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The Right Way to Use Your Front Foot

Skate IQ4 skaters recommend it · 55 mentions, 2024 to 2025
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416K views · 2 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

A 33 second Skate IQ short on front foot technique for the ollie. It argues the front foot should get out of the way of the board's rise instead of sliding along the grip.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/NewSkaters by one commenter as the fix for beginners who slide their front foot and can't get the board to rise.

“The correct thing to do with your front foot is get it out of the way of the board's rise. The board cannot rise beyond your foot!”

u/overthinker74

What skaters said on Reddit

u/overthinker742024 · 28 points

DO NOT "JUST COMMIT" TO THIS. OK, you're doing well, please allow me to rant for a moment about the state of ollie advice and I can calm down and hopefully help you improve this. It absolutely drives me nuts when people say "just commit" without considering the basic question of "is the board underneath the skater?" I want you to have a look at two frames from your video. Firstly, have a look at the moment the front

u/Sweetpodwl2025 · 2 points

I feel like this is a constant battle on this sub. Half the people claim people struggle with ollies because of the front foot and the second half because of the back foot. But here [VIDEO]is Skate IQ showing that the front foot levels the board only, and that the pop is what rises the entire board and where almost all the energy of it comes from. The front foot acts as a pivot point stopping the nose of the board fr

u/polyshades2024 · 2 points

so good! i like how he focuses on how to THINK about a trick, not just the mechanics of it. Example: His front foot ollie vid is 1000% more helpful than any other ollie tutorial vid [VIDEO] If you like Mitchie's videos you might also like maschi.jp on IG

u/ElasmoBrain2024 · 1 points

I love this channel personally: [VIDEO] [VIDEO]