How-To Kickflip - BASICS with Spencer Nuzzi

Things that helped me most: * Remembering to lift my back foot up * Trying various front foot placements and aiming for the little 'cup' before the main bend in the board (these things must surely have names). Ended up with my foot about an inch away from the bolts and my toes an inch down from the edge * Jumping (duh) * Keeping my shoulders square and in-line with the board * Leaning back slightly (for me really mea

It's not that you're not committing, It's your flick. You need to flick ALL the way out, you're not fully extending your leg all the way out like you should be. Check out this video for an example: [VIDEO]

[VIDEO] this video helped me. You can also practice it by holding on to something

well detailed explanation and demo [VIDEO]

Push normally, skate in Goofy stance. I mean shifting into position when I'm already on the board and cruising if that makes sense, something like this. [VIDEO] My feet feel planted to the board once I'm on, and it doesn't feel comfortable moving back/front foot to different parts of the board to get into position for a trick.