I was blessed with boosted ollie power, maybe because flip tricks didn't exist except in freestyle at that point in my skating or (and probably the real culprit: california hydrants are SMALL and all the vids had ollies over them, so for us on the east coast, especially long island, we had big ass thigh high hydrants)...
..anyway, indy ollies I need to do the ollie motion more pronounced: snap, slide, lift the back leg, etc., I really have to think about the timing, proper distance and speed, etc., but with forged ventures (specifically on 8.5 DLX boards 14.25"wb) it's just a CRACK and I'm up, it's a crazy fast pop (with Thunders close behind).