How to skate over flow

"Flow" refers to the sloping curves at a skate park. Skateboarding over flow and up and down slopes and ramps is a quite tricky at first. The first important rule to remember is to always keep the majority of your weight on your front foot. This means that when you are riding over a big bump, down a hill, down your driveway at home, or perhaps through a skatepark, you must remember to keep your weight focused on that front foot. That does not mean to tense it all up, you also need to relax it too.

The secret to this is that when you ride up a ramp or slope, you must pause, and then continue to ride back down fakie (backwards), with your front foot recently switched. Remember that your front foot is not always your right or left foot, in fact it is the foot that is facing the direction you are going in. Also when riding up a ramp or hill and coming down fakie, you will want to transfer all of your weight from one foot to the other right at the top.

It might take some practice but you will get there eventually.

The second key is to remember to always bend those knees. Keep your knees bent, and as loose as you possibly can. This will in return help your body to sufficiently absorb the shock and impact of bumps and changes. As a huge rule in skateboarding, the more relaxed and bent your knees are, the better you will most defiantley skate. Another thing is not to hunch your shoulders too much, either. Try and keep your shoulders back a little bit more and relax. If you hunch a little, that's ok. Just remember to be realxed.