The Science of Skateboarding - Ollie

Pause the video when you are at the highest point and you will see it... You should bend your front foot ankle (which makes the whole "dragging" thing easier). Then if you look at your torso and compare this video to "how to ollie" you will notice that nobody bents in their waist. See [VIDEO] Very important part is the timing. Watch the video I linked. What you do now is: You are basically just jumping of your back f

Watch this video. I found it EXTREMELY helpful. Here you can see that he’s really jumping before he ollies, then snapping his back ankle down to pop the board. [VIDEO]

This [VIDEO] video actually helped it make a little more sense to me. Still have never gotten it to work though, lol.

Oh yeah. Check this ([VIDEO]) out and read the rest of comment if you are feeling it. So, the ollie begins when you start to bend your knees and push your weight down, evenly distributed and centered, to gather the momentum to jump. If that doesn't make sense, I can try and word it another way, I have seen it described so many ways, all what makes sense to you. But after you bend your knees and push down, it's time t

Watch the video called “science of Ollie [VIDEO] “ on YouTube. Dude does a Ollie and slow motion and two things I want to add (which fixed my Ollie ) - bring up your back foot, you can’t level the board out with it still on the board close to the ground - don’t jump with your feet. It sounds silly I know but lay down on your back and try the Ollie motion. You can Ollie by jumping with your feet out *using your lower

Check this out... There is no stomp. [VIDEO] I recently got a decent ollie, some other tips that may or may not have merit, but might help you begin: * Don't slide your foot up _to pull the board up_, slide it up just to move it to the front for landing. * Jump forward just a bit--try to stay over your board. * Don't fake yourself out, get that back foot on! * Don't go for a forced, hard pop or "maximum height." It a