# Tricks that scream 'I'm a good skater' **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 1, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647 "2019-08-01T18:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anon90826813](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@anon90826813](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anon90826813)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/21 "2019-08-02T13:09:34Z")
Last night I did the first ever frontside grind from a drop in, I always do them later. Going frontside off the bat feels weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/londonskater/32/17195_2.png) [@Londonskater](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Londonskater)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/22 "2019-08-02T15:27:37Z")
You are now sick. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ciaran/32/42_2.png) [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/23 "2019-08-02T16:12:18Z")
Frontside crookeds, held for a while. Backside lipslides on blocks (not curbs, blocks) Backside noseblunts - similar, but different. And way harder. ---
**Author:** ![Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jurwell/32/1153_2.png) [@Jurwell](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Jurwell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/24 "2019-08-02T18:26:22Z")
I think any trick with any sort of body rotation that doesn’t kill the momentum of a line, requiring a push or tic-tac out of it in a line is a pretty good indicator. ---
**Author:** ![BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/bvs/32/394_2.png) [@BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BvS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/25 "2019-08-02T18:32:59Z")
I think it’s as simple as how you push. Short, stubby, uncomfortable looking pushes, where the foot is off the board for the shortest possible time = a bad or, more fairly, inexperienced skater. Longer pushes, with more time in between, where the skater looks happy having one foot off the board = good or experienced skater ---
**Author:** ![Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/load/32/49_2.png) [@Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Load)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/26 "2019-08-02T19:27:38Z")
We start getting into some weird territory here. I know a guy that has been skating 20 years, can push well, ollie and kickflip perfectly - and I guess he can do fs tailslides well. Nothing else, though. Literally cannot do another trick. Is he good? I wouldn’t say so. ---
**Author:** ![BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/bvs/32/394_2.png) [@BvS](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BvS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/27 "2019-08-02T19:31:53Z")
True. I guess being a ‘good’ skater and being someone who can ‘ride a skateboard’ comfortably are different things. I am not a good skateboarder. I can only do about 4 tricks consistently these days. But, I would say if someone saw me pushing down the street or around a park, they could tell I knew how to ride a skateboard ---
**Author:** ![hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hugo/32/789_2.png) [@hugo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/hugo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/28 "2019-08-02T19:36:56Z")
It’s not what you do it’s the way that you do it. See De Cuna for the bad. See Danny Brady for the good. ---
**Author:** ![sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/sk8arrog8/32/4619_2.png) [@sk8arrog8](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/sk8arrog8)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/29 "2019-08-02T19:47:12Z")
I’ve no idea what you mean 🤔 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlfFmJH5Vb/?igshid=1uof6xzktoa77](https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlfFmJH5Vb/?igshid=1uof6xzktoa77) ---
**Author:** ![Mush](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mush/32/290_2.png) [@Mush](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mush)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/30 "2019-08-02T19:52:46Z")
That’s disgusting, right down to the cow pat on top of the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![anon90826813](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@anon90826813](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anon90826813)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/31 "2019-08-02T20:42:56Z")
Preferred the illegal 50/50 frontside shoveit in the background. jk, it’s a little predictable to hate on Decunha, it’s not pretty but I can choose not to watch. ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/32 "2019-08-02T21:33:09Z")
> [@krillmonger](#): > > Back tail > Dipped back smith NO. I know tons of kids who can do these very well on ledges but don’t have solid basics. They worked on cool tricks for cool guy points but forgot the basics and, in my eyes, a good skater is someone who has solid basics and who can skate anything. ---
**Author:** ![krillmonger](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/krillmonger/32/67_2.png) [@krillmonger](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/krillmonger)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/33 "2019-08-03T05:48:41Z")
I can’t disagree with that. I love a good back tail though, you have to have some board control to do it. ---
**Author:** ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/34 "2019-08-03T11:47:21Z")
True! ---
**Author:** ![Blanco](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Blanco](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Blanco)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647/35 "2019-08-04T09:31:18Z")
A proper frontside crook. Most people can work on them for years and not get anywhere. [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/tricks-that-scream-im-a-good-skater/647.md?page=1)