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INWARD HEELFLIP | BEST TRICK TIP

Jonny Giger4 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2018 to 2021
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198K views · 10 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

Jonny Giger breaks down how to learn inward heelflips in a five minute trick tip. He covers foot placement, the pop shove-it style pop and the backward flick.

Why skaters like it

Posted when someone asks how to learn inward heels. Commenters say they landed the trick soon after watching it, and use it as the reference for what a proper inward looks like.

“I actually learned them right after watching this”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/bunchofbollucks2018 · 5 points

I haven't given them much effort yet but saw a Giger vid [VIDEO] where he says to flick backwards (like toward your back foot)

u/quacko132021 · 4 points

[VIDEO] I actually learned them right after watching this, but basically you want to keep your popping foot in the fs pocket like you are doing a fs shuv but you do a pop shuv and your flicking foot is really angled towards where your popping from it’s so awkward at first but when you start getting them around it feels so good

u/BrainlessCrusader2020 · 3 points

since you can pop shuv and heelflip, I'd suggest inward heelflips. They're pretty tricky and counter-intuitive to how you think you would do them, but I think they're a fun challenging trick to learn. [VIDEO] heres jonny gigers tutorial on them. After watching the video and like 15min of practice I was able to get the rotation and catching them with one foot. Still taking me a while to commit and land them though.

u/deputybadass2019 · 1 points

Again, not trying to talk shit, but like I said in another comment it looks more like a frontside illusion flip to me. Maybe I’m just super bad at inwards since I don’t do it muska flip style, but it still doesn’t look like a full flip to me. Just compare it with this video. [VIDEO] or better yet, this one from above [VIDEO]. Your board is never actually upside down. It’s still sick. I’m just saying that if I were pl