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The Number One HACK To Improving KICKFLIPS

Dale Decker4 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2018 to 2022
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436K views · 7 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

Dale Decker explains a flick technique for kickflips. Flick down and slightly off center, as if doing an ollie, so the board flips under you and levels out instead of shooting off to the side.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/NewSkaters when kickflips come out sideways or rocket away. Skaters say it explains flicking down and flipping over the top of an ollie.

“This is an awesome explanation of what I mean. You see the difference between going to the side and going more straight”

u/Luminsnce

What skaters said on Reddit

u/tuleyjacob2018 · 3 points

[VIDEO] I literally got the link and just forgot to post into my comment. It's not INSANELY different, but instead of launching your foot off the side of the board, it's more like you foot is doing a ollie, but you go a little off Center and slightly down. It's so you level your board out better

u/jlam11222021 · 2 points

That was happening to me a ton when i first started to kickflip, It's hard landing them because of the "rocketing" motion, especially moving. The one thing that helped me was learning to flick "down" - not necessarily kicking down. A lot of times, when people learn to kick flip, to get the flick motion, they put their tail down on the ground, and practice to flick their front foot off the nose, but this teaches you t

u/thebonersoup2022 · 2 points

I figured this out on my own somehow but this video made me realize what I was doing. The trick is the flip later in "Ollie." [VIDEO]

u/Luminsnce2021 · 2 points

[VIDEO] This is an awesome explanation of what I mean. You see the difference between going to the side and going more straight

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