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Illusion Flip Trick Tip

‘6 skaters recommend it · 8 mentions, 2013 to 2024
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790K views · 19 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

Short 2007 tutorial on the illusion flip, also called the Muska flip, a frontside shove-it with a body varial. Tags credit Josh Brown and Chad Muska, and it is shot as a 1990s style demo.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in threads about what an illusion flip or Muska flip actually is, and as a quick reference when people confuse it with a hardflip.

“An illusion flip/ muska flip is a fs shoveit wit a body varial as demoed here”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/96nu2015 · 8 points

hence often called the muska flip [VIDEO]

u/Chriskl15202022 · 1 points

[VIDEO] This is what I've always understood as an illusion flip. Unless things have changed i guess which is possible

u/CokesAndTokes2024 · 1 points

I literally just saw this and had to provide the proof in the pudding [VIDEO]

u/faaace2017 · -2 points

It's a slightly tweaked pop shuvit. The board doesn't flip. An illusion flip/ muska flip is a fs shoveit wit a body varial as demoed here [VIDEO]. A real hardflip is a kickflip combined with a fs shove it. here's Boo Johnson showing how it's done [VIDEO]

u/RIP_BerthaChampagne2014 · -9 points

No offense to OP but the way that looks best is to have the tail up and nose down during the catch. OP had the tail down slightly and the nose up. The fact that I have 9 downvotes and 1 upvote really shows how this subreddit has just become a place where beginners come and no one can give constructive criticism. There is a right way to do tricks and pros do it the right way. If I see someone do another muska frontsid

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