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How to do a Chinese Ollie (Crack Nollie) on a Skateboard

Never Stop Improving5 skaters recommend it · 6 mentions, 2021 to 2025
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42K views · 8 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Step-by-step tutorial from Never Stop Improving on the Chinese Ollie, also called the crack nollie. It uses a crack or lip in the sidewalk to pop the board, and assumes a basic nollie or fakie ollie.

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Linked in beginner threads when someone asks how to get over sidewalk cracks and bumps without eating shit or getting razor tail.

“So like if you can flair Ollie or nollie , you're doing that same motion just not popping your board. You're more so pushing it in front of you making your wheels hit it thus giving it that pop for you.”

u/MagicCheeseMann

What skaters said on Reddit

u/MagicCheeseMann2025 · 5 points

So easiest way I can put it is you “bonk” it. So like if you can flair Ollie or nollie , you’re doing that same motion just not popping your board. You’re more so pushing it in front of you making your wheels hit it thus giving it that pop for you. Then just jump and suck that bag leg up and it’ll be glued to your feet. Here’s a good video for it [VIDEO] I can also do it regular like a Ollie, but I gotta find somethi

u/LeucotomyPlease2024 · 5 points

learning to “crack nollie” can be useful for this reason: [VIDEO] Or more simply, learn to do little hippie jumps off your board (*barely* jump off the board into the air, letting both feet come fully off the deck) as you roll over the crack, so that your board has room to hit the crack and then land back evenly for your feet to land and roll away.

u/GinsuVictim2021 · 2 points

>is there a trick to reactively ollie over cracks or obstacles? Chinese Ollie - [VIDEO]

u/BrooklynOGSk8r2023 · 2 points

One option - How to do a Chinese Ollie (Crack Nollie) on a Skateboard [VIDEO]

u/SteeleDuke2024 · 1 points

The trick is actually called a chinese ollie, learn your trick history. So many posers in the comments today. [VIDEO]

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