Important Ollie Tip!
Skate IQ17 skaters recommend it · 20 mentions, 2025 to 2026
3.8M views · 1 year ago · Tutorial · Beginner
A 30 second Skate IQ clip with one key tip for learning the ollie: bring your front foot up and in so the board can lift, then push it out to level the board.
Why skaters like it
Gets linked in r/NewSkaters whenever a beginner posts a clip of a low or awkward ollie. Short enough to rewatch before a session.
“Your front foot should literally be jumping, pull your knee towards your chest.”
u/ChurchillDownz
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What skaters said on Reddit
you need to bring your front foot IN to allow the board to lift and then out to level the board out, you are just doing the second part so you get no height [VIDEO] [VIDEO]
1. get comfortable rodong the board. 2. IMO practicing ollies or any trick on grass or soft surfaces is harder because of less pop and hurts you as you don't learn the balance so you end up having to relearn once you try then in hard surfaces. 3. try rolling when doing Ollies. rolling ollies may seem harder/scarier but are actually easier if you are comfortable cruising. The reason for this is when you pop the tail d
You're exactly who this clip [VIDEO] was made for. Get your feet up and out of the boards way so it can come up and level out. Your front foot should literally be jumping, pull your knee towards your chest.
you don't look comfortable on the board yet try balance skills like tic tacs and manuals while at speed and do hippie jumps at speed. A lot of your attempts the back of your board doesn't even hit the ground and you look off balance. Also I always thought (personally) that stationary was harder than attempts while moving. While stationary your board will roll back as you try and you will have to shift your balance as
Highly recommend this channel [VIDEO]
I don't know what you are trying to do, but if you are trying to pop, you are clearly too scared to. This is OK. The pop is nothing like as central to an ollie as everyone says. In fact, you can ignore it completely, the pop will just happen later once you get everything else into place. Also, there's no such thing as a "slide". Your front foot hooks the nose instead, but that's for MUCH later. Start with hippy jumps
It took me about a month of practicing almost every day if I remember correctly. This vids might help you understand the ollie better, I thought I knew how to ollie until U saw this [VIDEO] [VIDEO]
Everyone’s gonna disagree with me but they can’t disagree with 14 times x games medalist professional skater Mitchie Brusco Don’t slide your foot up the board lift your knee straight up. [VIDEO]