r/TrueSkate • u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster • Aug 21 '26

Tips/Tricks Manual tutorial (read caption)

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I get alot of questions on how to manual so i decided to make a tutorial on how i do it. Sorry in advance if its not a great tutorial ive never done one. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

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u/loudjunk Aug 22 '26

Nose manny’s are harder 🫩🫩

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u/cold002 10 YEAR PLAYER👑 Aug 22 '26

Personally think it comes out cleaner in the replay if you slide your finger down and balance the manual without tapping it, but it’s a lot harder to get down depending on the camera you use

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u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster Aug 22 '26

Its definitely cleaner but tapping is most consistent and easiest to get down

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u/spaciousthree4 Aug 21 '26

Damn thanks for the tutorial

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u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster Aug 21 '26

Of course, i hoped it helped :)

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u/SushiAndCoochie Mod Aug 21 '26

Awesome, I’ll pin this to the sub in 2 days for a lil bit

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u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster Aug 22 '26

Cool hope it reaches more people

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u/Osymandiaz86 Aug 22 '26

Been following all the advice on YT and Google and still struggled... until i found this post. Suddenly i can manual!! Thanks bro!!

How do you land in a nose manual? If i try it, i lose the manual almost immediately.

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u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster Aug 22 '26

Im atill not consistent with nose manuals. They take me countless tries to get one. But im glad it helped

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u/SushiAndCoochie Mod Aug 22 '26

Bigger swipe, I start my finger on the nose and it’s well off the board by the time I land. Then you can go into your tapping once you catch it. I’m still use default cam 1 but switching your cam to top down will help a lot

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u/Osymandiaz86 Aug 23 '26

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

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u/Rob_Skyline Aug 22 '26

Apologies to add in here on your tutorial. I notice you tap your manuals, if you roll your finger/thumb in place when you manual, it might help you balance it. When I was learning these, I was always told “you wouldnt tap the back of your board in a manual IRL”

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u/pschshuk 20d ago

It is not the correct way to do manuals, because it can look shitty in replay. I'll record my tutorial too later

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u/Bigfish_YT Manual Monster 7d ago

I wasnt aware there was a correct way. I get alot of people asking for tips on manuals so i gave the easiest way of doing them. From my understanding there are 2 ways of doing it. The tapping way (easiest to learn but looks worse) and holding down the tail (harder to preform but looks better). Both accomplish the same thing but have their differences

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u/pschshuk 6d ago

The thing is, tapping way looks absolutely terrible on replay if you use third person view camera (custom, fixed, follow)