Learning how to ollie is probably the most important trick all skaters have to learn. Ollying is essentially just jumping and taking your board with you, but the trick is the foundation of lots of other tricks. Without the ollie, street skating pretty much wouldn't exist and ramp skating would be a lot less fun. Ollying can be a frustrating skill to master, but once you do, other maneuvers follow easily.
Tony Hawk teaches how to Ollie