ok to start of a kickflip stand in a normal ollie stance but this time point your front foot (about 45 degress) towards the nose. As you take off with a nice pop, begin dragging your front foot up the board. as your foot begins to near the nose flick your front foot to flip the board.

make sure both of your feet especially the back one is off the board or else the board will not flip! keep your shoulders in line with the board at all times as you flick your front foot down and outwards.

once the board is about half way through its flip bring your front foot back into the board, as you see the grip tape come around.back foot first remeber and land it!!! do not be afraid to do so (this is the main reason why people do not land tricks).
land on the bolts as usual and ride away!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/skaterclark/kickflip.gif

still having trouble check the video for more tips kickflip (http://www.bobstricktips.com/tricktips/olliekickflipvid.shtml)

yes yes just put your foot like 65% up the board then on the side of it so your toes is on the board pop it and slide your foot up the board like an ollie and watch the board spin and katch it when it does the flip

ok to start of a kickflip stand in a normal ollie stance but this time point your front foot (about 45 degress) towards the nose. As you take off with a nice pop, begin dragging your front foot up the board. as your foot begins to near the nose flick your front foot to flip the board.

make sure both of your feet especially the back one is off the board or else the board will not flip! keep your shoulders in line with the board at all times as you flick your front foot down and outwards.

once the board is about half way through its flip bring your front foot back into the board, as you see the grip tape come around.back foot first remeber and land it!!! do not be afraid to do so (this is the main reason why people do not land tricks).
land on the bolts as usual and ride away!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/skaterclark/kickflip.gif



still having trouble check the video for more tips kickflip (http://www.bobstricktips.com/tricktips/olliekickflipvid.shtml)

great copy from bobs trick tips. :nono:

isnt thst plagarism lol

great copy from bobs trick tips. :nono:

what?? i didnt copy that from bobs trick tips!
the video and images, yes but not the writing that was my own!
Its just to help you guys out! sorry for using the videos and images from bobs trick tips, but its a public website so im sure im allowed to use it!

i believe he's right

-when i flick the board it spins but i lose the board in the air! the board flies off from under my feet when it spins.
-sometimes i only land the kickflip with my front foot...


any tips? plz post

my deck doesnt spin

use ur ankle to flick the board @ kerr69

ok heres what happens to me i get it around pretty consistently but i goes of and it ends up looking like a 90 degree ollie gone bad whats my problem?

ok.i can ollie a deck but when i try a kickflip i spin it BUT it doesant spin all the way,and lands facing the bottom of the board facing up.and if i do flick it all the way it doesnt stay under my feet,and when it does,i cant land it cause my feet automaticly goes on the sides.help please.
-bam

my board stays nose up and the tail barely comes off the ground or the board will fly ahead of me. what should i do?

i can only land my back foot on the board

Well what ive learned is you should keep your back foot in normal. your front foot should be like almost lined up with the bored like he said put your foot at a 45 degree angle then pop it and flip it hard it wont take much to spin the bored if yopu kcik it right. its mostly all about the kicking flick part of it. buti still cant keep it under me.

whenever i kickflip my front foot hits the ground before my board does

If your foot lands to the side keep your shoulders squared with the board, its a natural reaction to turn facing forward and that why your feet land to the sides of the board, if your feet land before the board jump higher and suck your knees up towards your chest

Yeah i used to do that...turn so my feel landed on either side. MAKE yourself catch it. Just once, and then you'll be like "ooohhhhh, so THAT'S how to do it."

if the board won't spin, kick it harder. i find it helps to kick more diagonally down, not just out. that just looks like a karate kick.

if the tail stays on the ground, then you're getting ahead of yourself and forgetting to pop a good ollie first. its pop, flip. not pflipop. so pop first, then flip.

I think all the kickflip takes is lots of practice. You dont need to learn all special foot placements, youl learn all that if you practice.

when i kickflip the board usually flips right, but it goes above my feet in air and i cant land.

i think i found out why my deck wasn't flipping all the way. well i was trying to land my signture trick the queer flip wich is just a kickflip but my feet a bascily next to each other. so i thourght i must be geting more flip if i put my foot a bit lower.

Ya the pics are copied but not the text. good post.

do you have to ollie a deck to be able to kickflip?

not really, but it helps... because it will give the board enough space and time to do a complete 360.

thanks

thanks

I can get the flip rotation but i dont really understand how to stay in the air longer, I can easily ollie a deck, i ollie, flick with my ankle, and if the board stays under me then it flips but I hit the ground before the boards done flipping.... :(

thanks

Erm...im nt sure about this....i skate regular pose....when doing kickflip,which way should i kick?

i land before the board, well only my front foot. the backfoot(wich i stop the deck from spining) is perfect.

i can flip it all the way but i hit the ground before the board...or it spins too much...or it goes with my foot and does like a 180...any tips to fix these would be highly apreciated

"i hit the ground before the board..."
- bring ur knees up to ur chest just like an ollie.
"spins too much..."
-give it a smaller flick.
"it goes with my foot and does like a 180..."
-flick with ur foot only, not ur whole leg. also make sure u dont scoop the tail when u pop it.

here i can varial flip sweet but my kickflips just spin varial noe why and i cant stop my foot from spinning it its sooooo annoying lol do yas have any tips

I can flip the board but everytime i land beside my board...why izit like that?

i have come to the conclusion that more than half of the people on this site cannot kickflip.

correct

ok i can flick it and spin it sometimes up to a double kickflip but i always and i mean always land before the board i dont know why but i do and i hate it

ok i can flick it and spin it sometimes up to a double kickflip but i always and i mean always land before the board i dont know why but i do and i hate it. i tryed pullin my knees up but i cant seem to do it and tryin jumping a second time doesnt either

Thanx this will help me ALOT!

this fourm help thanx

I saw a kickflip trick tip video here last week, now I can't find it. it wasn't from Bobs. It was more along the lines of the Transworld Trick Tip videos.

Anyone know where it is?

http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/tricktips?query=kickflip

mislued user is tryin to help us wtf dont yell at him, even if he did copy it, at least hes helpin

ok im really havin a problem with the kickflip, i can ollie 3 decks and just keep landing the kickflip with both feet while the decks on its underside because its too low and wont make a full rotation, does anyone know a good way to try to make it higher because everytime i try to get the board higher i kick my foot too far off and cant get it back on

my deck gets the flip perfect i just land right beside it.

ok mine is like differnt ne all u problems i will go to flick and my board will flick out but not up

I just need to work on the footwork

I can get the flip right almost everytime and land my back foot on almost everytime. But i can not land my front foot for nothing

i only land with my back foot i just carnt get the front fut on

I have the exact same problem as Crazy Dead Dude. can anybody help?

i try it and the board dosent flip all the way or it dosent flip at all and shoots off straight ahead

hey im having trobalu flipping my board. i dont think i can flip it everyone says like slide your foot up and stuff but none of that is working for me does anyone have any advise on how 2 flip the board?

Zero_or_die i know what u can do practice landing with ur front foot then ur back foot and then pretty soon after you keep switching those two off when landing ull be able to land both feet on ur board

http://www.zippyvideos.com/7836077674590156/how_to_kickflip/*eagle232

im regular and i have the spin perfect but my front foot always lands before the board hits the ground or off to the side just never on it HELP

how do u guyz catch the kickflip in the air??? u guyz must have like crazy reflexes cuz the board spins so fast i cant see the grip tape and i land on the wheels off a 1.5kickflip

I can't seem to stay above the board when i flick it. I've landed 1 kickflip before but that was a non-moving one, and it was actually a triple-kick-flip.

I've been trying to do a Kickflip for a while now. I can flip it good but when it comes to the landing part, I only land with one foot.

this is the first trick i learned... wen you land it 3 times... its easy to do it.. when i was leatning it i had the same problem Azagard

Hi, guys, I'm new here. I've been skating for a year or so. I've been recently working on my kickflip and in two weeks, I can do the full flip/rotation and get my kicking/right foot back on the board, but my left foot is always on the ground while my right foot always lands on the board. Once, I catch the board with my right foot, I get my left foot on the board. Am I waiting too long to catch the board?

Also, for the popping, should I bend full down or stay higher up. I've noticed when I stay higher up, my spin is faster, but my pop is lower.

Thanks
Megsy

Im guessing you need to ollie pretty high.... How high do you think?

Also i have just tried it but i can only get the flip half way. I am doing it on grass so serious injuries can be avoided since i am just learning.

man no need to do it in the grass go all out and do or die lol jkjk yeah i learned in a crack also a good place to learn to avoid injuries but that was my ollie...my k-flip on the other hand it is CRAP!!!

i can spin the board alright its just catching it with my back foot and landing on it

thats fletcher from bobs trick tips

so i was getting them consistant for like a week but 2 days later i was rarely landing them
and im wondering if its normal cause that happend to my heelflips but i never landed one again
so uhh is normal if that happens
please reply

Heres how it goes for ME .... I pop up, and flick the board but it spins around then stops and lands on the ground upside down .... any ideas on my problem??

i put my foot just behind the front bolts. lik eit says to here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaD-BZNjyLk&mode=related&search=

yea dats it

Got It!!!!!!!!!

nice trick tip i just learned those today.

i can flip it and land it everytime, BUT its crappy since i dont catch it in the air, it just lands perfect everytime, any idea on how to catch it in the air? (i can catch about 2/10 that i try)

traht was awesome help

my back end doesnt evn come off the floor, i can ollie the height of a curb anyway so my board just shoots off behind me, or does a shuvit motion. i dont know where im going wrong.i dont know why the back doesnt come off the floor, ive tried doin an ollie then flicking, ive tried everything. i just cant ****ing do it

this hasnt stopped people from posting kickflip threads

nice trick tp!!

sweet tnx this helps me out alot

ive been trying this move for ever and still haven't got it

great advice thanx!

Im just learning kickflips now and man this was really helpful. It just seems that I need to keep practicing because its not working out too well so far!

Alright I landed this trick once (it was cool because it was on my b-day) anyways my friend told me to put my front foot straight not at an angle he said it was easier that way. That's how I landed it but everybody on Youtube that make how to Kickflip says to angle your foot. What do you think I should do? does it really matter that much?

It is easier to kickflip with your foot angled.

Oh okay thanks i'll try a little later.

i got the flick down and i have the kick flip almost down but when i land my front foots all i can ghet on the board.. any tips??

kickflips are fun

i just landed my first kickflip like 10 minutes ago i was bending my knees too much

when i kickflip i got the flick and everything down but when it comes time for me to land the board turns to the right about 45 degrees and i land with my front foot on the tail what am i doing wrong?:icon_help

when i am about to land a kickflip my boarrd turns and my front foot lands on the tail what am i doing wrong??

when i try to spin it the pord does more ov a reverse pop shuv it. i no its an easy trick but i just cant get my head around it! pleashelp me. thnx xx

oooooo okay, yea when i kickflipped i always waited till the grip tape was showing already on the bored and than id bring my foot back but wouldnt be able to, didnt know i had to bring it right when u start to see the grip tape comin back.

i just landed my first kickflip like 10 minutes ago i was bending my knees too much

when i kickflip i got the flick and everything down but when it comes time for me to land the board turns to the right about 45 degrees and i land with my front foot on the tail what am i doing wrong?:icon_help

when i am about to land a kickflip my boarrd turns and my front foot lands on the tail what am i doing wrong??
Commit, don't turn your shoulders, jump to the board, and keep trying over and over. I have the same problem.

When I do a kickflip I always land before my board does...and my board lands infront of me. I can flip it ok but I cant land on it. Any tips?

So...


MANY....

KF


THREADDSSSSS

Just landed a double kickflip today...

Thanks for the guide, I'm starting to try to land kickflips now.

Any tips for stay over the board? I tend to land towards the tail. Any help would be much appreciated.

Lean forward or jump forward a little so you don't land on the tail.

I must say this trick just chaps my khakis..:icon_mad:

Ok well I've been trying for a good month now. And I SWEAR, I'm not scared, I'm as commited as hell to land the thing, but like I can't understand. Its like I have some weird problem. Like I can only focus on the flip, which if I focus I flip perfectly, and land only back foot, or I can try and focus on the land after, and I barely flip, but I get my front foot closer than ever. About 2 weeks ago, in one day I landed only my front foot 3 times, (which is good cause I usually land only back, so it was only a step to mix them), BUT NOOOO, I haven't landed with a front foot since. I really don't get it. I've read soooo many guides, and I practice soooo much. Also whats weird, even if I focus on pulling my front leg up, it still drops right after the pop. Its like some weird dead weight...

Is there ANY advice?:icon_snif

Thanks that helped alot!
I just landed a kickflip last week.
Any tips to do a kickflip while moving?

i like to put my feet right on the bolts
easyer to control

Wow, really? I`ll try that man.

i cant land it =[

This helped, I was keeping my back foot on the board like an ollie. D:

That doesnt make sense theres an easier way

hey im workn on the flip for a kickflip right now sometimes I randomly get it sometimes i dont how hard are you supposed to kick down

Way better way to explain it.....

Hmm, thanks for the tips! I'm going to work on this trick...for a long while, most likely :0)

im going to have to learn this trick soon and every1 says how hard it is in my school(my school isnt know for skater)

i've got them pretty rough but this should help.
gonna follow more advise from now on

dude guess what? i just realized, i remembered that this tip was like the first kickflip trick tip i looked at i think ahaha

good job

nice pics and description
this already came in handy
thanks!

when I learnt kickflips, I realized all you need to do is flick and jump as high as you can

I cannot do back foot!

mmm liked the pics :)

im having trouble wiht my kickflips
i can get a flip and land with my back foot
even sometiems get a double fip and land with my back foot
i know i have to flick out wards not down and i am pretty sure i am doing that
its just i cant get my front leg back up before it hits the ground
in the guide it just says commit im pretty sure im commiting
i;ll post some vids soon
thanks alot and sorry if this question annoys you (lol)
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okay so i am also having trouble with these
i end up kicking the board away from me like 10 ft foward or i get half a spin and land right near the board...also sometimes the board just stikes to my and i cant flip it and then i try to push it and it just goes down and the end tail flys up and htis the same foot baaaaah

okay so i am also having trouble with these
i end up kicking the board away from me like 10 ft foward or i get half a spin and land right near the board...also sometimes the board just stikes to my and i cant flip it and then i try to push it and it just goes down and the end tail flys up and htis the same foot baaaaah

The reason your board flies in front of you is probably because you're hitting the middle of the nose. You want to hit the very corner of the nose, the 'pocket', for a great rotation. And if it's really flying that far, sounds like you're using a lot of strength in that flick. If you put a lot of strength into a flick, the board might turn a bit sideways, resulting in some pretty hideous looking kickflips, so rather than trying to flick hard, try to flick the pocket of the nose. To see what I mean, pick up your skateboard, then with your hand, flick the pocket of the nose; notice that you don't need to hit the pocket hard with your hand for it to make a full rotation? Here's a picture so you see what the flick is meant to look like (I got the picture from about.com):

http://z.about.com/d/skateboard/1/5/z/A/FlickBetaBeta.jpg

Notice how the guy in the picture flicks the corner of the nose? Notice how he does not kick the nose, but rather, flicks it? All of the motion is in your ankle. Do not kick the board. Roll your ankle up, so that your toes flick the pocket of the nose, and flick out so that your board doesn't snag your ankle as it rotates (imagine the motion of swatting a fly, except with your foot, is the best explanation I've ever heard; look up "slow motion kickflip" on YouTube if you need to). The reason the board sometimes "just sticks to you" is because you didn't flick out, your foot was still touching the griptape and so it still stuck to you.

Now, get out there and practice. Try placing your foot in different positions too, until you find the most comfortable place which can get a good rotation. Personally, I like placing my front foot around half way down the board (maybe slightly further up), with the foot resting quite comfortably in the center, turned at a 45 degree angle.

aaaaah thanks man that helps and i happened to wake up when it was already dark today so ill work on it tommorow haha but i do know one thing i wasnt doing was the 45 degree angle thing i had booth feet parrelell and i think that made it harder for me to flick out instead of straight

aaaaah thanks man that helps and i happened to wake up when it was already dark today so ill work on it tommorow haha but i do know one thing i wasnt doing was the 45 degree angle thing i had booth feet parrelell and i think that made it harder for me to flick out instead of straight

No problem.

And yep, definitely sounds like that's the case; you'll probably find the flick a lot easier now that your feet are in the kickflip position.

haha okay so now i have another problem which i havent found anyway around. i can get the board to flip and it will stay close enough to me to land on it but the thing is it spins insanely fast. like double triple kickflip fast and at that point i cant follow it with my eyes and cant land on it. is there a trick to making it spin slower and mabe just once. something that isnt kick less hard

haha okay so now i have another problem which i havent found anyway around. i can get the board to flip and it will stay close enough to me to land on it but the thing is it spins insanely fast. like double triple kickflip fast and at that point i cant follow it with my eyes and cant land on it. is there a trick to making it spin slower and mabe just once. something that isnt kick less hard

Don't flick as hard. Quite simple. Pop, jump, flick, land. :D