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Why your ollies suck #skateboarding #howtoollie #ollie

Park Sharks6 skaters recommend it · 67 mentions, 2024 to 2026
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709K views · 3 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

A 59-second Park Sharks short on why beginner ollies fail, with the fix centered on front foot movement. Covers dragging the front foot up so the board levels out.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/NewSkaters whenever someone's ollie won't pop. Regulars point to it for the front foot fix: slide it forward and bring the back foot up level.

“Your front foot isn’t allowing the board to pop and go up.”

u/PoptartDragonfart

What skaters said on Reddit

u/overthinker742025 · 5 points

You are regular. But an important word about ollies. This is from hard-won experience, and it will save you a lot of time and frustration. What is your aim with ollies? If you want to be able to say "I can ollie!" without saying what that really means then go for it. But if you actually want to get over anything the exercises needed are very, very different from the standard "pop and slide" advice (which doesn't real

u/PoptartDragonfart2026 · 5 points

Lose the grabbing on to the rail The board can’t level out if you don’t level it out. Your front foot needs to move forward. Your backfoot needs to get as high as your front foot [VIDEO]

u/CodenameJinn2025 · 2 points

check this out [VIDEO] for the basic mechanics of an Ollie. Also the trucks are too loose. While I agree with most of the other people that those bushings are not blown out, they could definitely be too soft. I had the same problem with cheap Amazon bushings. I tightened them all the way down and still had too much wobble to the point of them bulging out. So orobi change up bushings. You look like a smaller build, so

u/Shot_Investment_40252026 · 2 points

You dont slide your foot into the skateboard you lift it up and push it out. This guy explains it better than i do This guy [VIDEO]

u/Goopstains63182026 · 2 points

[VIDEO] I happened to stumble on this ollie video pretty much what I was saying this may help you out

u/LeucotomyPlease2025 · 1 points

try watching the motions of the legs without the board. [VIDEO]

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