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360 flips... Seem to have this weird mental block that always stops me from flicking with my front foot, always end up doing terrible 3shuvs when I try.
You don’t flick a tre flip. It’s a pressure trick. You scoop while the board has tension built up lean back and scoop. Scissor kick and it will hit your foot.
Every tre flip issue is about scoop or the building up of pressure to get it to flip.
When I 3 shuv I have my toes on the tail more and my front foot flat so it doesn’t flip. Maybe you need to hang your toes off the tail more
This is absolutely the worst advice ever. All flip tricks should be properly flicked (out and up regardless of trick). If it’s not flicked it’s a pressure flip = shit. Look at any good tre flippers (Nate Jones, Kalis , Jason Lee...) they all flick. The flick on tre isn’t as pronounced as kickflips but you definitely should flick your tres.
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I don't think he means it in a literal sense, he even says to scissor kick, you obviously have to flick it to some extent. The flick is extremely minimal, but many people that struggle with tres flick far more than they should. Or it doesn't flip all the way, but not because they're flicking too little, but because the way they pop/scoop/lean isn't correct and makes it harder for their flick to interact with the rest of the motion.
It's definitely true that the way you distribute weight over your board and the way your trucks lean affects the way you tre flip. I flick my tres very minimally, but I set up in a certain way help build the pressure that results board moving in a way that allows the minimal flick to be sufficient. There's a lot of trial and error in this, so this may or may not work for everyone, but I put my front foot in the middle of the board and hang a good amount of heel off, back foot in standard position, and for me it helps a lot to make sure the trucks are leaning a little on the heel side, and I pop/scoop not backwards, but left (I'm regular) in the direction of where my front foot is, almost like I'm trying to push the board in the direction that I'm rolling, popping/scooping this way has always made my tre flips feel much more efficient and contained. Your mileage may vary, but hope this helps someone.
edit: if anybody has tips on how to do nollie bs noseslides rolling parallel do the ledge i would greatly appreciate the intel, i can do them fine, hold the slide and pop out going at an almost 45 degree angle but it just doesn't seem like the best way.