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How to Ollie 6" Higher EVERY Time

GOSKATE4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2017 to 2021
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132K views · 12 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

GOSKATE coach Rob Dunfey explains how to ollie higher. He breaks the ollie into pop and front foot slide, then covers foot positioning, timing and power.

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Newer skaters link it in r/NewSkaters threads about ollie height and slide timing. Two commenters point to the 3:30 mark as the key tip.

“go to minute 3:30!”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/drabbiticus2017 · 19 points

To be honest, that ollie at 2 weeks seems unreal to me. I've been working on them for about 2 months and mine are nowhere near as good. How often do you practice and do you have previous experience with boardsports? How have you been drilling? My only feedback (based on watching vids and reading, not my own ability) would be maybe to try to delay the slide a little actually. So pop-->delay a bit-->slide. Make sure yo

u/disposar2019 · 2 points

Well... do a little experiment. Do an ollie but do not slide your front foot at all. Just pop. Then, do an ollie and start sliding your front foot... let say later than you are used to. You can basically start sliding/leveling out your board anytime. Today I watched some video on youtube and the guy said that you can ollie higher when you delay your sliding a bit. [VIDEO] here you go

u/MShorter022021 · 2 points

Sort of. But keep it minimal. here’s a link to they guy who taught me about this trick a few years ago go to 3:30 in the video [VIDEO]

u/UNKOKURO2021 · 2 points

[VIDEO] go to minute 3:30!

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