Game Review: Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips
Up, down, up, down. Back and forth. The crowd goes silent…”He pulls it off, the 900!” Tony Hawk, also know as ”Birdman” has made history for being the first skater to land a 900 rotation in a competition during the X-Games in 2001.
You may also be familiar with the name Tony Hawk from his well known video game series distributed by Activison and appearing in films and television shows.
Today I would like to introduce you to an app that can make you a talented Skateboarder, Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips.
Is this your first time learning to skateboard? Not sure where to start or how to perform specific tricks like the Ollie or Kickflip? Now you can with Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips! You will be able to impress your friends and family in no time!
There are over 50 trick tips to learn for beginners and up to advanced levels. Below is a short list:
Flatground Basics:
• Frontside/Backside/Regular Ollies
• Half Cab
• Nollie 180
• Frontside/Backside Pop Shuvit
• Kickflip
LEDGE/RAIL Basics:
• Backside 50-50
• Frontside 50-50
• Backside Five-0
• Frontside Boardslide
Flatground Advanced:
• 360 Flip
• Fakie 360 Flip
• Big Spin Flip
• Hard Flip
LEDGE/RAIL Advanced:
• Frontside/Backside Smith Grind
• Frontside/Backside Bluntslide
• Frontside/Backside Noseblunt Slide
Each trick tip has been taught by Tony Hawk himself and the lessons are in still photos and videos which help you understand how to perform the tricks.
With my hands on review for the App Store app Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips and experience from skateboarding for many years, I thought it was very clear and easy to learn. I liked the option to scroll through the list of tricks and choose the specific trick you want to learn. Once you have decided, click on it and then instantly you start learning from a few simple steps.
Each step has a description that matches the photo to describe the trick better or if that is hard to understand, you will see below a few tabs to change from photos to video and more! Picture quality are amazing, loading times are fast, and the overall setup of the app is simple. So go grab your skateboard, purchase one if needed and start learning today on how to skateboard!
Tony Hawk has released many other App Store games which I would also recommend checking out if you enjoyed these trick tips.
Overall I give Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips a 4.5/5
Tony Hawk’s Trick Tips can be found in the App Store for $0.99