Ok the heelflip

start off ina n ollie position, but place your front foot so that your toes are hanging over the the edge of the side of your board, also point your front foot at about a 45 degrees towards the nose. This makes it easier for the flip.

Do the same motion as a kickflip, but as you drag your front foot up the board, drag it towards the toe side of the board ( so if your reg drag it towards your right side and if goofy your left).

When your heel makes contact with the concave, kick out and downwards, this will spin the board. Once you kick out start to bring yor front foot back into the board, catch the board with your back foot and stabilize with your front foot.
there perfect landing :)

Still having trouble watch the vid Heelflip (http://www.bobstricktips.com/tricktips/heelflipvid.shtml)

i just learned to heelflip and now they are better than my kickflips but i can always land them

i keep my front foot straight and my toes barely off the edge. i get my heelfips pretty high and always catch them in the air.

i keep my front foot straight and my toes barely off the edge. i get my heelfips pretty high and always catch them in the air.

Same. Toes barely off the edge is good for pop. :D

My heelflips are like 5 times higher than my kickflips, and they look alot cleaner. But I'm not as consistant with them.

ive just landed my first good heelflip :)
ive landed them be4 but the were REALLY sketchy, the sketchyness! its unbearable!!!

dude mine are still pretty sketchy to so don't feel bad and my foot position is the same as everyone elses

man! i can only flip it half way around.i do everything it says. drag my front foot foreword and right when it gets to the concave i flick my heel. still no flip

dont drag up then right drag a striaght angle to the top right nose and when you are about to start the flip make your back foot like the ollie then your front foot lined up to the side of your board so your entire heel is on the board make sure of that then drag to the top right and catch it so no overrotate and land with balance

man i cant turn it all the way around. how do i flip it faster???

I've only just learned to heelflip, and they are very sketchy! :(
The heelflip is one of the tricks that I've always found difficult. I've been able to kickflip for a couple of years now, but I've only just got the heelflip in the past few weeks.

i can only rotate the board hafl ways so i land on my board with the wheels up...any technique to flip the board faster?

Whenever I heelflip I dunno what my right leg is doing in the whole process but it always finds its way to the ground while the board is rotating...I'm not sure what it is...after I pop and get that rotation my right leg looks fine(regular footed) but my right leg just slips off or I'm just not jumping high enough...? help.

whenever i try to heelflip the board seems to like to explore my ass. how do i keep it down??

enjoiskating - i dont know...hmmm...do u flick it so that the front end doesnt pop straight up?...

real skater - try bending ur knees so that ur feet stay above the board while it rotates.

I'll try that today...thanks Elmo....and enjoiskating...lol that sounded awkward then i'm alll ohhhhhhhhh.

i landed a heelflip today ^_^
i still have a problem with the board only flipping 90 degrees tho...

my heelflips are looking more promising each day i practice...in a few weeks i'll probably have it down. :D

i just learned to heelflip and now they are better than my kickflips but i can always land them

Same here...except i didn't just learn them I perfected them.

i need help with the flipping part. What part of the shoe do u use to flick the board? Do u actually use the heel or do u use ur toes?

ok i must of forgoten how to do a heel flip i had them down but i didnt do them in a while so i read the first post in this topic and it says that once your heel lines up with the concave kick your foot. yea well can some one like draw a pic or circle where the concave is on the board casue now i am confused.

When i do it i have my toes right on the edge and i just flick stright out with my heel and it flips pretty good. I hope it helps.

i need help with the flipping part. What part of the shoe do u use to flick the board? Do u actually use the heel or do u use ur toes?

I used to use my toes, but now I use my heel, it really helps to know that you need to roll your ankle upwards with the board like an ollie and then just flick out.

ok, i finaly got down the rotation thing. bend ur knees and lean foward a bit. before i started leaning towards my front foot, i could not get the board to rotate all the way. now i can rotate it all the way and land 1 foot on it :P not there yet but getting closer. if u cant flip the board all the way around try placing most of ur weight on ur front foot.

the way i heel flip is have your flipping foot quite near the concave and then when you pop and flip the board spins well and you can then just jump and the board seems to stay under you. this makes it easier to catch in the air and land it. but thats the way i find it easier....let me know if this helps any of you.

i dont get the "catch the board in the air" thingamagig.
usually when i land a kickflip or heelflip, i land with my feet close together in the back. which my board then shoots out from under me and i fly and land on my buttox. any tips on how to avoid doing this?

when you doing it try and jump forwards then...then you will land it higher up the board and should then not land it with your feet together

i cant heelflip.... or maybe soon:D

when i do it it flips and all but i land in front of the board and some times it seems to roll up the back of my legs its wierd also it goes higher then me

I have this problem; I land on the board with both my feet too much off the toe side, (right side, im regular) and then i step off my board sideways. I think because I kick my foot out to flip the board, I lean to that side too much or something?

I cant keep the board under me when i heelflip. it always shoots out like a rocket like 2 feet in front of me

well i fixed the rocket problem. just now the board lands behind me

Dont dip your head in, keep you weight back a bit.

i can land heel flips on the back side but when i get the full rotation i can only land it with my back foot and my front foot is like just barely in front of my board. Wut am i doin wrong?

I usually land these a whole lot easier than kickflips nowadays; and they always feel more smooth than any other flip trick.

Wow!my friend can do it directly after saw the tip of heelflip from 'misled user'.I want to do it too, I'll try it next morning. Thanks

This one seems to be impossible for me on my new board... I wish i didnt break my old one. :icon_mad:

im struglin with these heelflips i cant build the confidence to land on them i can only land on them with my front foot and my back foot lands on the ground everytime. i dont know why i do this i can kickflip and all i just guess its more practise

Thanks, i hate heelflips, i suck at them. I can hardly land them yet i always land BS and FS fakie heels.

I am soo close to getting heelflips i can taste it!!

I'm having heaps of problems with the catch of the board....... I just can't do it, and I have no idea how to watch the board spin and then catch it at the right time. It just spins way too quickly....

ya man same i didnt skate for a week and then i came out and somehow learned the spin motoin but for those of u who need to get the board to spin faster when ur foot it right at the concave just push your hell really hard if you dont do it the board will still spin just not as fast but i tried to see how fast i could spin it and if i woulda landed this one that i spun it woulda been a double heel so just a tip

ughh i suck at heelflips i used to be able to do them, but i can't anymore. I can;t flip it fast enough I always go halfway

awsome guide

Niice guide! this will def. help people out with there heelfips... +rep dude..

Ok so, you still drag/slide the side of the foot like a kickflip?

This helped me a lot, I can land a higher percentage of them now, thanks!


Oh Yeah, RAINBOW BAR!

Thanks for this man.
My problem is that i can't get my back foot on. I think its cos' i use my front foot to catch the board which i do with kickflips so i just need to concentrate on using my backfoot instead.

Thanks for the tip.

if you're learning heelflips and just can't get them right, i suggest going to youtube and searching in depth heelflip then just select the link that has a guy with a beanie crouching with his hands on his board...this video worked wonders for me.

just go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUTy3AaLTKs

taco_bell thanks for the vid it helped alot. +rep

Does my front foot landing beside my foot mean i need to commit or practice?

some people say that its easier to flip the board using your heel (literally). ive tried it but ive only landed like one... might help... although it doesnt for me.

i think heelflips are way easier to get to flip than kickflips. what are your guys' opinions?

How do you fix rocket flipping on heelflips? Mine also turn 90 degrees B/S.

my heelflips suck hardcore..but i lande them

Yessss. My heelflips are a lot easier than my kickflips. Thanks.

Well, i read the guide. But im still a little confused, notsure what im doing wrong.

And the link to the video isnt working. Could anyone give me a link to a slow-mo or just regular heelpflip (that looks clean) that would be much appreciated.

~Josh

is it a good idea to learn HF b4 KFs?

Well my problem was the flipping, I thought it was really pushing the side of the board down, so I put my front toe really far off the board but the thing is its draging it to the pocket, so i'm working on it now :p

uh, i flick with my toe at heelflip's, not with my heel.
Same goes for kickflip's.

i can get the flip and everything, but it my board always hit my front leg when i try to bring it back on..it hurts like hell when it bounces of your ankle >.<...any suggestions?

I can flip the board with tremendous ease but it always lands behind me...what am I doing wrong?

You are leaning your body forward too much, try and lean back a little.

Heh, always good to read over this kind of stuff, even if you can land em. Just the whole "Catch it with your back foot" thing made me realize why my heelflips are less consistent and clean than my kicks. I don't catch with my back foot, I just try and focus my body over the board. Thanks man :)

I can flip the board with tremendous ease but it always lands behind me...what am I doing wrong?


im having the same problem :confused:

Heelflip, or kickflip easier?

i can only rotate the board hafl ways so i land on my board with the wheels up...any technique to flip the board faster?

Kick Harder. :icon_peac

for me, the heelflip is the most difficult trick to do. you think you own this trick, but when you try it with too much self-confidence, it gets where you don't want it to be.. and it's so frustrating because i can do them better in switch/nollie than in normal stance..
btw does anyone put his feet in duck position to heelflip?

as soon as you lick your board for the flip, pull your leg back asap. Also wait for your board to pop before you kick.

I think this needs an update.

i can get the pop and flip, but it's always my backfoot that is giving me problems.
Merging doublepost
so, after watching a couple of videos I kinda get it now
(and doodling foot placement during trig)
slide the foot upwards, and keep some weight on the forward shoulder...
that helped a lot, i can't land them yet, but i no longer have a huge problem with my back foot

I can land them sometimes but its kinda hard to stomp them

Awesome thread, I recently re-learnt these, and they feel better than ever!

i love heelflips :), theyre so fun.

i love heelflips

mny heelflip are nic there hight and i land right on the bolts

heel flips are sick i think they are easier then a kick

thanks i'll try it!

For all those who land in front of their boards:

The reason for this is because your shoulders are leaning much too far forward. When you bend down to jump, make sure your body is STRAIGHT, and I guarantee that you will stay over your board. This may feel a tad unnatural at first but you will get used to it. Make sure to move your back foot out of the way after you pop and give the nose a nice flick of the heel.

i can land both, but kickflips are easier for me. my heels are extremely sketchy and ive only landed a few.

usually i catch them too fast and it flips halfway and i land it there.

thanks
but
do u hve most of ur foot on the board or off.
thanks in advance.

I can do them just not as consistent as i would like. It always ends up going behind me... i don't lean to far forward and i am pretty sure i wait till it is in the air before kicking out. Any ideas on what is going wrong with them?

i was wondering how i could catch my heelflips cause right now all they do is hover over the air a bit and the board hits the ground and i land ontop of them. im way better with heels then kicks so i just want them to look and feel nicer

if you hang your toes off too much the flip will happen too early and the board levels out, while your still lifting your knees so it you don't catch them, but just stomp down.

instead, setup like the ollie (almost), but so your heels aren't hanging off. you want to look at the flick point like u would a kickflip, but the jump is more like an ollie. in fact, when learning i just pretended i was ollieing and the heel was an afterthought. i like a slight angle in the front foot, but not as much as a kickflip.

the two most important things are foot position and keeping your body square, not turning f/s or b/s.

if you do it right, the board will flip slower and it's touching your feet nearly the whole time. at the last moment, the board almost floats up and hits your feet so the catch feels perfect.

heels are the one thing I do sorta well, got them up to 1.5ft. feels the best to hit them right, but they are frustrating b/c you don't have the same control you do when u kickflip.

thank you for the tip! ive been struggling on them for a while