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How To: Skateboard the basics
Skateboarding is a fun and challenging recreational activity and competitive sport. Get started skateboarding with the skills, techniques, tips and tricks in this free series of skateboarding video lessons for beginners.
How To: Maintain and repair a skateboard
Get tips on picking out and buying a skateboard, maintaining it so that it stays in good shape, and repairing any problems that might occur, with the tips and advice in this free series of skateboard maintenance and repair video guides.
How To: Play roller derby
Learn how to play roller derby with this free video series. Skate, block, slide, whip and push your way to roller derby success.
How To: Begin paddle surfing
Get beginner paddle surfing tips for standing up on a paddleboard, paddling a paddleboard, and repairing a paddleboard in this free video series.
How To: Tie a hitch knot
Get free knot tying instructions for tying various types of hitches, including the half hitch, clove hitch, timber hitch, and bunt hitch in this free video series of knot tying directions.
How To: Tie knots and coil climbing rope
Learn how to tie climbing knots and how to care for climbing ropes in this free mountaineering video.
How To: Repair a surfboard
If you have a ding or broken surfboard, learn how to repair it yourself with this free surfing video about sanding, laminating, and polishing surfboards.
How To: Do a blunt fakie skateboarding trick
A blunt fakie is a somewhat difficult skateboarding trick. Learn how to do a blunt fakie skateboarding trick in this free extreme sports video from a sponsored skateboarder.
How To: Do a 360 frontside pop shove-it skateboarding trick
A 360 frontside pop shove-it starts like an ollie and gets higher than a regular pop shove-it. Learn how to perform this trick from a skateboarding professional in this free skateboarding video series.
How To: Do a switch pivot grind on a skateboard
The switch pivot is a skateboard trick that gets your whole body above the coping. Learn how to perform a switch pivot from a skateboarding professional in this free skateboarding video series.
How To: Do a fakie disaster skateboarding trick
The fakie disaster gets its name from when it's done wrong, it turns into a big mistake. Learn how to perform a fakie disaster from a skateboarding professional in this free skateboarding video series.
How To: Do kickflip varials skateboarding tricks
Do a kickflip varial and similar skateboarding tricks with professional instructions. Learn how to do a kickflip varial and how the trick works with free video tips from a sponsored skateboarder.
How To: Do a nose manual skateboarding trick
A nose manual or nose wheelie is done by balancing on the front wheels of a skateboard. Learn how to do a nose manual in this free skateboarding video series.
How To: Smith grind on a skateboard
Skateboarding tricks are what make skateboarding truly enjoyable and the Smith Grind is a great skateboarding trick. Learn how to do the Smith Grind in this free video series of skateboarding trick tips and instructions.
How To: Begin kiteboarding
Kiteboarding is a water sport in which a small kite pulls you through the water on a surfboard-like board. Get expert tips and advice on kitesurfing equipment and lessons in this free video.
How To: Snowboard
Snowboarding is an exhilarating sport, but it takes snowboard lessons and a lot of practice to learn how to snowboard. Get free snowboard lessons online in this free video series.
How To: Do a BMX back flip
Are you a thrill seeker? Here is a step by step guide on how to do a back flip on a BMX bike. Tell the nurse we say hello!
How To: Do a BMX nose pick
Learn how to do a BMX with expert tips and advice on bike tricks in this free video series. Part 1 of 4 - How to Do a BMX nose pick.
How To: Do a BMX hang 5
Learn how to do a BMX with expert tips and advice on bike tricks in this free video series. Part 1 of 7 - How to Do a BMX hang 5.
How To: Do a BMX fakie on a freecoaster
Learn how to do a BMX with expert tips and advice on bike tricks in this free video series. Part 1 of 6 - How to Do a BMX fakie on a freecoaster.
How To: Do a BMX toothpick
Learn how to do a BMX with expert tips and advice on bike tricks in this free video series. Part 1 of 8 - How to Do a BMX toothpick.
How To: Use your knot tying skills
Use knot tying skills to anchor loads, in rescue situations, and for lashing. Learn how to tie knots and what they're used for in this free outdoor skills video series from an Eagle Scout.
How To: Tie various knots
Knot tying is useful for a number of practical applications. Learn about tying knots in this free instructional video from an Eagle Scout.
How To: Handle a shotgun safely
Any gun that you have in your hands, you want to assume that it's loaded and never point it at anything that you don't intend to shoot. Learn about shotgun safety in this free hunting video. Handle a shotgun safely - Part 1 of 14.
How To: Hunt and camp in sub-zero temperatures
Hunting or camping in low temperatures can be dangerous and strategies for clothes and gear are important. Learn how to hunt and camp in sub zero temperatures in this free camping video with a professional huntsman.
How To: Hunt deer
Learn how to hunt deer with expert tips and advice on hunting stands, rifles, cleaning a deer, safety, stalking, and more in this free video series.
How To: Understand snowboard specs and mount styles
Snowboarders have many different mounting styles and board specs to consider. Learn how to choose and mount the right snowboard board for the correct riding style in this free extreme sports video on snowboarding.
How To: Do a 50/50 box and handrail grinds on a snowboard
Snowboarding is not just about going down a mountain. Learn how to perform 50/50 box and handrail grinds with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sports video series on snowboarding.
How To: Do an advanced water skiing trick
After water skiers get the basics down, it's time to move onto trick water skiing. Practice advanced trick water skiing with tips from a trick water skier in this free video series on water skiing.
How To: Do a lip slide skateboarding trick
Impress people with a lip slide skateboard trick. Learn how to do a lip slide and its many variations not from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video series.
How To: Do ledge skateboarding tricks
Skaters use various obstacles such as ledges for performing tricks. Get skateboarding trick tips for using ledges for skating tricks in this free video series.
How To: Lawn bowl
Lawn bowling is a game of rolling asymmetric balls down a field to hit a smaller ball, called a jack. Learn the art of lawn bowling with this free video series.
How To: Half-cab 180 ollie skateboarding trick
The Ollie is the basis for many skateboarding tricks such as the half-cab 180 Ollie. Learn how to do a half-cab 180 Ollie on a skateboard in this free video series on skateboarding trick tips.
How To: Adaptive rock climb
Learn about adaptive rock climbing for paraplegic rock climbers, rock climbers with autism, and young rock climbers in this free video on adaptive rock climbing.
How To: Do training drills for paintball
Get an edge on your paintball opponents. Learn how to become a better paintball player in this free paintball lesson from a paintball expert.
How To: Use protective paintball gear
Protect yourself in paintball games. Learn how to select paintball gear in this free paintball lesson from an expert paintball player.
How To: Train a horse for equestrian speed events
Equestrian events have been a part of the Olympic games since 1900. Learn how to train a horse for various equestrain speed events with tips from an expert horse trainer in this free equestrian video series.
How To: Perform several throws and tricks in freestyle frisbee
Freestyle Frisbee is sport and performing art in which athletes utilize several different flying disc throwing maneuvers using a Frisbee. Learn to perform several throws and tricks in freestyle Frisbee from a freestyle Frisbee champion in this free video series.
How To: Do front side pop shove-it skateboard trick
Impress your friend by doing a pop shove-it on a skateboard. Learn how to do this trick and its variations from a skateboarding professional in the free extreme sport video series
How To: Catch & release a fish when ice fishing
Catch fish out of a hole in the ice with these basic techniques. Learn insider tips for setting up your line, land fish and returning them to the water in this ice fishing lesson from an experienced fisherman.