View Full Version : Is this normal?


Wasted
05-25-2008, 01:43 PM
ok, so ive got super inconsistent kickflips, i take lots of tries to land a clean one....but my tre flips when i land them they are super clean...they are high and landing is always on bolts...i guess im the only guy at the skatepark that can 360 flip nicely and has super sketchy kickflips.

so im wondering if this has happened to someone here?

Edwin
05-25-2008, 01:48 PM
Are you not just trying to show off?

Wasted
05-25-2008, 01:57 PM
Nope, im not trying to show off....i just want to know if there are some people that find 360 flips easier than kickflips, because kickflips for me are a super hard trick.

syn_sk8er_7x
05-25-2008, 02:33 PM
hey, everyone learns differently. like i cant kickflip yet, but i can almost heelflip. i always hear that kickflips are a little boring anyways. so dont worry about it and keep working on the kickflips.

Crapdaan
05-25-2008, 02:56 PM
I heard of people who this with nollie flips and tres. Like they can do uberclean nollie tres but nollie flips are sketchy. So I guess it's not something very special.

McCrank
05-25-2008, 03:05 PM
nollie 360 flip is like way easier than nollie flip on flatground. You don't even have to work the flip just nollie and it 360 flips.

01rmck
05-25-2008, 04:06 PM
^^^Nollie tres just require flailing your legs and waiting haha:p i think i might know whats happening with you wasted. I'll explain it in techdeck terms. 360flips on techdecks require little effort to learn if youve got a good whipping backfinger and good timing whereas kickflips are alot trickier. I suspect you've got a good whipping backfoot and timing for landing treflips but you havn't quite got the consistant motion of the kickflip yet. keep working on your kickflips, its a good trick, esspecially when its consistant.

Vrait
05-25-2008, 04:21 PM
ok, so ive got super inconsistent kickflips, i take lots of tries to land a clean one....but my tre flips when i land them they are super clean...they are high and landing is always on bolts...i guess im the only guy at the skatepark that can 360 flip nicely and has super sketchy kickflips.

so im wondering if this has happened to someone here?

Video? Without one clean to you may be mega mobbed to us.

Wasted
05-25-2008, 04:37 PM
^^^Nollie tres just require flailing your legs and waiting haha:p i think i might know whats happening with you wasted. I'll explain it in techdeck terms. 360flips on techdecks require little effort to learn if youve got a good whipping backfinger and good timing whereas kickflips are alot trickier. I suspect you've got a good whipping backfoot and timing for landing treflips but you havn't quite got the consistant motion of the kickflip yet. keep working on your kickflips, its a good trick, esspecially when its consistant.

thats what a friend told me when he watched me doing 360 flips, except for the tech deck explanation:icon_bigg...i will definitely keep working on kickflips. i guess my main problem on kf's is that i flick my front foot up but not out(if you understand me), tomorrow when i go skate i must improve the flicking part of the trick...getting them better is my main goal now...thanks for all the replys

sorry if i messed up on my english :P
Merging doublepost
Video? Without one clean to you may be mega mobbed to us.

sorry i dont have any...probably your right, but they seem right to me..ill try to film one tomorrow:icon_wink

pitabred
05-27-2008, 01:24 PM
i have the same problem

i can hardflip, fs flip bs flip, but my kickflips are like 1 for 20 and i pivot lke crazy so i dont fall

also i find varial heels and front heels easier than heelflips

John-Yon
05-27-2008, 03:36 PM
i agree with you, i can barely get my kickflips down. Yet i can flip a 360 flip, i cant land it but i can flip it. i can flip a 360 flip alot easier than kickflips. idk its wierd but keep practicing man, youll get them down, practice makes perfect.

The Beard
05-27-2008, 04:40 PM
different strokes for different folks. applies here as well.

grandhustle
05-27-2008, 11:41 PM
Yeah actually this happened to my friend. he learned tre-flips before he learned kickflips. everyones different, so i guess your like him.