1 . Skateboarding is fantastic. Before you can do amazing tricks (技巧) in the air, though, you need to learn the basics of skateboarding.     1    .

● Know basic movements.

The first movement is to find your stance (站立姿势). Most skateboarders put their left foot towards the front of the board and use their right foot to push themselves.     2    , if you’re left-handed. Make sure your foot isn’t all the way at the front of the board, or it will tip (倾倒) forward.

● Push off the ground

    3    . First, put most of your weight over your front foot so that you can balance as your back foot pushes. Then, balance on the board as it’s moving. It takes time, so make sure you’re comfortable balancing before you move on! Next, once you get used to balancing with your weight over your front foot, you can practice shifting your weight to another while you’re on the moving skateboard.

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You use your back foot to stop, just like you use it to push. Let the bottom of your back foot drag along the ground to slowly bring you to a stop. Move slowly to judge how much force you need to put on your back foot to brake.

● Get off the board

Once the board slows down, change your weight to your back foot. With the weight, your back foot will soon take hold of the ground. When it completely stops,     5    . Ta-da! You have taken your first ride on a skateboard!