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How To Do a Kickflip

Before trying anything below, you should get your pads on.

Before trying anything below, you should get your pads on. Hitting your head without a helmet on is no fun. Always wear your pads, and your helmet.

I must also say this disclaimer before I continue: It’s not my fault if you get hurt while skating! You know the risks, and you should protect yourself from them by being cautious and using your safety equipment.

Now that the legal mumbo jumbo is through, you’re ready to try doing a kickflip. If you haven’t already figured it out, you’ll need to be able to ollie before doing a kickflip.

You may not know how to ollie. This isn’t a tutorial for that, but it’s pretty simple. Learn from a friend or find a tutorial on the web. You won’t be able to kickflip without first being able to ollie.

You are finally ready to start kickflipping! Get on your board, and ollie once or twice to get ready for the kickflip. When you’re feeling it, place your front foot near the middle of the deck, and let your heel hang off a couple of inches. Your back foot goes on the tail of the deck.

You should be feeling pretty good right now. This footing is the best (in my opinion) for performing a kickflip. Having your heel hang off should give you the ability to spin the deck with some good speed.

Ollie, and then flick your foot to the right or left, depending on your stance on the board. If you’re goofy, flick your foot to the right. If you’re regular, flick your foot to the left.

While you’re in the air, your board should do one spin underneath you and then hit the ground on all four wheels. Of course, it won’t work out this way at first.

The problem with the kickflip is that since it involves so much timing and skill, the only way to teach it is to let people know the footing, and then tell them how to get the flip started. It’s impossible to teach someone to land a trick, only to teach them how to actually get it started.

Keep practicing your kickflips, and you’ll eventually land them. Remember that it’s all about timing. You’ll start getting better and better, and then eventually start landing kickflips.

It’s important to always remember to put on your safety equipment, and also to not get too frustrated. Nobody lands a trick the first time, that just doesn’t happen.

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Lazar Rodriguez has been a skateboarder for a very long time. He enjoys longboarding, trickboarding, and everything in between. If you’re looking for an online skateboard shop after reading this article, please check out http://www.the-skateboard-shop.com/

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How To Do a Kickflip