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OLLIE POP SKATE SUPPORT

Braille Skateboarding2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2017 to 2022
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163K views · 13 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Braille Skateboarding ollie tutorial from 2013 with Aaron Kyro skating, filmed and edited by Lance Silber. Uses 3D animation to show pop, front foot slide and landing.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters when someone is stuck on ollies and needs a clear, short breakdown of pop and front foot motion.

What skaters said on Reddit

u/ryanxpei2017 · 2 points

I put the video on 0.25x speed playing on youtube and it looks like your front foot is just going straight back down where it starts instead of kicking forward and dragging up to the nose. Here's a video on how to Ollie I found on youtube. [VIDEO] It might help a bit. Other people might have better tips on here too. There's some videos on youtube "Ollie slide skate support" [VIDEO] "Ollie pop skate support". [VIDEO]

u/unlimitedlegitness2022 · 1 points

Oh and in terms of your actual technique - your ollie looks good. I’d say focus on three things: 1) really kick out that front foot to stop it rocketing 2) get those knees up higher - BOTH knees not just the front - notice how your back leg is not jumping very high so it’s keeping the back of the board low to the ground 3) try to pop the board ‘backwards’ a little bit - it’s a hard concept to explain in text, but it’

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