Just find a smooth empty carpark to start with really. Just to cruise around and get your skate legs. If there is gutters then you can use them once you have learnt to ollie.
Start off just skating around, getting used too pushing and feeling how the board rolls. Car park is good cos usually variations in the surface, like bumps and joins and cracks. These will throw you off when you ride over them as a beginner, but will get u used to riding.
As for starting tricks. Start with the ollie as its the base for most skate tricks. Start off on grass or carpet at home and it helps to get the feel of it at first if you hold onto something like a chair or fence. That way you have more confidence and get the motion of the legs.
Check out the trick tips on the Skate home page.
Great to see more members getting into or getting back into skating
