How to Ollie on a Tech Deck

Use your fingerboard to flip over a pencil or pen and impress everyone at the lunch table. If you keep getting better at it you can even probably find some books you can ollie onto.

Put your index finger on the logo.

Place your middle finger on the tail of the board.

Pop the board!

Do a back and forth motion a couple times to practice.

Pop the tail and keep moving forward when your board is back, right before you move forward.

Make sure your hand follows the board, land and look cool.

Try to use two fingers, but if you still can't get it, even after a night of practising then you should maybe use three fingers to start with... Trust me, it doesn't look cool, but it will help you get the hang of it a bit more.

Tips

• For very high ollies (up to 4 feet of air) try rolling back then popping and keep lifting your hand out of the way. The board will usually follow your hand. If done correctly, your ollie will be very high! NOTE: When using this method, the higher you get, the harder it becomes to land it. If it is really high, such as 4 ft, an inexpertly performed trick will cause the board to hit the ground and do a mad spin.
• Don't get discouraged if you don't get it in the first ten minutes.
• Make sure your fingers leave the Tech-Deck once you get more advanced.
• Try jumping over things like food, paper, pens etc.
• Try ollies on your upper leg (don't do this if you have skinny legs or if you can already ollie on a hard surface or you will ruin your technique)
• If you get frustrated, don't throw your board!
• When in the air, if you want to, pick up your middle finger in air so you can get a good landing and slide index finger just a little bit.
• Don't get discouraged; it takes a long time.
• It may take longer if you are left handed.
• Don't give up and don't slam your board too hard or the trucks will get very loose.
• Also, make sure that you do it somewhere where if you lose the board, you can get it back. Doing this in the lounge where there's long tables and couches all over the place isn't the best place. Outside at school, on benches right next to the gutters isn't the place of choice either.
• Have fun!

Warnings

• Don't try to do this in front of your parents. It will drive them insane!

Things You'll Need

• A Tech Deck
• Something to jump over
• A hard surface
• A lot of practice!