KICKFLIP

by Ed templeton

Well, as you can tell from the name of this trick you need to learn the ollie first. The ollie flip is an ollie variation: you jump into the air with your board, but your board does a flip before you land on it.

Step one: Your back foot goes on the tail and your front foot goes in the middle of the board, but hangs a bit over the heel edge.

Step two: Do an ollie, but rather than only sliding your front foot upward and forward, you must also slide your foot (again, probably your shoe) to the heel side enough to start your board in a spin. This action requires you to actually kick your front foot off of your board. The spinning board hovers for a second between your sprawling, supple legs.

Step three: "Catch" your board in mid-air once it has spun completely around, and land