| Heelflip:this trick is almost the same as a kickflip apart from you use your heel to spin the board instead of your toes (hence the name Heelflip). Heelflip is a hard trick to learn and land, harder than kickflip for most people. Firstly you need your feet in roughly the ollie position, but with your toes hanging off the edge of the board a bit maybe, next you have to pop quite hard or your board wont rise enough and won't go the full way around. Once the board is popped you need to slide your foot up to the top right hand corner of the board, the heel side. You then kick sharply with your heel to make the board rotate. You have to then bring your front foot back up over the board (as well as your front foot). You then wait until you see the grip and slam your feet down, onto the bolts, to avoid a snap in your deck. To start off you should learn spinning the board, once you are fairly confident try landing one footed then when you have got that, you should try landing upside down or full way round with both feet. Land smoothly and ride away cooly. |
