Why does your kickflip spin backside? (2/2) Strength of flick and pop

Name: Why does your kickflip spin backside? (2/2) Strength of flick and pop
Uploaded: 2021-09-24T12:21:09.000Z
Duration: 7 min 24 s
Description: whythetrick breaks down why a board spins backside in kickflips, this time looking at flick strength and pop. Uses 3D models and physics to explain overflick and overpop effects. Part 2 of 2.

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whythetrick breaks down why a board spins backside in kickflips, this time looking at flick strength and pop. Uses 3D models and physics to explain overflick and overpop effects. Part 2 of 2.

Why skaters like it

Linked in r/NewSkaters when someone's kickflip rotates the wrong way or lands turned. Gives a physics explanation instead of vague feel-based tips.

Physics of skating Flip tricks Slow motion #Kickflip #BacksideSpin #Flick #Pop #whythetrick #3DModels

“i believe this [VIDEO] video explains why this exact problem occurs”
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u/noob_in_bk2023 · 8 points

The kickflip has been *shockingly* difficult to learn. Maybe it’s because I’m 31, or maybe it’s because I’ve never been super flexible, but really, I think it’s mostly that this trick is waaay more complex than it looks from the outside. I have felt like I might never get it, so many times, but it also kept feeling so close. Back in August, I finally got some kickflips while holding onto a waist-height rail, and thou

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u/DeezNhat2021 · 1 points

i believe this [VIDEO] video explains why this exact problem occurs

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Why does your kickflip spin backside? (2/2) Strength of flick and pop

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