Abstract: A skateboard apparatus is adapted to be held against the riders feet when the rider is performing maneuvers on the skateboard. The skateboard has an elongated platform having a pair of wheel trucks thereof. A flexible cord is attached through a center aperture in the platform to the bottom of the platform and has a handle attached to the end extending through the platform, so that a rider can pull on the handle to hold the skateboard against his feet when performing maneuvers. A spring loaded reel may be attached to the platform underside between the skateboard wheel trucks. The platform aperture may include a self-lubricating grommet for the cord to pass through.