Nashville Outdoors

Nashville has two main skate parks for skateboarders, skaters and BMX bicyclists. The Skate Park at Wave Country is a Metro Park that is free to the public. It is located at Briley Parkway and Two Rivers Parkway in Donelson. It is all outdoors & has a good variety of ramps & two nice pools. This is a good park for the beginner, intermediate and seasoned skateboarders. Helmets are required! Elbow & knee pads are recommended. Sixth Avenue Skate Park located at 401 6th Ave. South in Nashville charges a small fee, but it's worth it. Especially if its cold or rainy outdoors. They also offer Skate Park Birthday Parties, Skate Church on Tuesdays, Skate Camp and Private Skate Board lessons. You can also rent the park for 2 hours with a 48 hour notice. This is an indoor park for Skateboarders, Inline Skaters & BMX Bicycle Riders. Northeast of Nashville you'll find the Gallatin Skate Park in Gallatin, TN. An amazing group of skaters, skateboarders and bike riders, supported by proud parents & a supportive community. Located at 285 Morrison Street, Gallatin, Tennessee 37066, Gallatin Skate Park has frequent competitions & a great web site.

Skateboarders are naturally environmentally friendly and know nothing enhances a skateboard session like Fresh Clean Air and a Litter Free Park! Skateboarders help with Conservation by teaching others to enjoy this very earth friendly sport and never sending a good skateboard to the land fill.

Ollie
With both of your feet on the board, lift up the heel of your back foot so your weight is on the ball of your foot and your toes. That part of your foot should be centered at the tip of the tail. Your front foot should be about 2/3 of the way up the board, angled slightly forward. Your toes should be near the toe edge of the board and, depending on shoe size, your heel may be hanging off of the heel edge. Smack the tail to the ground with your back foot and jump off of that back foot--getting the timing down is probably the hardest part. As you jump, your front foot slides up to your nose, pulling the board into the air. At the peak of your ollie, level out your board, then wait for the landing. Always land with your knees bent. When ollieing a gap, try not to think about clearing it; instead, think about popping a nice big ollie. The hardest part about ollieing most gaps is getting in the committed mindset. When you're in the air, spot your landing and keep those shoes on that grip tape until you roll away.
Backside 50-50
You should be comfortable with ollieing up curbs backside before having a go at the 50-50. Once you're able to control your board that way, the backside 50-50 is a cinch. And since your heels are over the ledge rather than your toes (as is the case with frontside 50-50s) you can center your weight easier and ride these things for days. Learning 50-50s on newly painted curbs is choice. Cruise up to the curb with a mellow angle, as if you were going to ollie onto the sidewalk backside. Pop your ollie and stick your back truck on the curb (try to lock your toe edge wheel up against the curb. Next, place the front truck down and get some weight on those heels so you can ride it out to the end of the paint, and turn off. Piece o' cake.