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How To: Vertical Pop Shove It/Pressure Hardflip/Illusion Flip

VLSkate10 skaters recommend it · 15 mentions, 2015 to 2024
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159K views · 11 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

VLSkate's How To number 11 breaks down the vertical pop shove it, also called a pressure hardflip or illusion flip. He explains popping nearly straight down so the board spins on a vertical axis into your front foot.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked whenever someone asks about hardflips versus vertical pop shove its, or how to learn an illusion flip. Clears up the confusion with footage and steps.

“The trick, atleast for me, is to learn how to pop almost straight down. The board will spin on a vertical axis and essentially fly up into your front foot.”

u/Sykedelic

What skaters said on Reddit

u/KaixoViejo2021 · 3 points

It looks cool af [VIDEO] even if it’s not a hard flip

u/Sykedelic2015 · 2 points

The trick, atleast for me, is to learn how to pop almost straight down. The board will spin on a vertical axis and essentially fly up into your front foot. Most people think it's supposed to spin on a horizontal axis and it can be done that way, but there is a different and more consistent way to do them. Watch this vid and it might help you out. [VIDEO]

u/Mr-Broski2021 · 2 points

LMAO But if youre confused heres a vid to explain better than the title [VIDEO]

u/e_j_white2021 · 2 points

Here's a good tutorial on illusion flips. [VIDEO]

u/talekinesis2022 · 1 points

I know BS from FS. I've been skating over 20 years. Ironically my first shoes were Circa Muskas. I get it, it's a weird concept taking about bs shuvs while talking hardflips. Do two things though, grab your board and watch the .1x speed video of this in another comment. Now mimic a bs shuv with your board. Now do the same thing but make your board go completely vertical. That is what's happening here. If you want ano

u/FlyGuide692022

Here's a vid of a vertical pop shove it. Which looks like OPs. [VIDEO]

u/EB90RPM2018 · -1 points

The angle makes it look like it spins BS and doesn't flip? Haha ok dude. I've looked back at your post history, you don't do hardlfips. See reference: [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO] This one especially ^ that is what you do. [VIDEO] This is a hardflip, do you see the difference?

u/wigglee21_2022 · -1 points

[LINK] This is a hard flip. Watch the board rotate on the vid in the link and not rotate on OP’s comment around the “long axis” What op did is this [VIDEO] Still cool but it’s not a hard flip. It’s a vertical shuv Edited: for clarity