Why You Can't Kickflip (and How to Fix It!)

## Background I've tried many different skate disciplines over 20 years. I won a slalom race, I rode down Alpine roads at 80km/h, I pushed 200 miles in 24 hours, and I grinded the coping in a 3m-deep bowl. Still, I didn't feel worthy of calling myself a skater because one trick was still missing. I was afraid to die because my last thought would be "Shoot, I never landed a kickflip". ## Video tutorials If anyone's interested, those 3 tutorials helped me the most: * The Ultimate Common Problems: Kickflip - How To - SlowMomike [VIDEO] * Why You CAN'T Kickflip! | Common Mistakes Explained! - Sean Brown [VIDEO] * Why You Can't Kickflip (and How to Fix It!) - Never Stop Improving [VIDEO] The first one has a good tip about the importance of landing half-flips. The second one has good tips about commitment in general, and flips in particular. The last one has a very good trick about foot positioning for the first kickflip. The goal is to land an ugly, rocket kickflip. Still, an ugly rocket flip is much better than nothing. ## Step-by-step It was a long process, mostly because I didn't train regularly enough. The steps were : * learn to ollie (kinda). This video (HOW TO OLLIE | Detailed Sl…

You are flicking down whereas you should be flicking straight ahead. [VIDEO] >"5 Things You Should NEVER DO When Learning Kickflips" - SKATE HACKS [VIDEO] >"Why You Can't Kickflip (and How to Fix It!)" - Never Stop Improving (Justin Lauria)