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KICKFLIP TIPS

Braille Skateboarding2 skaters recommend it · 3 mentions, 2015 to 2019
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406K views · 11 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Braille Skateboarding kickflip tutorial from Aaron Kyro, 2015. Covers foot position, the flick, and how to land on a flipped board.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters when someone posts a failed kickflip clip and needs a fix for foot motion, flick direction or front leg extension.

“I've watch the Braille Skateboarding video about kickflip yesterday and it look like you don't extend your front leg enough. …”

u/LeFourbeFromage · Full comment

What skaters said on Reddit

u/AuxillaryPriest2015 · 2 points

Watching the video at 1/4 speed makes it easier to break down what's going on. From what I can see you're not kicking or flicking. It's more like you're pulling your foot off the side of the board and your hips are following that foot. Aaron Kyro just posted a video [VIDEO] addressing this.

u/LeFourbeFromage2019 · 1 points

After watching your video mutltiple times here's what I see in order of you attempts 1. Too much pop. After flicking, your front foot couldn't follow your board motion. I think you should flick more "higher" like this way ↗ and not → 2. This time your are flicking down ↘ so your board couldn't flip enough. 3. Too much pop and you didn't jump enough making your back foot touching your board while flipping. Also you were flicking too much horizontaly → so your board didn't flip that fast 4. The last stationnary tries have the sames issues ​ In general, pop less, flick higher ↗ and not → or ↘. Flicking higher will make your board flip faster and so you'll be able to land on it ;) ​ I've actually watch the braille skateboarding video about kickflip tips and it help me with my kickflips ( Still working on consistency ). They are talking about fully committing the flick in this direction ↗ ( like a ninja ). ​ Here's the video i'm talking about : [VIDEO] ​ Have a nice day :)

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