Top Kick Scooter Riding Tips For Beginners.

 

Introduction:

Hello Riders! As a beginner, you may find riding a kick or electric scooter unusual. I have shared a few essential kick scooter riding tips in this article. When I started my kick scooter journey in my childhood, I used to get a lot of hurdles while riding, paddling, and stopping my scooter.  But, everything fell into place with time. I practiced a lot to become a professional rider. I believe everything gets perfect with practice, time, and consistency.

These kick scooter riding tips will help beginners, children, etc., for an easy and smooth start. Let’s gear up and charge ourselves to dive into the journey of riding your scooter! We will cover all necessary attributes from checking safety to kicking off the scooter properly. Happy reading!

 

Kick Scooter Riding Tips For Beginners:

Wear Proper Kick Scooter Riding gear:

Riding a scooter is the same as riding a bicycle. Well, this is the most important parameter when you explore kick scooter riding tips. Always wear a helmet to avoid head injury. A good-quality helmet protects you during an event of accident. Wear comfortable hand gloves and knee pads to prevent scratches or bruises on falling. 

Wear firm shoes that help to peddle smoothly without any extra weight and resistance to the legs.  If you have an electric scooter, check if it is switched on and fully charged. Check the scooter’s brakes, wheels, handlebar, headlight, etc. In my learning days, my mom gifted me a full gear of kick scooter riding. I was so happy and wanted to try on that small-sized kneepads, helmet, and arm pads with so much excitement. 

Choose An Open Environment To Start:

If you are a beginner in riding scooters, select an open area or plot without vehicles to practice. Go slow initially and find your pace. If you are riding an electric scooter, increase acceleration slowly during practice. Get an idea about how fast that scooter goes and then move forward in riding at high speed with your comfort.

Recognize Your Master and Balance Leg:

Identify your balance/master leg and action leg. The balance leg helps to balance the scooter. Keep the balance leg on the deck. The action leg is for peddling, pushing, and stopping the scooter.  As a first-time rider, try hopping on the ground with one leg at a time and identify your balance and action legs.

Kick-off Properly:

Now, keep your balance leg on the deck and hold the handle grips of the scooter firmly. The master leg should be at the center of the deck horizontally. It should also be as close to the front of the deck as possible. Push the scooter with your action leg. Keep the action leg as close to the deck of the scooter while riding to maintain balance.

Ride Slowly and Warily:

As a new rider, you may tend to look downwards at the deck and your legs. Try to keep your eye forward on the road instead of looking at the deck. Keep pushing the action leg and peddling slowly until you achieve a comfortable speed. Try to glide the scooter at that speed without wobbling.

Achieve Gliding Posture:

As the scooter starts to glide, lift your action foot above the ground and tiptoe it near the master foot on the deck. Maintain your gliding tempo as the scooter starts to roll. Your action foot must be in a relaxed state on the deck. The gliding posture helps to balance the scooter smoothly. If you feel the scooter is slowing down, then gently move your action leg toward the ground for next the push. 

 

Turn the Scooter:

At the turns on the road, slowly push the brakes, turn the handle delicately, and turn your scooter accordingly. Bend or stretch your master leg to maintain balance at turns. Maintain your body posture to prevent any falling at turns. Eventually, you will get an idea about gliding and turning with practice.

 

Conclusion:

These kick scooter riding tips may vary slightly from person to person or according to their scooter type. Remember each step, experiment with these tips practically on your scooter, and enjoy your riding with safety! I hope this guide on kick-scooter riding tips may have given you insightful takeaways. To know about kick scooters, kindly glance through our blogs! In my two cents, I would say trust your intent and ride confidently!

FAQs:

• Is it necessary to wear gloves while riding kick scooters?

Hand gloves provide firm grasping of the handle. They also protect our hands from bruises in case of falling in an accident. Continuous handling of the grips of a scooter causes sweating in the fingers and palms. Gloves are designed to have a special material that absorbs sweat to our hands dry.

• Is it necessary to have a headlight on my scooter?

It’s always better to be safe. Headlight provides help to see the road at the time of night and evening. If you are frequently using your kick scooter after sunset, then you must use a headlight on your scooter. The beaming headlight of the scooter will also help the people coming from the front to know that a scooter is coming.

• Is adult supervision necessary when a child is riding a scooter?

If the child is a beginner and does not know about riding scooters, adults must supervise and guide their child for proper learning. Your child may fall or ride his scooter fast in the beginning. Your supervision will help the child learn to control the speed, balance, maintain posture, proper use of the accelerator and brakes in an electric scooter, etc.