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Everything you know about the Ollie is wrong!

Old, Fat and Broken4 skaters recommend it · 10 mentions, 2023 to 2025
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Old, Fat and Broken argues against the tap, slide, jump way of teaching the ollie. He pitches a single jumping motion with the board as a fulcrum instead. Posted in 2021.

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Newer skaters get pointed to it when pop and slide ollies stall. Commenters say the usual format has to be unlearned, and this gives a different way to think about the jump.

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“Ollies aren't "pop and slide". Get used to hippy jumping then add twanging the tail off the ground. The jump in an ollie is even on both feet.”

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u/overthinker742024 · 4 points

Yeah, you just have to start all over again. You've probably learnt something that just doesn't work rolling, and you have to build it all up from nothing to make sure the thing actually works. That's the reason it's a mistake. It's a mistake I made too, and relearning it all was worth it. Don't make the second mistake and leave it too long before you put an obstacle in! You could even start with a curb (keep your we

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u/Zubanzio1232024 · 2 points

[VIDEO] This video really helped me, give it a try. Good luck!

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u/Long_Sandwich19242023 · 1 points

This is not me but I been shilling this video: [VIDEO] The things is we are use feeling the instant force when we jump off the ground due to Newtown 3rd law. The problem we should be looking at is looking at the skateboard as a fulcrum. We have to think jumping and popping and sliding all in one motion. The sliding should be though of as driving the knee up as fast as we can while being stable. The jumping we have to

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