3 Things You Should NOT Do When Skateboarding For Beginners. When starting anything there is always a learning curve and certain do’s or do not’s that you learn along the way. That being said, skateboarding is no exception. In fact there are many that can be extremely helpful when first getting used to riding you board such as pushing mongo, scraping your tail, and not taking care of your board on a day to day basis. Tune in as Dale Decker gives us an in depth looking on some of his major DONT’S when riding your skateboard.