Trick hack: Become a "pro" quickly

Learning new tricks and improving your skills is essential in action sports, whether you’re skating, skiing, or riding scooters. This simple and enjoyable hack will help you progress much faster.

So what is this magical formula for rapid learning? It’s simple: use a trampoline to practice new tricks and techniques. Moreover, it’s much safer and more forgiving than hard pavement, rails, or half-pipes.

By adopting this training method, you’ll not only avoid injuries while learning new tricks, but using a trampoline also enhances your balance, boosts your endurance, and strengthens your leg and core muscles.

Additionally, you can skip the embarrassment of looking like a novice in front of friends and onlookers at the skate or snow park. Discover how some of our team riders use the trampoline as a consistent training tool and how it has transformed their progression.

Higher, faster, and wilder

Simon Jonson, one of the SkatePro team riders, uses a trampoline to train his scooter skills.

“I use it to train my balance and rotations. Moreover, it’s much easier to learn new tricks on a trampoline than on flatland or a ramp. When I started tramp scootering, I noticed my balance improved quickly, I could jump higher, and my aerial tricks got better,” he says.

Riders like the Funk Brothers have popularized Tramp Scootering among scooter riders for years. Another team rider who uses a trampoline to practice tricks is Paul Granerud.

“I use it to practice technical tricks because you get a bit more thrust compared to a normal surface. Additionally, it gives me confidence, knowing that falling on my back doesn’t hurt as much on a trampoline as it does on asphalt or concrete,” he says.

Fast progression and speedy recovery

Snowboarders worldwide have been using trampolines as a reliable training tool for a long time, including our rider Ola Koskiniotis from Poland.

“It allows me to do all the tricks I want: jumps, flat rotations, flips, and take-offs. I can try risky tricks without injuring myself, making it less dangerous to learn new things. Moreover, I use a snowboard deck from Addiction with straps to make it feel more realistic when I hold grabs during rotations,” she says and continues.

“Every trick I learned on the trampoline is much faster to master on the slopes. I feel more comfortable in the air when I’ve practiced on the trampoline first. The great thing is that the hangtime is the same, so I know exactly what to do on the mountain,” says Ola.

But she hasn’t only used the trampoline to learn new tricks. In the middle of the winter season 17/18, Ola suffered an injury and had to undergo surgery, sidelining her for several months. When it was time to get back in shape, she turned to the trampoline.

“Two months after my surgery, I started using it for rehabilitation exercises. I began with baby steps and small jumps, then moved on to minor flat rotations, and now I’m able to do everything I could before the injury,” she says.

How are you using your trampoline to become a better skater, scooter rider, skier, or snowboarder? Show us by using the hashtag #skatepro on Instagram.