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Liberty High Ollie Contest

aaronbrownvideo2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2014 to 2019
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337K views · 15 years ago · Contest

Short clip of a high ollie contest at Liberty, uploaded by aaronbrownvideo in 2011. Runs about 3 minutes.

Why skaters like it

Linked in beginner threads about weak ollies. Skaters point to it as an example of front foot placement to watch.

“just kinda focus on the foot placment when watching this dude skate. basically front foot is around 1-2" below front truck bolts.”

u/xsx006

What skaters said on Reddit

u/ixAp0c2014 · 4 points

Ideally you want your front foot to be a few inches behind the bolts for a regular ollie (you could even ollie from pushing [with front foot pretty much over bolts] if you have to and don't have time to set up), and a bit more towards the middle for a higher one. But you don't want your front foot in the middle of the board, more like halfway to the middle give or take. There is a point where bringing your front foot

u/xsx0062019 · 3 points

watch this - [VIDEO] ​ just kinda focus on the foot placment when watching this dude skate. basically front foot is around 1-2" below front truck bolts. slight angle. you have your feet both basicaly pointing perpendicular to the length edge of the board. also, you are going to need to look where you are going at least to some extent. you arent crusing around like how you are ollieing. ​ in video 2 - soy panday - [VI

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