Ever play skate 3 and get a feeling your good at skateboarding and then your friend calls you and tells you your a lazy asshole who should go outside more and do something with your live (this is an example). well this link below has everything you need to know to get going for beginners. like it says you should just learn how to skate your board switch if you ever wanna get good. it also says bend your knees and thats important i mean if you don't bend your knees you wont have good balance your pop won't be as good so they got a point. now i love telling you this but your gonna have to read the real thing.

http://www.wikihow.com/Skateboard