Wow, since the older guide was all noobish, and un-professional sounding, I decided to update this one.

A power ollie is when you place the tail of your board on a curb, step, etc. and pop off of whatever object you're using.

First off, be comfortable with your ollies, it's basically the same motion, so it will play a big role in helping you get these.

So, place the tail of your deck on whatever you're doing it off of, and set your feet up like an ollie, maybe with your front foot a bit farther back, but whatever you do, keep your balance!

When your feet are all set up and comfy, push your front foot down a bit to drop the nose down a little, but remember not to apply too much pressure, or you'll slip off and be forced to start over again.

Once your board is pointed nose-first towards the ground, put some pressure on your back foot and jump forward, your front foot will slide up (this is how putting your front foot a bit farther back than a normal ollie helps). That's pretty much it. Once you get good at these down small drops, take them to stairs, gaps, etc. Maybe even throw a trick in there, such as a kickflip or a 180.

Hopefully I'll have a trick tip video for these soon.
:D

cool, thanks for the tips, i saw one of them on tv yesturday, this dude done a power ollie of the top step and landed in a board slide on the rail next to it.

Awesome. Power ollies seem to come easy. It takes some practice, but they will come easy. The most important part of it is patience.

dude thanks i always thought they were called smallies

They are fairly easy, fun to do off high ledges or drops.

i always thought they were called somthing that i cant remember right now...lol well its sorta hard once you get on higher stuff

so thats what its called. thanks i needed those, because theres this curb that just follows a steep hill and i wanted to put my tail on it and just ollie off but i couldnt and i didnt know what it was called. its a great way to start off the line i have been working out on.

awsome, it could come in handy if i wanna ollie a ledge but i dont have a good run up

thats called a bomb drop

thats called a bomb drop

no its not a bomb drop a bomb drop i s holding the board with you hand and jumping in the air and putting the board under your feet and landing on it a power ollie is much differnt they are also called tail drops

ooo ok i must of got those mixed up..thanks vonherman for clearing that up for me

von herman holding it then jumping and landing on it is a caveman... and this thread is talking about a acid drop

no its not a bomb drop a bomb drop i s holding the board with you hand and jumping in the air and putting the board under your feet and landing on it a power ollie is much differnt they are also called tail drops
Isnt that a cave man?

von herman holding it then jumping and landing on it is a caveman... and this thread is talking about a acid drop

sorry i didn't put it in a good way http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=6375 << thats a bomb drop a cave man is holding the board with your hand like in the indy grab spot but your standing on the thing you are jumping off then you jump and put the board under your feet if you watch tony hawks trick tip vol 3 a acid drop is really just rolling off some thing like a loading dock
a power ollie/taildrop is putting the tail of your skateboard on the object put weight on your tail then let the nose drop a little and just do a ollie i will try to get i pic or video for you guys:D

Okay everyone that is confused, keep your tampax in! Im here to help!. But,like,Holy ****, I didnt know that i was capable of confusing so many people lol. But yeah a bomb drop is holding the board by the nose and jumping, sticking it under your feet. Whereas the caveman is holding the board like a mute and sticking under your feet. Jeez, I always the one who ends up explaining this stuff lol.

ok, not trying to argue, just making a point, mike v calls what he does a bomb drop and he holds it like a mute, caveman and bomb drop are the SAME THING, it doesnt matter how you hold it, now, lets get back to talking about power ollies

Bombdrop is when you grab the middle of the board and then jumps on it. Caveman is when you grab the nose of the board and then jumps on it. The concept is the same, just different initial positions.

****, it might be the other way round tho (its 3.25am over here and I am still up!)

I thought it was called a ''Bam Ollie''???

I tried and I Fell....

thanks dude that helped me alotttttttttt :icon_pist :icon_pist :icon_pist

Uhhh, I don't even know what its called but all the little 10-12 year olds around here call it a Bam Ollie, I just call it "That ollie thign off a ledge",lol. It's easy I did it off the huge bike rack thing, I only had about 1 1/2 inch to put my tail on.

Sweet alright i got the footy. OLD OLD footy like 6 months ago but ill get some new stuff. Dont mind the little weird crooks stall at the end...
http://media.putfile.com/Power-Ollies

I got some footy of a power ollie a few weeks ago. Here it is:
http://media.putfile.com/power-ollie

Bombdrop is when you grab the middle of the board and then jumps on it. Caveman is when you grab the nose of the board and then jumps on it. The concept is the same, just different initial positions.

****, it might be the other way round tho (its 3.25am over here and I am still up!)

You got the names mixed up.

K, a power ollie is just setting your tail on a ledge or a step and ollie off. Follow these steps and learn to power ollie.

1.Place the tail of your board on the ledge, step, etc.
2.Put the weight of your back foot on the tail.
3.Start to let the nose go down a bit.
4.Just before the front wheels hit the ground, press down HARD on the tail.
5.Take it like an ollie and land.

I can post some footage of one if ZeD would work for me. I'll keep trying so i can show you how this process all works.

thanks :icon_danc

von herman holding it then jumping and landing on it is a caveman... and this thread is talking about a acid drop
No this is talking about power ollies. An acid drop is a caveman or an ollie into a pipe.

Ok, first off:

Bomb Drop: You hold the board anywhere, jump, and put it under your feet.

Caveman: You do a bombdrop into a grind, or you place the board on the rail/box and jump onto it. Cavemans are always into grinds.

Acid Drops: Bomb drops ontro ramps.

To recap: Bomb drop off of drops/on flatland, Caveman into grinds, and Acid Drops into ramps.

Anyway, nice guide, I'll have to try these.

~Necro

Ok, first off:

Bomb Drop: You hold the board anywhere, jump, and put it under your feet.

Caveman: You do a bombdrop into a grind, or you place the board on the rail/box and jump onto it. Cavemans are always into grinds.

Acid Drops: Bomb drops ontro ramps.

To recap: Bomb drop off of drops/on flatland, Caveman into grinds, and Acid Drops into ramps.

Anyway, nice guide, I'll have to try these.

~Necro

sorry but thats wrong

Acid drop- To ride straight off of something and freefall to the ground without using the ollie.

just call it your own names, people are never gonna agree on what stuff is called.

i call it tail drop lol.

Ok, first off:

Bomb Drop: You hold the board anywhere, jump, and put it under your feet.

Caveman: You do a bombdrop into a grind, or you place the board on the rail/box and jump onto it. Cavemans are always into grinds.

Acid Drops: Bomb drops ontro ramps.

To recap: Bomb drop off of drops/on flatland, Caveman into grinds, and Acid Drops into ramps.

Anyway, nice guide, I'll have to try these.

~Necro
finally someone got it correct i thought i was going to have to do it

Hoky ****. finally 4 pages of argument have come to an end.

i dont person like thgis trick i know it could look good but i prefet to do like graps the flip it if you know what i mean

Does it really matter what the freakign difference between a f'ing bomb drop and a caveman is?? just call it wat you want.

I think you should add to this guide that you need to lean forward a bit more than an ollie.

i thought it was called a pressure ollie not a power ollie

i love doing those over stairs

i thought it was called a pressure ollie not a power ollie
thats a way different thing

Holy crap this got a sticky...

i thought it was called a pressure ollie not a power ollie

A pressure ollie is when you have your front foot on the nose and then you ollie. Duh.

Ok heres how you do a power ollie....You tilt your board slightly down off the ledge then slam down on the tail...then jump forward.But I thought it was called a presure ollie.?

Look up above your post....sigh

ya gotta love n00bs.

Oh and stop trying to correct my guide, also. Its helped people so shut up, go to the ice cream shop or something, just get away, get out of here for a bit...

Thanks that really helped

I love doing these off little ledge

thanks that helps so much

In my town we call it a pressure ollie but i guess its different where ever you go.Im ok at them i can do them of about my size.

you more or less dip your bord wen u do it, all i do is dip it then act it as an ollie

In my town we call it a pressure ollie but i guess its different where ever you go.Im ok at them i can do them of about my size.
A pressure ollie is wen u do an ollie with both feet on the nose and tail

almost...

almost...
What?
If you're going to comment the trick tip then go for it, but if youre just being annoying and posting one word responses dont post.

A pressure ollie is wen u do an ollie with both feet on the nose and tail

The "pressure ollie" doesn't exist. Please disengage from THPS for once; The idea of a pressure ollie makes as much sense as a "Moonwalk 5-0".

ive always called them ''ollie drops''

here are some cool vids

the first one has some trick out of power ollies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd2xiVT5XQ0

over stairs- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAiDXDLm3nE

and off a big ledge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDsg3lqjDJc

Thats kinda like a tail drop but with a pop... weird, i gotta try that.

The "pressure ollie" doesn't exist. Please disengage from THPS for once; The idea of a pressure ollie makes as much sense as a "Moonwalk 5-0".

THANK YOU!!! Finally someone who knows something about pressure flips.

No worries. Anything else you'd like me to sort out? Anyone?

i used to be able to do them..but now i can't for some reason...

Nice i got to try that out on a four set when i get to the spot.

I find these really easy, did one first go.

thanks for the help

power ollies are a fun trick. I remember in a Transworld issue i got a few months ago, their was an ad of a guy doing a power ollie tre flip into a bank. :icon_2gun

oooh. Thats what their called. And thats how you do them .... I see. Thanks for the guide, FMG.

When you dig the nose down low enough in a power ollie, you get more pop and you better add a trick in there :cool:

great trick tip help

Me and my friends call that the margera

these look really cool if you do a kickflip or a 180 instead of jst ollieng

power ollies seem pretty easy to me

Ive actually uploaded a trick tip for a few tricks out of these its not that good.. and its still uploading, and my internet's crashing, ill put a link when its done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwC0UY8YHw

Yeah there is my trick tip, it's really not great. Sorry about double post.

Power ollies, So what about I'll invent a trick, Power kickflips or power shove-its... LoL

Ive actually uploaded a trick tip for a few tricks out of these its not that good.. and its still uploading, and my internet's crashing, ill put a link when its done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwC0UY8YHw

Yeah there is my trick tip, it's really not great. Sorry about double post.

Nice one.

Other people maybe know this as a Snake Ollie if Im not mistaken.

what if you dont dip down and just pop?

lean forward to get a gap between the tail and the ledge then pop like a normal ollie.

lean forward to get a gap between the tail and the ledge then pop like a normal ollie.
yeah i know (if that was directed at me) i was just asking what it would be called or if its still called the same thing

what if you dont dip down and just pop?
Then it would be mad hard and look plus it would just look like ****. And it'll sytill be called a power ollie.

there are a couple of names for them; tail drops; power ollies and bam ollies those are the only names for it i have heard

These are mad fun when you do them into a bank or slope

this trick has like 1000000000 names, ive heard it called pressure ollies, tail drops, and a wholee lot of other names

Thank you for the tip now i can do it off a 3 stair.

It is a taildrop. I think we can trust aronl on this one. Here is his how to trick tip for it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_BIO_vkLs

thanks for the tips.

have been doing these for awhile just never new what they were really called

Nice! Cheers for this guide :)

thanks no i can beat my friends in skate!

i dont think they're harder on higher ledges, i just think people get scared , thats all.
Merging doublepost
Power ollies, So what about I'll invent a trick, Power kickflips or power shove-its... LoL

already invented.
i can power shuv and power kicklfip :D