Push: The Beginner's Book of Skateboarding

It starts with a push. This is the complete beginner's book of skateboarding from Carve My Waves™ — surfing's rebellious child that took over the streets. The world, the gear, the language, the law of the skatepark, and the full step-by-step road from your first push to your first kickflip — including the ollie and the kickflip broken down until they make sense.

Inside:

• The World — from 1950s California to the Z-Boys' empty pools, Alan Gelfand's 1978 ollie, Rodney Mullen's 1982 kickflip, and the Olympic stage
• The Gear — deck, trucks, wheels, and bearings in plain words; choosing your first setup; helmets and pads; care basics — plus Start With Nothing: how to begin with no board and no budget
• The Language — 30+ real terms: switch, fakie, nollie, bolts, lines, spots — defined warm and clean
• Etiquette, Rules & Regulations — skatepark rotation, why you never snake a run, calling your drop, street-spot respect, sharing public space
• First Sessions — stance, pushing, stopping, tic-tac, kick turns, and learning to fall before you learn to fly — including Train Before You Own: carpet drills for the ollie motion before a board is yours
• The Moves — stance, pushing, tic-tac, kick turn, THE OLLIE step-by-step, THE KICKFLIP step-by-step, and the pop shove-it — each with setup, body position, steps, common mistakes, and drills
• Events & The Scene — Street League, X Games, the Olympics, Tampa Am, Go Skateboarding Day, shop jams
• The Journey — a progression map from first month to first year, plus a 7-day practice log

Digital PDF download. Carve My Waves™ — push once, and the whole city opens.