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Skateboarding => Skate Questions => Topic started by: OldCandy on March 16, 2021, 04:03:23 PM
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1 inch = 2.5cm
i use the board as a measuring stick to gauge wether or not i can make the jump - im currently at around 15 inches which fucking sucks.
Aside from practice and legwork what are some mullen type insights you can share to loft effortless 30inch boned ollies
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1 inch = 2.5cm
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My highest ever was about 98cm / 38". I can't believe that was 13 years ago. I was 17, lighter and lankier then, so even though my ollie wasn't always pretty, I could throw my legs over some crazy shit if I tried enough times. I later found out that I unknowingly broke the Norwegian national record. Might still be the record to this day.
Nowadays, I can probably pull my old ass up to about 85cm / 33", and my ollie is definitely nicer looking now. Also, no one can ollie properly here in Japan where I live now, so I feel comparatively springier than ever.
Got a hernia surgery coming up on Friday though, so my days of stacking traffic cones may be in jeopardy.
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Off flat, probably around 30" in my prime. A board length on a really good day. Now, anything over knee high (21") feels pretty fucking good. I never had finesse or smooth style so I couldn't really bone them. Just had strong legs and could jump high. It was more about timing for me.
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Everything starts with your POP (and your 1st board movement, but for ollie there is no movement- other than Up, I guess). Fail there and everything else will be off/dead.
Focus on getting that hammer POP and jumping as high as you want the board to get.
Then focus on sucking your feet up and away from the board as high as you get get them while scraping your front foot toward the nose/front bolts to level it out at the highest peak you can reach.
The board follows you, not the other way around (unless your catching it, in which case you're well past learning how to ollie higher than 15"...).
Cannot emphasize pop enough. It all starts there.
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Highest things I ever ollied were tennis nets and I guess those are about 3 feet high or .91metres. I ollied over a mountain bike some crackhead left in the foundation spot once too. Tennis nets were the shit I got hyped on though. I also ollied up a few 5 sets and that was cool as shit because I never did well ollieing down sets. Ollieing over things is different, for some reason, than ollieing up things. I guess it is because when going up onto something there is less time/space to fuck up or get hung up. All the focus is on getting up as opposed to both up and over.
When I was a kid this OG told me that you can ollie on flat as high as you can jump and I took it from there. pop down with that back foot, suck those knees up and slide the front foot forward to level out. I definitely busted my chin with my knees a couple times when trying to get really high.
Now, shit, today, I was hella stoked to switch ollie up a curb. Maybe by the summer when im healed up I'll be able to ollie up a 3 or something like that.
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holy fuck
for the record the highest ollie right now is around 45ish inches (principle of diminishing returns?)
how many years of skating did it take you to achieve that ollie height or everyone on slap 6ft++ (sure seems like it based on gear threads)
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I can still make it on to the stage at the Courthouse, which is cool.
I think the tallest thing I ever ollied over was three DLX boxes stacked on top of each other. One stacked the shortest way it can be stacked and two stacked the second shortest way that the three dimensional boxes can be stacked.
I also ollied over a bottle water, a pack of smokes, and a lighter all stacked on top of each other when skating in Riga. I was pretty surprised when I made it over with knocking the whole thing over.
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About 1ft if i'm ollieing up something, maybe 9-10" if over something... i'm not as spry as I once was.
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I for sure can ollie 2ft. Probably not much more than that though. Re: old ass legs :(
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2' here as well.. no more tennis nets at 44
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Everyone can ollie as high as they can do a standing jump off their back foot with feet tied together one board length apart. It's just a matter of timing.
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Can you post a demonstration video?
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How bigs ya kicker
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https://i.imgur.com/XkDVPAs.gifv
I obsessed with the Ollie as high as you can jump this summer. I set this up and never Ollied over it. And trust me it wasn't through lack of trying. This "experiment" was done on the clock btw haha
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Seeing my friend ollie a tipped over trash can inspired me to work on my ollies in 2021. I've always had bad form with them, popping way too hard and not dragging straight or enough to get a levelled ollie, let alone a boned out one. Max I would do was 5 decks which is abysmal for how long I've skated.
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About 3 feet frontside, not that I can go much higher regular. I'm almost 6'3 for the record.
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Can you post a demonstration video?
im down to try that... if you want
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How bigs ya kicker
like tail? truck height? steepness? wheelbase? footsize? shoe?
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dont know why everyone is so upset with their seeming lack of ollie height - the world record is 45 inches and most of you guys are a like a cocks length away from it..
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If I remember it correctly the biggest ollie i did when i was young (in the late 90’s) was up a 5 stair.
These days, after a big break and in my mid 40’s im probably just over knee high on a good day...and managed to ollie up a 3 stair. Would love to float more but i just cant seem to do it anymore
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I find myself jumping up things in the 3 foot range pretty consistently, but when it comes to jumping over things and landing at the same height I popped from the consistency drops drastically. Just a struggle with stomping down.
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Until my mid 20's, I could ollie 7 skateboards stacked. Now? Probably half that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmYNZjyjI08
I watched this Jake Hayes vid without expecting to learn anything from it, but he mentions "curling" your back ankle at the peak to get a little more height, and I do believe keepign that in mind that has legitimately helped me. At least it's improved getting my back foot the fuck out off the way so that the board can come up further
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Was around 32” about twenty years ago now I am happy to ollie up a normal ledge. It’s also not so much the not having height it’s that my joints hurt on any landing much more than curb height
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A beer crate with kebab on top.
That's it. Thanks for listening.
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i have never tested my limits on ollies so i dont know
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On a good day, about a foot and a half. I just need to make time to skate more and get consistent.
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Two traffic cones stacked on top of eachother consistently. 3 (about knee-height iirc) after a dozen or so tries
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmYNZjyjI08
I watched this Jake Hayes vid without expecting to learn anything from it, but he mentions "curling" your back ankle at the peak to get a little more height, and I do believe keepign that in mind that has legitimately helped me. At least it's improved getting my back foot the fuck out off the way so that the board can come up further
yea, I’ve always done this. you curl that back foot, and point the nose down once you level out.
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Two traffic cones stacked on top of eachother consistently. 3 (about knee-height iirc) after a dozen or so tries
I was doing this last week and surprised myself with getting over three (over the the shorter side, with three they don't stack so level). I like using them as "training" obstacles because the stack simply falls if you clip and you don't get tossed.
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Not sure how high. High enough I guess. I can half cab higher then I can Ollie for some reason.
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I can ollie up a four stair consistently. I have a friend who can fucking switch ollie up a four stair which idek
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Started skating again recently and I ollied first try. Problem is my Ollies always sucked. I couldn’t Ollie over my own dick.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmYNZjyjI08
I watched this Jake Hayes vid without expecting to learn anything from it, but he mentions "curling" your back ankle at the peak to get a little more height, and I do believe keepign that in mind that has legitimately helped me. At least it's improved getting my back foot the fuck out off the way so that the board can come up further
Never seen this video before. He's certainly got good height and form. I've never been able to bend my back foot that way but I'm down to practice if it will add some height to my ollies.
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Ollied this lil wall today and as I watched the clip, I noticed my back foot is not staying in contact with the tail on the way up. Slowed it down with this gif to take a closer look, and yeah that thing is nowhere near the tail till it levels. I feel like when I watch good ollies, the back foot stays in touch with the tail.
Any tips on tweaks I can make? I'm getting comfy with adding height to my ollies but my form seems to be lacking. Gif below for reference.
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/XowflkUMB8BHO1QJPF/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b95238efba3e3dc83f63b6252d0ed97640b1d37d8b31&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)
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Ollied this lil wall today and as I watched the clip, I noticed my back foot is not staying in contact with the tail on the way up. Slowed it down with this gif to take a closer look, and yeah that thing is nowhere near the tail till it levels. I feel like when I watch good ollies, the back foot stays in touch with the tail.
Any tips on tweaks I can make? I'm getting comfy with adding height to my ollies but my form seems to be lacking. Gif below for reference.
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/XowflkUMB8BHO1QJPF/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b95238efba3e3dc83f63b6252d0ed97640b1d37d8b31&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g)
i love a good tail-slap
lean back, put your front foot lower and pop a bit more
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(https://media.giphy.com/media/OZdr8Qmof6q2e7R530/giphy.gif)
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Bout that high.
(https://moddriver.com/images/ollie.jpg)
Did this last month and it was the first time I cleared 5 boards since '92.
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When I was a kid I used to skate a ditch with marks in feet to gauge the water level. I would ollie next to it and try to measure it at the same time. By this measure I could ollie somewhere between 18" and 36" in 1988.
Nowadays I can ollie six manholes stacked on top of each other.
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went from 20inch ollie (when i started this post) to a 35inch ollie, summer is treating me good
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I ollied a fold-up table that was tipped on its side after like 50 tries, looked like 5-6 boards.
also, I think being tall gives an advantage as you can tuck without having to jump as high
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I actually haven’t pushed myself to my limit yet, I can probably get over a tennis net with practice but so far I can easily clear 7 boards. I wanted to try 8 but no one was willing to give a board to stack, so that sucks. I don’t really think that height is that important, to me the length and arc matters more, that’s what matters in terms of clearing big obstacles and gaps, you need a ollie that’s high and long. A large trash can is a good start I feel.
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so apparently one of those parking barriers is just 32" tall! crazy! but now that i think about it, i think that is actually where they STARTED the contest from in the reese forbes ollie challenge.
I would have thought they are taller than that. I am pretty sure I ollied up a 6 stair that was higher than that but i dont have it on film. that jersey barrier probably highest thing i have documented. crazy to think the world rec 45" !! i honestly doubt i could even jump that high on foot lmao. i feel like even 40" is probably the highest i would ever reach with training.
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so apparently one of those parking barriers is just 32" tall! crazy! but now that i think about it, i think that is actually where they STARTED the contest from in the reese forbes ollie challenge.
I would have thought they are taller than that. I am pretty sure I ollied up a 6 stair that was higher than that but i dont have it on film. that jersey barrier probably highest thing i have documented. crazy to think the world rec 45" !! i honestly doubt i could even jump that high on foot lmao. i feel like even 40" is probably the highest i would ever reach with training.
Yes.
There are some heavy claims going on in this thread….
40” looks really really high. Someone will get 4ft flat, I’m not sure how much higher folks will be able to go.
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It sounds stupid but I finally realized the importance of my kick (where the nose tilts up) to get my ollie levelled and high. When needed I can ollie high but the board rockets and my back foot never sticks, dragging blindly and stomping down harder on my rail to get more height.
Now when I try to do proper ollies I drag till the point where my nose kicks up, the concave helps catch the foot / shoe, also the point where you can lift your back foot up and push down slightly with you front to get the boned-out position.
I blame shitty trick tips videos from the 2000s for my poor performance skating.
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I’ve never had a great ollie. I like hip flexibility, so I can’t get that back foot up.
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If I ollie too much my back leg wants to fall off so stop olling a long time ago. I try one every day or two just so I feel legit. I would think I can ollie a beer can on it's side
Started to relearn my ollie by pointing my toes out to get my hip in a better position. I don't know if it is helping but it is hard to do
Used to manual the courthouse stage back in '95. I don't remember it being like mid90's. I would go on Sundays and never saw a cop
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18-24” depending on frequency of stretching that week, water intake and whether I listened to Ray Parker Jr. or Huey Lewis before the sesh.