1. Remove trucks
Remove the trucks on your skateboard with your skate tool. Make sure you put all your nuts and bolts to one side so you do not loose them.
2. Apply Heat
Use a hair dryer to melt the grip tape adhesive, by holding the dryer over the grip tape until warm. This allows the tape to removed in a big piece. Start at the edge of the nose or tail of the board and heat up until you can fit a blade in between the deck and grip tape.
3. Time to Peel
To remove the grip tape use a wide flat razor blade so that you can get underneath the grip tape. Be careful about the angle you have the blade so you don't damage your board. Cut the edges while heating up the grip tape. Do not force the blade as it might rip the tape, keep the heat on it to remove the tape.
4. Keep Peeling
Once the edges of the grip tape have been peeled off heat up the rest of the grip tape to make all of the adhesive loose. Once loose use your hand to remove the grip tape slowly. Apply heat whenever needed.
5. Tidy Up
Take your razor blade and gently scrape away any bits of grip tape or chunks left from the grip tape, don’t worry about any of the sticky adhesive left from the grip tape as you can just put your new grip tape over it
6. Place
Peel off the covering to the new grip tapes adhesive & hold the grip tape at the centre of each short end. Hold the tape above the deck & centre it. Find the nose and tail of the board with your middle finger while holding the grip tape so you can hold it steady stick one short end of the grip tape to the nose or tail.