What makes pro skateboarding tricks different from amateur skateboarding tricks?

What makes pro skateboarding tricks different from amateur skateboarding tricks?

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The technical aspect of it and also the, more than anything, the amplitude. And the style, like the confidence that a pro skater has. Like, where an amateur skater will maybe go a little sketchy but pull like something pretty hard, like a difficult trick but maybe go three feet out and not make it look easy. A pro skater will go eight feet out and make it look totally solid and make it look just, like, effortless.