I had this in another section but I thought I might as well put it in this section. I hope it helps some of you dudes out.

OLLIE

FIRST OF ALL

A ollie is were you push down on your tail of your board (we call this pop) , and you jump up and level out the board with your front foot to gain max hight and it will basically look like you have jumped with only using your feet.

HOW TO OLLIE

- first, start with your front foot on the middle of your board and your back foot right at the top of the tail. Now pop down but now the most important thing with a ollie is to jump. If you do not jump then the board will go no were and you will not ollie.

- so now, you have jumped up, (you must jump) sometimes you may have to jump forward but mostly when practicing flatland just mostly jump up, At first while you are practising them do worry to much about levelling the board out because you do not want to over do your ollie while you are practising because you will make things difficult for your self.

-so to re-cap, pop down and jump (like I said, you must jump). Don’t worry about levelling out because at first you only want to lift all the weels up of the floor so you can get the timing and feel of the ollie.

- once you have that down then try to make them higher bye once popped and jumped drag your front foot up the board to give it the extra height and that way also you can level out your board.

- now you may want to try to pop harder and not drag your front foot straight away so this way it can make your ollies higher and look better.

TIPS

You may want to practice while moving first that way once you have a stationary ollie down you don’t have to re-learn it moving.

If you are to scared of landing on the board then before you practice, run along and roll on the floor (this is no joke) now you will no that once you have fallen it is not so bad so you wont be scared to land those ollies, trust me, it helps me loads bye doing this.

You may want to try holding on to something while you are ollieing that you can practise staying over the board and landing it right, also its helps you out also because you can put your weight on to your arms so you can tuck up longer so you can ollie higher, try this way out, it helps a lot.

PROBLEMS
The first problem that you may find is only the front wheels are lifting up so that means you are not jumping high enough and you are not popping hard enough so you will have to pop harder and jump higher.

You may notice that your back foot wont land on the board when you ollie so you may be scared to land it so hold on to something so you can get the feel of it

If you have any questions then please feel free to ask me on this page, I will be getting some videos of some ollies up in about a week, I will try and capture most angles, just keep practising and try listen to music while you skate to inspire you. The thing that inspires me is Mike Vallely, not just for his skating but for just being who he is, feel free to ask questions dudes.

Thanks sparrow! Though I know how to ollie, I bet this will cut down on the number of 'help me' posts. When I ollie, I don't think of the jumping part, I just bend down, pop, slide and im in the air. It kinda also takes a lot of effort. My tips are, just keep doing them, over and over...and over and over and over..and over and over..and over again. Its kinda like when you were younger learning to walk. Well thats what I think of it as, and sometime I hope to be able to ollie as easily as I can jump normally.

Really good tip: JUMP FIRST, THEN POP!!!

I have a question, I skate with my right foot infront but all my friends are telling me that it is wrong and it will make learning to do an ollie harder. Is that true?

no that not wrong at all!
there are two different types of ways to stand goofy and regular...
goofy is when you put your right foot forward and push with your left and regular is when you push with you put your right foot forward and push with your left!
your goofy thats all and it wont make it any harder for you to ollie!

no its not true, if you have your right foot first it means you skate goofy, thats not bad atall its just oppisite to a stance called regular, weather your goofy or regular learning moves is just the same.

hope that hepled you out, just ask if you need more help, good luck

nope, your friends are lying, if you skate with your front foot foward then it means your goofy footed, there is nothing wrong with that and it will not make ollies harder,

hope that helped and good luck with them, any other trouble just ask

expain, how u pop and jump at the same time. i was outside an hour ago, nd i was trying to ollie, nd the effin board slipped from under my feet nd hit the curb nd i fell on my ass. haha. i also wiped out going dont my driveway at fast speeds, the board started wiggiling, nd i jumped off nd slid. that also hurt.
but. explain how to pop nd jump.

you have to bend your knees and begin to jump up the second before you pop, so as you begin to pop make sure you have started the jump

yeah thats a good guide fo noobs who are just starting skating

i still can't ollie!!!!

i jump then hit the tail of the board and all it does is go on 2 wheels.

dude me either but sometimes the board goes up but comes out from under me it gets annoying!

Thanks so much your tips have helped me i already jumped my for stair case.

wow, thats great dude

try this...


-place ur front foot 2/3rds up ur skateboard and ur back foot on the edge of the tail. (i find it easier to ollie in this position)
-its hard to explain the ollie, watch videos of people doing the ollie in slow motion and pay attention to what they do.
-bend ur knees and pop ur tail hard. once the tail hits the floor, jump with ur board. (use the pop to recochet off the floor, so as to say...as u r jumping push the tail down hard enough so that it lifts a bit. the rest is done with the front foot.)
-*dont slam the board down when u slide ur foot up!!!*
-when u slide ur foot up, go with the board and slide with the side of ur shoe. Once u even out the board in the air, place ur foot back flat on ur board.

ok i can do it to an extent when i land i land on the right edge of the board so that when i come down i fall to the side and i dont stay on the board how can i fix this?

maybe ur sliding ur front foot to the side instead of straight up

try this...


-place ur front foot 2/3rds up ur skateboard and ur back foot on the edge of the tail. (i find it easier to ollie in this position)
-its hard to explain the ollie, watch videos of people doing the ollie in slow motion and pay attention to what they do.
-bend ur knees and pop ur tail hard. once the tail hits the floor, jump with ur board. (use the pop to recochet off the floor, so as to say...as u r jumping push the tail down hard enough so that it lifts a bit. the rest is done with the front foot.)
-*dont slam the board down when u slide ur foot up!!!*
-when u slide ur foot up, go with the board and slide with the side of ur shoe. Once u even out the board in the air, place ur foot back flat on ur board.

i forgot to mention that when ur going to pop...pop the tail with ur toes and the ball of ur foot. u get more pop this way instead of poping with ur foot flat on the tail.

ok so i landed it and everything i got about six inches but i land of to the side like im turning but i know im not landing like that and my board has gotten to where i can only go one way or the other do i need a new board?

what do u mean ur board can only go one way or the other?

like you know how you turn but your not doing a kick turn just turning well i can only do that but i cant stay straight i can only go one way or the other. did i explain better that time?

oh so ur board goes to the right/left by itself?
my board doesnt go straight either, for some reason it goes to the side if u give it a push.
try losening ur trucks a little, my board still goes to the side but i can control it now.
also check if ur trucks r installed right.

when i ollie, my board doesn't stay straight.. like if im moving and do an ollie, the nose will turn and i lose my balance and cant really roll away when i land. any help withthat?

pop ur board from the center of the tail and slide ur foot straight up the nose. Make sure ur front foot is in the ollie position, that way ur board wont flip or turn.

yesterday i was trying different ways of ollie'n' and i found out that if u stand on the balls and toes of both of ur feet, u can ollie higher. it might just be me but u guys give it a try and tell me if it worked.

Thanks 4 the guide, it helps alot.
When i try to ollie my pop sounds like the tail is scraping along the ground. Am i not popping and jumping quick enough? Also, when u jump should u jump up and towards the nose of the board???
thx

I believe that you are supposed to jump to the nose, yes

thats true u have to jump and suck your legs to your chest allowin the board to com up good luck! :icon_wink

be a skater not a jock grab your board and not your @!#$@#

:icon_pist

I don't get it, I kick (or pop) as hard as I can and the deck comes up, I stumble back a bit and I never get my foot back on the deck in time, all my friends tried to help but they don't skate anymore, so I'm a solo job.

it sounds like your jumping back, pop and jump straight up, when learning dont try and do super ollies just little ollies at first to get the feel of them

what the helll am i too light or somthing i can never get more than 2 incheS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BILL
pop hard and quick.
jump, bring ur knees up to ur chest.
slide ur front foot up the board, dont push down on it.

have your popping foot in about the middle of the tail when you pop so that it doesnt go off in a different direction...pop then slide your non popping foot up the board and jump and the board should come with you then just land it.

ok but.........................i sware iv tryed it butt ill work on it

my friend cant ollie well. and i watched her over and over again. instead of sliding her foot up the board, she slams the board down. might this be ur problem?

i dont thing so,,,,,,,,,,,,i went and tryed for about and 1 hr and no diff

make sure the tail "pops" when it hits the ground. dont just push the tail down and jump and let the tail hit the ground alone...keep ur foot on the tail when it pops and when u hear the "pop", then jump. i used to be able to only ollie like about 4 inches because i thought i poped correctly, but then i poped the tail the right way and i got like a foot in the air. so i started doing it this way and now i can ollie just about 2 feet.

dang well ill have to try that i cant skate today cause i getting a haircutt :( :(

still cant ollie

experiment and keep trying youll get it soon.

well i dont get it my front end almost goes completley vertical and then it just goes back down :(

you r not leveling out your board.

Make sure you slide your foot and raise your back foot off your board.

also when you slide make sure you kinda drag it, this will level it out and get more hight

yea but the main thing is that you keep practising.

you gotta practice a lot,dont get frustrated,and also to get higher try lifting your legs all the way to your chest,this will allow it to go high

ya but when i pop the front goes up and i jump then it just goes right back down how do u get the back trux off!!!

pop hard and quick, jump and slide ur front foot up the board at the same time. DONT SLAM THE BOARD DOWN WHEN UR SLIDING UR FRONT FOOT!!!

push your front foot away from your back foot so that your board will even out and you can land it with more style.

...............................................*si gh*...................................erggggi just cant get it

i might be able to give some advice, im retraining right now and you should pop relaly hard with your back foot and like, sprint it up to your chest and your front foot should do the same going up to the front of the board but dont put too much pressure on it or youll have to bail, my sig might explain some

and in the sig, i didnt level out very well, still working on it though

so how do u get up in the air exactly ? like do u just pop that hard?

man...i have worse problem...i cant even jump and bring my knees up to my chest... nor i cant slide my flippin foot up the nose of the board... i know this is such an impossible but still someone plz help~ try to help out a sk8r chick~ lol XOXO SKATERCHICK!

BILL- poping is what starts the board from leaving the ground...sliding ur foot up the board brings it up higher. leveling the board brings the back wheels up to the same level as the front wheels. so poping hard will certainly help, but if u cant level out ur board properly, ur back wheels wont come off the ground much.

MrsScheckler1773/BILL- try holding on to something (a fence will work fine). try to ollie while holding on. keep on practicing this way until u get the right motions and timing. when u think u got it, try doing stationary ollies. dont get frustrated if u can only get a few inches. aslong as u get all wheels off the ground.

cool thanks~ that will totally help ~ XOXO SKATERCHICK~

I need help doing the ollie. I can almost never get my back wheels in the air. I also think I might not bbe dragging my foot up.

cant skate for a while i guess i have basket balll :(

wait so i did skate and when i pop my board goes all the way vertical ..so i try again but then i try to level out no aiir:( god im getting scared of beeing credit carded

well thats how it was with me for days...but i kept practicing anyways...not even like hour a day... but at least 30 min, cuz i just started skating...tomorrow will be my 2nd week and 1st week of me practicing ollie, but anyways i just did that on stationary ollie, and now i can jump for about 3 inch... its not that great and i cant do it all the time, i only did it 3 times out of whole bunches but still...my point is that you just have to practice and remember... bend ur knees, jump(try to touch ur chest with ur knees) and slide your front foot, and thats pretty much it...even though i still cant really slide my foot up but i am sure if i practice it will be all good... so yea other people were rite...just practice ...and try to rest if you are really tired out or like getting frustrated...do some head banging to ur fave song, or if its pop, the mellow out, or if its rap, then get it crunkin'

what i am saying is, if you get frustrated, try to stop for while and just stroll around, and try to forget about it, cuz you will when u finally do at least an inch jump...~

XOXO SKATERCHICK~

Hey, does your back foot actually stay on the board when you ollie? I have been having trouble with landing my back foot on the board.

what do you mean, does it land behind the tail ?

"Hey, does your back foot actually stay on the board when you ollie? I have been having trouble with landing my back foot on the board."

well i never had problem with landing my back foot cuz i always landed with both feet... n e ways...i think i kinda got stationary ollie down...but when i was about to jump over curb..i got scared ...really bad...is it only me? ugh...help!!!

ur back foot does not stay on the board when u ollie. once u pop, ur back foot should come off as u jump and when u even out the board with ur front foot, ur back foot come on the board and u land.
and i also get scared when im about to ollie over, onto, or off something. but once u actually do it right, u get the confidence to do it again and again and again. just go at a decent speed and dont ollie too close or too far away from the sidewalk.

"but once u actually do it right, u get the confidence to do it again and again and again. just go at a decent speed and dont ollie too close or too far away from the sidewalk."

oo that DOES make whole lotta sense than "you'll get used to it" so thanks so much for clearing that out for me~ i shud prolly do more stationary ollies (if i get my board) and try to jump over curb..

oh wait...or is it that you are suppose to learn moving ollie first before you jump over curb?? im confused... which one to learn first?

well thanks so much anyways tho~

XOXO SKATERCHICK~

u should learn moving ollies first. ollieng over objects is the next step. so once u get ur moving ollies down, at a decent speed, u should try to ollie over things.


p.s. are u talking about manualing off a sidewalk or actually ollieing off or on to the sidewalk?

well like pretend there is a flat road...and grass area... and grass area is little higher so i was trying to jump over to grassarea from the flatland...

but i wasnt moving so when i try to jump the board moved (well wiggled) so i got scared...ugh...srry sometimes i cant really explain my self lol

XOXO SKATERCHICK~

good tip

hey is that u skating? in that pic? with Clark44 thing...and oh nice avatar thing~ isnt Ryan Sheckler awesome! lol srry off topic...

i think u should try ollieing on to the grass area while moving at a decent speed. even if u fall, u will land on the "soft" grass. =P
this is a great place to practice ollieing on to objects.
why? because...
-if u fall, it wont hurt
-if u make it over the grass, the board will stop so there is no chance the board will shoot out from under u

u should go for it, move at a decent speed and start ollieing on to the grass area.

oo cool~ never really thought of that~ awesome! and cool ~

thanks so much~!!!

XoXO SKATERCHICK~

Thumbs up....now i know my problem why my back wheels dont rise

lol YAY i finally figured out how to really pop the tail~ (thanks so much daniel!! u rock!!)

and i realized why my back wheels dont rise either lol cuz i wasnt slamming my tail to touch the ground and wutnot lol so i kinda got my stationary ollie down...not to bad for practicing for only 4 days ?? lol nah..but it sucks cuz today is rainy day so i cant skate!!! arggggg

can anyone help me with the pop. are you supposed to jump off and the force of you jumping pushes the tail into the ground or do you like push the tail into the ground with your foot then jump off?

can anyone help me with the pop. are you supposed to jump off and the force of you jumping pushes the tail into the ground or do you like push the tail into the ground with your foot then jump off?


its like pushing the tail down and then jumping...eventhough it happens soo quick. like ur jumping but in ur jumping motion, u push the tail down so it hits the ground and then u sort of ricochet off the ground and thats when u jump.

Hey i nd help.....when i do ollie stationary i cn ollie abt 2 decks high...but when moving...i cant even ollie....dang....in fact i cant even pop when moving...the feelings of ollieing stationary and moving are totally different....any tips for me on ollieing while moving?

i have no clue i still cant ollie........elmo u should no me lol.....is it because i have to move to ollie better?

ha yea i still cant ollie either...only on grass and im trying to learn it on pavement road...which is hard cuz i live in apartment and i almost got banned from skating cuz someone reported me for being loud...ugh...haters lol
but yea now i am over the stupid fear...sure i still get those chills sometimes...but now im like "Ugh screw it ill just do it"
except i am not really getting it so all i need to do is practice i guess since i kinda get the concept

but why is it that most people say its easier to ollie when you are moving?
is it because the speed makes it go higher or something?

Well, firstly, when you're moving, you get more pop.

Second, when standing still and ollieing, you have to worry about your board going backwards and all that, but when you are moving, you and your board have this whole equilibrium (sp?) thing - you and your board are ONLY going to be going forward.

~Necro

oo yea !! i was thinkin about that...the board going backwards...

yea i kinda noticed that ...like when i try to ollie on pavement it kidna goes backward...i thought it was only me but thx!~

Yay ...hmm i dunno if this is much improvement but hmm i am not afraid to practice my ollie on pavement anymore (i kno how pathetic i was lol)

Hey...i watch some ollie videos and i observed that when they ollie while moving,when they pop,their tail didnt touch the ground....strange..and..mrs sheckler...some tips for u...when u want to ollie stationary,u jump as if you are on a flat land...but when jumping,focus more weight on your back foot,which would would eventually pop....and when in air just drag....and also your hands....when jumping flap your hands up....this may look silly but it helps u alot....i kinda can ollie abt 2 1/2 deck with this stationarily...but i still cant ollie while moving...and also dont practice on grass...on grass,there is lesser oop compare to normal flatland...

Yay ...hmm i dunno if this is much improvement but hmm i am not afraid to practice my ollie on pavement anymore (i kno how pathetic i was lol)

Great! now that you've conquered your fear of the pavement, you can start mastering that ollie. The next thing to do i practice it moving and that takes alot of courage, so just be confident and dont let yourself fall into old habits and you'll be fine :D

O cool! yea but hopefully i will learn to master ollie on pavement fast but sadly its always raining in Florida...sniffle lol but Thanks!

SKATERCHICK!~

man i still cant get the stupid ollie iv been on this thread for a bout a month or 2.....................and i no pop jump
slide ur foot

isnt it soo much easier to say then done?? lol i cant do em on grass that well anymore...i always forget to do either one of these

1. slide up front foot
2. pop tail hard (slam it...i usually just tap it)
3. pull my back leg up ...

and most of the times... i usually miss more than 1 of those lol

but i still have 2 week left to learn ollie ( i was hoping to learn ollie in 1 month)

so when moving does the tail hit the ground or not?

y do u olny have 2 weeks to learn mrs sheckler??? and ya i cant ollie either

so when moving does the tail hit the ground or not?

yes, the tail is ment to hit the floor.

o cuz my friends are like oh it wud be so cool if u learned in a month and one of my friend (she's dang rich lol) said she wud buy me a new board if i learn it in a month..
and also ...so many people say they learned in a week...so i dunno ...lol srry i am not makin much sense here lol

o well lol.............i understand in a way.............kinda...........not really lol.........wait i read it again now i understand

lol...well can u ollie stationary?? srry i was kinda confused about that

nope i stiil cant can u?

yea ...most of the times...but not as good anymore as i used to...dunno wut happened...

most of the time when i ollie my board moves toward my backside and lands crooked. how do i land straight.

Hey when ollie moving, u jump forward or the same as ollieing stationary?anyone pleaz

jump forward and up, if you have speed then just jump up and the speed will make you travel foward

is there actually a topic on olliining up ramps cause i just bought a ramp that is like a kicker i think and i have trouble olling it i think i lean too far back. Help please!

hi mate ^^^^ havent spoke to you in ages

gt a weird problem..i cn ollie but only 1 deck..i cn ollie up....50-50...but abt my dragging when ollie...when dragging my friend told me that i was using the 'Kickflip area' to drag...i knew that when dragging,use side part of shoe but i use the kickflip area...i think thats e factor why mt ollie aint high...so any tips?

yer i founed if you slid yuo front foot up b4 you hear it pop you get no hight

This looks like the right place to help me out.
I can ollie pretty good stationary.
But when i try it moving, i get much lower, and it seems more like im jumping slightly and just pulling the board along, like i ollie two inches high but 1 foot forward.
Also, i turn backside, like im attempting a 180 ollie but only goin 90.

Help me?

^Going 90 degrees is a common problem when people start to learn the ollie, dont worry, youll straighten them out soon enough when you get to know the motion better. Try and pull up your back leg, dont really kick your front foot forwards, rather just slide it up to the nose.

thanks, i was out today and they're feeling a lot smoother

Helps a lot, thanks

hey when i ollie stairs my back foot always comes off and i do the splits. can someone help give me some tips?

ahaha...i just did my first try and face planted... haha...i'll get it eventually

I can ollie already but my landing is very unstable....u guys land a ollie on ur toes or heels?

I'm having trouble. Two days ago, I could ollie 4 out of 5 times. The past two days, I can't land them. My back foot either just comes off or I walk off the board for some reason. Can anyone help me?

It says that when you dont land your back foot on the board, your scared. Im totally fearless, and the board is getting up to atleast 6 or seven inches, but my back foot just wont land on the board! Help me please

this guied made my ollie like 1/3 higher.

Also se this http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=15919 for a commen problem

^^ the guide didnt make your ollie better, you may your ollie better yourself dude

Thanks alot for this guide, i will use it when my board comes

heey, oke I got a problem and I don't know how to solve it, can you guys give me some advice?

I can ollie when I stand still, but when I try to ride als ollie something is going wrom. I can't get a hight that looks like my ollie while I'm sanding still. my tale is deiing when I try to ollie, because my tale is draggin gover the ground,
do you know some tips that can help me solve my probleme, tell me please

Hi,

Kinda having the same prob as above...

I've been practising my ollie on an off-cut of carpet. I can get a decent ollie now (although inconsistent). I now want to try this on concrete - again, stationary to begin with.

The problem is that everytime I go to do the ollie the board slides/moves out backwards from underneath me. Does this mean I am doing something wrong in the ollie or is it harder to do it stationary?

When I ollie on the carpet I notice that the tail doesn't always hit the ground - and yet I still get a decent enough ollie out of it. I've been told that the tail should hit the ground - could this be causing a problem??

All advice welcome!

edit to post 113

just got my bro to film me do a few ollies. i just noticed the tail does hit the ground (really quickly though).

so I guess thats out the way i just need some tips on taking this into practice on concrete and then onto moving ollies.

given that my concrete part of my garden is only 10metres by 3metres - whats the best tips i can get for ollie-ing stationary??

peace.

ok, i skate with my left foot front, and right foot on the tail.
when i ollie, am i supposed to "pop" and let the tail hit the ground?
cus i pop and jump and i can get it really high, and sometimes land, like 25% of the time ill land.
but im wondering, will it help if i let the tail hit the ground?

i havent checked this thread in awhile, sorry guys, what i will do latter on is film a stationry ollie,that may help, it will be up by the end of the day..

Very nice guide Sparrow I am impressed. rep for you for such a detailed guide.

^^ haha, thanks man, i done this guide ages ago, i do be meaning to film some trick tip videos but im always forgeting too,

This is one month old, but I am dying to say something. And plus, this guide is too sexy.

Here is my tip for the Ollie if you're having poping issues. Start off by not doing the actual Ollie, at first. Find some grass or rug and just practice poping the board and jumping up. Just pop the tail, jump for joy and keep repeating it until you feel clean just poping it. Then go off and practice the Ollie. Just my two cent. :)

^^this guide is about 15 mouths old, i did it may last year i beleive

Really good tip: JUMP FIRST, THEN POP!!!

this helped me immensely. also, (i don't know if this will help anyone... but maybe....) if you find yourself popping as hard as you can but not getting any air, be sure to lift your back foot up high so that your board can come up as high as you popped, it worked for me :icon_bigg

yo what's up guys...i'm having some trouble doing moving ollies. i pretty much got my sationary ollies down and ive been trying moving ones but cant seem to do them...it's like all that i learned doing it stationary doesnt exist when im moving! the times that i can somewhat do em right, i cant land them...the board shoots out forward under me...what can i do to solve that? any help would be appreciated, my elbows cant take much more :(

Ok well first, try going slowly when you do them. I found it easier to do Ollies moving, and I got them first, but anyway, i also found it easier to do it more of a forward motion to start off with, rather than bringing your foot straight up. Just go have a go with bringing you foot diagonally up, and then once you've got it down, try going faster and then getting higher by bring both feet straight up.

im having so much trouble with ollies. i can never get the back wheels off the ground, and when i do, i fleuk it and its only like 3cm. but ive read all the suggestions and comments...there just seems to be so much to think about.

great guide, thanx

Hey i do the jump pop thing but thats all i can do. ive practised for days but i cant get my front foot to slide up agianst the top of my board. the board falls from the pop before i get time. also when i pop should it just smash agianst the ground or should it get some air. because when i do it, it only smashes agianst the ground

ok woot i firgured out my problem and i can ollie. but only about one inch. how can i get higher other than crouching more or poping harder becuase im popping as hard as i can

I can ollie stationary but not while rolling..

As soon as I start rolling, the board shoots out from under me as soon as I try to slam the tail town. Should I be leaning forward while i'm ollieing?

Sorry if the question has been asked.

^^ if you think it would help to lean foward then do so, but thsat may get in the way of the draging part.

if your uncomfertable with doing it moving then try it slower, maybe with the smallest push, also it helps if you dont pop so hard at first, just do real small ones to you get more comfertable and comferdent, then begin to step it up with going alittle bit faster and ollieing alittle higher.

good luck mate

i hope this helps me

im also having a huge problem with moving ollies , i cant seem to do them at all , i ccan do stationary ones over 6 inches igh and i could kickflip if im holding on to something , but i cant do a rolling ollie at all , i also skate mongo (kick with my back foot) , im tryng to break the habit , any tips?

wouldnt worry about pushing mongo, people say they dont like the look of it but who cares =)

the thing with moving ollies is popping and jumping foward with the board, best advice i got is push really slow at first, and then try them, dont pop to hard ether just work on getting the feel of them down, then each time you practise try going alittle faster and poping harder..

hope it helps bro..

do you pop then jump or jump then pop

Learn 'em stationary first, thats what I say.

Ive heard the jump and then pop helps... That doesn't seem to really make sense, though. Do you start jumping with your front foot and not really jumping with your back?

Ahhh this is soo frustrating.

hey
im trying stationary ollies now i get really good pop but i drag my foot up to level out but my board just ends up landing with that one drag foot on it like 1 foot away from my pop foot. what do i do to get the board to stay under me?
thanks

Wow, this gave me more information than any video on youtube... I'm going to try that running and rolling thing...

Also, I heard that to do an ollie while moving, I should know how to manual for about a foot. Is that true? Would it help at all? If so, then should I be learning how to manual first?

Yo guys, sorry if this seems really, really stupid, but i have a bit of a problem.

I skate goofy and i'm not monga but when i do a stationary ollie i kick down with my right foot. Do you guys know if thats right because when a do a rolling ollie it seems like i should be slamming my tail with my left foot. So basically i need to know if a goofy skater should slam down his right or his left foot. I hopethat made sence. Thx a bunch.

^^ hmm, if you pop down with your right foot then thats regular, if you pop down with your left then thats goofy.

Is that what you were asking buddy ?

Well ya basically, thx. Because the entire 4 months i've been skating, i've been doing ollies stationary and i always slammed down with my right foot. But when i started do rolling ollies i noticed i was always in a nollie stance where my right foot was it front so i had to do a 180 to ollie and i could never keep my balance with my right foot pushing 'cause i'm goofy. So now i need to learn how to ollie slamming with my left foot. Srry if none of that made sence.

^^ i think i understood =) well anyways good luck with them, if you need any help bro dont be affraid to ask.

I read the whole guide and watched some videos on youtube, and now I can ollie fairy confidently! This whole thread was a huge help! Thanks!

^^ glad to here, nice work buddy.

Good to see this thread is still helping since i done it over 2 years ago =)

Im just like everyone else i can ollie great stationary but suck while moving. But i figured this out: if you want to learn to ollie while moving but are scared to fall or going fast or w/e, ollie stationary while looking in the direction you would be going. If you do this it will feel like you are doing a moving ollie but you are still stationary so your chance of getting hurt is lessend. I think the reason ollieing while moving is hard is because you cant look down at your board. And well, a personal update on me is i can really ollie fine but i just have the turning problem, when I land i land sideways a lot.

btw correct me if i was wrong in there i dont want to mislead anyone
sorry for the long post

^^ glad to here, nice work buddy.

Good to see this thread is still helping since i done it over 2 years ago =)



How couldn't it help... I can barely ollie while moving (like 2, 3 inches) but now I wanna go out there and try again... Wish me luck ^.^

You may notice that your back foot wont land on the board when you ollie so you may be scared to land it so hold on to something so you can get the feel of it
Oh yeahhh, absolutely!

I'm having this problem now. Thanks for the advice. :icon_clap

wow that really help...thank ^^

Im just like everyone else i can ollie great stationary but suck while moving. But i figured this out: if you want to learn to ollie while moving but are scared to fall or going fast or w/e, ollie stationary while looking in the direction you would be going. If you do this it will feel like you are doing a moving ollie but you are still stationary so your chance of getting hurt is lessend. I think the reason ollieing while moving is hard is because you cant look down at your board. And well, a personal update on me is i can really ollie fine but i just have the turning problem, when I land i land sideways a lot.

btw correct me if i was wrong in there i dont want to mislead anyone
sorry for the long post

When you slide your foot up the board in the air, make sure you make it straight. I think then you would land straight, not wierd.
And great tip for others.

Awesome guide.

And just to recap because I'm afraid I read it wrong, you pop before you jump?

^^ at the same time, as you jump..pop.

Good luck september. =)

think this thread is coming up to 3 years now haha

Omg still can't ollie!!! Well I can but barley! I realize hitting the tail of the board on the ground prevents me from doing an olli but I think i can't slide my foot up thats the problem. by the way are you supposed to hit the tail on the ground?

yes you are supposed to hit the tail on the ground. befor you do that though you want to try and jump.

equalize the weight on both of your legs and begin to jump putting the same pressure on both legs, about 3/4 through, or when your done jumping kick down with your back foot on the tail for the pop that way the board will come up at the same time that your body is going up from the jump.

but i myself have a problem. i can do almost all the things fine but sometimes when i go to ollie my board will kind of spin (not flip, spin) to my backside, any help? i think it might have to do with how im sliding my front foot to the nose but im not sure any advice please.

I can ollie now, although not that high =( 2inches...

Lol, the rolling on the floor thing really helped me commit.

Thanks for the thread, helped a lot.

I can ollie now, although not that high =( 2inches...
First I said 2 inches, now 7 inches. And 9 moving :)

When trying to ollie over 1 stair or over something...the ollie must be done almost before crossing the object...the idea is that you fly over the stuff you wanna ollie. For higher ollies...just keep practicing...and get your back foot to jump and dont touch the board in the air!

for the past few weeks i've been just practicing my moving ollies outside, and i finally decided to bend my knees all the way down.
After eating the pavement a bit, i realized that my backfoot is finally getting off the air. I also experimented with jumping high while doing so, and they're really starting to get better...
practice makes perfect...
haha

Now my ollies are way higher...and also my back foot is in the air...thats the biggest secret of a high ollie.

thanks for making this guide it helped a lot

rep +1

i still can't ollie after reading and watching tons of tips and help! :(

my problem is that i always seem to push my board under me when i snap the tail and my front foot wont even get near the nose...

i still can't ollie after reading and watching tons of tips and help! :(

my problem is that i always seem to push my board under me when i snap the tail and my front foot wont even get near the nose...
Practice, practice, practice!

Don't apply pressure with your front foot when you snap the tail, just jump up and forward, that's really what causes the whole sliding motion.

Good luck :)

I'll work on it I guess, after I master how to manual.:)

I think I get what you're saying... I'm learning to ollie right now too, and I always end up turned in a different position than I started in. Plus when I try not on carpet or grass I bust my butt too. I'ma just keep practicing in my garage until it happens. Anyone had any luck video taping themselves at it to get better?

I think I get what you're saying... I'm learning to ollie right now too, and I always end up turned in a different position than I started in. Plus when I try not on carpet or grass I bust my butt too. I'ma just keep practicing in my garage until it happens. Anyone had any luck video taping themselves at it to get better?

actually now i only have trouble sliding my front foot towards the nose, the tail just stays on the ground when i "ollie".<SP:)

i landed on my butt like 3 times today when i was skating and i even lost a freaking washer so one of my wheels fell off but then i found it again... but i kept trying until i knew i was doing something wrong. -.-

nice guide thanks :)

I just spent an hour trying to learn to ollie and I have some tips that I hope will be useful. I'm only getting into the very basics though, so if you can already get all four wheels off the ground, this probably won't help you.

Positioning Your Feet:
For your 'board foot' (left for regular, right for goofy), you want to put it somewhere between the bolts and the middle of the board. Once you get to pulling the board up with it, you can experiment with where works best, but until then, don't worry about this foot too much.
The 'tail foot' matters quite a bit more. You want to get it right on the edge of the tail, and you want to just put the ball of you foot there. The further the edge of the board is from your heel, the more power will go into popping the tail, so make sure you place as little of your foot as possible on the board, without sacrificing stability or power, of course.

The Jump Itself:
If there was one thing I wish I had been told when I was starting ollies, it would easily be: "After you crouch, fully extend your body before popping the board." Instead of trying to pop the board on your way up, make sure you stand up all the way, then push down the tail with your toes as you take off. Also, make sure you're not focusing too much on snapping the board, or you might forget to jump.

In Conclusion:
Hopefully this has helped you with your beginning ollies. From this point on, you'll probably want to focus on dragging your front foot up the board, jumping higher, bringing the board higher, and eventually moving ollies.

Simulposted in the Ollie troubleshooting thread

After such a good day for my ollies, I've come to a slight impasse. I can only ever do do two of these three actions: pop the tail, slide my foot up the board, and jump. When I pop the tail and slide my foot, I can't ever manage to raise my back foot up. I can consistently get all four wheels off the ground and a few inches on the back ones, but my board will never even out. And when I try to remember to raise my foot, I either have a crappy jump or barely pop the tail at all. How should I work on combining these?

::bracing for "Go practice them more"::

the frist time i landed a ollie it was amazing

I have a problem when only my front wheels go up, but when I took a video of myself I saw that when I slide my foot I use the NOSE of my foot. How can I like, get used to using the side of my foot not the nose.

Don't apply pressure with your front foot when you snap the tail, just jump up and forward, that's really what causes the whole sliding motion.


So it's like the sliding of the foot is only a reflex? And you don't really need to slide it?

So basically jump
Ahaha this actually helped me
thank you

when i first started, i couldnt ollie because i had too much pressure on my back foot. i popped, but kept my foot down....i find it a lot easier to pop and take your back foot off as fast as you can to let it get up in the air.
i dunno, thats just me...

when i first started, i couldnt ollie because i had too much pressure on my back foot. i popped, but kept my foot down....i find it a lot easier to pop and take your back foot off as fast as you can to let it get up in the air.
i dunno, thats just me...

im pretty sure that is the correct way to do it.

Alright check me out.... I can ollie good. I mean I got motions down pack and everything, I don't even think about it anymore... But something i think I'm doing wrong.. Standing still my olllies are amazing, however when I am moving sometimes I land them and sometimes I don't. I think that as a jump I should forward with the board, but sometimes i jump to far forward and my front foot lands on the nose and i fall forward or my back foot doesn't follow and maybe in that case my back foot just needs to follow..

When I couldn't ollie. I found out know that my problem was keeping my left foot down. Just bend down FIRST. then pop the tail ALONG with the motion of jumping up and sliding your foot. It's also a good practice to pop the board but keep the board on the ground just pop softly and slide your foot while keeping your board on the ground. wonder if I helped anyone.

When sliding your foot up in the ollie, I try to use the side of my foot as everyone says but my neighbor says I should use the nose because it makes the ollie higher. Is it true? or should I continue to do what I normally do?

Guess ill post in this thread... its been 4 years since ive skated and im trying to ollie ive got the hang of it going about 4-5 inches. I can ollie great moving just not stationery go figure haha.
Merging doublepost
Ill post a tip...When you first try to ollie dont try to go as high as you can take it little by little. go through the motions.

K
I need some help.
So last week i could ollie 5/10 usually
Now,,,,,
When I pop and slide, the board comes up but leaves my feet and shoots behind me. I land where the board should be, but the board is 3-5 inches behind my heels on its edge....
Any suggestions?

I need to practice on tucking/leveling out the board. I can get the front of the ground for sure, and get off the ground a good 3in. I just need to get used to pulling my legs up too. I can do this mostly stationary. I need to re learn it rolling. I feel retarded sometimes practicing. I used to be able to ollie into a manual like it was nothing before.

I'm a baby again.

anyone got a great ollie video that shows how to jump and kick?

I want to put it up on my skateboard site.

After a certain height (around 1') my ollies start to go left. Any ideas why because I've tried everything to straighten them out. I usually just kind of stumble off the board when landing because sometimes it's as bad as 45 degrees off center.

i cant ollie no metter what i do!!:(
i give up!
call me noob or whatever you what but i cant do it!!

It's not that, you just gotta commit.
There was this guy who took 1 year to ollie, but after the ollies, all his other tricks came to him naturally.
If you don't practice, your ollies will never come to you.
If you have practiced enough, believing in yourself is the last step.
Remember: There is no fear, only commitment.

you ahve to commit
watch trick tips
practice on carpet

pop your tail down
and JUMP
while jumping slide your front foot on its side
and land

maybe if you showed us a video
we could help you with your problem

i had this problem.
what i did was to move my front foot so i had equal hang on either side of my board so that when i slide up, i slide straight and not to the side.

right on dude!

good guide, i finally learned a moving ollie after first picking up my skateboard two years ago.

i usually skate for transportation, but i'm working on getting my ollies consistent enough to jump up curbs

cool ollie guide. Thanks guys.

man nice guide bro. i love it.

I can't put my foot on the front of the board when jumping. so i make sketchy ollies.
I skate for 4 days, and 2 days i'm practising at ollies.

Do you have any good tips?

Help me plz..

thx

so i can do standing ollies fien everytime but when i go to do a rolling one i find that i cant jump or i lose balence before i do. and then once i do get in the air my board either turns to the right (i skate goofy if that helps) and then also sometiems only my front foot lands on the board and my left foot is left hanigng out in the air haah

so i can do standing ollies fien everytime but when i go to do a rolling one i find that i cant jump or i lose balence before i do. and then once i do get in the air my board either turns to the right (i skate goofy if that helps) and then also sometiems only my front foot lands on the board and my left foot is left hanigng out in the air haah

Stationary ollies and moving ollies have a different feel to them, yes. With moving ollies, you obviously have to account for momentum, the fact that you're moving, etc. etc. Which is why practicing tricks while stationary isn't the best idea generally. Now you've just got to figure out moving ollies through practice.

As for your turning board: are you popping to the side? When you snap the tail down, make sure it is straight down. Are you dragging your foot to the side? Drag it straight up the griptape. Are you moving your shoulders? You've got to keep them straight and parallel with the board. Are you kicking the nose with your foot? Stop dragging once your foot reaches the front bolts.

some people have frontside turn when learning ollies. i did for like a year and it pissed me off.

problem was not keeping lower body square. especially while moving, people like to face forward (frontside), and so in the air the lower body naturally winds in the same direction.

it's totally okay to look frontside, but try not to face frontside until you have better control over your lower body.

also, this can be a problem when ollieing over objects and your approach is too slow. turning frontside can be a gut "bail-out" reaction.