Learning Pro Skateboarding
Once you can stay on a moving skateboard with a degree of confidence that you will not wind up flat on your back, the next ting to do is to learn how to do an ollie on a skateboard. This is the most basic of all skateboard tricks and forms the basis of the many seemingly incredible moves that you see the pro skateboarders doing. It’s not hard to learn and once you know how to do it, other tricks become much easier.
The first and most obvious step is to constantly practice skate to school or work or wherever you can make the most of skateboard parks and other places where you can practice advanced moves and techniques in safety. Don’t try to be a hero use helmets and other protective gear because the more difficult your moves become, the more you are going to fall in the learning process and any serious injury can put paid to your pro skateboarding dreams.
It’s important to target your technique- search for companies that sponsor skateboarding and read up on what are the specifics they are looking for each company will want a different image. You will need to send them videos of how good you are and paying for a professional cameraman and video editor will ensure that what you send to sponsors shows off your skills in the right way. Keep updating your videos as your skills increase you will then have new material to send out to sponsors who did not take you on when you first approached them.
Use your videos to help you improve watching yourself with a critical eye will help you spot defects in your technique which, when corrected, will speed up your learning cycle and allow you to become more creative. Be prepared for a long haul pro skateboarding stardom rarely comes overnight and learn from your rejections by studying those who were successful this will tell you what the sponsors are looking for.
While you’re doing all this remember to have fun make pro skateboarding an obsession and you will stop enjoying it and once that happens, the art and innovation that you need to reach the top will dessert you. Always keep in mind that your sponsorships are as much for your popularity as for your skateboarding skills and never let success go to your head and build a barrier between yourself and the people who support you.