depending on body weight and proportions, trust the process
Summarized from the video transcript.
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Manual