How to Kickflip.
This is probably the most requested and asked about trick of all time, everyone wants to kickflip. Well, in case you don’t know what a kickflip is, it is when you jump up in the air and your board does a barrel roll underneath you 360 degrees, and then you land back on it when it comes around. This is a fairly difficult trick to learn…it may be the one that requires the most time and effort.
You should DEFINITELY know how to ollie before even trying this one out.
First thing to think about is your foot placement on the skateboard. You want to have your back foot set up like an ollie, but your front foot should hang off a little more to the side and point up a little, towards the bolts. Having your foot pointed will make it easier to flick and make the kickflip happen.
Alright, once your feet are set up you can begin the trick. Pop the board like youre doing an ollie, and when you go to slide your front foot up like an ollie you want to kick it off to the side and flick DOWN, this will make the spin happen. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR SHOULDERS STRAIGHT DURING THE TRICK. If you turn your shoulders at all, you wont stay on top of the board during the trick and it will make it harder to land.
Once you pop the board and get the kickflip started, watch the board spin underneath you and watch for it to turn all the way over so you can know when to stomp down on it to land. You want to aim for landing both feet on top of the bolts…this is the best way to land so as not to break your board.
Like i said, this is a very difficult trick to learn, but once you do it, you can use it to learn all sorts of other related tricks such as backside flips, frontside flips, fakie flips, etc. Check out the video below for more help with this trick.
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