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The Best Skateboard Trick to Learn Before an Ollie

Sarah PM5 skaters recommend it · 6 mentions, 2022 to 2023
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41K views · 6 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Sarah PM teaches a bomb drop style foot plant trick that builds pop and ankle roll before learning ollies. Covers why it helps, common ollie pop problems, a how-to, 4 angle slow motion and variations.

Why skaters like it

Beginners in r/NewSkaters get pointed to it when ollie timing and pop will not click. One commenter says it helped a lot to get ollies quick.

“Ollie isn't actually a beginner trick but if you want to get them quick then this video helped me a lot.”

u/metaStatic

What skaters said on Reddit

u/drabbiticus2022 · 3 points

My $0.02 as another beginner who only recently began to ollie up curbs: Good stuff - you are getting real pop and not just jumping off the tail, you are rolling the ankle and sliding with the front foot, all 4 wheels are off the ground and you are landing. It's an ollie! At this point, I would mostly say keep practicing and it will come. One thing I noticed is that for the first 2 ollies, during the pop you roll the

u/metaStatic2022 · 3 points

the point of the trainers is to let you practice on cement without rolling. don't need trainers on the grass because you can't roll on it anyway. You also can't really pop on grass. and you pinned the board to the ground which would kill your pop on cement anyway. I don't even think an ollie is a beginner trick and you would be better served just getting super comfortable rolling around first. But I'll never pass up

u/Nix_town2022 · 2 points

>[VIDEO] Thats a great video! Thanks.

u/gamecat6662023 · 2 points

I found a vid that might help [VIDEO]

u/nicomycousin2022 · 1 points

Skate Park Lessons on YT has good videos on beginner tricks before ollies. They have one on important tricks for riding street. [VIDEO] And one on 13 no-ollie tricks. [VIDEO] If you wanna work towards your ollie, learn the tricks Sarah talks about in this video [VIDEO] and get gud at box jump squats.

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