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I’m learning kickflips. I thought it would be a breeze, watched a lizard king interview where he said he learned them in 2 days so my idiot brain thought I could too. It’s now been 2 months and I haven’t practiced all that much but I’m slowly getting closer to landing them, just need that fucking front foot to get back on, it’s driving me mad.
Been boosting my backside 180’s too, my goal is to do one over a bench by the end of summer (one can only dream...)
Well Lizard brains operate differently from human brains, numerous studies have shown.
Working up the nerve to BS 50-50 a flatbar at the park. I recently go BS Feebles back on them, trying to think about it the same way, but getting my front truck up and parallel. Ended up with scraped palm.
You reckon feebles are easier than 5050s? I've never tried them
50s are def easier than 50-50 in my opinion
The rail at my local is fairly tall, just below knee, and very short, just over 6ft. Need to get out of my head and just pop.
"All you had to do, was to pop the damn tail, rocklobster!"
Any advice for feebles on rails? I just recently did my first round rail bs 50-50's but on a much shorter height rail than yours
BS 50-50s are way more intimidating IMO, but I'll try my best to explain Feebles.
For a start you can roll up fairly slowly to the rail and visualize them like you're landing a crooked board slide, just practice getting into that position for a start. You can already get your front truck up on the rail for BS 50-50s so getting them a little over the rail should be a problem. When you're ready, start rolling a little faster with a slight angle to the rail, you can start around 30 but reducing the angle makes getting the back truck locked in easier down the road.
Like any trick it's about committing so start off with a solid pop. Front foot drags up to rocket the board slightly so you can can over the rail, that's the first part and hence the mention of a crooked board slide. As you ollie up your body and board should up and at a slight angle above the rail. The latter half of the trick is all back foot, remember to get that solid pop and bring it up slightly, sliding it onto the rail. I was struggling with this for a while, always landing in a crooked board slide, that was until I focused on the pop and sucking the back foot up and onto the rail. Shoulders should be pretty parallel with the rail.
Weight should be 85% on the back, 15% on the front.
In terms of exit I don't have much advice, since I go fast and let speed flop me off the edge of the rail. Too much weight on the back during exit has caused the board to flip after coming off the rail and landing primo sucks balls.
If you already have boardslides and 50-50s doing Feebles are a natural progression and easier than BS 50-50 since you need to get both trucks up and on the rail.
On a lower rail it's really important to control the height of your drag and ollie, while not neglecting your back foot since that does the hard work while grinding.
A friend of mind can do them while stationary next to the rail which he swears helped him develop a good pinch, doesn't make sense to me at all.
Makes me wonder if doing FS Feebles borrows the same logic.
I wanted to try BS 50-50s on the rail today but I've been pretty beat up from 3 days in a row.
Pop - front foot drags up and over - back foot slots the back truck into position