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Giving impossibles a break and moving on to hardflips. As a 90s kid, I will be doing them muska style.
i really want to learn hardflips but its one of those tricks i just don't get, no matter how much youtube i watch... need to be shown them in person really.
I'll do a clinic when I land my first one.
Had never even gotten close to one, my fs flips are pretty bad too. Played a fifteen year old in a game of skate, he got me to T after a few blunders on my end, then did a hardflip on me.
Got hit with an fiery eruption of willpower to not lose to a teenager and somehow landed one. Spent a little time playing with it after and now a week later I've been able to do it against my friends in skate.
I think when I just pop and flick minimally like many people say, it goes wayyyy too vertical and I don't know how to jump or stay over it. Seems like its just a pressure ish pop and land for natural hardflippers.
What helped me was to actually try scoop forward like a front shuv (perhaps even more scoop less pop than a front shuv), and flick kind of aggressively backwards and make sure you get your front foot out of the way so the board goes between your legs as horizontally as possible. When I say flick aggressively backwards, I mean way off the side of the board instead of off the nose where you'd do a kickflip since the nose will be rotating towards that direction anyway.
Though I suggest aiming to do a slightly more horizontal one, realistically speaking it will probably still be pretty vertical, just not straight up and down like the ones where you start to question whether it was a hardflip or just a weird backside pop shove it.
I also find my body sometimes has to turn backside a little bit to catch it as it doesn't always rotate the full 180, usually a lil less. You also gotta jump quite high after you scoop and flick.
I found it a bit easier to form a proper one with my back foot almost like a tre (with less toe hanging off but definitely on that side of the board). If your foot is on that side and you scoop forward like a front shuv, it will tilt the board, making it a bit easier to flick off of so you dont miss the flick. A lot of people do it with their foot in the other pocket like a normal front shuv though so try both, or something in between which also works for me now.
Your mileage may vary, people who have actually this trick good have told me wildly different things so idk if my approach will work for everyone. You really gotta jump super high for it though, not a low effort trick for me.