Trick hack: Go "pro" in no time

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.

What’s the secret to accelerating your learning process? It’s straightforward: use a trampoline to practice new tricks and techniques. Additionally, it’s much safer and more forgiving than hard pavements, rails, or half-pipes.

Utilizing this training method, you’ll not only prevent injuries while learning new tricks but also enhance your balance, boost your endurance, and strengthen your leg and core muscles.

Moreover, you can avoid looking inexperienced in front of friends and spectators at skate or snow parks. Learn 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, a SkatePro team rider, uses a trampoline to train his scooter skills.

“I use it for training my balance and rotations. Additionally, 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 I got better at aerial tricks,” he says.

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

“I use it to practice technical tricks because you get a little extra 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 fast recovery

Snowboarders worldwide have used trampolines as reliable training tools for quite some 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 hurting myself, making it less dangerous to learn new skills. Additionally, I use a snowboard deck from Addiction with straps to make it feel even more realistic when holding grabs during rotations,” she says and continues.

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

Ola has also used the trampoline for recovery. In the winter season of 17/18, she suffered an injury and had to undergo surgery, sidelining her for several months. To regain her fitness, she turned to the trampoline.

“Two months after my surgery, I started using it for rehabilitation exercises. I began with small steps and minor jumps, then progressed to flat rotations, and now I’m back to doing 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.