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Learning to Kickflip in 48 Hours

Corridor Crew2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2020 to 2022
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2.4M views · 7 years ago · Other · Beginner

Corridor Crew's Wren Weichman tries to land his first kickflip inside a 48 hour window. An episode of their 2019 challenge series, 17 minutes long.

Why skaters like it

Linked in beginner threads when someone asks how long a kickflip takes. Shows a newcomer can learn fast with focused practice.

“… Dude hadn't skated in years and indeed does manage a kickflip in 48 hours. …”

u/iosappsrock · Full comment

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u/ebinWaitee2020 · 1 points

It's irrelevant how many weeks or months or years it takes. It's all about how many hours you spend practicing the trick. If you try it once a week for half an hour you probably won't land it in months if ever. Three times a week for an hour at a time you'll have a drastically faster progress especially if there's someone pointing out what you're doing wrong with it. It's even possible to learn kickflips in under 48 hours [VIDEO] with a well planned practice. (that is under 48 hours of good practice, not a time span of two days) Edit: Wait it's actually within a time span of 48 hours. Well anyways I think more realistic is look at the amount of hours he put into it with a good teacher rather than the time span some people "spend"

u/iosappsrock2022 · 1 points

Honestly you can learn very quickly, it just depends on a few factors. There's quite a few folks who have made YouTube videos learning in short time spans. One of my personal favs: [VIDEO] Dude hadn't skated in years and indeed does manage a kickflip in 48 hours. If you're determined, my only advice is this, since I am only learning to Ollie myself: buy pads, commit, expect to fall, and go hard. You absolutely can do this. But don't force it unless you enjoy it. There's a million tutorials that are all good, but the thing that holds a lot of people back is being scared of falling and not commiting. That's why some folks spend 2 years learning to Ollie. It's not lack of skill, it's fear and lack of commitment.

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