Friday, April 25, 2014

#9 How to Front-side Flip

Trick Tip:
How to Front-Side Flip
This is trick trick is going to be about a Front-Side Flip. I'm going to tell you some steps about what I think you need to know about a front-side flip.
1. Place your front foot like an ollie but have it ready to kick out.
2. Place your back foot on the back pocket of the skateboard.
3. When you have both feet in place now try to ollie as high as you can and kick out for the kickflip.
4. When you are in the are turn to a front-side 180 and try to land on the skateboard.
5. When you are about to pop turn your body the way you want to go with the skateboard.
6. When you do the frontside flip you can do it  by kick it all the way around or you can frontside flip with a hardflip and a 180 too.
Those are my trick tips on how to do a frontside flip hope they will show you on how to land a frontside flip. When you have them down you can try to do them off stairs and gaps and even into maunels. This trick is very fun to do and it looks very cool also. This trick is one of my favorite tricks to do on flatground. Well i hope this helps and thanks for reading my trick tips.

Friday, April 18, 2014

#8 How to Forward Flip

Trick Tip:
Forward Flip
I'm going to show you some steps on how to do a forward flip. Under there are 2 pictures on where you can set your feet, and how your board will look when you flip it. At first it could be hard but just try it and get use to it, you will land it when you get comfortable with the trick.
1. Place your back foot on the tail of the skateboard and place your front foot under the first pair of bolt.
2. When you have your feet in position try to pop your skateboard as high as you can and flick your front foot to the nose of the skateboard and flick out.
3. When you flick out let the skateboard go between your legs and catch it with your back foot.
4.When you catch it land it and ride away clean. It will take a couple of try's to land but it'll be worth it. 
The forward flip is a difficult trick but it is always fun to do and use in game of skates. The trick looks cool down gaps and stairs so give it a try and try it out.