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How to Ollie for Beginners | How to Skateboard for Beginners episode 2

Braille Skateboarding8 skaters recommend it · 8 mentions, 2022 to 2025
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Aaron Kyro of Braille Skateboarding breaks down the ollie for new skaters in about five minutes. Episode 2 of the How to Skateboard for Beginners series, with slow motion shots of pop and front foot slide.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters whenever someone asks why their ollie fails. Skaters point to its slow-mos for showing how the pop and slide work.

“Watch some of the slow-mos from this video, this helped me a ton when I realized how the pop should work.”

u/AlexJonesInDisguise

What skaters said on Reddit

u/MidnaMerk2024 · 3 points

If you wanna get the hang of rolling Ollie’s. Here’s my advice. Use the momentum of your board to carry your jump, You will be jumping forward. Like as if you wanted to jump over a box. You need to jump high, and carry your right foot up to the nose. You’re going to want to follow up my bending your left knee to let the tail rise up higher. When you Ollie you didn’t throw for right foot forward enough, and you also d

u/AlexJonesInDisguise2023 · 3 points

Watch some of the slow-mos from this video, this helped me a ton when I realized how the pop should work. How to Ollie for Beginners | How to Skateboard for Beginners episode 2 [VIDEO]

u/shodan282023 · 2 points

I agree with the one user about crouching. You want to go down and the jump up with the board. It is harder to ollie if you are crouched for a bit then attempt it. Front foot - I think you want your front foot closer to the middle of the board. You want to scrape that front foot toward the nose of the board when you ollie. Back foot - It's got some pop, might need a lil more. Hard to tell though. I'd focus on correct

u/Shawnkemp420692023 · 2 points

Honestly, watch some videos that slow down the mechanics of the trick. You need to be jumping as your tail slams into the ground. Your back foot needs to be up in the air so the board can rise. Your front foot sliding along the grip tape will make the board rise. You only Ollie as high as you can jump. Check out these two videos and study them before your next practice session. [VIDEO] [VIDEO]

u/Less-Chemical-36962025 · 1 points

Stand still pop the board so you are just standing on the backtrucks with the tail down and then just practice the slide with the front foot over and over again. You are moving a bit to fast and skipping a few levels, can’t go straight to the boss fight! [VIDEO] If you look at 2:33 you will see what i mean Good luck and keep on shredding!!

u/iSK8nFLY2022 · 1 points

Braille breaks it down pretty well. As on of the other fellas said you didn’t even let your tail alap the ground and then you drug. The video explains the parts well.Braille Ollie for Beginners [VIDEO]

u/ohhhtartarsauce2023 · 1 points

aaron kyro from braille breaks it down better than anyone. he has a while series teaching people the basics. [VIDEO]

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