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SKATE HACKS: How To Tweak A Kickflip

plantrider2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2016 to 2019
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66K views · 10 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

Plantrider (Sk8vegan) explains how to tweak and control a kickflip for more height and longer airtime. Covers flick direction and timing in a seven minute tutorial from 2016.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters when kickflips spin out or go sideways, as a fix for a weak or off-direction flick.

Flip tricks#Kickflip#TweakedKickflip#Flick#Plantrider#Sk8vegan

“Hmm I seem to have found the answer to my own qn:”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/Bortlekombat9042019 · 3 points

Practice flicking way harder than you think you need to. Like flick the shit out of it. Also, like the other guy said, flick more straight off the nose instead of to the side. Another thing to think about is to try to separate the pop and flick a little bit more, so just try to pop, then flick a little later than you are now. Finally, the more of your front foot you put on the board while setting up, the more the nos

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u/controlledslide2016 · 1 points

Hmm I seem to have found the answer to my own qn: [VIDEO]

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