How to Ollie on a Skateboard | In-Depth Tutorial | Tactics

Several things I see. You're not jumping. Watch your torso. It doesn't really move. Squat a bit and jump. Start with hippie jumps. Both feet (and your whole body) need to jump. Back foot isn't jumping up. Both feet should jump up to the same height(not at the same time though. It's more of a front foot, then back foot timing thing) This is my favorite tutorial [VIDEO]

You can find tons of them online I'm sure. Someone recently shared this one, and I think it does a pretty good job, especially in the section about the front foot. [VIDEO] The main thing to remember is that "pop and slide" is a really reductively bad way to think of an ollie. It's better to think of it as "jump and push with your foot".

Here's a pretty good video to help you - I'd say everyone else is pretty spot on regarding your upper body and keeping the straight, forward motion. [VIDEO]

Tactics Boardshop did an in-depth Ollie tutorial [VIDEO] video. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely worth watching.

Thanks for the feedback, all! I'm trying to get the arms a bit more under control. I noticed a reduction in unwanted frontside turn when I started trying to make my arm swing a bit more forward/up as opposed to out/back. Still need to flail a bit to correct my balance, though if things aren't winding up as clean as desired. One thing I get a bit confused about (maybe it's just each individual's wording) is the jump/p

It seems like people mean very different things when using the word "slide". My interpretation of SkateIQ is specifically: do not slide **forward** i.e. your foot should reach the nose by lifting more or less straight up. You don't have to necessarily try to move your foot along the plane of the board, if you focus on lifting your front foot high enough above the back foot with the right timing, it will naturally sli

Yeah, good reply! The centre of gravity thing is about getting a high jump, most beginner ollies are really crouched. Mine were and I realised I couldn't get them higher without rebuilding my ollies from scratch, so now I always recommend getting the fear of jumping high out of the way first. And yes, crouching at the start is fine! Here is an ollie tutorial from Tactics that is not good as a tutorial, but is fantast

I think you have to lift your front leg a little closer and higher, and then rotate your knee to bring it forward. Not a diagonal line from the bottom to the end Also the tail doesn't get to bounce because the foot is touching the ground, you can try to do the pop once your leg is straight while jumping. That's helping me :) Maybe try a little slower to perfect the technique, chek out this tutorial [VIDEO], a lot of