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for people with some freestyle skills, check out my tricktip i made for his site. Sidewinders are a fun trick :icon_bigg

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Getting into caspers 1

you could get into caspers from variety of ways such as from railstand,half kickflip, rolling in etc..

First I would like to discuss getting into caspers from half-kickflip

you need to know how to get the kickflipmotion

step 1 : put your foot into kickflip stance

step 2 : do a kickflip however, leave the fronfoot under the board so you are actually just pushing the board down rather than flicking

step 3 : land the front foot off the ground and back foot on the tail




Getting into caspers 2

This time I would like to talk about getting into caspers from HS Railstand

step 1 : you are in HS Railstand

step 2 : Take off you front foot from the front trucks

step 3 : push the front bolts on the griptape

step 4 : jump as the board flips down

step 5 : land your front foot under the griptape and back foot on the tail




Getting into caspers 3

now i would like to teach you to roll into caspers

step 1 : start rolling fackie (easier)

step 2 : put your front foot parelle to the board at the very end of the front bolts, put you back foot on the very top corner of the tail

step 3 : as you roll fackie jump a little

step 4 : as you jump use your back foot to flip the board over

step 5 : land the front foot under the grip off the groun and the back foot on the tail


*** how to balance?

I've been trying caspers for a while and the key is to LEAN BACK.
you need to lean back don't be afraid


- Im open to any other suggestions -

Hey thats useful tips for people that don't know how to get in caspers.

Taken from PersonalizedSkateboardShop.com:

The Rail stand
HS (Heel side)-First, put your front foot hanging far off of the toe side of your board, and your back foot hanging over the heel side. Put a good amount of pressure with your back foot to flip the board onto it's rail. Then your back foot should almost automatically come over the front truck. At the same time, lift your front foot up quickly and put it over the other side.

TS (Toe side)-Put both feet on the bolts, but hang your toes over the heel side rail of the board. Then quickly put all of your weight on the balls of your feet. This should force the board up onto it's side. Do a litle hop so that your feet don't get into the way. Land with both feet on the wheels. If done right, this will make you feel cool.

Casper
There are two ways to do this trick. First, is to ollie into it. This is useful if you wish to learn to casper slide boxes. Set up your feet like a kickflip, but put your backfoot a little more towards the heel side of your board. Ollie, let the board flip halfway, and slide your backfoot forward, towards the toe side of the board. Keep your balance! Make sure neither foot touches the ground, sometimes putting more weight on your back foot helps. You can either flip the board halfway out with your front foot, or bring it around shove it style and sort of flip it the longways. Both look good. The other method is to not ollie. First, put your front foot on the heelside bolts, and your back foot should have the ball of your foot hanging off of the tail. Then, kick down with your front foot, and keep your weight off of the board. The board will spin, and make sure you hook your front foot on the board. Then just hold it for as long as you like, and flip out.

The Handed Pogo
So set up in a nose stop, with your back foot hooked underneath the board. Flip it, catching it on the back truck. You may need to use your front hand to do this, no worries, still feels cool. So you caught it on the back foot? Good. Now instead of bringing it into a no-handed 50-50, stop the motion between your legs. Ok, now hop around a little bit, and bring the board straight down, lifting up you leg on the truck, and put it on the bolts. G'job.

Pressure flip
This is the right way to do pressure flips. Set up with both feet on the bolts, but if you want the board to flip a bit faster, set your back foot more toward the heelside of the board. Snap your back foot down and towards you as hard as you can. At the same time, jump up in the air. Watch the board until you see the grip tape. Then land perfectly on the bolts.Go teach your friends.

Tailstop Fingerflip
For this trick, get into a tailstop. This will mean that your tail is touching the ground. You're not moving. Now put your front hand on the nose. Bend your knees. Now release and jump. swing your hand in a spiraling motion to make the board flip. Good. now watch the board, and when you see the grip, put your feet down. You're a genius.

i done a page of basic freestyle tricks on this site ages ago, i think it was my first post, i managed to find some of them i saved on my computer.


HS Rail stand:
First HS means heel side, which means you will be pushing down on the heel side of your board coursing the board to role up into a rail stand with you facing the same way as the wheels. To do this, have your front foot in the middle of on the heel edge of your board and t helps a lot if you have your toes pointing strait forward up to the nose of the board and have your back foot hanging over the edge of the board on the bolts, have it so half of your foot is hanging over the edge of the board and think of the next motion as a scoop. Push down with your front foot and your back foot will stop the rotation when it’s in a rail stand and then all you have to do is move your front foot on to the rail. Try it holding on to something to get the feel of it then go to the concrete.


Role over Casper:
Have you front foot about half up the board and your back foot on the tail (have your toes hanging over the side of the tail) your front foot should be on the HS edge of the board and your heel should be hanging over. Push down and scoop the back over and the hardest bit is keeping your balance because no part of your foot is aloud to touch the floor. To sort this it takes practise and you need to find a balancing spot, I still have trouble with these.

Casper spin:
This is a follow up from the role over Casper; this trick is easier because bye spinning it gives you enough motion to keep your feet from touching the floor. Basically once you have rolled a Casper over swing your shoulders around 180 and the board will 180 because of your weight and shoulders turning 180. Once you have completed the spin multiple things can be done.

Casper 180 flip:
This is my favourite move from a Casper, with this move think of your back foot doing the spin and your front foot doing the flip. So when your in a casper , with your back foot think of your self doing a 180 shovit and with your front foot just move it forward slightly because bye doing the 180 shovit the board usually half flips on its own.

HS Rail Flip:
Once you can get into a rail stand, try flipping it out, I’m now explaining a varial kickflip out of one, I have my back foot on the tail about 1 cm away from the wheels down push down NOT BACK. But just before your push down, with your front foot imagine your doing a pop shovit with it, so push down with your back foot and jump as high as you can, while practising the board may only spin 90 degrees this is solved bye practise and experimenting different foot placements.

Rail to casper:
While you’re in a HS rail stand, jump up and back and while you’re in the air use your back foot to bring the tail down witch will case the board to land in a Casper. This is really really simple, I don’t really know what else to say about it apart from try not to jump to high and the hardest part is landing the Casper cleanly with out ether foot hitting the floor.


Tail stand finger flip:
Have your front foot on the front bolts and the back foot on the tail, push down on the tail so you’re now in a tail stop, now it is expectable to have your front foot on the floor for a second while you grab the nose of the board with your leading hand and spin the board in a heelflip direction, hold the nose with your thumb on the grip tape and your other 4 fingers on the opposite side of the board. So once you have flipped the board you can ether land in a second tail stand or land normal back on the board. Don’t forget while you’re flipping it to bring your front foot back into it.

I'm not sure if these are in those websites. I'm pretty sure they include it with it, but have a combination off another trick or variation.

5050 stall(truckstand)
Have your front foot on the ground. Put your back foot on the tail. Your board's nose should be rasied in the air. Get some of your weight in your back foot, and then bring your front foot up the bottom of the board. Pull up with your front foot and flip your board upside down. While the board is flipping over, catch the board on the front bolts with your back foot. When your back foot catches the board,try to land your front foot on the inside of the bottom truck. Stay in that positon for a second to get used to it and then take your back foot off the griptape and put your weight in your front foot. Whle the board is flipping over wrap your front foot over the nose and catch the board. Now smile and try it again.

Heelside railflip(heelflip like flip)

First get into a heelside rail. If you don't know how dead sparrow explains it above. Next slightly move your back foot onto the tail of the board. That will help flip the board alot and get the trick more consistant. Now put a little weight in your heels and then quickly shift your weight to your toes(if you don't shift your weight quickly the board won't flip)and jump as high as you can. Hover over the flipping board as it snaps of the ground into the air. The last part is to hardest,so when the board is completed it's flip try to land on the board. These are usually ugly(eye burning ugly) if you do them like this because if you are new to freestyle you aren't used to flipping the board like that.

heelside railstand shuvit out

Again get into a heelside railstand. Dead sparrow explains how above if you dn't know how. After that, Slide your back foot half way on the curve of the tail. If you don't the trick will be less consistant. This also makes the trick mor consistant; put a little weight in your back foot so the nose of the board is of the ground. Both feet at the same time, kick your front foot forward, and kick your back foot back. Try to straighten out your feet back into the shape of your board, and when the board is done flipping land back on the board. I'm not sure about this, but if you want to do 360 shuvits out just kick harder, jump higher, and put more weight in your back foot.

whrilly bird(My signature trick, well I created it)

This is quite an easy trick, yet looks hard. First off, put your front foot in the middle of the board with all of your foot exept your toe hanging of the side, and your back foot on the edge of the tail. Quickly slip your front foot of the board and let it touch the ground. If you don't do it quickly you won't get the board in the air. Now when the board flies into the air don't keep your back foot on the board. Catch it with your left hand in the middle of the board. Next try not to keep your left hand on there for too long or it starts to look bad. Now with your right hand grab the left wheel near the nose of your board. move your hand in a cicular motion. The board should spin around your hand. When you are done spining the board around caveman back onto your board. Now think to your self 'I have just done the gayest looking trick in the world'

Fag flip (I couldn't think of any better name. This trick was also made by me)

Get a nice steady speed. Put both feet on the bolts. Have only your toes be on the board and the rest of your foot hanging off. This next part has to be done very quickly to look good. Put all of your weight into your toes and your board will flip over. When it completes the flip and the board is upside down, jump up and land back on the board. Try repeating this quickly over and over in a row.

Thats all i have right know. I'm still new to freestyle so I don't too much.

Description: A finger flip is a very cool trick if done right. It's a toe side or heelside trick that is flipped with your hand. You should know what a tailstop and tailblock slide is. A tailstop is where The tail of that board is touching the ground and the nose is in the air. A tailblock slide is where you do this moving and your front hand is grabbing the nose.

How to do it:
1. Get into a tailstop and keep your front foot closer to the tail.
2. Grab the nose with one hand.
3. Jump as high as you can in the same position and try to flick the board either a heelflip or a kickflip with your finger muscles.
4.Land it

Now you got this down, try it in a tailblock slide.
1. Go at a fast speed and tailblock slide.
2. Grab the nose and flick.
3. Ride away clean with a smiley face.

After you got it:
Now you got this down try doing a fingerflip varial.
Or if you did your fingerflips heelside, try them toe side.
Or maybe a double figerflip!!!

If you have any questions post a reply of P.M. me.
I was gonna say more more but Family guy is on.
Bye and good luck

I Found That I Have Sweet Free Style Skilz! i'm going to get a cheap complete and put on my old free style stuff. wait till you see how good of a fs board i can make.

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whrilly bird(My signature trick, well I created it)

This is quite an easy trick, yet looks hard. First off, put your front foot in the middle of the board with all of your foot exept your toe hanging of the side, and your back foot on the edge of the tail. Quickly slip your front foot of the board and let it touch the ground. If you don't do it quickly you won't get the board in the air. Now when the board flies into the air don't keep your back foot on the board. Catch it with your left hand in the middle of the board. Next try not to keep your left hand on there for too long or it starts to look bad. Now with your right hand grab the left wheel near the nose of your board. move your hand in a cicular motion. The board should spin around your hand. When you are done spining the board around caveman back onto your board. Now think to your self 'I have just done the gayest looking trick in the world'

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That's a beanplant varial, I think.

That's a beanplant varial, I think.

No man, you don't catch the board and spin it around your hand in a Beanplant.

~Necro

thanks tht really helped

SWEET STUFF guys!!!!! awesome webpages and trick tips, gtg try them right now

those r real usefull tips

Primo:

To get into this trick you need your normal front foot that you use above the bolts and tilted a little toward the ground (dont make it hurt). Then your other foot should be near the bottom center of your board where you get most of your lip. Now, you have to lightly push your back foot down (<<Lightly) and bring the board up with your front foot. Since the board turns on its side you might want to take a half of a step back when getting into it. Then quickly (but dont rush) put your back foot that pushed down the board up on the trucks, and your other foot should almost automatically come up on the trucks. To get out just push lightly forward and maybe do a little jump, also maybe 180 or do a shuvit out if you get good balance. This trick takes lots of time to master, so be careful when doing this because you might fall back. Just dont be afraid to do this trick. Good Luck!

Reemo:

This is the exact opposite way to get into primo, and you can (but dont always try) to do it while moving. First, you need to have your feet on the bolts but a little more foarward so you can hit the lip with the front of your toes on the other side. So, now push forward with your toes and jump (not at all high, but just enough to get onto the trucks) onto the board, and since the board will move forward jump lightly (<<Lightly) forward. This trick is a little harder for me to do and took me longer to get then the ordinary primo, but these are really fun tricks to do. If you do master this trick standing still try doing it moving slowly forward.

If you do master these tricks try to combine them doing forward and backward board flips and body varials landing on them.

P.S. If anyone has a really good tip on getting in by ollieing please add that.

Gazzelle Flip:

To do this trick you must know how to do a primo and get really good balance on it.

Ok, now that your in primo what you need to do is; curve your front foot so that it will probably make the board spin in 180/360. Move your other foot more over to the tail then the wheels, but still have a good balance. Now, you have to jump high while you kick you front foot forward and a little to the side, and your back foot has to smack/kick the tail to make the board spin a kickflip. It should either get a full 360 flip or a varial flip under you and dont be afaid to land.

Good luck, takes a lot of practice!

Primo:

To get into this trick you need your normal front foot that you use above the bolts and tilted a little toward the ground (dont make it hurt). Then your other foot should be near the bottom center of your board where you get most of your lip. Now, you have to lightly push your back foot down (<<Lightly) and bring the board up with your front foot. Since the board turns on its side you might want to take a half of a step back when getting into it. Then quickly (but dont rush) put your back foot that pushed down the board up on the trucks, and your other foot should almost automatically come up on the trucks. To get out just push lightly forward and maybe do a little jump, also maybe 180 or do a shuvit out if you get good balance. This trick takes lots of time to master, so be careful when doing this because you might fall back. Just dont be afraid to do this trick. Good Luck!

Reemo:

This is the exact opposite way to get into primo, and you can (but dont always try) to do it while moving. First, you need to have your feet on the bolts but a little more foarward so you can hit the lip with the front of your toes on the other side. So, now push forward with your toes and jump (not at all high, but just enough to get onto the trucks) onto the board, and since the board will move forward jump lightly (<<Lightly) forward. This trick is a little harder for me to do and took me longer to get then the ordinary primo, but these are really fun tricks to do. If you do master this trick standing still try doing it moving slowly forward.

If you do master these tricks try to combine them doing forward and backward board flips and body varials landing on them.

P.S. If anyone has a really good tip on getting in by ollieing please add that.

Gazzelle Flip:

To do this trick you must know how to do a primo and get really good balance on it.

Ok, now that your in primo what you need to do is; curve your front foot so that it will probably make the board spin in 180/360. Move your other foot more over to the tail then the wheels, but still have a good balance. Now, you have to jump high while you kick you front foot forward and a little to the side, and your back foot has to smack/kick the tail to make the board spin a kickflip. It should either get a full 360 flip or a varial flip under you and dont be afaid to land.

Good luck, takes a lot of practice!




The Reemo DOES NOT EXIST. Primo is only if you are MOVING. You jsut described HS and TS railstands. And that is not a gazzele, either.

strange trick, the whirlybird, sweet name to.

Tail-hand-flip in 5 steps

This is one of the most basic kinds of freestyle trick that you can do, it is basically a stationary fingerflip. It is also a good trick for begginers. It is an easy trick to do and is easier than it looks.

Step 1

Stand in stationary tailstop position (this is when you stand with your feet together on the end of the skateboard so that the nose is pointing up).

Step 2

Put your strongest hand or the one your feel the most comfortable with on the tip of nose.

Step 3

Now jump up and flip the board over by bringing your fingers up into the palms of your hands. Then let go allowing the board to flip under you.

step 4

Now you should be in the air standing over the board you have just flipped. Now turn 90 degrees ready to land.

step 5

Now after the board has flipped over once you need to land on the board.

ther you have it a tail-hand flip in 5 steps. once you have learned this you may want to try learning double or even tripple tail-hand flips.
Good luck!

hmm. like a cheap easy fake casper. a move i made.

call it the p.o.g. pretty ordinarily gay.lol

move at steady speed. both feet as if to do railstand. flip the board trucks facing. up. put one foot under the board. flip it in one rotation but do a body spin.

ea ive always thought of becoming a freestyle skater

you dont have to do just freestyle, i longboard, bowl ride, park, and even a little street if i get bored.

wow i was doing my caspers wrong

Taken from PersonalizedSkateboardShop.com:

Pressure flip
Snap your back foot down and towards you as hard as you can.


please define,i didnt understand.

those trick tips are cool:icon_peac

freestyle plus street is just amazing, i say watch enough people and you will become better at freestyle

Here's a FS Nose Shove-It trick tip video I made:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8N2zV9i9zLw

~Necro

cool thtl help

hey, can i get some advice on space walks, i can do them, its jsut there pretty ugly to me and abit to fast, it think the problem lys with my shoulders and hips, at what point are they ment to be parellel with the board ?

Try and widen your swing, so the board makes a 180 degree arc. Really swing your shoulders first, and have the board follow. Your hips should go along naturally.

~Necro

Necro missed the most important part.

RELAX. You can't do nice spacewalks unless you chill out a little.

^^ yea i think thats were i go wrong, i can do them its jsut they look aggressive and look forced

never tried that but i have my fakie and regular suvits down i might even try switch shuvits

O...k....are you asking for a trick tip for that?

~Necro

I've been working on moving handstands. I do not ride the board and press up. Rather, I run crouched down with my hands on the board, and go into it.

I need some help flipping the board with my hands to land on it. So far, I have never landed it, but I have come mighty close. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Are there different ways to get out of rail stand? What are some?

Are there different ways to get out of rail stand? What are some?

Rail flip, usually. Or you could just throw it back down the way it came up, but that doesn't look good.

there are endless amounts of flip tricks you can do from rail, and you can land in a pivot, to tail, ect.

Not sure if this is thread is the most appropriate place but I was bored so I thought I'd write up a few trick tips about a few cool tricks.

- Bubbles ( http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2051/bubblewx6.gif ) (easy)

Bubbles could be described as fs varial 1/2 kickbacks, basically the trick consists in doing a 1/2 pressure kickflip (aka 1/2 heel-side pressure flip) then - once the board in upside down - kicking forwards with your back foot to varial it around in a late fs under shove-it kind of thing. Basically bubbles could also be described as 'pressure back foot hospital flips' or 'pressure semi flips without the flip'. There's no real key to this trick, just practice your heel-side pressure flips and learn to keep your back foot against the griptape to be able to kick the board around, it's a fun one with a lot of possible variations such as front foot bubbles, nollie bubbles, bubble flips, bubble 360 flips (aka 'cannibal flips'), bubble casper flips... I recommand to work on this trick only when your shoes are already a bit worn out because practicing bubbles can destroy them badly.

- Plasma spins ( http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6471/plasmaspin03yg7.gif ) (medium)

Plasma spins are fs big spin impossibles, basically fs big spins that wrap around your back heel, the board is meant to go as vertical as possible. It's a very cool trick that isn't that hard to figure out. First you'll have to work on the basic wrapping motion - set up your feet like this (http://mrck.skyblog.com/pics/581133949.jpg), and learn to smack the tail down really hard with your back foot then keep your back foot low so the board will start to wrap around your heel, resulting in a weird-ass fs shove-it I like to call 'ollie bubble' because it looks kind of similar to a bubble except that you pop the tail. Once you can do that just do the same thing at a fairly high speed while throwing your shoulders in a very quick frontside 180, you should get the grasp of it in a matter of tries.

- Featherflips ( http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8696/potpourrifinalefeatherflipxq2.gif ) (hard)

Featherflips are 1/2 impossible late anticasper flips, which basically means that they're half impossibles that you rewind with your front foot. They're pretty hard but if you're confident with impossibles you shouldn't encounter too many problems with them. Think of the trick as a regular ollie impossible, pop the tail as you would for an ollie impossible, smack it down really hard so the board starts to wrap around your back foot, as usual ; then right at the middle of the trick, once the board is inverted, kick the tail (which has swung to the front) down with your front foot. The board will be caught between your back foot on the grip tape side, and your front foot on the graphic side, which will result into an anticasper-like thing in mid air. Suck your legs up, land and roll away. It helped me a TON with this trick to get my pop shove-it late fs shove-its consistent, they're easier and they work pretty much the same way.

- Front foot impossibles ( http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9018/frontfootimpossible2ze.gif ) (medium / hard)

Front foot impossibles are my all-time favorite trick, they're relatively hard, yet, contrary to what their name may suggest, they're not impossible to do. Start with your back foot in a fs shove-it position, and set up your front foot close to, if not right on the front blots, toes hanging off the edge of your deck. Apply pressure on the rail of the board with your front foot kind of as if you wanted to go into a toe-side railstand but instead of letting the board go, pop the tail, POINT YOUR FRONT TOES DOWN and draw a kind of circle thing in the air with your front foot so your board will wrap around it in a frontside 360. Here's a small scheme I had drawn to illustrate a trick tip on a french message board, if you can't speak French don't worry it's pretty visual : http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2979/frontfootimposchma5yg.jpg. Once you've got the wrapping motion down, the landing is easy, just spot where the board is going to land and aim the bolts. It could be a good idea to learn fakie / nollie back foot impossibles first, because they're easier and more natural, then just move on to regular / switch front foot impossibles.

How do you do 5050 stall thing and saran wraps

How do you do 5050 stall thing and saran wraps

for a 5050 check in this thread http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=26408

saran wraps.
theres a few variations of this but i think i know what one you mean,
i would advice getting comfertable with 5050s first, and possibly pogos, its not needed but it would help your balance in a 5050, When i do these i dont let go of the board, when i take my front hand off i place my back hand on the truck, and when i remove that for when my leg wants to come back in a bring my front hand back to the board. Here is a slow clip of one, if you can do it with out the pogo then better, this was filmed ages ago, i just dont like pogos anymore =)
http://media.putfile.com/slow-saran-wrap

thanx dead sparrow the saran thing is cool but when i look at the 5050 video it says it's stuffed up
thanx for the help

ho yeah in saran wraps is it also possible to wrap the other way

^^ yea, you can wrap it anway you wish, i do anyway.

You know that trick that Keith Renna does when he gets into a 1H 5050, and kicks his leg rediculously high, and lands in a switch 1H 5050? I want to learn that. Can anyone do them?

i'm having a problem with truckhook impossibles.my back foot always land on the
middle of the board and my front foot never lands. I do them completely vertical.
When i try to lift my back foot and put it in the tail while in the air the board goes crazy. Tips anyone.

^Most people land their impossibles with their back foot near the center of the board. That's pretty natural.

~Necro

OK, thanks necromortis. But i still need tips for landing the front foot

The front foot comes pretty naturally for me. Where's it landing? It's probably because you're scared of landing the trick, that usually accounts for most of the 'front foot misses' you see.

~Necro

especially since the front foot does practically nothing. you just have to make it happen, there aren't any tricks to it.

how how i land them once i have tried a couple of times before always fall forward as well.

Thanks guys, been trying to get into freestyle

my truck hook impossibles are going way down hill cause my front foot cant even lift the board vertical. I was planning moving footplant(no comply) impossibles, but one of my wheels burst open so i'm doing footpant impossibles stationary. Does your front foot have to land on the board while it's in the air or can you land it while the board is on the ground.

With my nose hook impossibles I always land it then get my front foot on. Its not a long gap between the two, but its there.

Sk8te, the only rule is that your front foot is in the air before the board lands.

yay what a crabulous christmas eve gift. When i started trying impossibles and their variants I thought to myself that i would do any type of impossible before or on christmas. So just a short while ago i went outside (it was drizzling) with my 3 wheeled skateboard(one of the wheels opened so i took it out) and i did some no comply(footplant) impossible. And i kept checking if my front foot was in the air when the board was landing/landed and it was in the air.YAAAAAAY! No comply impossibles.

That's your favorite trick now eh? You praise it in your signature enough :D

Not really asking how to do it, but for Casper Disasters, should I land completely in railstand, or is it more of a pivot on one wheel?

You should never be in a railstand in a casper disaster, really. It's just not good. You want to take it around at least 180 on just the one wheel; at that point you can do what you want with it, but stopping in rail just doesn't look too impressive.

yea, think of it more as a one wheel pivot, also, you may find it easyer from fakie, because you will land regular (if your doing the 180 version) and as mayfair said, you never really wanna stop in a railstand as you go into it, doing the 180 then stoping in a rail is a fun trick though, you could also try Frixion flips (i think there called) were you do the casper disaster exsept the body varial.

Have you guys already done a casper flip tricktip? If not I could help you out when my camera gets to work.

^^ yea i think aronsamma has already done one, but more the better really

i made this one: http://www.bobstricktips.com/blog/archives/000285.shtml

you could also try Frixion flips (i think there called) were you do the casper disaster exsept the body varial.

Nope, Frixion Flips are poor excuses of tricks that're just rail shuvits but moving. Roll roll roll, rail shuvit, roll roll roll.

I dont know why you call them poor excuses of tricks, I happen to be a big fan.

its a matter of taste really, i for one wouldn't consider doing them as they aren't particularly rewarding or fun, not to mention just plain nasty to look at. they lack anything in the way of fluidity or continuity, dosen't matter who you aer, i have yet to see one that hasn't offended my eyes to such a degree that my pupils have tried to seal themselves shut.

i think we've found a nice set for your game of skate :P

oh i have learned them :P you can't judge without really finding out for yourself :)

i've done them too, but the only variation i found slightly entertaining was to toeside rail, but i'm not a big fan of rolling tricks to stationary ones.

for me it just never felt like a natural trick so i dropped it almost as soon as i learned it

I approach mine more like a casper disaster than a rail shove it. That seems to make it flow a lot better.

i've been doign casper disasters for a long time now and they feel alot nicer than frixion flips, more like an end over tha anything else, but i'll be damned if a frixion flip ever feels like anytinhg more than a dirty shuvit

oh yeah so that's what their, called frixion flips. And yeah they feel like dirty shuvits.

I saw aronsomma doing a nosestop switch underflip bs bodyvarial out. I tried them and they were easy. I'm wondering if there was a nosestop switch varial underflip out. So i need a trick tip or guide on how to make the board underflip plus the 180 board turn.
Thanx<><><>>< :)

the only thing i've done is a switch backside 180 underflip, where the board already spins 180. for me, i just like to pull the board up as vertical as possible, and as i do that, i pull my toes up to get the board to start flipping, then give it one last quick push as i get into the air.

Could someone suggest some ways to get into Cooper?

From tailstop? or normal railstand? nose stop maybe? Any way would help.

I normally railwalk into them. Or land a trick to one footed rail, and then just hop over.

~Necro

Toe spins are the easiest way I know how.

^^Everytime I do a toe spin, my toes get caught between the wheel and the deck. And besides, i'd prefer to get to HS Cooper, not TS. (I do my toe spins behind my back). Or wait, are railwhips and toespins different?

Necro, I know what you mean by railwalk, but can you be more specific?

a toe spin is like a pirouette. here are the two easiest ways to do it:

1. get in TS rail, and do a half railwhip, half toespin, and land in HS cooper

2. get in HS rail and hop over to cooper stance.

railwhips are is were the board is kicked round and still in a railstand,usally landed in a cooper posistion but there are many variations. Toe spins i beleive are when you spin around on the wheel, i may be wrong though, ive never heard them be referd to as toe spins.

the easyest railwalk for me to get into cooper is stand in a regular rail and (if regular) put your left foot right next to your right foot then gently and gracfully hop over, you cnan do it ether way as well as loads of over ways but that is the easyest ive come across.

Edit, Aronsamma beat me too it =)

Alright, thanks alot guys. I got some ways i'm going to try today.

These are very useful tips!

ok today i did my first gymnast plants and i'm asking about how long they should be?
i'm working on getting into them:)

as long as you deem neccesary, though not so long that you get bored being upside down :)

Long enough to where you can tell its a solid handstand, but not too long.

Great tips! My gravey and eggs are off to you!!!

ok today i landed a few new railflips and i have a question
in cooper (to feet on one tail in railstand)flips do they have to flip varial or are can they be flipped anyway as long as you have to feet on one side.and do they have to be heelside cause i do them toeside.

^^ coopers can be fliped anyway you please

ok but do coopers have to heelside or can they be toeside
also i did another railflip but i don't know the name
you're in toeside and you put your front foot in the middle of the rail and you back foot on the tail you then push the tail and drag your front foot up the rail and do a heel flip

yea i beleive coopers can be done TS as well as HS

that other rail trick, i know what you mean, but i dont think i know the name of it, im guessing a TS rail heelflip ?

ok i just watched aronsommas vid on varial kickflip(oldschool) and i landed a few. But most of the i get the full flip but only 120 degrres spin or i get the full varial but only half the flip. So i'm asking after I push the nose for the varial do i lift it up or flick it out. Todays my first day on trying them so i didn't expect to go this far.

Lift, then pivot. Pivoted varial flips are a perfectly accepted way of doing them. You know it's going a bit far however when the only reason you can tell an m-80 from a varial flip is because of the skaters starting position.

With the cooperflips, they're 'supposed' to be done HS, but as said they can be done TS. They coined the name 'Wank flips' over here a couple of years ago.

Fun fact for you - Lynn Cooper didn't even know what a cooperflip was until a couple of years ago! He never named them that, nor took credit for inventing them and was suprised that we were calling them cooperflips.

ok i've just learnt hs varial railflips and everytime i do them i land the board upside down. so i need tips for getting a full flip. Also it it possible to do 1 and 1/4 varial flip from rail and do a slapback.

Yes, it is possible, but it'd be pretty hard.

As for the full flip on railflips, try changing your foot position. If you find my 'new' video, in there there's a 360 triple railflip. Check out the foot positioning - this position will give you most control over what you want the board to do..

Point your toe to the wheel, and concentrate on 'rolling' the board along the curve of the tail. When it's gone along the curve, give it a small flick in order to get full rotation. It's also good if you 'roll' your weight. It's not like a pop, it's just applying pressure to it, so for railflips all the weight should be in the non flipping foot and then transferred to the flipping foot.

Fun fact - The squarer the board, the higher the railflip, but the more energy you have to put in to get the same amount of flips as a board with round ends. This is because as you are 'rolling' the board along the curve, the board has to go higher in order to actually get to the curve in order to flip, which allows you to 'catch' railflips.

that whirlybird trick sounds an awful lot like this trick I do. actually the only difference is I catch it at the nose and do the hand shove.

Butterflips: i can't get into them. every time i try to get into one, i just end up doing a cooper rail flip (cooper flip? I don't know).

^A butterflip trick tip you be great for me too, that trick hates me.

~Necro

http://www.bobstricktips.com/blog/archives/000227.shtml

There's that if you're impatient, and if you're willing to wait I'll write up a better one (that was when I had just learnt them, so didn't really have a clue what was going on) when I get back from my Physics exam.

Fun fact for you - Lynn Cooper didn't even know what a cooperflip was until a couple of years ago! He never named them that, nor took credit for inventing them and was suprised that we were calling them cooperflips.

These fun facts are great. Him not finding out about the cooperflip thing is interesting, I imagine he'd be pretty stoked.

Yeah, that BTT's one is super confoosling ;)

Basically, I can get the basic motion, but my foot always ends up hitting the ground (my right foot that is, I'm doing them off the nose and landing on my left foot).

Thanks,
~Necro

It's been posted in the freestyle trick tips video thread thing, enjoy!

thanks a lot, it was helpful


question- why do you have a rail on your board? what does it help with?

Does the school sell those (the rails)? I've been looking into getting some.

~Necro

I'm sure if you asked Jeremy nicely he could get some for you :)

why do you have a rail on your board? what does it help with?

Well, if you're a real man, obviously rails help with grabs (hence the name - grab rails), but I cannot ollie nor grab like a man, so it's for neither of those reasons.

It'd be because that board was getting pretty thrashed, and I couldn't afford to buy a new board any time soon, so I drilled a rail to the side that I do hs railstands on in order to stop the board getting any thinner, as it's just under 7" as it is.

Woo, sorry about asking this if they are previously in the thread but:

What exactly are ''gingersnaps'' and how can you do casper disasters? Both seem impossible to me. -.-

Casper disasters, now theres a trick ive not done in ages

i find them easyer fakie, ride along with my feet like i would do for getting into a HS rail, then i whind up my shoulders and begin to get into a rail, now, dont actully think of it as a railstand or rail spin, the main point is to do a sorta one wheeld pivot, as you get up onto the wheel turn your shoulders so your hips and feet follow. it helps me if i come down heavey on my front foot because i remember sliping out alot on this one because i didnt even out my weight proply.

^^I also find hooking my front foot (while riding fakie of course) over the wheel helps alot.

I've got to be the only guy that does casper disasters riding regular going to fakie.

Heh.

~Necro

^^ haha, to be honest, ive never actully tryed them propaly while riding regular flatland, the only time i do them regular is when i do them on banks.

so, nosestops to casper...I can't get them :( I can either catch it but my back foot slides off or I miss the catch..help? offtopic: I'm looking to increase by freestyle bag a bit since I mostly skate street/park, is having a freestyle setup really that important?

^The nosestop to casper - are you doing it kind of like a half impossible motion? Or a half flip motion to nose casper? If you're doing the half impossible motion - start with your foot closer to the bottom truck. I find that helps a bunch when doing that trick. And after that you just have to practice a bunch.

As for a freestyle setup - some will say no, some will say yes. I swear by freestyle decks, but guys like Darran Nolan are perfectly comfortable on a street deck. I started freestyling on a street deck (for about three weeks) before switching over to a freestyle deck, and it made all the difference for me.

~Necro

i do casper disasters regular to fakie and fakie to reg, the advantage of this was when i got good at controlling my regular frontside flips, i learnt 1/4 ollie flip casper disaster

and for about a week a couple of years ago i had 360flip casper disasters down too :(

And seeing as no-one's done the gingersnap, it's described as a 'Hang ten nollie hardflip'. Two feet together on the nose, pop, the board goes vertically through your legs and does a half flip.

I've got to be the only guy that does casper disasters riding regular going to fakie.

I also do them regular to fakie. But I do my hs primo slides switch.

^The nosestop to casper - are you doing it kind of like a half impossible motion? Or a half flip motion to nose casper? If you're doing the half impossible motion - start with your foot closer to the bottom truck. I find that helps a bunch when doing that trick. And after that you just have to practice a bunch.

As for a freestyle setup - some will say no, some will say yes. I swear by freestyle decks, but guys like Darran Nolan are perfectly comfortable on a street deck. I started freestyling on a street deck (for about three weeks) before switching over to a freestyle deck, and it made all the difference for me.

~Necro

thanks, and yeah I'm doing a half impossible..I might look into getting a freestyle setup now. my footwork is terrible though haha

ok today i learnt tailstop fingerflip and tailstop back hand varial fingerflip and i'm asking whether i should move onto ollie fingerflip or (oldschool)fingerflip(where you crouch down grab the nose and flip).
Also can anyone give me tip on airwalk cause mine look so ugly

^^ yea, try the early grab fingerflip,they feel abit weird at first but there do-able. best advice i got for them was learn to just jump and pull the board up with out the flip because shifting your weight and getting the timing down was the hardest bit for me to do.

thanx
i do mine with thumb on the bottom of the tail(graphic part) so it'll be hard to do them without the flip but i'll try :)
do you have any tips for airwalks

airwalks ? something ive not done in a good while now, best advice for learning them is start of small, start learning them from a tail stop, this will help you get the idea of the spliting the legs and because your in a tail stop the nose is pointing up so its easyer to grab and jump up then to early grab or pop the board into your hand. once you got the feel for thr actul motion of the airwalk its self then i would surgest again to learn the early grab jump, once you can do them ok then you can start kicking the legs. Its up too you if you find more it comfertable moving or not but it certainly is easyer doing it still.

Sk8te Flip - Learn them with your thumb on top of the deck. Trying rolling fingerflips with your thumb on the bottom can and probably will land you with a broken thumb.

~Necro

Help for truckhook 360 shove its from railstand would be nice.

Welinder did fingerflips fingers on top, it's all just a matter of preference.

Help for truckhook 360 shove its from railstand would be nice.


From TS ? ive never atully tryed a 360 but i do big spins out of them all the time, give them ago first, turn your shoulders before you start the spin and put all your weight on the back foot, its a surprisingly easy trick, witch could help you with 360 shovit truck hooks from rail.

Sk8te Flip - Learn them with your thumb on top of the deck. Trying rolling fingerflips with your thumb on the bottom can and probably will land you with a broken thumb.

~Necro
then i'll just try them stationary :)
kidding
can you tell me how i will get a broken thumb

^If you don't transfer your weight right, and you end up rolling, and ripping upwards with your hand but all your weight slams back down on the board. That hurts really badly when you do it with your thumb on top, but the other way around, with your wrist all twisted...gah.

~Necro

oh i see but when do fingerflips my hand flicks forward so i don't think it'll matter. But still i might do it with thumb on top

Heres a thing...

I can fingerflip alright, I can do them rolling slow. But a lot of the time when I try them rolling faster I go to flip it, but slightly before my weight leaves the board or something and I end up just grabbing the board out from under my feet and land standing on the ground. Does this sort of thing happen to other people and is it something that just takes practise to get over?

Same with airwalks, I tried them stationary for the first time ever last night, did one first go! Yeah! But then went to try them rolling and the same thing happens, its hard to get the board out from under me without siezing up.

Suggestions?

do you mean the board drifts back?
are you ollieing then fingerflipping or aiwalking or are you pregrabbing?
It sounds like your leaning to forward plus your forward momentum. If your doing that then pop the board forwardish and lean a little back.
If your not doing that then ask somebody else.
Sorry :(

Roboman - it's because you're getting subconsiously scared and shifting your weight incorectly (could be caused by learning forward to much actually, but not necessarily), causing your to get 'stuck' mid jump and just pulling the board out from under you. My suggestion - gradually work your speed up and get more comfortable with the trick.

~Necro

Roboman - it's because you're getting subconsiously scared and shifting your weight incorectly (could be caused by learning forward to much actually, but not necessarily), causing your to get 'stuck' mid jump and just pulling the board out from under you. My suggestion - gradually work your speed up and get more comfortable with the trick.

~Necro

Yeah that could be it, I hate bailing on these because everything can get pretty tangled up :)

What is a good technique for getting wrap-arounds (saran wraps?) in a 5050? I know Mullen does them using one hand (how, and is this the best way?), but I feel really akward when I do them with both hands.

I love this thread. :)

I can only do the two handed variety. For that the best tip is to learn them very slow and focus very closely on your balance. That way when you start to get them faster you will have them smoother.

^*Nods*

Understanding exactly what the board is going to do when you wrap your leg around is essential. Think about it like this. When your board is like this: / and you're standing on it, then you're got your balance. Now, when you begin wrapping your leg around, the board has a tendency to go vertical, like this: |. This is especially true if you're doing saran wraps (the one handed variation of the wrap around). I find that's what messes me up the most. Therefore, if you get the board at the right point, when you do the wrap around, the board will shift towards you, but then fall back down into your hand.

It's rather hard to explain. Learn the two handed version first, and then move onto the one handed one. When you do the one handed one, whip your leg around as fast as you can.

~Necro

Also, Necro, how do you hold Coco wheelies? I know the foot position from an earlier post in this thread. But how do you do the ankle coordination to keep the board sideways. I always find myself going to a railstand after about 8 inches.

Great facts yal matbe if I get a rail for my bday I try some of these.

Zero - find the 'balance point' then lock your back foot. Your front foot guides the wheelie, and you'll find yourself curving initially.. Here's a video of the day that I learnt them to show you how much I was curving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6W74bNs0C8 compared to this one at 1:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rML1RuSRlaY

Once you do them, you'll feel your wheels 'lock in' almost with your weight distribution. I've done cocos where I've jumped off and had the board continue rolling in the coco position until wind or something knocks it over (that's only happed about twice though). It's all about locking your ankles up once you feel the board's in the right position.

Practice the hell out of them. That's my tip for all wheelies *grins*

~Necro

i need help with pressure flips. I can get the flip. Everytime i do it it either does a half flips or does a normal shove it. Should the back foot flick once popped or just put pressure?

also i need help with no handed 50 50. i can do 1 handed 50 50 to nh 5050
but ineed help with nosestop to nh 5050. any genreal tips.

^I'm planning on making a trick tip video for the NH 50-50 this weekend.

But essentially it's just practice.

As for pressureflips - what variation are you trying?

~Necro

if you want just normal pressures ( inward heels ) i could help you there i got them down :)

Is a Gymnast Plant still a Gymnast plant if you're like, spinning the board with your hand or something, then landing with the board already on the ground? every time i try to bring my board to my feet while in handstand, I lose my balance and come toppling over.

^^^ yea i think thats still a gymnast plant. I always thought that the only rule is that you hand holding the board and your feet can't touch the ground. But if you land when the board is already on the ground it looks sketchy and it will be harder to land into casper and tailstop later on.
A tip that i use is to make the feet go to the board.



yes i mean inward flip pressure flips. is it true that it's easier to do them if your feet is parallel to the legnth of the board

The thing that makes a trick a gymnist plant is the way you are holding the board as you get up into the plant. You have to be holding it as if it were a railstand, with one hand on the rail, and one on the ground. The very first gymnist plants were done from tailstop, fyi.

yeah, I do my gymnast plants FROM railstand, then i flip them in my hand, THEN put it on the ground, then land on it. so what's that? I'm confused.

^^ sounds just like a gym plant to me, i guess with this trick people do them slightly diffrent but it still being the same trick

Yeah that is a gymnist plant. As long as you hold it by the rail its a gymnist plant.

^I disagree. I consider a gymnast plant a one handed handstand where you're holding the board up in the air. Like you can do gymnast plant wheelspins, or you can grab the nose and lift it up to land into a 50-50 or something.

As for putting the board down - try to bring your feet to the board as you're coming down, so your feet and the board land at the same time (this can be hard for some landings, like to rail or to 50-50). It just looks smoother like that.

~Necro

But it is also a gymnist plant if the board is on the ground in rail.

but a gymnast plant is a one handed handstand with the board and if the board is just on your side it's just a one handed handstand with no board.
If that's confusing then don't worry about it.
But fight fly crow that's not a gymnast plant.

^Yes it is, I do that sometimes when I want to do Gymnast Plant Rail to Rails.

I pick the board up after that generally though. Sometimes.

~Necro

I consider a gymnast plant to be a one handed handstand, generally from rail or tail, regardless of the board leaving the floor. Obviously, there are exceptions, such as YoYo plants, but you know what I mean.

Can someone explain how to get from railstand to pogo? The way you do it Callum is what i'm talking about. Take one foot off the front, grab the nose, and lift up.

Everytime I do it, it lifts up towards the wheel. And the foot can't hook into the truck. Any tips?

^You have to unweight the deck by hopping up right before you pull up.

~Necro

how do you fakie fs casper?

are you talking about doing a fakie casper fs spin or a fakie ollie fs casper flip ?

If you're talking about a Fakie FS Casper spin (not the ollie casper flip), what you need to do is learn them stationary first. Wind up your shoulders before popping into it - and release that tension as soon as you land in the casper. Because your foot isn't there to help scoop the board around, you can't start to unwind before you're really in the casper, you have to have weight on the deck. Of course, to make it look smooth, you have to get perfect timing, etc.

It's a fun trick though.

~Necro

what you need to do is learn them stationary first.

I strongly disagree with this. If a trick is intended to be done rolling, it should be learnt rolling.

Everything else is grand though, as Christian says it's just a case of winding and throwing your weight. I personally start to throw my weight before getting into the caspers to avoid getting a 'Casper video' fs casper (ie fakie to stationary, then the rotation), as they are truely hideous.

Zero - Railstand to pogo (the way i've done it) is just about timing. There's no strength or balance involved, you just put all your weight on the front foot, grab the tail and then jump whilst pulling your board around. Your back foot's free for the whole trick, so there should be no issue with getting it onto the truck... I may try one to crossfooted pogo sometime soon, see how that plays out.

^Well I consider casper spins both a stationary and rolling trick, and since the stationary one is easier (in my opinion) to learn, he should learn those ones first, since it will give him a feel for the trick.

~Necro

I learned them in carpet, that helped a lot.

i think i first learnt casper spins from a HS raisltand, i whind up my shoudlers then drop to casper (staight into the spin) , much easyer then doing it regular stationary in my view, i know Necro finds the stationary ones easy but i have toruble on them =), rolling into them is far more easyer for me and consistent too.

^I think the rolling ones are easier Fakie BS, but Fakie FS is a whole different story.

~Necro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABV0vjQ6Y50 - pogo trick tip

i donno if you ahev seen this i made it a while back i have heard it has helped alot of people.

For a while ive been trying to figure out what this trick is called. a person gets into a primo and then stands on the wheel and pushes the board around them into a primo again. Does anyone know what this is called?

For a while ive been trying to figure out what this trick is called. a person gets into a primo and then stands on the wheel and pushes the board around them into a primo again. Does anyone know what this is called?

Rail whips, Rail shovits to rail.. a few names.

make sure though you havent got your primo and railstands mixed up, a primo is only when your sliding, when your standing on the side of the deck standing still its a railstand.

thanks man, i just started freestyle two weeks ago so i dont know that much yet.

How does Callum do the trick here at 10 seconds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iOgvw1IQNQ&mode=related&search=

Carousel? With much practice and insanity.

~Necro

The biggest thing you need is confidence. They are not too hard of a trick, except for the sheer fear of it.

Im sure when Callum looks into this thread he will shed some light on the subject.

im really close to doing these starting of with my out side foot in a 5050 and pulling it up and over into a reg 5050, what i find though is the biggest problem is my other foot goes straight to the floor, thats just all to do with comfidence though.

There's not much else I can say that no-one else has - practice and confidence. They really aren't hard at all... if you think about it, it's exactly the same as half a godzilla flip, and lets face it..that's not really hard.

It's this thinking that's got me trying full carrousels. I hear i'm in a race with Jon Bunn though, I believe he's trying them aswell... in essence, all they are is a godzilla flip from 50-50, and godzilla flips aren't exactly advanced, therefore there should be no problem doing them..

But i'm rambling! Just practice doing the motion with your foot on the floor so you get used to throwing and catching, then just try it. Give a small jump, throw the board over and catch..there's nothing else to them.

What's a godzilla flip?

A handfliped impossible

can someone help me with my impossible problem?

ok, whenever i try an impossible, the non wrapping foot always lands really far up, and my wrapping foot lands in the middle of the board/near or on the front bolts. I get a really clean, nice wrap, almost vertical, and I don't want to do 360 shuvit looking ones. can anyone help?

that's always going to be tough with the vertical ones. It's all in the hips though. What I like to do is start with my weight over the nose, then I shift it back to the tail, and start the trick right away... that tends to toss the board ahead enough to land on.

Am I missing something when I do no handed pogos? Is my leg supposed to get as torn up as it is?

^^ haha, what part of your leg is geting mashed up ? when i learned them the top truck always kept banging my knee, i sloved this by clutching the board more tighter between my legs so it was always in contact with my knee so it didnt bang it.

^^It's the part beside my knee. The truck absolutely kills it. So a solution is holding it tighter?

^^ yeah, thats what helped me anyway

Edit: you could also wear a shin pad on the side of your knee too.

^^It's the part beside my knee. The truck absolutely kills it. So a solution is holding it tighter?

Yere that calf muscle kills after you do them for to long, when i do them i need to wait like a day for it to heal until i do them again...

Btw can anyone help me do the trick at "0:05" in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r59mHzGbww
The part where he rolls it into HS rail and flicks it behind...

^^ i havent done one of them in ages, start of doing a switch tail stop to rail and instead of your foot covering the wheel to get into a rail make it cover the edge of the tail so its in the position to get the spin/flip, then it might help if you know how to do the actul spin of the trick by standing in a rail, so practise that, just like a fs shovit for a Railstand, then thats the foot movement to spin the board on the trick were talking about (wish i knew the name =)

wow those are good videos

does anyone know how to toe slide railflip.
thanks

I find TS railflips easier when I do them with the opposite foot I do HS railflips with. Try that.

This is for the person who was wondering what a godzilla flip is. I went out and found this on youtube. This is what it looks like. Its not me though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sact3btzo

For TS railflips i would start by just flicking it forward. I find that the easiest way to TS rail flip so it would be good for starting off. So keep your foot straight, pop it and flick forward. It should spin like a heelflip. ood way to start off.

Anyone have any tips on OS varial flips?

freestyle is sooo hard for me..i cant even get into rail let alot a ts railflip

Anyone have any tips on OS varial flips?

I am not so good at Varial kickflips. But the few that I have done, I have put my hooking foot farther back on the board than my other. I almost try to wrap it around my non flicking foot.

Anyone have any tips on OS varial flips?

Have you ever seen the trick tip for them on youtube. Its a good one. You can get it from Trick tip videos for begginers on skaterscafe.

i read dead sparrows trick tip on casper 180 flip, and i can get it around but my front (bottom) foot always ends up half way on the board. and if i try to move it back during the flip the board seems to just stick and follow. any tips?
also i was wanting to try to learn to shuvit to cross foot. is there any tricks to it or is it just practice?

For any trick to cross foot bend your knees and keep your feet flat.

Could anyone give me some pointers on TS varial railflips?

BS varials or FS varials?

~Necro

both please

Ok, for the BS ones. I don't actually concentrate too much on the flip, more on the scooping motion of my foot. I do a sort of ovalish movement...here's an analogy.

Imagine your heel is a line, sitting on it's side right on the rail (on the tail of the board). But then tilt the line45 degrees (so the back of the line is pointing inwards), and then slightly down. Now, if you extend that line and then kick on that path, it should both varial and flip. At least that's how I do it.

As for FS ones, that one's more of a flick downward with a slight flick forward for me, as well as slightly kicking backwards with my other foot. It's kind of hard to explain, it's just something you have to try. If you torque your hips a bit, that might help as well.

~Necro

I'll try that tomorrow
thanks

I just started thinking about getting better at freestyle today ( I skate alot of street but I can ollie into casper, and do alot of ts railflip variations etc.)

I just learned railwhips today, but i was wondering if anyone knows how to do a 360 railwhip or can find me a video.

If you dont already have offset wheels, get a set.

1 Set up with one foot on the wheel, with just the toes.
2 The other foot goes in the middle of the board
3 Kick behind you and stand up on your toes as much as you can
4 turn your body a bit away from the spin
5 MAKE SURE YOU DO SOMETHING OUT OF RAIL.

Lots of people forget that last step.

Are you sure your talking about a RAILWHIP and not a RAILFLIP?

Yeah, he just described a railwhip, not a railflip.

~Necro

Ohh, now I understand what he was saying. When he said "middle of the board"
I took it as putting your foot on the middle of the rail, not on the side. That's what confused me.

Can someone explain how to get a fakie spacewalk going, like how to begin one and keep it going?

Hey, just wanted to add something. Maybe someone will learn space walks from the vid. Just remember, mostly it's practice and trial and error..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJPQ5QsrUk

Thanks
KB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-jkxusRQK4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4XsTyIwT4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJPQ5QsrUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56gEXfj_MU

^^ nice work there buddy

how can i get bubbles (or any other pressure flip) higher? mine are really close to the ground and feel kinda sloppy.

Hey guys, just to people who want to learn how to, to casperflip to anti-casper, heres how:
1. get in stance like your going to kickflip
2. kickflip, but slam your foot down below the trucks while pushing your other foot up on the bottom of the board.
3. kick/twist your feet while in the air
4. slam your front foot down after like a second or two in the air,onto the nose
5. put your other foot under board, and flip it over
6. brag to your friends

thats pretty sweet, thanks dude!

TRICK TIP BACKWARD SPACEWALK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh8mYn9WsD4
Thanks
KB

So I finally gave in and learned pogo. I found one combo where I think they will flow well(not flowing is my biggest complaint in most pogo lines). But any time I do them I cut my hand on my Indepent trucks. I have taken to holding my wheel, but is there a better way?

finger tape :)
when learning pogos with my old trackers i cut my finger numorious times

So I finally gave in and learned pogo. I found one combo where I think they will flow well(not flowing is my biggest complaint in most pogo lines). But any time I do them I cut my hand on my Indepent trucks. I have taken to holding my wheel, but is there a better way?
Hold the nose with both hands. It's a little uncomfortable at first, but after i got used to it, its alot better. It also looks alot better, and is easier to link tricks to it, ex. a fanflip, carousel, or like a variel fingerflip out.

For Example, Callum Bowran's set from the fgos:
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Thanks good thread. Boards are shaped weird, though.

those tips were extremly helpful thank you very much



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Could someone tell me how to do a casper to casper tranfer? There is no doubt the way I'm attempting to do them is blatantly wrong:icon_drib

The key is to put pressure on the outer edge of the board like regular pressure flip and when the board is flipping be sure to get your front foot under it for the catch.

thx for the tips, loads of useful info

The key is to put pressure on the outer edge of the board like regular pressure flip and when the board is flipping be sure to get your front foot under it for the catch.

Sorry could you explain it a bit more please? I'm not exactly a person you would describe as "On-the-ball" :icon_drib

SO you pressure the outer edge, do you pull up with the front foot? Or push under with the back or what?

Pressure with the back foot and flip the board up with your front foot by pulling up and jumping.

Okay thanks man :)

hang 10 shuvit
the hang 10 shuvs are a realy easy trick and there fun it took me about 20 mins to learn.

ok first you need to put your feet in the hang 10 position get a bit confortable so you dont feel like your going to come over the front.
then you want to bend down a bit then you want to do a pivot motion just do a realy light pivot either fs or bs. then the board should do the shuvit motion while the board is doing the shuvit motion jump your body around 90 degrees anbd then land.
after a few tries you should get the hang of it just try to stay above the board and youll have it in no time

Can someone post a tip on a casper to rail? The video in the other sticky was removed. Much obliged:)

^^ lol, i made that like a year and half ago lol i havent done one in such a long time ether, forgot about them

A nice way to get into a rail stand is doing a flip trick. I can into them by doing a heelflip. I just don't kick out as hard and try and catch the wheels, it looks sweet.

Rail flips:
There are many ways of flipping out.
On the back foot you can use pressure to flip out in a few ways.
Wheels near toes:

*Flip out*-Your back foot should be near the concave (angled part) slightly on the tail. Doing a little pop and jumping, bring your front foot off the board and with your back foot doing a shuvit motion. Which is doing a little pop and following up with a swinging motion behind you. Remember that this is a simple quick but chill motion. Jumping high isn't necessary. You will kick out of the rail stand.

-*Flip*
This is to flip the board kickflip styles. Your back foot should be near the concave (angled part) NOT on the tail. Pop while bringing your front foot off the board and jumping<<backwards-anticipating the boards landing position>>, then swing your back foot directly behind you. Depending on strength of pop and kick you can flip the board more then once. Just know the more flips you do the more further you will need to jump backwards.

*Rail Flip-Variel* The same thing as flipping out with a more aggressive pop and shuv. Also I find it helps if you flick the board with your toes more. Jumping in the air directly over the board and land. Finding the correct pressure can be frustrating but you'll get it. When you get it try jumping 180 for a nicer looking landing.

*Rail flip to rail* This tip is for the board to flip directly under you and land in the same, wheel to toe, rail stand you were doing. The way I'm doing this tip is to actually flip the board rather then jump and push the board in a rolling motion to the other rail stand.
This is just like the flip out or rail flip-variel. The only real advice on this tip (if you've read the above tips) is to find the right pressure that the board will land in or near (to catch) rail stand position. Think of it like this.

!!!Less pressure------------------------------------
-Land with board upside down.
-LAND flip out
-land in an unbalanced state wit the board leaning to much.
-LAND on rail.
-land with board upside down.
-LAND back on grip tape only you did a full 180 flip 1.5 out.
!!!!More pressure------------------------------------------------

You'll get used to the amount of pressure you need to apply. The only tip for rail to rail is to not jump as high so you can land or catch back onto rail once the flip is done.

Once you get the pressure flip and the amount of pressure you need, you can do variations on different sides of the board. Even go one footed.

Hope this helps!

does any1 know how to 360FingerFlip...if they do please post how 2 do it

Heres my NH 50/50 trick tip video...it is my first video and I tend to ramble so pz bear with me. This was mainly created for a few ppl like sk8rgirl XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I1O3w9p2rw

does anyone have any tips for making the way to get into casper more stylish? mine look really strained and awful. Like it just flips directly over really quickly and looks like crap.

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME A LIST OF FOOTWORK AND HOW THEY'RE DONE??

So far I have:
Endovers - I know they're SUPPOSED to be done =)
dogwalks - My shoes hate these
MonsterWalks - Funny lookin, and funny to do...

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME A LIST OF FOOTWORK AND HOW THEY'RE DONE??

So far I have:
Endovers - I know they're SUPPOSED to be done =)
dogwalks - My shoes hate these
MonsterWalks - Funny lookin, and funny to do...

Jaywalks (Yay I know what they are now:D) - These are basically one-footed endovers.

Jaywalks (Yay I know what they are now:D) - These are basically one-footed endovers.

So its like bustin' a endover using one foot...
Or for a lack of a better description: an aborted one foot 360?

A NEW ADDITION:
>) Spacewalks - ain't it like a just an over pivoting manual??

I was wondering if people could give me a tip on varial fingerflips. I can do normal ones, but when I try varials it always flies off behind me:(

I was wondering if people could give me a tip on varial fingerflips. I can do normal ones, but when I try varials it always flies off behind me:(Front hand or backhand? If it's front hand, then you jump with both feet at the exact same time, straight up, and with your hand do the varial. The main trick is keeping your feet in the air.

This may help:

http://i29.tinypic.com/33x8vuc.gif

Front hand or backhand? If it's front hand, then you jump with both feet at the exact same time, straight up, and with your hand do the varial. The main trick is keeping your feet in the air.

I'll maybe try and get a vid at somepoint. It's fronthand, I jump fine and flip but the board always lands way behind me. Maybe I'm throwing it backwards thats something I'll look at.

How about fronthanded backside 360 fingerflips? Any tips. I've landed one, but hey.

360's...
Is there someone out there that can tell me exactly what it is they do, feel, think, breathe, eat etc. whilst they are doing them. I've watched a thousand videos, old guys, young guys, and it just looks easy. When I try it I can only get about once and a bit before I tilt away and just come straight off. If I do it slow and controlled I could probably get around maybe 3 times tops, but it's not the same as the wind up and go technique. FRUSTRATION!!!! :icon_mad:

anyone got some primo tips

360's...
Is there someone out there that can tell me exactly what it is they do, feel, think, breathe, eat etc. whilst they are doing them. I've watched a thousand videos, old guys, young guys, and it just looks easy. When I try it I can only get about once and a bit before I tilt away and just come straight off. If I do it slow and controlled I could probably get around maybe 3 times tops, but it's not the same as the wind up and go technique. FRUSTRATION!!!! :icon_mad:


do you spin fs or backside?

most people say fs is more stable.

anyone got some primo tips

Primo slides or railstands?

360's...
Is there someone out there that can tell me exactly what it is they do, feel, think, breathe, eat etc. whilst they are doing them. I've watched a thousand videos, old guys, young guys, and it just looks easy. When I try it I can only get about once and a bit before I tilt away and just come straight off. If I do it slow and controlled I could probably get around maybe 3 times tops, but it's not the same as the wind up and go technique. FRUSTRATION!!!!

I've heard from most people it's to find your center but I can't do 360s for the life of me. I'm not sure of anyone who can spin a good amount of 360s on here so you may be out of luck, try www.bobstricktips.com though, he's got something on 360s in there.

I had a look at Bob's tip but I didn't find it particularly useful. He basically said wind up and control your center of gravity over the tail - and I suppose that's all there is to it I guess. I was hoping that there was some magical bit of advice that would make everything clear...:(

Now I'm still new so forgive my explanation but if you were looking down at me spinning from above I would be spinning clockwise, which I think is backside (?) I've tried the other way as well but both offer the same sad result...

I had a look at Bob's tip but I didn't find it particularly useful. He basically said wind up and control your center of gravity over the tail - and I suppose that's all there is to it I guess. I was hoping that there was some magical bit of advice that would make everything clear...:(

Now I'm still new so forgive my explanation but if you were looking down at me spinning from above I would be spinning clockwise, which I think is backside (?) I've tried the other way as well but both offer the same sad result...
Are you goofy or regular stance? That would help figure it out. I've tried both ways while I have spun more backside, frontside feels like if I could get centered it would feel more comfortable to spin.

360s are a trick you really need to invest in. It isn't the sort where you can go out one day or a few days and spin 10 or 20. It doesn't work like that. There isn't one tip you can give someone for doing big numbers other than to do them frontside and practice a lot.

Loosely quoted Bob Asthon. :P

360s are a trick you really need to invest in. It isn't the sort where you can go out one day or a few days and spin 10 or 20. It doesn't work like that. There isn't one tip you can give someone for doing big numbers other than to do them frontside and practice a lot.

Loosely quoted Bob Asthon. :P

:P That's what I hate about em. Instead of spending time practicing them some new truck transfer trick is always getting in the way. *sigh*

Oops, sorry, I'm regular footed.

What you quoted there Tyler is actually a bit of a relief, I've actually tried them quite a bit (for the amount of time I've been skating) and thought maybe I just didn't have 'it'. From Bob's tricktip I got the impression that he just got on and did them no worries, I guess I'll just keep on trying (I don't have any truck transfer's to get in my way ;)).

So just to clarify, which way am I spinning at the moment?? (clockwise, regular foot) that's backside, yeah??

Yeah, backside, it does feel easier at first but most of the big time spinners go frontside but whatever floats your boat I guess.

I wish I could do like 10-20 360's like the pros but 1. I don't have the ability to do that yet and 2. I'm not sure I could handle it. I spin like 2 times and I get really dizzy. I used to have a high tolerance for spinning but now like I said, I spin twice and I feel all off wack. :)

Thanks, it helped a lot.

i really wanna learn butter flips to x foot 50 50 stand (not no handed)

any tips on it, i can pretty much get into it, but i need to commit more

DUDE!!!! you sound amazing haha do you have any videos up yet?

Can you help me how i can balance in the casper position i gan get n the position but my front food always touches the ground bevore i start balancing in the casper position have you any tips how i can come in the position without touching the ground with my front food?

Can you help me how i can balance in the casper position i gan get n the position but my front food always touches the ground bevore i start balancing in the casper position have you any tips how i can come in the position without touching the ground with my front food?

Go from rail to casper or do them while moving fakie, it helps you not touch your front foot. Or just practice all the time and get your balance.