Trick Tips

[Tarquin]

Backside boneless on tranny?

[friendly dave]

Backside boneless on tranny?

I found when I was learning them, I was trying to extend them to far, making it really hard to get the board back under me. Basically what you want to do, is roll up like you're just going to pop up onto the deck. Then make sure to turn all the way around. It's easy to let yourself just turn 90 degrees. This wont be a problem later, but for learning you'll want to do the full 180. Then grab and think of it like you're doing a melon grab, try to keep the board more under you, as opposed to kicking out behind you for the style points. Then really all it is is hopping back on. I learned em to tail first, and that sort of fucked with me taking them straight in at first. Once you've got it up on the coping, eye your landing, jump and get that shit back under your feet.

Also, if you're having trouble getting it back under you, try grabbing different spots. I know some guys kind of nosegrab it, where as I grab backside.

[Tarquin]

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Backside boneless on tranny?

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I found when I was learning them, I was trying to extend them to far, making it really hard to get the board back under me. Basically what you want to do, is roll up like you're just going to pop up onto the deck. Then make sure to turn all the way around. It's easy to let yourself just turn 90 degrees. This wont be a problem later, but for learning you'll want to do the full 180. Then grab and think of it like you're doing a melon grab, try to keep the board more under you, as opposed to kicking out behind you for the style points. Then really all it is is hopping back on. I learned em to tail first, and that sort of fucked with me taking them straight in at first. Once you've got it up on the coping, eye your landing, jump and get that shit back under your feet.

Also, if you're having trouble getting it back under you, try grabbing different spots. I know some guys kind of nosegrab it, where as I grab backside.

Thanks a lot that's really helpful. I'll probably try them to tail and just see where it goes from there, jumping straight back in seems really gnarly and scary. And yeah I think grabbing it backside is more proper than grabbing the nose. Either way I just think they look really cool, can't wait to try them now. Thanks again.

[BeerSlave]

Fuckin nollie flips, how do they work?

Watch Apples

[papasmurfsdog]

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any help on front 3's? I get so damn close, but can never get past 300 pretty much.

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It's all compressing and shoulders. Compress yourself down and wind your shoulders up. Then between 180 and 270, your body will catch up to your shoulders so push your front foot down, like you're scooping your board around. You might land around 270-300, but if you're doing this, you should have enough momentum in your arms and body to powerslide the rest of the way. I usually do them the powerslide way, but once in a blue moon I'll get one that I land really close to 360.

You have any tips for the foot placement? I ride some soft wheels and have a hard time powersliding tricks so I gotta get like the full rotation.

[rob2]

anyone got any advice for front board to fakie 5050 on a ledge?

[oyolar]

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any help on front 3's? I get so damn close, but can never get past 300 pretty much.

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It's all compressing and shoulders. Compress yourself down and wind your shoulders up. Then between 180 and 270, your body will catch up to your shoulders so push your front foot down, like you're scooping your board around. You might land around 270-300, but if you're doing this, you should have enough momentum in your arms and body to powerslide the rest of the way. I usually do them the powerslide way, but once in a blue moon I'll get one that I land really close to 360.

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You have any tips for the foot placement? I ride some soft wheels and have a hard time powersliding tricks so I gotta get like the full rotation.

Best advice I can give is back foot toes right in the middle of the tail and front foot behind all 4 of the front bolts. If you're not able to powerslide at all, I'd say have the inside of your foot around the middle of the board. I always put the toes of my front foot flush with the (toe) side of my board. And just pop super hard.

[BriDen]

anyone got any advice for front board to fakie 5050 on a ledge?

Here's some advice: don't do them.

[friendly dave]

anyone got any advice for front board to fakie 5050 on a ledge?

This one is all about how you shift your weight during the trick. I'm also assuming you're trying this on a box/ledge. When you front board you'll naturally be hanging more off the side of the box, so once you start to swing around and lock in the truck of your nose, sort of use that to pull yourself up on top of the box, then lock in that back truck and grind. Maybe try front board to switch 5-0 to help figure out how to get that truck locked in.

[kevbo999]

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anyone got any advice for front board to fakie 5050 on a ledge?

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Here's some advice: don't do them.

Gold.


This sucks to admit but I can't bs 50 a ledge, never really practiced them.. got really close today though, and almost did a bs smith by accident.  Finally realized you have to angle your front foot way to the side to guide the board. 

[Eschaton]

Fuckin nollie flips, how do they work?

If it makes any sense, I kinda fall back into it. Like you need to work on that flick for mad long cause that's the key but after you got the flick you kinda pop backwards into it.

[j....soy.....]

the one thing i never figured out until now about that trick is that your flick foot you don't put too far back.  I was always putting it like half way which is way too far back....still can't do them but i can flick them better...

[Eschaton]

Yeah I keep my back foot pretty far back like pretty much covering all the bolts.

[VictoriousOG]

3 shoves?

I always flip the board, same goes with b/s bigspins.

[alrightythen]

keep your back foot on the middle of the tail and not on a treflip stance. Frontfoot right under the front bolts.

[BFKskateboards]

Whenever I feeble I can never get out straight...I always do like a 180 out.

it shouldnt feel too much like a back board. ollie higher than usual for a back board and lean way over to the right (if ur regular) and lean back. almost over exaggerate how much you lean to the right and back. and kinda pop out to stop it from primo'ing. for frontside its the same is guess just opposite of everything for b/s.

[Lafy]

Fakie full cab flip! I can flip it, i can rotate it but when i try to land it i slip out. I feel super unconformable  once i get the full rotation and the catch. Its like my feet feel too close together and im landing awkwardly. Land and SLIP and the board shoots out. Do i need to focus more on keeping my feet kind of spread out or just flow with it and relax : /

[NickDagger]

Post your favorite trick tips and or ask/provide advice.

Don't move this thread to another forum MODs. OR ELSE.

Here's my favs:


This one always helped me. The advice of practicing olliing into stalls on curbs was really helpful:



Pretty sure this is how a switch flip is supposed to look:



This one is jus awesum:

[Chris P. Bacon]

jamal smith is my new favorite skater, thank you for introducing me to that video.

i think a good trick tip is, go fast, pop hard and jump high.

[BuddyPal]

this trick tip helped me in a dark time in my life

[skate_bored]

this trick tip helped me in a dark time in my life

i spent at least an entire months worth of time total trying to figure them out for myself in the first couple years of skating. then that trick tip came out and i went outside and could do them every try. that back foot thing was the key

[VictoriousOG]

keep your back foot on the middle of the tail and not on a treflip stance. Frontfoot right under the front bolts.

I landed that big spin in a game of skate last night. I just need the 3 shove now.

[yobzobbler]

"throw in some arm steeze or some gang gestures" lmfao

[pugmaster]

Trick tips only seem to work when your friend can see specifically what you are doing wrong.  Jamal Smith needs a blog or some shit.

[ohlindablair]

PJ has a series of these

[Stoeipoes]

I want to be able to nollie heel and nollieflip out of a nose manual.

I do nosemanuals all the time and I have pretty good nollie heels and flips. But Doing them out of a nose manual doesn't work.

What's the key to succes?

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

flip out of the nose manual like it has AIDS, like, oh shit, my board has AIDS. then when you think you're safe the board wants to give you a goodbye kiss where you have a cut and you're too drunk and confused to know whats going on so you're just kind of enjoying the moment but then you realize whats going on and its too late

bolts.

[Frank the Rabbit]

flip out of the nose manual like it has AIDS, like, oh shit, my board has AIDS. then when you think you're safe the board wants to give you a goodbye kiss where you have a cut and you're too drunk and confused to know whats going on so you're just kind of enjoying the moment but then you realize whats going on and its too late

bolts.

bolts.

[joedv]

varial heelflips under rotate and drift forward for me

also 360 pop shove its tend to flip sloppily and can't keep them under my feet.

anyone?

[shouldn't]

varial heelflips under rotate and drift forward for me

also 360 pop shove its tend to flip sloppily and can't keep them under my feet.

anyone?

learn impossibles. way more fun & they don't ever flip or land primo.