Bigger Tricks

If you have learned how to pop shove it, ollie, and 180 it's time for you to learn a new trick that will either make you or break you. The kick flip. This is one of the harder tricks to learn as a beginner. It's also one of the hardest tricks to teach because everyone does it differently. I spent a decent amount of time to learn this trick it took me probably half the summer. This trick is something you cannot teach yourself. You need someone to help you for foot positions and everything.

Alright let’s get right into this trick. If you are serious about trying to learn it then you have to practice. Today you need to grab your board and try it. Kick it a few times so you have a little bit of speed like only moving for a little bit. The you put your feet back in ollie position. You take your front foot and slide it back a little bit so your heel is hanging off, so you have your back foot in the ollie position and you need to put your front foot a little bit off the board and pop as hard as you can. After you pop it flick your foot off your board where your board is towards the left. Then jump. The board will slowly flip around doing a kick flip. Then all you have to do is slam your feet down and roll away.

Some common errors are: turning your body when you flick your foot off which will cause you to be nowhere near landing right, and you could land sideways. Another error is not landing it. If you're scared to land it you have something called scared foot. or "P foot" for short. The only way to land this is if you pull your front foot in and not be scared. That's the only way you can land this trick.