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Freestyle Trick Tip: How to Casper on a Skateboard

Mike Osterman6 skaters recommend it · 6 mentions, 2022 to 2025
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86K views · 4 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

Mike Osterman of Waltz Skateboarding breaks down how to casper, a freestyle trick where the board is flipped up on its tail. Ethan Young helps demo. Runs about four minutes.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters whenever someone asks what a casper is or how to learn one, including the difference between a full and half casper.

“For actual casper the front foot should not touch the ground and you flip in and out of it.”

u/RacerNo11

What skaters said on Reddit

u/Richard_Phist2023 · 3 points

Absolutely! I used these two videos as resources -Vid 1 [VIDEO] -Vid 2 [VIDEO] I followed both of these and it definitely took some trial and error. If you break it up and focus on the flop over and the flip separately it can help a lot. When you're ready for the flip, be sure and lean more forward to put your body in place to catch and to prevent the board landing in front of you. Best of luck!🤘

u/RacerNo112024 · 3 points

For actual casper the front foot should not touch the ground and you flip in and out of it. [VIDEO]

u/Emma-nz2025 · 3 points

[VIDEO] just a Casper. Casper flips are even more technical. [VIDEO]

u/bickman142022 · 2 points

I used to try primo tricks when I was younger but now it scares the shit out of me! It also destroyed my old trucks axles endings, it got so trimmed that it's almost impossible to unscrew and rescrew the nuts! So I'm avoiding it like the plague on my new trucks! About caspers, I always practice exactly like on this video! I'm proud to say that I figure it out by myself after spending hours and hours rewatching Rodney

u/pogothrow2024 · 2 points

Casper is a freestyle trick [VIDEO]

u/RobotOfSociety2023

" **A modern casper is performed like a kickflip, but the skateboarder catches the board after it has flipped upside down and lands in the casper stance** " - Wikipedia " The casper flip looks unreal and requires a lot of speed and accuracy. Technically, it is a 180-degree board rotation and flip that, at some point, will require your feet to be on opposite sides of the deck. While mid-air, your back foot will be ove

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