Is there any sport radder than skateboarding?

Here at Cooler HQ we’re devoted snowboarders, rollerbladers and surfers, but we all agree that there’s no cooler way to travel in a city than on a skateboard.

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The two biggest problems people face with starting to skateboard is the amount of lingo they don’t understand and the amount of hard tarmac they’re scared to hit.

While we can’t help you with the tarmac, we can give you the starter points you need to know to et out there and give it a go.

Here are the top five points you need to become a true city skater…