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Science of FLOATING OUT OLLIE - How to pop higher, stay in the air longer, and bone out front foot

whythetrick5 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2024 to 2025
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71K views · 2 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

whythetrick explains how to float an ollie using 3D models and physics. Covers jumping, popping, sliding the front foot and holding it down, with a written article to go with it.

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Recommended in r/NewSkaters threads on ollie height and getting the board to level out. Posters point to it for knee bend, front foot timing and boning out.

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“It is impossible to gain any real height from jumping with your knees barely bent. If you watch videos of people doing proper ollies then you will see them do a squat on their board”

u/HyperNovaDoge

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u/HyperNovaDoge2025 · 2 points

It is impossible to gain any real height from jumping with your knees barely bent. If you watch videos of people doing proper ollies then you will see them do a squat on their board, bending their knees to 90 degrees making their thighs parallel with the floor. I recommend you watch this video [VIDEO]

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u/Bubbly_Collection3292025 · 1 points

Let me send a vid that disproves this point entirely [VIDEO] Your front foot slides up because the board pushes on your foot as a result of popping… the only useful thing the front foot can do is keep the Ollie in trajectory and potentially bone it out.

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u/KidoriTiger2025 · 1 points

[VIDEO] I like this vid on it IMO you're pretty close to a very good ollie

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