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Some Kids Dad Gets SkaterTrainers and Starts Popping Ollies after 20 Year Break
|ROGER HANSEN
Jeremy ordered some SkaterTrainers for the kids (so he says!).  Tired of riding a desk for the last 20 years, he is ready to thrash again.   Like some of us, he probably watched the Bones Brigade movie and said why the hell am I on the couch when I could skate some more before I die.   But,....like nearly everything else, its just not as easy as it used to be. Jeremy has made great progress in just a few days and already work up to his rolling ollie.... Read more...
Family Shred Review gives SkaterTrainers a Thumbs Up!
|ROGER HANSEN
SkaterTrainer was recently reviewed by Bug Stroope, a snowboarder, husband, and father who runs FamilyShred. We were honored that he reviewed our product and thrilled that he found it helpful for teaching his son to skate, allowing his son to skate inside in a safe way! Check out the review here: Family Shred Review While you are there, check out the rest of his site. It is great to see the cross over between snowboarding and skateboarding and to see families doing these sports together.    Read more...
Review and Demonstration of SkaterTrainers, Kevin Bailey, Owner of Knowledge Skateboards
|ROGER HANSEN
Check out this awesome review and demonstration of SkaterTrainers. Kevin Bailey is the owner of Knowledge Skateboards and an amateur sponsored Skateboarder. He gets many questions about SkaterTrainer, and did this video about SkaterTrainers and demonstrated some difficult tricks performed with SkaterTrainers. If you want to know what a very smart, extremely focused, dedicated, and very real professional skateboarder has to say about SkaterTrainers, watch this video......     Read more...
SkaterTrainer User Review from Justin, 15 Year Old Skateboarder
|ROGER HANSEN
Justin called us to say that he loves his SkaterTrainers and ask how he could help.   We asked him to make a brief video showing himself and talking about how SkaterTrainers have helped him.    We get many calls like this every day, but Justin really blew us away when he sent us this video.       ............   Read more...
How to Ollie High the Easiest Way with SkaterTrainers
|ROGER HANSEN
The fastest way to learn the Ollie is with a set of SkaterTrainers.     Here is our full tutorial on how to learn to Ollie with SkaterTrainers and then how to transition to learn to land rolling ollies and get them higher.   Read more...
Back to the Future? SkaterTrainer Review from an Older Fan
|ROGER HANSEN
SkaterTrainers, unlike Trix, are not just for kids.   If you got that reference, then you will appreciate this article. Here is a word for word email I just got from Casey!    "I just ordered a set of SkaterTrainers last week, and they arrived yesterday. I am 34 years old, 6'2", 250lbs and haven't skated in 16 years. Within an hour of opening the package and putting the SkaterTrainers on, I was able to Ollie. I was also able to Ollie switch, which was pretty shocking. Thank you so much for inventing these! I... Read more...
Common Learn to Ollie Problems, Timing of the Slide
|ROGER HANSEN
Why can't I ollie? Based on a Facebook survey of our community, the two biggest problems our group is having with their Ollie is the timing of the slide and landing the ollie.  Today's post is about timing.   A future post will address the landing.A set of SkaterTrainers is guaranteed to help you work on your tricks, and learn the steps just like what is described here.   SkaterTrainers help you work out timing issues without falling.  When you're learning how to ollie, SkaterTrainers help you work out commitment... Read more...
Noob, Are You Ready to Learn to Ollie on your Skateboard?
|ROGER HANSEN
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... Read more...
Beginner Skateboarder Jon (9 yo) Tries SkaterTrainers to Learn Tricks
|ROGER HANSEN
Jon is a young beginner skateboarder at 9 years old.   Jon wanted to try out the SkaterTrainers like the other young skateboarders, so we got some footage.   He was working on his manual and several boneless attempts.   I know for a fact that he would have fallen in a few of these attempts, and even did a few times.   But, the skateboard never rolled out or slipped out from under him, so he was in control the entire time.   He plans to continue to learn... Read more...
First Time User SkaterTrainer Response and Comments from Christian
|ROGER HANSEN
Here is Christian, a new skateboarder that is 13 years old.   Christian has been skating for less than a year, and already has a good Ollie that is getting better every day.   Christian was excited to get his own set of SkaterTrainers and agreed they would be a big help to him learning to ollie higher and straighter, as well as learning shove-its, kickflips, heelfips, and to improve his manuals.   This really is perfect timing for Christian to practice his skateboarding tricks with his set of SkaterTrainers.... Read more...
SkaterTrainer Step by Step Ollie Picture Sequence with Dylan
|ROGER HANSEN
I got some cool pictures of Dylan landing an Ollie with his SkaterTrainers installed. These pictures demonstrate the timing, how to ollie step by step, and how Skater Trainers can help you ollie higher! It’s pretty simple, but the timing takes a lot of practice and effort to get down. The steps are basically Pop, Jump, Slide, and Land…but when you are just starting you know it is not that easy to get your Ollie.   SkaterTrainers can help you learn to Ollie anywhere and keep you from falling as much... Read more...
SkaterTrainer Ollie, Heelflip, Pop Shove-It Demo from Dylan
|ROGER HANSEN
Here is some footage of Dylan demonstrating how to Ollie and How to heelflip with his SkaterTrainers at the Skatepark and talking about his thoughts on SkaterTrainers.  Dylan is a very solid vert, pool, and street skateboarder.  He really has fun trying new and bigger things with his SkaterTrainers.   Dylan is well past being a beginner skateboarder but is still learning every day. The first evening spent shooting videos, he thought of several new and fun ways to use the Skatertrainers, including ollie up onto ledges and off of... Read more...