SkaterTrainers have been getting great feedback from skaters and experts.  Our users swear by them and we recently received a great review from Steve Cave.   Steve runs the About.com/Skateboarding page and is an authority on learning how to skateboard and skateboard equiement.    Google “How to Ollie” or “How to Skateboard” or “Skateboard Tricks” and many many others, and Steve appears on the first page of results.    Anyway, here is what recognized authority Steve Cave had to Say about SkaterTrainers:
 
“I don't get why no one thought of them before now! They're brilliant, easy to use, and every new skater should get a pair!

“When learning tricks, especially as a new skater, it's miserable to try to learn things like how to ollie, when the board can (and probably will) shoot out from under you. Then you bust up your wrist, and have to spend two months healing before you can get back to it (I'm speaking from experience!).”..............

Learning to skateboard takes dedication.   If you want to learn fast, it helps if you have an order and a strategy.   Many new skateboarders try to learn to Ollie or learn to kickflip before they are ready.  They will try to Ollie before they can effectively push their skateboard or even do a kick turn.   This often leads to frustration and even giving up.   So, for you parents and Noobs out there, here is an outline of some of the very first things you should learn to do on a skateboard.

The following list is a rough order of how you should be progressing as a beginner skateboarder............