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Tony Hawk How to do an Ollie

Men's Journal5 skaters recommend it · 7 mentions, 2014 to 2018
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863K views · 14 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Short 2012 Men's Journal tutorial where Tony Hawk walks through how to ollie. Covers foot placement, pop and staying above board while it levels out.

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Gets linked in r/NewSkaters threads when beginners ask how to learn ollies. Short, clear and comes from Tony Hawk.

“Tony explains how you need to find the fine line between popping too hard and popping to soft, also where on the tail the back foot should be.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/YourOwnPersonalSatan2017 · 2 points

It all is possible because youre staying above the board the whole time. Heres an olly gif. This stick figure doesnt olly very high either but thats how you do it. [LINK] Heres Tony [VIDEO]

u/XZettoX2014 · 1 points

i slowed down the footage using this website: [LINK] it seems to me that your backfoot is late after the pop, also you may be popping too hard, this video might help: [VIDEO] Tony explains how you need to find the fine line between popping too hard and popping to soft, also where on the tail the back foot should be. Hope that helps. Also I agree with /u/0x63_Problems when he mentions that "The carpet is making the wh

u/The_other_juice2014 · 1 points

Next video try to get your whole body. I think your shoulders are turned and that's causing your board to rotate some when you pop it. This is how you do 180's when you get to that. It's hard to see what your front foot does as it goes off the screen a bit. That's what really controls the board and helps gives you some air. Here's a good video on that part: Youtube - Tony Hawk - How To Ollie [VIDEO] Get your back foo

u/jhernandezuribe2017 · 1 points

This is the one I learned from. Ollie’s [VIDEO]

u/YoungSlewfoot2014 · 1 points

Whoops. Here it is haha. [VIDEO]

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