Heelflips

[ScreamingHand]

switch heels are completely unrelated to regular ones.  it's usually the case that most people have them good switch, and an unremarkable regular one

is that a matter of fact?

[DaSk8D00D]

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switch heels are completely unrelated to regular ones.  it's usually the case that most people have them good switch, and an unremarkable regular one

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is that a matter of fact?

i aint even tryna be funny or anything but in all my years of skating ive seen this with about 90% of all white people. mugs be landin some the hardest tricks but still be gettin letters in SKATE on fakie heels n shit. i dont even understand like, you can do em perfect switch but not regular? its the same motion!

[ivegotlevitation]

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switch heels are completely unrelated to regular ones.  it's usually the case that most people have them good switch, and an unremarkable regular one

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is that a matter of fact?

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i aint even tryna be funny or anything but in all my years of skating ive seen this with about 90% of all white people. mugs be landin some the hardest tricks but still be gettin letters in SKATE on fakie heels n shit. i dont even understand like, you can do em perfect switch but not regular? its the same motion!

Its the opposite for me. I can do regular and fakie heelflips and heelflip variations just fine. I can't do nollie heelflips or switch heelflips, but I can do variations, like switch varial heel, nollie backside heel, whatever. it's fucked.

[bust.factor]

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[exlurker]

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switch heels are completely unrelated to regular ones.  it's usually the case that most people have them good switch, and an unremarkable regular one

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is that a matter of fact?

I agree with this. I don't know if most people necessarily have them better switch, but plenty of dudes do, and switch heels almost always look different than regular heels.  Something about facing forward more for regular ones (for me at least). Frontside flips also have a weird regular/switch relationship.  I've seen tons of fools with perfect sw fs flips but awful regular ones.

[AfterEight]

switch heels are completely unrelated to regular ones.  it's usually the case that most people have them good switch, and an unremarkable regular one

It's true. If you watch BATB you see someone like Shane Oneil or Prod and their regular Heel flips suck, but their switchheels are crazy like

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

there's a lot of dudes with good switch heels, but not many with good regular ones

[Probably A Robot]

Forget regular, fakie is the money heelflip!

[Human Onion]

I love a good heelflip, and I used to have a prettty good one back in the day -if it matters i'm about as white as it gets, blond hair and everything. Haha. Now I can bust them out sometimes, not very often. Don't have the proper technique anymore. I think fakie heels are easier than regular ones nowadays. I do have really crappy switch heels pretty much on lock though. LOL!

[Phil]

Jake Johnson has a sick photo of one over a bar hop in last months Transworld.

(I don't have a copy to scan)

[sufodiv]

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Pretty ridiculous.

[police state]

I am a proud heelflipper

[Tale Crab]

Rowley.

[Scribbler]

I used to dig this dude's skating. He had really good heelies:

[Strike A Pose]

I tend to lean forward and cause them to slightly turn backside when I'm riding regular.

I have a problem keeping my shoulders straight when doing them switch too. I kick downward and nosebonk the ground with them sometimes.



My nollie and fakie heels are my best.

I can fakie heel like 3 feet high, fool!

[DaSk8D00D]

ima tell yall the key right here. grip your toes (more or less) around the edge of the board and have your foot somewhere mid-board. do the ollie motion but focus on making the rear-half of your shoe roll off where you can see your wheel. you dont really have to flick it out but just make sure the board has plenty of room to pop & rotate. i like to place my back foot at somewhat of an angle on the pocket of the board but its not necessary, just make sure you have as much of your back heel hanging off as you do your front toes so the board stays parallel while flipping.  have your knees bent for how high you wanna pop & make sure your shoulders are 100% balanced & inline with the rest of your body. im high right now & dunno how much sense thats gonna make typin it out but do em like that and you'll land them perfect everytime.

EDIT: keep your back straight & centered with your shoulders as well

[Reggie Dunlop]

[ice nine]

So is there anyone who has a really nice switch and regular heelflip? There's gotta be someone.

[Archers of Chaka]

So is there anyone who has a really nice switch and regular heelflip? There's gotta be someone.

Antwuan Dixon

I can't do heelflips to save my life, switch or regular. And that goes for all variations too EXCEPT for varial heel. For some reason i can do decent varial heels but I can't do any other heelflip tricks to save my life. I can almost do front heels too but haven't actually landed a good one yet.

[sufodiv]

So is there anyone who has a really nice switch and regular heelflip? There's gotta be someone.

antwuan

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http://hellaclips.com/videos/view/16067

[Radbloke]

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So is there anyone who has a really nice switch and regular heelflip? There's gotta be someone.

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Antwuan Dixon

I can't do heelflips to save my life, switch or regular. And that goes for all variations too EXCEPT for varial heel. For some reason i can do decent varial heels but I can't do any other heelflip tricks to save my life. I can almost do front heels too but haven't actually landed a good one yet.

I'm the exact opposite. I can heelflip all day. Fakie, backside, frontside, whatever. All of them except varial heels. I've spent hours trying to get them and can barely even get them to form. Fuckin varial heels.

[ivegotlevitation]

So is there anyone who has a really nice switch and regular heelflip? There's gotta be someone.

Lindsey Robertson.

[LOU.502]

this heelflip vs switch heel debate is old as dirt, but i always loved peter ramondettas heel flip over the rail in 6 newell.

[oyolar]

Jake Johnson has a sick photo of one over a bar hop in last months Transworld.

(I don't have a copy to scan)

After his fakie heel in Mindfield, nobody should be allowed to do fakie heels anymore.

[planman]

I prefer calling then niggaflips

[Useless Wooden Bench]

This guy...



I've got no problem with Neen's heelflips. Every am on the come up is so good nowadays - every one can do every trick it seems - so you've gotta come up with some point of difference if you want to make the cut. His ninja kicks make for good photos at least, as opposed to the spread eagle three sixty flips and shove its that are all the rage for some reason.

[Gil]

I didn't check to see if anyone has mentioned it yet. But the fakie heel down the stairs Julian Davidson did in his new part was badass. Probably the best one I've seen.

[oyolar]

I didn't check to see if anyone has mentioned it yet. But the fakie heel down the stairs Julian Davidson did in his new part was badass. Probably the best one I've seen.

Nope. I've already settled this debate.

[Andrefosho]

Rowley.

Image is slightly cropped, maybe someone can dig up original version.