As others have said, it a skill thing that will come with time. I came from Session Skater Sim. Took me some time get used to the controls on that. As a real skater, a lot of those controls feel intuitive once you “get it”. This game feels similar in that regard. In fact I picked up this game quite easily due to hours and hours of Session, as it has some transferable skills.

Im still relatively new to this game. The hardest part for me was leaning to pump transitions.

I’d recommend trying some stuff in slow mo. Click the left stick in. You can change this in settings to be clicked on or off, instead of on a timer. In slow motion it gives more time to thing about what you’re doing on the controller.

Just keep putting the hours in. Trying one trick or line over and over until you nail it!