How to Ollie Over Shelves, Boxes, and Rails

Cornices. She finds a ledge you can ollie on. Get some speed up and approach the ledge head-on and at a slight angle. Once you’re next to him, get out your ollie and bring your rear trucks to the top of the ledge than your front truck. You have jumped onto a ledge.

Boxes. Ollieing in the boxes is all about timing. Find a box that you can ollie on. Then approach at a comfortable speed. When you’re about a foot and a half in front of the box, ollie. If it’s a high box, be sure to keep your knees more bent. Land on the box.

Tracks. There are many different ways to grind a rail, but for now we are going to focus on a very basic grind called 50-50. Find a rail that you can ollie on. Approach the railing at a comfortable speed and at a slight angle (keep in mind that you should be facing the railing). Raise your ollie a little higher than the rail and set your rear axle on it, then your front. You got on a rail.

Conclution:

Being able to use your ollie to ollie on ledges, boxes, rails, will allow you to skate more obstacles and open up new tricks for you to learn.

My big tip:

My biggest advice would be to be 100% confident with your ollie on flat ground before attempting to ollie on objects.

Problem solving:

Question: I can’t lock my trucks on the rail.

Answer: This is a very common problem. A good way to get better at locking your trucks to the rail is to move the rail on the grass and just practice ollie and lock your trucks to the rail on the grass.

Question: I’m having trouble landing my ollies on boxes. I can get on top of them, but I just can’t land them.

Answer: Make sure to keep your knees bent rather than extended to land.