This is going to be the greatest Ollie tutorial on UA-cam hands down. Calling it now. The hippie jump/ nose lift hippie, as a foundation for the Ollie is a genius innovation in teaching. Couple tips I would add to this tutorial: 1. When you're practicing your hippie jumps, its a great time to learn to use your arms to stabilize. If you look at Paul Rodriguez he does it perfectly- starts with hands in center of body and throws them up. If you do this with the hippie jump you get a feel for how arms stabilize you. 2. If you are having trouble with the pop make sure the heel of your back foot is the highest point of the board meaning you're really on the ball of your foot. 3. He mentions it in the video but its worth saying it from a different perspective, you're not jumping as high as you can, you're bringing your knees up. Another way of looking at it is keeping your butt in roughly the same spot, or you can see it in this video how his head stayed in roughly the same position even as he ollies up. In fact it helps to fold your upper body down a little at the top of your ollie. This concept of lifting the knees and keeping upper body in place in versus trying to jump like in a basketball game is pretty important.
that's so great to hear. I really love it too and i'm so thankful that we came up with it when we were preparing for our long form videos. It really has helped me improve my own flip tricks too
Started training my switch, so it was back to youtube for tutorial like it was day 1 all over again. however this tutorial is literally 10 thousand hours of pain and learning wrapped into a moment. great instruction.
@@Tinytunes-25 well first of all it took decades to figure it out, and even then it started with a vert skater named Alan “Ollie”. It still took some years before skateboarding prodigy Rodney Mullen translated it into flat ground.
We've got a world class athlete who's, somehow, an even better teacher/coach and he shares his knowledge with all of us for free. Amazing. Mitchie is the man.
I've been able to Ollie for over 20 years, and for 10 of them I was going over picnic tables, but I still learned something from this! That's how great of a teacher Mitchie is!
@@Skateiq Mitchie, you actually sent me a a couple voice messages on Instagram after I asked you for some advice on skating vert for the first time as a street skater. Your authenticity and love for skating shines through, and because of that you have captivated a whole new generation of skateboarders. Many blessings, Mitchie. You're a good egg.
@@itmightgetdark same! Except for the huge ones! I’m just into consistent curb hoppers lately…and backside Ollies in the bowl, over hips. My friend pointed out to me that even though I use the coping to “bonk” backside over hips…that when I get more air I am still doing the “Ollie” with the exception of popping the tail…so that’s the difference between ones I just “ride off” of and the ones where I actually suck my back foot up and hold onto the nose with my front foot…funny I never paid attention to that. A lot of the skate IQ vids that’s what I notice…kind of a way to articulate the difference between tricks I land kinda lackluster and ones I actually get stoked on
The jumping off the tail line is THE BEST IVE EVER HEARD. Too many of these tutorials give the impression you have to slam the tail down hard with your foot while raising the front leg. GENIUS WORDING to just characterize it as jumping off the tail.
@@Skateiqfor real man. I’m 38 I’ve been skating since I was a teenager and I’ve always thought you had to push the tail down as hard as you can to get pop and a high Ollie but immediately as I heard your explanation I knew I was doing it wrong all this time what you said makes complete sense and I feel like a fool for not knowing this. I can’t wait to start putting this video to action only 30 years too late haha.
I haven't really skated in years. Your videos randomly started popping up on my feed a few days ago. Now, here I am, in my garage on a random Monday morning, relearning how to ollie.
This is exactly how i realised that i wanted to start skating. Found myself interacting with the shorts a bunch and it made skating videos start filling my feed.
that was my mistake like 10 years ago. The garage was too slippery for me. This time i want to re-learn ollies on a rougher surface. I'm thinkin about gettin a bigger, more vert style shaped board though. Like a G&S board i rode in 1991.
I went to school for music and it's no stretch to say you teach with the technical specificity and clarity of some of the very best music teachers I've studied with or watched online. LOVE your teaching style 🔥
thank you big time. I love great teachers, the people i look up to the most are my mentors and teachers in skydiving and in golf. It's very cool to be able to be that for someone in skating
Literal 45 min masterclass on the Ollie. Something you could only get from skateIQ, this is insanely good work you’re doing for opening up skateboarding for beginners. Bravo sir 👏 👏
2 months later I can actually Ollie now, I ditched all the bad advice I’d heard and followed everything from this video. Just keep having fun skating & doing other small tricks, incorporate and practice the pre Ollie things mentioned in the video, especially hippy jumps. Then put it all together and you’ll realize you can Ollie
19:17 back foot position and feeling 23:20 land soft when hippie jump 25:36 throw the tail to the ground by jumping off 32:26 pressure from board all the way 34:53 get floaty Ollie. Pick legs up and land softly (absorb impact with knee and hip in my opinion) 39:57 drills to do Thanks for giving detail instructions, Mitchie.
Kids are lucky to have a 45 minute tutorial video on just the ollie now days. Back in the day all we had was the old tony hawk learn to skate video and that was 45 mins in itself lol
Damn all I had was the kids from school saying “just do it”, that was my tutorial. Followed by countless smashing my back on the ground and quitting lol.
i appreciate that even though this is an ollie specific video it addresses beginners and let’s them know: if you don’t have these building blocks yet, go ahead and work on these drills, get comfortable and then come back. it’s nice to not just be like “beginners can’t do this”
just got my first board two days ago after being interested in skating for awhile and having your shorts pop up in my recommendations over the past week. i'm definitely not ready to ollie as i'm just trying to get comfortable on the board first, so i really appreciate how you broke the ollie down into steps that i feel like i can begin to be aware of and practice as a beginner, like the balancing to lift up the nose, tic tacs, and hippie jumps. will definitely be returning to this vid multiple times as i progress up the steps and build up my foundation until i'm ready to get into the harder steps of working on the actual ollie! i love all the nuance and detail you put into your explanations. i'm grateful to have found a teacher like you as i start out!
That’s what we’re here for. It’s great to have you from the beginnning of your skating journey. I hope we can work together to get a lot of progression done
I started riding in late 2020, having grown up adoring the Tony hawk games and finally being old enough to get in the mix without my mom’s wrath. I’m very comfortable cruising and kick turning, but every year I get that itch. Each passing year, I go through a phase of wanting to dump hours and hours into the craft, only for it to fade away due to fear, pain or both. A skateboard is my primary mode of transportation and people look at me like a skater… I’ve even been challenged in games of skate, just being out and about, but every time I have to let them down and say “I don’t know any tricks”. It ends today. The journey truly begins today, and I owe much of it to this video. I’ve seen quite a few Ollie tutorials over the years, and none of them break it down like this one. Thank you for your patient approach and giving me that encouragement!
i’m just saying it, you are probably the best skate coach on youtube. im 15 and started skating at 12 and this tutorial just improved my ollie and board control phenomenally. been subscribed since 60k and it’s so worth it. thanks dude‼️🔥
🤩 MAN! Been skating for almost 40 years now…and at 51 years old…I’m grateful to get consistent curb-high to small ledge high Ollies. This video would have saved me a couple decades of heartache lol. If you ARE ALMOST getting your Ollie going? Please listen to what he is saying…this is the best explanation I’ve seen. “I came for the vert/pool skating, stayed for the street/pop”
I’m 33 years old and I decided recently to realise one of my biggest dream - to skateboarding. I found your videos - they are great, Your way to transfer knowledge is very simple and understandable. I know that with your videos it will be much easier for me to learn and get better. I am from Poland 🇵🇱, also I send my best regards from my country!😊
dude you're a genious at teaching, please do more beginner tutorials like this one. I've been skating for a year, started at 29...Able to do ollies, or I should say I can go up sidewalks sometimes.. I can do it, but I don't even know how, as most times I cant even do a standing ollie. Just little tips that I have never ever seen anyone use, ex 60%-40% weight distribution, completely changed how I look at it and how I feel my board, and today I just started landing standing ollies on command only with that tip alone. Also the floatiness and the pushing your board down when your in the air, never heard nobody talk about that, and now that I know about it it makes so much sense, and I feel myself doing exactly that. Good shit man, perfect name for your channel.
That´s the most comprehensinve ollie tutorial ever. Period! I´m a 45 yo skateboarder and as far as I know some of the tips showed, some I´ve never imagined. Thank you for this one.
Your content is so incredible man. I've never in my life seen someone take such a passionate, patient, and scientific approach to skateboarding before. If only we could have had someone like you in the 90s
Mitch, your content is great! Not only informative, but a great format! From the FB / Insta style shorts to catch one's eye, to these long-form videos! This is INSANELY informative! Can't wait for more long-form content such as this!
Thanks! Im so gratefull im looking forward to show my appreciation to you. i just started skating and this has been my biggest challenge, I will contribute to you more after this small token because your are by the far the greatest teacher on this subject
Hey man just wanted to say I’ve picked up skating again and haven’t been on a board since I was 13, I’m 30 now and I’m so glad I found your videos. you’re an absolute stellar teacher, the way you explain is so insightful and easy to understand, you’ve changed my perspective completely. Thank you for doing this.
Im happy there's so many of us here. I stopped at around 15 and am almost 30. I'm learning with my 5 year old son! He saw my old board and immediately tried to hop on. Glad I moved it with me all those times lol. Just built us each new boards to learn on.
Some excellent pointers in this extended tutorial. I think the only thing I thought he'd cover that wasn't included was arm movement during the pop to help with balance, weight distribution and achieving that weightless feeling.
this is genuinely something I have never though of until about a week ago when one of the online student made a great post in the message board. I just dont think about my arms much, which seems like an oversite. what are they doing/not doing is a great topic i should develop my understanding on
Literally the best ollie advices out there. I went from rocket ollies to landing some leveled out beautiful chef-kiss ollies using your tips. Everything started to click after I applied lifting my front foot as fast as possible as I jump. Thank you!! Hope you’ll continue to make this kind of instructional videos in the future ❤
Speechless. Everyone just likes to say “just practice”, but no those ppl are just rude, and don’t want to actually help. these things can be taught and u just did it wonderfully. Tysm sir 🔥🔥🔥
Yeah, they're just being dicks. They had to learn it the hard way so you do too mentality. And they might be able to ollie great, but guaranteed they don't know exactly how they're doing it and couldn't break it down in to an easy to understand way like this. Along with tips to practise to make it easier. Mitchie's a legend in more ways than one. 👍👍🙂
Knowing how to teach is a different skill. If you think you can teach your native language to someone who's learning your language, you are mistaken. Mitchie knows how to teach. You need to know how to skate and how to teach to be like this guy.
Wait until you get into the science of knowing which pop angle works best for you…. Then you’ll get into the physics of the Ollie and learn how to use riser pads and different mm wheel sizes in conjunction with different decks/trucks to achieve your ideal pop angle 📐 Everyone has different preferences, and every time you use a new deck, new trucks, or new wheels you’ll have to figure out where your ideal pop angle is yet again….. that’s only if you get super into skateboarding where you’ll truly care about this though, but it’s ultimately how you take the sport to the next level. You’ll also discover your ideal wheelbase and board widths along your journey. Unfortunately a lot of this stuff isn’t easy to teach because it’s stuff you only really discover over the course of trying out a lot of equipment and different settings with that equipment. Since everyone has different preferences, everyone needs to discover these things independently. You also might find that riding street you have totally different preferences than you do for riding pools and vert, and that’s not even uncommon at all. For instance in street you’re probably going to prefer smaller wheels anywhere from 44-56mm(average range), and in pools and vert you’re likely to prefer 55-60mm wheels and you’re also almost certain to prefer a wider board than you ride for street style skating(but not necessarily). Learning the physics to the Ollie is just the beginning of all this other stuff you’re gonna learn. The majority of skaters probably aren’t trying to be dicks to you, it’s just hard to put a lot of this stuff into words because experienced skaters have likely already moved on mentally to all the other stuff that I just described above and they know you’re gonna need to feel some stuff out for yourself to truly understand it. This particular guy has made a career out of training youth skaters, and so he’s definitely found a way to break things down into elementary basics. Your average skater hasn’t ever broken things down like that even for themselves, they just know the way their muscle memory has adapted into making their internal thoughts into the actions that take place when they skate. I hope that makes sense 😉👍🏼
Ive been skating for a few weeks without a good ollie attempt solely because I was sliding my foot and not just straight up. I watched this vid last night and tried to ollie today, my best attempts yet. I am getting the board up to my knees and landing it. My next move is going to be moving ollies. Lets see how I do.
You are legitamately the best skateboard teacher online, ever. So simple, so direct, uses ample illustrations, examples and debunks bad instruction. I have bookmarked this and I will keep coming back until I can get a consistent ollie. Thank you. Sincerely.
Cool bro. I'm 58, been sk8ing intermittently since the 70s, your tutorials are improving my ollies. I haven't been bouncing my tail properly, now I realise it's more in my front foot. Never too old too learn - thanks brother, from Australia
Mr. Brusco, Having expert level experience is 1 thing, but being able to put into words and demonstrate the nuances of a complex movement is rare gift. Thank you for sharing it. This is a lovely volume for the library of skate knowledge!🙏🏽❤❤🙏🏽
I've been skating for 2 years and couldn't figure out how to jump on the objects although I can do quite a decent Ollie while moving. After watching the video I went into the local skatepark and finally started being able to jump on the manual box and different other things. My issue was that I didn't rise my knees high enough to my chest and I didn't let the board fly into the air by stomping my feet. Definitely one and (in my opinion) the only best Ollie tutorial! Thank you a lot!
5:09 OMG I came to this 60/40 weight distribution on my own but i thought i was crazy because no tutorial ever said it. I opened this video trusting you'll point this out and there it is - one of the first things said! I tried so many different approaches and hated myself for gravitating to 60/40. I feel so much more certain about where i need to go with my ollies now. Thank you!
That's what I'm talking about, a clear tutorial that adresses every single aspect of the trick, the skate community needs more of these, it is helpful in so many ways, thank you so much for that
Thank you so much for this. Im a new skateboarder at 34. I just started being able to stationary ollie with a little consistency after watching you, whythetrick, and others while recording myself occasionally and breaking down my movements. I like videos that go into more of the physics of why the tricks works because it helps me understand what's actually happening, instead of following some arbitrary (seemingly) set of steps to do a trick (cause if something does go wrong with the latter and the set of steps isnt working, its going to take a longer time to figure out what's wrong) Specifically, lifting the knee as a form of nose elevation control. For manuals, tic tacs, w/e, Ive previously been thinking about applying pressure to the tail, and not much about lifting the knee. I think this applies to many aspects of skating. Also, just the discussion around where you want your center of gravity to be and its relation to the positioning of either foot on the length of the board helped my understand a ton. Previously I would just take foot positioning as some kind of magic place on the board I had to follow and didnt really think about how and why they are chosen. You, and people like you, who put so much effort in to educate people on the aspects/metrics of skateboarding that actually contribute to consistent and controlled riding/tricks are really helping the skate community. Firstly just for cutting down on the misinformation, but allowing people to enjoy more aspects of skateboarding they may have not thought they were capable of.
Thank you so much for posting this. I've dropped skateboarding because i was not confident when ollying. I always fall off when doing rolling ollies. All your videos make me want to skateboard again but this one just made me get up and get my board. Thank you again skateiq, keep doing what you're doing.
Please keep making these videos ! Getting back into skating after 10 years has been a challenge, but your videos put things into a perspective that’s thought provoking, thus I can self diagnose and fix the deficiencies on the spot. Good work man!!
Thank you for this. I am 44 and just got my first board. I found i was trying to force the ollie rather than use technique. I think the hippie jump approach will be really useful for me. I used to ride bmx, so having extra wheels and no handle bars is weird lol. Thank you for you time. 👍
Not just one of the best skateboard tutorials but one of the best of any tutorial I've seen. Mitchie is a fantastic coach: dude not only shreds on the board but also shreds at explaining and teaching things to others.
incredible the amount of information you've given us for free. thank you for such an in-depth breakdown - it really feels like unlocking pieces of the puzzle for me. hopefully with this i can get the ollie down finally!
I watched half this video last night and the other half this morning, then I went to the skatepark and practiced what you said in this video and it was an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER!!! I’ve been doing ollies for years but slightly wrong and your help really cleaned them up. I finally can ollie high up banks.
Ive skated since i was 10 years old, and im currently 30. Still skate, always been able to ride around an urban environment fluently, but I always used it for transportation and not for tricks. Ive never been able to get an Ollie off the ground, and with this guide i just did 3. Thank you guys so much, you are a game changer.
I'm subbed on the patreon but I'm so very grateful you finally made a full length UA-cam version! This will always be my go to looking back for helpful tips and tricks about ollies
I’ve been struggling to get consistent pop and after watching the video my board instantly starting gluing to my feet bro was made to teach the way he broke down the rights/wrongs about the Ollie so perfect that you literally can’t NOT learn how to Ollie😂
I couldn’t learn to ollie on my own when I was a kid. Now in my thirties Im confident I will ollie for the first time thanks to this video 🙌 Amazing analysis, drills, tips, steps, wording. Thank you very much!!!! 🙏
I recommend these videos to every young or new skater at every skate park. Would’ve loved having these when I was young. This guy has a gift for teaching
I've been skating off and on for 20 years and this solved why I couldnt hippy jump. Did not expect to get much from this video, nice ollies are about the only thing i have anymore. Just shows how valuable a good teacher really is
Today I landed my first Ollie! Thanks for this great Video! I started skateboarding in mid of August, did all the drill of this video and just tried to pop the board a little bit and it just worked. That was so amazing! Thanks allot!
Man, I wish I'd this kind of teaching available to me in the late '80s. I'm 59 and struggle to ollie my old way these days. This is making me feel like I can get them back. You are to be congratulated sir. :)
The goat teacher man. Lovely to see the progression steps and how you can build up confidence and muscle memory towards an actual ollie, that has been my approach all together so far with skateboarding.
Man, this just hits all the right teaching notes. I've just started skating at 34 and your videos are so approachable and easy to follow. Thanks so much for this one! I've gotten so comfortable riding around the neighbourhood, to the pub, you know! The next step is frickin' learning how to ollie up and over them curbs and down a stair or two (or maybe a few) instead of having to pick up the board.
Ive been trying to ollie off and on for years. Im 25yrs old. Just ollied multiple times within seconds of hearing "dont smack your tail then jump. Just jump and lift your front leg" Freaking genuis.
Just tried to focus thinking about lifting the front foot and it helped my Ollie’s feel much more consistent. I’ve watched lots of Ollie tutorials and this has the best tips. Thanks!
This helped me get back into skating haven’t been skating in 22 years I’m 38 6 ft 4 250 now an gravity is not my friend but his instructions have me popping Ollie’s an riding strong at 38 thank u for ur work my guy
I used to skate around 10 years ago, between the ages 11 to 13 or so. I eventually stopped but recently I'm getting back into it. This video perfectly explained everything I did wrong as a kid and helped me realize why I wasn't able to ollie. Thanks so much for making these videos Mitchie.
bro. love your style of teaching. 38, getting back on the board, and never really learned any tricks, or at least anything past an accidental ollie lol. this made me excited to skate again. Thank you sir
I just started skating at age 30. I watched at least 10 videos on the ollie, but this was by far the most helpful. My passion was stronger than my knees so I need a week or two off, but I am really excited to try these steps. I think the soft landing idea and the picking up the foot versus moving weight around is genius. Genius level video overall. I was way too hard on my joints so far and I really like the tips around floating and having control and softness of landing. I have to heal before I get back out there but i am really excited to see what happens to my ollie with these steps. I will be back for more videos for sure! In the video you mention more long form tutorials, I think you have a gift and will raise to the top on UA-cam if you do so. Knowing the value of this video I would pay money for a full skate series no question. Epic.
ollied up a curb yesterday like 20 times because of your kick flip tutorial out of like 60-70 tries tho i remember looking this up because i wanted a FIRM understanding of my ollies, center of gravity, and most importantly: BALANCE i cant believe i went from solidifying my ollies to ollieing up a curb for the first time ever in my life now the floodgates have opened my fear of obstacles is almost gone thanks to you just focus on the fundamentals guys and i PROMISE everything else will come easier but ACTUALLY commit and push yourself to accomplish something its easy to get comfortable and stuck but eventually youre going to have to stop ollieing over speedbumps and sewer caps and actually get on that curb ive been able to ollie onto a curb standing still for a while now but i actually did it going mild speeds yesterday
No knock on others who have done turtorials on ollies but this is the best one I've seen. Been practicing ollies since last fall and it feels like its starting to come together. With this tutorial, I feel like I will be kick flipping soon. Thank you.
what i find interesting in here is learning how to ollie with brute forcing tail pop with "slide your front foot up the nose" method never brought me up to the idea of how similar the whole mechanism of it is with doing a bunny hop with a bmx. lift your nose, jump, and bring up that tail. since i've started to pick up the both again recently i'll def think about it more when i'm practicing it, great tutorial!!
this is gold advice for all beginners! such a good video! skateboards have such a awarness of space, motion and weight distribution much love mitchi peace from germany
2 minutes and 27 seconds in and you already get more than any other tutorial ive seen, man i didnt realise i was jumping of the ground. Cant wait to practise after this!
This one changed my perspective a lot when I first noticed it, you can look at any video of any skate trick done by a pro and you'll notice it's consistent
I'm 25 and about a month and a half into skating, having stepped on a board for the first time in August, and I shit thee not, the first half of this video has been like, my board control bible. The information contained in the first 15 minutes singlehandedly unlocked skateboarding for me and has made progressing so much easier, more fun and way safer.
I could kick flip at 15-16 but haven't skated since. Trying to get back into it now at almost 30 and while I was doing an "ollie" I wasn't jumping off the trucks, I was trying to propel myself upwards with the tail hitting the ground. That one line clicked for me and now I'm ollieing fairly smoothly!
Been skating for 2 years I’ve never heard someone explain the way you describe the physics behind the Ollie in such a coherent manner. Also confirms a lot of things I felt were right and wrong about my Ollie’s can’t wait to try them out again
I've been skating for years but I think this video has changed the way I skate forever. This video also helped me with my switch ollies and even my kickflips. I can't thank you enough. Keep at it 💪
most helpful ollie tutorial yet in my opinion. why? i could do ollies but they look so bad and so curvy from start to end, theyre not even consistent too. also sometimes i land primo in my board. the tips: "parallel feet to the ground", "60% weight on front foot distributed", "front foot is glued together the whole time, raise it up", "float mid air" REALLY HELPED ME. and of course i practiced for 2 days with these tips for 1 hour skate sessions and yea i saw an improvement. i used to ollie with my body tight and hard feeling (like youre gonna sweat easily) but after this tutorial, my ollies are loose and less exercise-feeling (like a bit effortless and second nature) so i thank u a lot for this video. i really do random thought: ollies or just tricks in general is like the human anatomy we only see the outside of our bodies (which doesnt look too complex) but not the organs and all that lol (which is pretty complex) same goes with ollies, so much science behind it its not just popping and jumping, u gotta have to make a few tweaks and whatever anyways i appreciate this video
By far the best ollie breakdown I've ever seen, been teaching for years and this will help me to coach just as much as It'll help my students progress. Thank you.
This is most comprehensive video I've ever seen. Not just for an ollie, but for everything leading to it. As a beginner, I didn't even know what tic tacs are and none of the other ollie tutorials covered them. Definitely coming back to this video multiple times.
You teased me well with the shorts on the topic.I will come back for each drill in my pocket. Hope this gets a million views! And thank you for sharing your insights and being a brilliant teacher. You are the best!
This has to be best ollie tutorial out there. I think I found my main problem, I'm not floating, I'm pushing my legs down once I get in the air. Going to practice tomorrow with your tips in mind, thanks a lot. Subscribed.
I’ve watched pretty much every Ollie tutorial and this explained things so clearly! UPDATE: 2 weeks of these tips being implemented & I FINALLY Ollied up a curb 🙏🎉
This is the best Ollie tutorial I've ever seen. Very useful tips and the most important and key things are in the minor details! You're a really good teacher. It's definately true even if somebody's good at skateboard, it doesn't mean being good at teaching too. There're a lot of tutorials with skilled people who can't teach like you, very well done! Subscribed! Could you tell me how to solve if my Tictac goes only backwards?
Comprehensive isn’t even the word. Too much free sauce. You’re Goat’d For This. Hope you skate and teach until you’re in your 80’s. Keep Teaching the Kids. Thank You.
This is going to be the greatest Ollie tutorial on UA-cam hands down. Calling it now. The hippie jump/ nose lift hippie, as a foundation for the Ollie is a genius innovation in teaching.
Couple tips I would add to this tutorial:
1. When you're practicing your hippie jumps, its a great time to learn to use your arms to stabilize. If you look at
Paul Rodriguez he does it perfectly- starts with hands in center of body and throws them up. If you do this with the hippie jump you get a feel for how arms stabilize you.
2. If you are having trouble with the pop make sure the heel of your back foot is the highest point of the board meaning you're really on the ball of your foot.
3. He mentions it in the video but its worth saying it from a different perspective, you're not jumping as high as you can, you're bringing your knees up. Another way of looking at it is keeping your butt in roughly the same spot, or you can see it in this video how his head stayed in roughly the same position even as he ollies up. In fact it helps to fold your upper body down a little at the top of your ollie. This concept of lifting the knees and keeping upper body in place in versus trying to jump like in a basketball game is pretty important.
Exactly my first though
that's so great to hear. I really love it too and i'm so thankful that we came up with it when we were preparing for our long form videos. It really has helped me improve my own flip tricks too
Started training my switch, so it was back to youtube for tutorial like it was day 1 all over again. however this tutorial is literally 10 thousand hours of pain and learning wrapped into a moment. great instruction.
No doubt man that was great
@@Tinytunes-25 well first of all it took decades to figure it out, and even then it started with a vert skater named Alan “Ollie”. It still took some years before skateboarding prodigy Rodney Mullen translated it into flat ground.
We've got a world class athlete who's, somehow, an even better teacher/coach and he shares his knowledge with all of us for free. Amazing. Mitchie is the man.
I have really helpful team to get the structure and the format that allows me to explain it in my own way without getting too lost. Super thankful
@SKATEiQ love that you acknolwedge the help you get, really shows how much you understand teaching. Huge props and thank you to you and your team
I've been able to Ollie for over 20 years, and for 10 of them I was going over picnic tables, but I still learned something from this! That's how great of a teacher Mitchie is!
Thats the mind set brother always be willing to learn no matter how much you already know
I appreciate this a ton! go get em!
@@Skateiq Mitchie, you actually sent me a a couple voice messages on Instagram after I asked you for some advice on skating vert for the first time as a street skater. Your authenticity and love for skating shines through, and because of that you have captivated a whole new generation of skateboarders. Many blessings, Mitchie. You're a good egg.
@@itmightgetdark same! Except for the huge ones! I’m just into consistent curb hoppers lately…and backside Ollies in the bowl, over hips. My friend pointed out to me that even though I use the coping to “bonk” backside over hips…that when I get more air I am still doing the “Ollie” with the exception of popping the tail…so that’s the difference between ones I just “ride off” of and the ones where I actually suck my back foot up and hold onto the nose with my front foot…funny I never paid attention to that. A lot of the skate IQ vids that’s what I notice…kind of a way to articulate the difference between tricks I land kinda lackluster and ones I actually get stoked on
@@calabro9092 hey is this Mike C? My old roommate?!?
The jumping off the tail line is THE BEST IVE EVER HEARD. Too many of these tutorials give the impression you have to slam the tail down hard with your foot while raising the front leg. GENIUS WORDING to just characterize it as jumping off the tail.
Sick, yeah I love that ay of phrasing it
@@Skateiqfor real man. I’m 38 I’ve been skating since I was a teenager and I’ve always thought you had to push the tail down as hard as you can to get pop and a high Ollie but immediately as I heard your explanation I knew I was doing it wrong all this time what you said makes complete sense and I feel like a fool for not knowing this. I can’t wait to start putting this video to action only 30 years too late haha.
@@fr0nk-skates and hows workin out?
My thoughts exactly, most videos don't really explain how an Ollie works, this is the first time I thought it made sense.
I haven't really skated in years. Your videos randomly started popping up on my feed a few days ago. Now, here I am, in my garage on a random Monday morning, relearning how to ollie.
This is exactly how i realised that i wanted to start skating. Found myself interacting with the shorts a bunch and it made skating videos start filling my feed.
that was my mistake like 10 years ago. The garage was too slippery for me. This time i want to re-learn ollies on a rougher surface. I'm thinkin about gettin a bigger, more vert style shaped board though. Like a G&S board i rode in 1991.
I went to school for music and it's no stretch to say you teach with the technical specificity and clarity of some of the very best music teachers I've studied with or watched online. LOVE your teaching style 🔥
thank you big time. I love great teachers, the people i look up to the most are my mentors and teachers in skydiving and in golf. It's very cool to be able to be that for someone in skating
@@Skateiqyou’re that person for thousands 🙏🏽
@@corygrossman1 his voice calms me down and I can sleep better after watching a couple of his videos. Lol
Literal 45 min masterclass on the Ollie. Something you could only get from skateIQ, this is insanely good work you’re doing for opening up skateboarding for beginners. Bravo sir 👏 👏
thank you! i hope this video is treated well by the old youtube algo. throw it a share or somethin and help it get rolling
Thank you so much for all these great tutorials. Just bought a new board today and start again after 25 years 😅
so grateful that you posted this on youtube, i was living off your shorts trying to learn this but now i have an amazing in depth version. props
reel em in, give em the goods!!
2 months later I can actually Ollie now, I ditched all the bad advice I’d heard and followed everything from this video. Just keep having fun skating & doing other small tricks, incorporate and practice the pre Ollie things mentioned in the video, especially hippy jumps. Then put it all together and you’ll realize you can Ollie
@@notjackk sickkkkk
19:17 back foot position and feeling
23:20 land soft when hippie jump
25:36 throw the tail to the ground by jumping off
32:26 pressure from board all the way
34:53 get floaty Ollie. Pick legs up and land softly (absorb impact with knee and hip in my opinion)
39:57 drills to do
Thanks for giving detail instructions, Mitchie.
Goat
Kids are lucky to have a 45 minute tutorial video on just the ollie now days. Back in the day all we had was the old tony hawk learn to skate video and that was 45 mins in itself lol
Learn to skate would take me 50 hours of content minimum
Facts
I had a book from the library and a deck like a door of a Mississippi mansion :)
Brooo yes. You brought me back
Damn all I had was the kids from school saying “just do it”, that was my tutorial. Followed by countless smashing my back on the ground and quitting lol.
i appreciate that even though this is an ollie specific video it addresses beginners and let’s them know: if you don’t have these building blocks yet, go ahead and work on these drills, get comfortable and then come back. it’s nice to not just be like “beginners can’t do this”
just got my first board two days ago after being interested in skating for awhile and having your shorts pop up in my recommendations over the past week. i'm definitely not ready to ollie as i'm just trying to get comfortable on the board first, so i really appreciate how you broke the ollie down into steps that i feel like i can begin to be aware of and practice as a beginner, like the balancing to lift up the nose, tic tacs, and hippie jumps. will definitely be returning to this vid multiple times as i progress up the steps and build up my foundation until i'm ready to get into the harder steps of working on the actual ollie! i love all the nuance and detail you put into your explanations. i'm grateful to have found a teacher like you as i start out!
That’s what we’re here for. It’s great to have you from the beginnning of your skating journey. I hope we can work together to get a lot of progression done
This is the greatest Ollie tutorial for both beginners and for people that can already Ollie.
I started riding in late 2020, having grown up adoring the Tony hawk games and finally being old enough to get in the mix without my mom’s wrath. I’m very comfortable cruising and kick turning, but every year I get that itch. Each passing year, I go through a phase of wanting to dump hours and hours into the craft, only for it to fade away due to fear, pain or both. A skateboard is my primary mode of transportation and people look at me like a skater… I’ve even been challenged in games of skate, just being out and about, but every time I have to let them down and say “I don’t know any tricks”. It ends today. The journey truly begins today, and I owe much of it to this video. I’ve seen quite a few Ollie tutorials over the years, and none of them break it down like this one. Thank you for your patient approach and giving me that encouragement!
Bro if you can already cruise very comfortably that Ollie is coming QUICK
Thanks!
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Except me
i’m just saying it, you are probably the best skate coach on youtube. im 15 and started skating at 12 and this tutorial just improved my ollie and board control phenomenally. been subscribed since 60k and it’s so worth it. thanks dude‼️🔥
thanks! that's great thank you for the support. to 1 million now!!!
Broken down so well into baby steps. Completely counter to my intuition which helps explain my complete failure to ollie. Thanks! ☮♥
I've been struggling with my Ollie for so long. Watched numerous tutorials and this is best! Thank you so much!
🤩 MAN! Been skating for almost 40 years now…and at 51 years old…I’m grateful to get consistent curb-high to small ledge high Ollies. This video would have saved me a couple decades of heartache lol. If you ARE ALMOST getting your Ollie going? Please listen to what he is saying…this is the best explanation I’ve seen. “I came for the vert/pool skating, stayed for the street/pop”
lets goooooooo
I’m 4 years behind ya and can’t agree more. Stay ridin!
I’m 33 years old and I decided recently to realise one of my biggest dream - to skateboarding. I found your videos - they are great, Your way to transfer knowledge is very simple and understandable. I know that with your videos it will be much easier for me to learn and get better. I am from Poland 🇵🇱, also I send my best regards from my country!😊
dude you're a genious at teaching, please do more beginner tutorials like this one.
I've been skating for a year, started at 29...Able to do ollies, or I should say I can go up sidewalks sometimes.. I can do it, but I don't even know how, as most times I cant even do a standing ollie.
Just little tips that I have never ever seen anyone use, ex 60%-40% weight distribution, completely changed how I look at it and how I feel my board, and today I just started landing standing ollies on command only with that tip alone.
Also the floatiness and the pushing your board down when your in the air, never heard nobody talk about that, and now that I know about it it makes so much sense, and I feel myself doing exactly that.
Good shit man, perfect name for your channel.
dude you are hands down the best skate teacher on youtube
thank you!
That´s the most comprehensinve ollie tutorial ever. Period! I´m a 45 yo skateboarder and as far as I know some of the tips showed, some I´ve never imagined. Thank you for this one.
That's what we're going for. Once you master every aspect of this video your mind will open up
Your content is so incredible man. I've never in my life seen someone take such a passionate, patient, and scientific approach to skateboarding before. If only we could have had someone like you in the 90s
Mitch, your content is great! Not only informative, but a great format! From the FB / Insta style shorts to catch one's eye, to these long-form videos! This is INSANELY informative!
Can't wait for more long-form content such as this!
Me too, I’m so hyped on it right now for sure
Thanks! Im so gratefull im looking forward to show my appreciation to you. i just started skating and this has been my biggest challenge, I will contribute to you more after this small token because your are by the far the greatest teacher on this subject
I ve watched a thousand tutos, but this one caters the FEELING, how an Olli should work. At last.....awesome!
Amazing feedback thank you
Hey man just wanted to say I’ve picked up skating again and haven’t been on a board since I was 13, I’m 30 now and I’m so glad I found your videos. you’re an absolute stellar teacher, the way you explain is so insightful and easy to understand, you’ve changed my perspective completely. Thank you for doing this.
Im happy there's so many of us here. I stopped at around 15 and am almost 30. I'm learning with my 5 year old son! He saw my old board and immediately tried to hop on. Glad I moved it with me all those times lol. Just built us each new boards to learn on.
Some excellent pointers in this extended tutorial. I think the only thing I thought he'd cover that wasn't included was arm movement during the pop to help with balance, weight distribution and achieving that weightless feeling.
this is genuinely something I have never though of until about a week ago when one of the online student made a great post in the message board. I just dont think about my arms much, which seems like an oversite. what are they doing/not doing is a great topic i should develop my understanding on
@@Skateiq*oversight
Literally the best ollie advices out there. I went from rocket ollies to landing some leveled out beautiful chef-kiss ollies using your tips. Everything started to click after I applied lifting my front foot as fast as possible as I jump.
Thank you!! Hope you’ll continue to make this kind of instructional videos in the future ❤
Cannot thank you enough for how much I appreciate you making this and all your other videos and also making them free! You are a legend Mitchie!
Np dude
I’ve been skating for two decades and 1 min in he’s already explained the Ollie in a new way 🤯
Speechless. Everyone just likes to say “just practice”, but no those ppl are just rude, and don’t want to actually help. these things can be taught and u just did it wonderfully. Tysm sir 🔥🔥🔥
Yeah, they're just being dicks. They had to learn it the hard way so you do too mentality. And they might be able to ollie great, but guaranteed they don't know exactly how they're doing it and couldn't break it down in to an easy to understand way like this. Along with tips to practise to make it easier. Mitchie's a legend in more ways than one. 👍👍🙂
@@28russ fr
Knowing how to teach is a different skill. If you think you can teach your native language to someone who's learning your language, you are mistaken. Mitchie knows how to teach. You need to know how to skate and how to teach to be like this guy.
Forgive them for They know not what they have done
Wait until you get into the science of knowing which pop angle works best for you…. Then you’ll get into the physics of the Ollie and learn how to use riser pads and different mm wheel sizes in conjunction with different decks/trucks to achieve your ideal pop angle 📐
Everyone has different preferences, and every time you use a new deck, new trucks, or new wheels you’ll have to figure out where your ideal pop angle is yet again….. that’s only if you get super into skateboarding where you’ll truly care about this though, but it’s ultimately how you take the sport to the next level. You’ll also discover your ideal wheelbase and board widths along your journey.
Unfortunately a lot of this stuff isn’t easy to teach because it’s stuff you only really discover over the course of trying out a lot of equipment and different settings with that equipment. Since everyone has different preferences, everyone needs to discover these things independently. You also might find that riding street you have totally different preferences than you do for riding pools and vert, and that’s not even uncommon at all. For instance in street you’re probably going to prefer smaller wheels anywhere from 44-56mm(average range), and in pools and vert you’re likely to prefer 55-60mm wheels and you’re also almost certain to prefer a wider board than you ride for street style skating(but not necessarily).
Learning the physics to the Ollie is just the beginning of all this other stuff you’re gonna learn. The majority of skaters probably aren’t trying to be dicks to you, it’s just hard to put a lot of this stuff into words because experienced skaters have likely already moved on mentally to all the other stuff that I just described above and they know you’re gonna need to feel some stuff out for yourself to truly understand it. This particular guy has made a career out of training youth skaters, and so he’s definitely found a way to break things down into elementary basics. Your average skater hasn’t ever broken things down like that even for themselves, they just know the way their muscle memory has adapted into making their internal thoughts into the actions that take place when they skate. I hope that makes sense 😉👍🏼
This changed the game for me! As a thirty one year old getting back in to skating and having never mastered the Ollie, thank you so much, my friend. ❤
go out there and master it
were you able to ollie after this? I'm 32 and want to give this a go. Gonna be tough, but feels like a worthwhile thing to try.
@@uafiewnI don’t know why my muscle hurts from my backside from Ollie
Do you sit a lot?
Ive been skating for a few weeks without a good ollie attempt solely because I was sliding my foot and not just straight up. I watched this vid last night and tried to ollie today, my best attempts yet. I am getting the board up to my knees and landing it. My next move is going to be moving ollies. Lets see how I do.
my ollies have improved thanks to your videos, a skate coach is something we always wanted but never got, thank you man!
You are legitamately the best skateboard teacher online, ever. So simple, so direct, uses ample illustrations, examples and debunks bad instruction. I have bookmarked this and I will keep coming back until I can get a consistent ollie. Thank you. Sincerely.
Cool bro. I'm 58, been sk8ing intermittently since the 70s, your tutorials are improving my ollies. I haven't been bouncing my tail properly, now I realise it's more in my front foot. Never too old too learn - thanks brother, from Australia
Mr. Brusco, Having expert level experience is 1 thing, but being able to put into words and demonstrate the nuances of a complex movement is rare gift. Thank you for sharing it. This is a lovely volume for the library of skate knowledge!🙏🏽❤❤🙏🏽
I've been skating for 2 years and couldn't figure out how to jump on the objects although I can do quite a decent Ollie while moving. After watching the video I went into the local skatepark and finally started being able to jump on the manual box and different other things. My issue was that I didn't rise my knees high enough to my chest and I didn't let the board fly into the air by stomping my feet. Definitely one and (in my opinion) the only best Ollie tutorial! Thank you a lot!
5:09 OMG I came to this 60/40 weight distribution on my own but i thought i was crazy because no tutorial ever said it.
I opened this video trusting you'll point this out and there it is - one of the first things said! I tried so many different approaches and hated myself for gravitating to 60/40. I feel so much more certain about where i need to go with my ollies now. Thank you!
Yeah now that I think about it I don't I don't think I've ever heard that before
That's what I'm talking about, a clear tutorial that adresses every single aspect of the trick, the skate community needs more of these, it is helpful in so many ways, thank you so much for that
Hoping we can provide that approach that allows beginners and experienced skaters to learn from the same videos
Thank you so much for this. Im a new skateboarder at 34. I just started being able to stationary ollie with a little consistency after watching you, whythetrick, and others while recording myself occasionally and breaking down my movements.
I like videos that go into more of the physics of why the tricks works because it helps me understand what's actually happening, instead of following some arbitrary (seemingly) set of steps to do a trick (cause if something does go wrong with the latter and the set of steps isnt working, its going to take a longer time to figure out what's wrong)
Specifically, lifting the knee as a form of nose elevation control. For manuals, tic tacs, w/e, Ive previously been thinking about applying pressure to the tail, and not much about lifting the knee. I think this applies to many aspects of skating.
Also, just the discussion around where you want your center of gravity to be and its relation to the positioning of either foot on the length of the board helped my understand a ton. Previously I would just take foot positioning as some kind of magic place on the board I had to follow and didnt really think about how and why they are chosen.
You, and people like you, who put so much effort in to educate people on the aspects/metrics of skateboarding that actually contribute to consistent and controlled riding/tricks are really helping the skate community. Firstly just for cutting down on the misinformation, but allowing people to enjoy more aspects of skateboarding they may have not thought they were capable of.
I couldn’t have said it better myself, that is the goal of skateiq in a nutshell. Thank you! I’m happy it’s reaching the target audience
Thank you so much for posting this. I've dropped skateboarding because i was not confident when ollying. I always fall off when doing rolling ollies. All your videos make me want to skateboard again but this one just made me get up and get my board. Thank you again skateiq, keep doing what you're doing.
that is the most beautiful sentence i've ever read in my life
Please keep making these videos ! Getting back into skating after 10 years has been a challenge, but your videos put things into a perspective that’s thought provoking, thus I can self diagnose and fix the deficiencies on the spot. Good work man!!
YESSSSS
Thank you for this. I am 44 and just got my first board. I found i was trying to force the ollie rather than use technique. I think the hippie jump approach will be really useful for me. I used to ride bmx, so having extra wheels and no handle bars is weird lol. Thank you for you time. 👍
I used to ride a lot of BMX and build dirt jumps with my friends. I miss it a lot
Not just one of the best skateboard tutorials but one of the best of any tutorial I've seen. Mitchie is a fantastic coach: dude not only shreds on the board but also shreds at explaining and teaching things to others.
incredible the amount of information you've given us for free. thank you for such an in-depth breakdown - it really feels like unlocking pieces of the puzzle for me. hopefully with this i can get the ollie down finally!
I believe in you
I watched half this video last night and the other half this morning, then I went to the skatepark and practiced what you said in this video and it was an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER!!! I’ve been doing ollies for years but slightly wrong and your help really cleaned them up. I finally can ollie high up banks.
Unreal!!
Ive skated since i was 10 years old, and im currently 30. Still skate, always been able to ride around an urban environment fluently, but I always used it for transportation and not for tricks.
Ive never been able to get an Ollie off the ground, and with this guide i just did 3. Thank you guys so much, you are a game changer.
LETS GOOOOO
I'm subbed on the patreon but I'm so very grateful you finally made a full length UA-cam version! This will always be my go to looking back for helpful tips and tricks about ollies
I’ve been struggling to get consistent pop and after watching the video my board instantly starting gluing to my feet bro was made to teach the way he broke down the rights/wrongs about the Ollie so perfect that you literally can’t NOT learn how to Ollie😂
I couldn’t learn to ollie on my own when I was a kid. Now in my thirties Im confident I will ollie for the first time thanks to this video 🙌
Amazing analysis, drills, tips, steps, wording. Thank you very much!!!! 🙏
I recommend these videos to every young or new skater at every skate park. Would’ve loved having these when I was young. This guy has a gift for teaching
thank you!!!!!
I've been skating off and on for 20 years and this solved why I couldnt hippy jump. Did not expect to get much from this video, nice ollies are about the only thing i have anymore. Just shows how valuable a good teacher really is
Today I landed my first Ollie! Thanks for this great Video! I started skateboarding in mid of August, did all the drill of this video and just tried to pop the board a little bit and it just worked. That was so amazing! Thanks allot!
yeees nice dude!! keep it going!!
this is crazy, you have opened my mind about skateboarding. no one else out there like you
Thank you! That’s very nice of you
Man, I wish I'd this kind of teaching available to me in the late '80s. I'm 59 and struggle to ollie my old way these days. This is making me feel like I can get them back. You are to be congratulated sir. :)
Thank you!
The part about hitting the tail and keeping your back foot closer to screws is golden
That's awesome I'm happy you like the video, there's lots to skateboarding
The goat teacher man. Lovely to see the progression steps and how you can build up confidence and muscle memory towards an actual ollie, that has been my approach all together so far with skateboarding.
I really am a fan of that approach. Slows everything down and gives you a skillset to work with
Mitch, your a gift to the skateboard world. Much much love and respect.
Man, this just hits all the right teaching notes. I've just started skating at 34 and your videos are so approachable and easy to follow.
Thanks so much for this one! I've gotten so comfortable riding around the neighbourhood, to the pub, you know! The next step is frickin' learning how to ollie up and over them curbs and down a stair or two (or maybe a few) instead of having to pick up the board.
10 years later you just teached me how to ollie consistent and while moving thank u soo much
Ive been trying to ollie off and on for years. Im 25yrs old. Just ollied multiple times within seconds of hearing "dont smack your tail then jump. Just jump and lift your front leg"
Freaking genuis.
I was like " how did this video only get 100k views?? " then i looked at the date. This is the ultimate tutorial for Ollie. Good work !
Just tried to focus thinking about lifting the front foot and it helped my Ollie’s feel much more consistent. I’ve watched lots of Ollie tutorials and this has the best tips. Thanks!
This helped me get back into skating haven’t been skating in 22 years I’m 38 6 ft 4 250 now an gravity is not my friend but his instructions have me popping Ollie’s an riding strong at 38 thank u for ur work my guy
I used to skate around 10 years ago, between the ages 11 to 13 or so. I eventually stopped but recently I'm getting back into it. This video perfectly explained everything I did wrong as a kid and helped me realize why I wasn't able to ollie.
Thanks so much for making these videos Mitchie.
bro. love your style of teaching. 38, getting back on the board, and never really learned any tricks, or at least anything past an accidental ollie lol. this made me excited to skate again. Thank you sir
I just started skating at age 30. I watched at least 10 videos on the ollie, but this was by far the most helpful. My passion was stronger than my knees so I need a week or two off, but I am really excited to try these steps. I think the soft landing idea and the picking up the foot versus moving weight around is genius. Genius level video overall. I was way too hard on my joints so far and I really like the tips around floating and having control and softness of landing. I have to heal before I get back out there but i am really excited to see what happens to my ollie with these steps. I will be back for more videos for sure!
In the video you mention more long form tutorials, I think you have a gift and will raise to the top on UA-cam if you do so. Knowing the value of this video I would pay money for a full skate series no question. Epic.
ollied up a curb yesterday like 20 times because of your kick flip tutorial
out of like 60-70 tries tho
i remember looking this up
because i wanted a FIRM understanding of my ollies, center of gravity, and most importantly: BALANCE
i cant believe i went from solidifying my ollies
to ollieing up a curb for the first time ever in my life
now the floodgates have opened
my fear of obstacles is almost gone
thanks to you
just focus on the fundamentals guys
and i PROMISE everything else will come easier
but ACTUALLY commit and push yourself to accomplish something
its easy to get comfortable and stuck
but eventually youre going to have to stop ollieing over speedbumps and sewer caps and actually get on that curb
ive been able to ollie onto a curb standing still for a while now
but i actually did it going mild speeds yesterday
THIS is how you teach an ollie,wow I tryed these steps from like 25:00 --> and it really is the best teaching ive ever seen
Thank you !
No knock on others who have done turtorials on ollies but this is the best one I've seen. Been practicing ollies since last fall and it feels like its starting to come together. With this tutorial, I feel like I will be kick flipping soon. Thank you.
That’s our goal!
what i find interesting in here is learning how to ollie with brute forcing tail pop with "slide your front foot up the nose" method never brought me up to the idea of how similar the whole mechanism of it is with doing a bunny hop with a bmx. lift your nose, jump, and bring up that tail. since i've started to pick up the both again recently i'll def think about it more when i'm practicing it, great tutorial!!
Thank you for helping me understand what I should be feeling as I’m learning. The most comprehensive video on how to skate!!!
this is gold advice for all beginners! such a good video! skateboards have such a awarness of space, motion and weight distribution much love mitchi peace from germany
2 minutes and 27 seconds in and you already get more than any other tutorial ive seen, man i didnt realise i was jumping of the ground. Cant wait to practise after this!
This one changed my perspective a lot when I first noticed it, you can look at any video of any skate trick done by a pro and you'll notice it's consistent
I have no pop. Just learned. Back to skating after 20 years. And jumping over and leaving my board behind. It’s pop. I’m loving his breakdown.
I'm 25 and about a month and a half into skating, having stepped on a board for the first time in August, and I shit thee not, the first half of this video has been like, my board control bible. The information contained in the first 15 minutes singlehandedly unlocked skateboarding for me and has made progressing so much easier, more fun and way safer.
same dude mitchie dragging us outta the mud with this one 💪🏻💪🏻
I could kick flip at 15-16 but haven't skated since. Trying to get back into it now at almost 30 and while I was doing an "ollie" I wasn't jumping off the trucks, I was trying to propel myself upwards with the tail hitting the ground. That one line clicked for me and now I'm ollieing fairly smoothly!
Man, you are the greatest skateboard teacher I’ve ever seen. Well done.
I want this channel to blow up! All the tips and tricks are just too good, been skating for years and never realized how bad I position myself.
Wow dude. I've been skating off and on for 15 years and this is the best skating tutorial I've ever watched.
Thank you Mitchie!!! been skating since the mid 80s, your tutorials are incredible. Really appreciate you sharing your wisdom.
No problem we enjoy making these videos and there's a lot more to come
Hi, i'm from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 39 y.o. This is the best Ollie tutorial! Thank you.
happy you like it!
Been skating for 2 years I’ve never heard someone explain the way you describe the physics behind the Ollie in such a coherent manner. Also confirms a lot of things I felt were right and wrong about my Ollie’s can’t wait to try them out again
I've been skating for years but I think this video has changed the way I skate forever. This video also helped me with my switch ollies and even my kickflips. I can't thank you enough. Keep at it 💪
Thank you! That’s so great to hear 🙏
most helpful ollie tutorial yet in my opinion. why? i could do ollies but they look so bad and so curvy from start to end, theyre not even consistent too. also sometimes i land primo in my board. the tips: "parallel feet to the ground", "60% weight on front foot distributed", "front foot is glued together the whole time, raise it up", "float mid air" REALLY HELPED ME. and of course i practiced for 2 days with these tips for 1 hour skate sessions and yea i saw an improvement. i used to ollie with my body tight and hard feeling (like youre gonna sweat easily)
but after this tutorial, my ollies are loose and less exercise-feeling (like a bit effortless and second nature)
so i thank u a lot for this video. i really do
random thought: ollies or just tricks in general is like the human anatomy
we only see the outside of our bodies (which doesnt look too complex) but not the organs and all that lol (which is pretty complex)
same goes with ollies, so much science behind it its not just popping and jumping, u gotta have to make a few tweaks and whatever
anyways i appreciate this video
By far the best ollie breakdown I've ever seen, been teaching for years and this will help me to coach just as much as It'll help my students progress. Thank you.
This is most comprehensive video I've ever seen. Not just for an ollie, but for everything leading to it. As a beginner, I didn't even know what tic tacs are and none of the other ollie tutorials covered them. Definitely coming back to this video multiple times.
You teased me well with the shorts on the topic.I will come back for each drill in my pocket. Hope this gets a million views! And thank you for sharing your insights and being a brilliant teacher. You are the best!
Hehe reel em in! Dude if this caught a milli I would flip out
I needed this so much, my Ollie is only gonna get better and better from here.
This has to be best ollie tutorial out there. I think I found my main problem, I'm not floating, I'm pushing my legs down once I get in the air.
Going to practice tomorrow with your tips in mind, thanks a lot.
Subscribed.
We got another one!
I’ve watched pretty much every Ollie tutorial and this explained things so clearly!
UPDATE:
2 weeks of these tips being implemented & I FINALLY Ollied up a curb 🙏🎉
Hopefully it makes a difference for you
The drill where you try to land on the nose helped my ollies so much! Best tutorial on ollies I've seen.
This is the best Ollie tutorial I've ever seen. Very useful tips and the most important and key things are in the minor details! You're a really good teacher. It's definately true even if somebody's good at skateboard, it doesn't mean being good at teaching too. There're a lot of tutorials with skilled people who can't teach like you, very well done! Subscribed!
Could you tell me how to solve if my Tictac goes only backwards?
The best ollie tutorial I've ever seen
Your skate videos have changed my skating. It is such a hard sport and it’s so great to have such clear information. Thank you Mitchie!!
This is the best I have seen for a very long time and changed everything I knew and thought about the Ollie.
Comprehensive isn’t even the word. Too much free sauce. You’re Goat’d For This. Hope you skate and teach until you’re in your 80’s. Keep Teaching the Kids. Thank You.