Science behind kickflip weight distribution - Shift weight before jumping!

The kickflip has been *shockingly* difficult to learn. Maybe it’s because I’m 31, or maybe it’s because I’ve never been super flexible, but really, I think it’s mostly that this trick is waaay more complex than it looks from the outside. I have felt like I might never get it, so many times, but it also kept feeling so close. Back in August, I finally got some kickflips while holding onto a waist-height rail, and thought I was like a month away from figuring it out. Nope! Back in November, I finally got my first stationary kickflip, and I got another a few days later ... but then I didn’t land any more for two months. 😅 It’s not that I’ve been slacking or only trying occasionally: I *do* make sure to work on different stuff in each session to keep things fun, but I’ve worked on kickflips for probably a third of each session, and I skate maybe an hour (or more), almost every day. I feel ridiculously lucky and almost embarrassed that I’ve gotten to do this, but also, I think exercise is something that people are supposed to do, and this is the first time in a decade I’ve been consistently exercising. It wouldn’t take this long for everyone... but also, I’m sure that it takes even lon…

I agree with the other comment that you don’t jump backwards. You pop a normal kickflip straight down and jump straight up. However, you do need to have your weight behind the board heelside as you jump. Whythetrick on youtube explains this very well. [VIDEO] This is something that most people kinda end up doing naturally after getting a feel for it, so don’t overthink it either.

This is what I was talking about [VIDEO]