Jim and Ollie to Curb

I finally got to skate with Jim for a while. Jim bought a board about a month ago, and I am guessing has not skated in 20+ years. We decided to skate at a school near Jim's house. Jim did a great job just getting use to being on a board again. Jim's next goal should be "the ollie". I was thinking that since I an trying to relearn what I use to know, as well as learn new tricks, I could have a trick tip section? We'll see. I a may just start with the ollie.

Trick status report: I was able to ollie on to sidewalk and ride off other side. I was stoked. It really is amazing how hard ollie tricks can be. I had my ollie down for a day, but you can really psych yourself out easy. I would say the curb was 6" high, but landing high was hard. Where I was able to ollie over 8" boards before, and seemed to clear them by +4" or more, landing on top of the sidewalk was difficult. I would tend to land with my weight to far back. Although I was able to land this a few times, once right after the first, I definitely need practice. I really want to build a platform to keep in the truck.