@GreenLightGaming, I had that problem to with my heelflips what helped me is to train with a rail where you can put your hands on than you can push your body much higher so you get more air time to land. Do that a couple times and try then in normal
I really can't thank you enough. I've been mastering 540 shuvits and 360's, big spins, and all the stuff that doesn't involve flipping my board cause I just haven't been able to. I've been trying kickflips for like 2 years. I watched this video very closely and I got them last night and I couldn't be more stoked.
***** Just keep at it and you'll get it in no time dude. Skateboarding is all about familiarization. Just do em over and over and over again and you'll feel good about them, guaranteed.
dude, your lessons are way better interpreted and described than braille skateboarding, you also give solutions wich is awesome, i honestly thought i had to initiate the flick, this helped me get past that woohoo thanks homie
You should, start by going over to braille and seeing all that you can redo in your own way, I'm not kidding, you already do the same thing but better and he's a certified pro, you could def get better results for people! No doubt I'll share every video. Google pays good money for useful videos too, you'd make buck if you get recognition.
Husky Ruski I find that this guy gives more detail and teaches better, but initiating the flip works for me on a wider deck because it flips it faster, it also helps with double flips because of the faster flip, but I'd definitely say that for learning to begin with the slower flip is better because it helps with learning to catch the board.
It's actually the most important tip to take away from his video. He's definitely right that half a flip, but landing on the board already with two feet is 99% closer to landing a kick flip than landing with one foot on, but with almost inevitably creating a bad habit that needs to be unlearned later on. I've noticed I can already land with one foot, either front or back foot, but I am having incredible issues getting a front foot flick in such a way that I can remain above the board. The issue is, I can retract both my legs all I want, I'm not getting closer to landing it when my back foot is already on the ground by the time my front foot is dragging up the board. And the other way around, stepping of with my front foot almost guarantees I'm flicking down, which is pointless. Maybe it would work if I'd very deliberately land with only the back foot in like a 'single foot' landing and try to keep my front foot up past the nose or something. But I guess what I'm saying is that unlearning those bad habits is pretty difficult.
Honestly, he seems more accurate on explaining the kick flip than Aaron indeed. Especially with the half kick flip tip being much much closer to landing a kick flip than the whole 'one foot landing' stuff.
Hi this is Aaron kyro I am a sponsored proffesional skateboarder from the San Francisco Bay Area I’m going to be teaching you how to kickflip when you kickflip you need to flick the board and land back on it thanks for watching did you know I’m a sponsored skater from the San Francisco Bay Area
honestly you should remake this video just for better quality, I've watched many, many... kick flip videos over the years and your is actually the most in depth! top man thank you!
The great part about this video is it aged amazingly well, contrary to the Braille SMS videos that were recorded with such a lighting that creates way too much of a silhouette effect, making it literally hard to see what's going on. The fact he has slow motion footage too makes it even better. In terms of 'other kickflip videos', this one from slowmomike is easily the best available. I'm not so sure the Braille videos are all that good anyway (mind you, the ones they sell, not the free more recent ones and the hundreds of 'skate support' videos that do have their value for the most part), because slowmomike is correct about how a half flip is way more useful and meaningful. Depending on how much of an ollie you do, you can definitely get more of a half flip going that will train your feet you stay above the board or come back around again.
Dude I can’t thank you enough. I was stuck with either landing the back foot on the board and not the front foot and vice versa. You’re trick about doing the half kick flips helped a lot. I was able to land them a day later and it felt fucking amazing. Love you man ❤️
Bro you are God because other UA-camrs just show you how to do it and it will most likely be in slow motion he explains his shet give props to this man
been trying to kickflip for over a year, i watched this video about 5 months ago to try and get the board right underneath me after trying for months, i managed to do that the next day. Last night i went back to this video because i have been trying to land with both feet on the board since then, i landed it about 10 mins into practicing today. must have watched a thousand videos on "how to kickflip" and this is the only video that has properly helped. thanks so much for taking the time to make this man, if not i would still be where i was
Thank u soooooooooo much!!!! Every video I've watched hasn't shown as many tips. Because of the 1/2 flip, I figured out how to stick the kick flip. Thanks again!!!
I started practicing kickflips a couple days ago and this is very helpful. I pretty much did everything wrong :D. But at least I got the flip down. Ill try the half flip thing. Thanks for the helpful tips.
If anyone else has this problem try getting a piece of plywood and put it in a patch of grass and do it like that, so if you fall it’s just grass; helps with confidence
@@thekelsek6337 One way of getting rid of it is forgetting about the flick for a bit and just try to do more of an ollie with the front foot going _past_ the nose. In reality you're looking for a half flip rotation and staying above the board at all times. You might have to force yourself to jump nose-side a bit more like an ollie to get it. Also, make sure you don't pop the tail too early. And don't drag up past the nose too late either. Another thing to unlearn the bad one front foot landing is making sure your _back foot_ doesn't hit the ground before your front foot has done the proper flick! This means you can only ever flick the board when still going up during the jump. If one of both feet is already on the ground before the rotation of the board is done, you have failed the trick already. It is _true_ that there are ways you can 'mob flip' with almost flicking down and then retracting the front leg super fast to still land it with legs fully retracted and knees bend. But it won't work for kickflipping onto things or off things, nor will it result in a comfortable landing. I'm still unlearning bad front foot motions, so better make sure you get into good habits ASAP. ;)
@@whydidiwastemytimeonthis4581 Yes, if your front foot can't land back on again, it is most likely due to the flick being done at the max height of your jump, instead of doing it a bit earlier so the board flips under you when your jump is at max height. The solution is crouching deeper in a fast motion right before you jump and don't pop with your back foot until you basically almost leave the tail due to the jump. This should result in your back foot toes doing the snappiest fastest pop possible. Then when you hear the pop, flick with your front foot. Try flicking through the nose, less so off the side of the board, but anywhere between the pocket and kickflip half of the nose should still work. Experiment with what feels best. The key is to also lean enough on the front foot to stay above the board and if you flick through the board (not up, not down, but forwards to the nose) your foot will end up slightly in front of the board, giving you plenty of time to get it back over the board. Also, land with knees bend and crouching position, having your legs extended makes it impossible to land a kickflip. Last but not least, record yourself, preferably in slow motion and compare to how it looks when other people do a kickflip in your preferred stance. edit: Two things I forgot; 1. you can't flick properly nor hard enough when you don't bend your ankle and 2. if you want to turn half flips into full flips, it generally requires harder flicking if you already land half flips with two feet. The confusing bit might be that you can do half flips with a very poor ankle bend flick, so make sure you don't develop a bad habit of not bending the front foot ankle.
Two tips that helped me a lot: - Only back foot landing or only front foot landing: look to your front foot when you do the trick or look to your backfoot (depending if you land BF or FF). I don't know why but it works and adjust the whole thing. I guess it changes your balance. - Chicken foot (i.e. when one of your foot hit the ground before anything else): try do the kickflip holding on something. It really helped me a lot to get rid of this bad habit. Slomomike your videos helped me a lot! Thanks man!
@@phire5499 try to get the flick down first, even if you land next to your board or whatever. When you have the flick down just suckinh your legs up is the final step to do after the flick. Just focus on putting your feet to the inside again and maybe suck them up a little bit for your feeling. It really helped me to start focussing on the sucking up your legs after getting the flick perfectly down so your muscles to that automatically
I want to thank you for this advice because for a year I've been trying to get my kickflips consistent, I would land 3 out of 10 trys and then I took notice to my weight distribution and keeping my shoulders straight and now I can land my kickflips almost everytime. Thanks man you're rad
Thanks man i've been having many problems with the weight distribution issue, I actually didn't even know my center of gravity/weight was the reason. Now my successful kickflips number is skyrocketing :)
Rico Romano Bushcraft and Outdoors I recorded myself kickflip... I flicked up but my front foot still land before the board. And the board is never under me
Dude you're a great teacher, must people I ask just give dumb ass answer like "to do a kick flip you need to flick the board" Thanks for the detail and time you put into this video
Hahah, I know exactly what you mean dude. I grew up learning tricks using the internet and a lot of people's advice was just so shitty and frustrating. It's kind of an homage for my younger self in a way; making explanations and advice that I wanted when I was a little kid
@ Lizzie Bardley (I'm not able to reply to you directly; check your youtube settings so that I can reply to you and you can get notifications about it) Please take a look at this video I made: The Ultimate Trick Tip: Kickflip / Getting Kickflips Higher - How To Kickflip . What you should do is try to compare your kickflip technique with mine and try to pin-point what the differences are. What do I do differently from you?
Try doing a kickflip 180 lol that happed to me but with ollies so i tried a backside and i landed it quick but than i stopped skate boarding so i suck now
Omg thanks man you have no idea how happy I am (well you probably do) I was about to give up about an hour ago and than I came across this and the half flip thing helped me so much thanks man
Hey mike, I need help with my kickflips. When I flick, I flick the board away from me and it shoots out in front of me and I land it with only my front foot. I do however get my back foot above the board. I have landed a couple of good kickflips before, but when I do land it I have Major tail tap. I have been doing kickflips for awhile now and it is very frustrating!!! Please help, thank you
Your explaination, reasoning, and demonstration is far more comprehensive than "the most comprehensive" braile skateboarding videos. Braile also never talked about bad habits
I have been doing my kick flips for 2 months without landing my front foot, so it feels impossible to try to land it on the board, when i try and keep it above the board it doesnt flick, Im going to go try to do the half kickflips to see if that works because i really want to learn them soon
+ Dinotic Alex (I can't reply to you directly, check your youtube settings if you would like direct replies from me) First thing's first, have you seen my Ultimate trick tip video for kickflips? The Ultimate Trick Tip: Kickflip / Getting Kickflips Higher - How To Kickflip Check it all out and see what techniques you are not doing and try to incorporate them. As for getting your feet back on the board, you do this by *tucking* your legs into your body right after you flicked the board. Tuck your legs so that your knees almost meet your chest. So what happens is that you flick outwards, and by tucking your feet come up and back around. It is incredibly crucial to flick *outwards* when you flick off the side of the board for your kickflips, so remember to definitely do that. That really helps rotation problems. Let me know if this works or not.
Thank you so much man, i've been trying to kickflip for more than a year, i've watched just about every video on youtube with no luck. but not 5 minutes after watching this i land them every try.
You just need to make sure that your body (upper body and lower body) do NOT twist during the kickflip. Keep your body straight at all times. A way to practice this is try to do 1/2 kickflip and land those *perfectly* straight. Once you feel comfortable with perfectly straight 1/2 kickflip, try the full kickflip. You should see some more success that way. Let me know how that goes for you.
Just tried doing some on grass and can land them perfectly! my pavement ones need a bit more work to just commit but other than that there fine now! thanks!
I have been landing kickflips in a few weeks now. Thanks ! *note to anybody learning how to kickflip, once you get on the "half kickflips" you're close on landing one*
Omg I can't thank you enough, I have been practicing constantly for 2 days because only one foot landed and your first tip made me land almost every time vs none THANK YOU!!!!
This actually really helped me and im able to do them again. Used to skate a while ago and was good but it ain't like riding a bike. The problem was that weight distribution... I found that I was leaning backward. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the half kickflip technique. i had been doing kickflips with my front foot coming off the board for months and it REALLY irritated me, but after using the half flip i had it down within a few days. Thanks so much man
I could never find a video that explained the weight distribution, thanks that actually really helps cus that's been my problem since the beginning lol
Landed first kick flip today thanks to this video! I can land them quite a bit now! It was the weight distribution problem. Never really thought about it, once I tried leaning over the board more keeping it even, I got it and can't be any more happy!
+Kyle Kruskol (I can't reply to you directly, check your youtube settings so that I can reply directly to you and you can have direct notifications from me) Anything in particular that you are having trouble with for the kickflip? What happens when you try 1/2 kickflips? Is one (or both) of your feet landing below the board?
Looks like that 1/2 kickflip has found your problem. You aren't tucking your legs after you flick the board. Check the first problem of the video, at 1:00. Basically, once you flick the board, *tuck* your legs so that both knees almost meet your chest. It's something you just have to do, it's like the golden rule of skating to tuck your legs. You must have your feet *higher* than the board at all times. If there's ever a time where your feet are lower than the board, that's instant failure. That's why you *never* see a skater with their feet lower than their board, unless they are doing underflips of course.
Ok, every time I attempt to do a kickflip my board flies 2-3 feet away from me. I have tried leaning in every direction and I have flicked my board a every angle, yet it still flies in front or to my right of me.i skate goofy,please help!!!
encore parkour practise flicking more to the side of the board, you're having this problem right now because your flicking up om the nose of the board and not more on the side.
^ That could also play a good part of it Also definitely make sure your weight is not wonky and you are staying over it. Again, I'd highly stress the 1/2 kickflip idea too
I am landing on my board opposite side on the wheels. Can someone suggest what I might be doing wrong.. I am doing this for almost 2 days, today is the 3rd day. 1st Editing - I just landed my kick flip man and I wanna tell to all the people that are trying, don't give up man u can do this, it took me almost 1 month but i did it.....
You gotta tuck man, it's important that you do it. Once you flick out, *tuck* your legs so that *both knees* almost meet your chest; a bit like a cannonball. That's what you want to do so that your board ends up rotating beneath your feet. What could also help is to try out my 1/2 flip idea that I said in the video where you do 1/2 flips and land somewhere on top of the board with both feet; that will teach you and help you on proper tucking for kickflips.
Thank you sooooo much, finally landed them and now all that's left is landing them perfect and being able to do them when ever I want Again, thank you very much, greatly appreciated
Also, when I do them I scrape more than just the corner of my shoe, it scrapes in the middle and a little bit past the middle on the opposite side. Is this something I should be worrying about? And how can I fix it?
that makes sense, I've lost my kickflips since I crushed my foot in a motorbike accident, the board shoots out in front of me, weight distribution has changed because my foot sits differently on my ankle now, actually the shape of my foot's changed a bit hahaha!
just landed my first kick flip 45 min ago, watched this vid right before, you are a genius
@GreenLightGaming, I had that problem to with my heelflips what helped me is to train with a rail where you can put your hands on than you can push your body much higher so you get more air time to land. Do that a couple times and try then in normal
@@thijsdevlugt209 at what lvl was the rail compare to you ?
It was compared around my shoulders
@@thijsdevlugt209 thank u
Just landed one on carpet not the best but I was freaking out hahs
I really can't thank you enough. I've been mastering 540 shuvits and 360's, big spins, and all the stuff that doesn't involve flipping my board cause I just haven't been able to. I've been trying kickflips for like 2 years. I watched this video very closely and I got them last night and I couldn't be more stoked.
Great to hear the success man! That's awesome!
***** Just keep at it and you'll get it in no time dude. Skateboarding is all about familiarization. Just do em over and over and over again and you'll feel good about them, guaranteed.
no worries man, my pleasure
How are you now
Skrrrt he must be older lmao
dude, your lessons are way better interpreted and described than braille skateboarding, you also give solutions wich is awesome, i honestly thought i had to initiate the flick, this helped me get past that woohoo thanks homie
+Husky Ruski (Alix) Thanks for the kind words dude! Really makes we wanna film more trick tips haha
You should, start by going over to braille and seeing all that you can redo in your own way, I'm not kidding, you already do the same thing but better and he's a certified pro, you could def get better results for people! No doubt I'll share every video. Google pays good money for useful videos too, you'd make buck if you get recognition.
+slowmomike You should do a whole series. They are much more helpful than Brail. Get a better camera though.
Husky Ruski I find that this guy gives more detail and teaches better, but initiating the flip works for me on a wider deck because it flips it faster, it also helps with double flips because of the faster flip, but I'd definitely say that for learning to begin with the slower flip is better because it helps with learning to catch the board.
Husky Ruski same dude i thought you intentionally and conciously flick
"That is terrible. You will land nothing." lmao
you do landing it but you are terrible at skating hahah
De ChallengesVanVictor you need to watch a video on proper grammar
It's actually the most important tip to take away from his video. He's definitely right that half a flip, but landing on the board already with two feet is 99% closer to landing a kick flip than landing with one foot on, but with almost inevitably creating a bad habit that needs to be unlearned later on. I've noticed I can already land with one foot, either front or back foot, but I am having incredible issues getting a front foot flick in such a way that I can remain above the board. The issue is, I can retract both my legs all I want, I'm not getting closer to landing it when my back foot is already on the ground by the time my front foot is dragging up the board. And the other way around, stepping of with my front foot almost guarantees I'm flicking down, which is pointless. Maybe it would work if I'd very deliberately land with only the back foot in like a 'single foot' landing and try to keep my front foot up past the nose or something. But I guess what I'm saying is that unlearning those bad habits is pretty difficult.
Dude you're better at explaining than Arron Kyro aha
so true
Honestly, he seems more accurate on explaining the kick flip than Aaron indeed. Especially with the half kick flip tip being much much closer to landing a kick flip than the whole 'one foot landing' stuff.
180 Creme Egg, so true
180 Creme Egg wayyyy better
Hi this is Aaron kyro I am a sponsored proffesional skateboarder from the San Francisco Bay Area I’m going to be teaching you how to kickflip when you kickflip you need to flick the board and land back on it thanks for watching did you know I’m a sponsored skater from the San Francisco Bay Area
this is literally the best kickflip tutorial i've seen in my life
Even 8 years later, this guy fixes exactly the problems im having. Thanks man, legend ❤
at 7:50 he got us all
@Will Reardon yh fr ur eyes
honestly you should remake this video just for better quality, I've watched many, many... kick flip videos over the years and your is actually the most in depth! top man thank you!
The great part about this video is it aged amazingly well, contrary to the Braille SMS videos that were recorded with such a lighting that creates way too much of a silhouette effect, making it literally hard to see what's going on. The fact he has slow motion footage too makes it even better. In terms of 'other kickflip videos', this one from slowmomike is easily the best available. I'm not so sure the Braille videos are all that good anyway (mind you, the ones they sell, not the free more recent ones and the hundreds of 'skate support' videos that do have their value for the most part), because slowmomike is correct about how a half flip is way more useful and meaningful. Depending on how much of an ollie you do, you can definitely get more of a half flip going that will train your feet you stay above the board or come back around again.
This is better than Braille
No shit they’re ass
@@Brwdc4rtz not rly
Only person who fixed my problem
this video is the reason i learned how to kickflip. the “ landing a half-kickflip” trick in particular helped me stay on the right track. THANK YOU!!
that stance thooo😂😂😂 i cannot stop laughing man good tutorial
Dude I can’t thank you enough. I was stuck with either landing the back foot on the board and not the front foot and vice versa. You’re trick about doing the half kick flips helped a lot. I was able to land them a day later and it felt fucking amazing. Love you man ❤️
Thank you man you helped me land my first kickflip today !!!
Right after I saw this all of the sudden I was just like “ohhhhhhhhhh”
Saaaame😂
7:51 look at his right hand
Fu-- wow thats really cool
Thank you so much, I can now land them consistently.
Bro you are God because other UA-camrs just show you how to do it and it will most likely be in slow motion he explains his shet give props to this man
been trying to kickflip for over a year, i watched this video about 5 months ago to try and get the board right underneath me after trying for months, i managed to do that the next day. Last night i went back to this video because i have been trying to land with both feet on the board since then, i landed it about 10 mins into practicing today. must have watched a thousand videos on "how to kickflip" and this is the only video that has properly helped. thanks so much for taking the time to make this man, if not i would still be where i was
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My board was flying away from me, I'm gucci now
im mane
Thank u soooooooooo much!!!! Every video I've watched hasn't shown as many tips. Because of the 1/2 flip, I figured out how to stick the kick flip. Thanks again!!!
Dude. Thank you. The tip about committing to landing no matter what was so helpful. I just landed my first kickflip and I am so stoked!
I started practicing kickflips a couple days ago and this is very helpful. I pretty much did everything wrong :D. But at least I got the flip down.
Ill try the half flip thing. Thanks for the helpful tips.
Did you end up getting it??
I can only kick flip or heelflip while holding on to something
Sloth_Gaming101 same
Sloth_Gaming101 train fält and your Balance
First hold on then hold on less tightly then even looser and then try to let go while trying to kickflip
If anyone else has this problem try getting a piece of plywood and put it in a patch of grass and do it like that, so if you fall it’s just grass; helps with confidence
Xpry lol i hate grass cuz my board gets dirty
Bruh I was doing that first mistake for the whole time.....n u just said u won't land anything
Same Thing im pretty scared now
Just practice it out and you will be fine
@@thekelsek6337 One way of getting rid of it is forgetting about the flick for a bit and just try to do more of an ollie with the front foot going _past_ the nose. In reality you're looking for a half flip rotation and staying above the board at all times. You might have to force yourself to jump nose-side a bit more like an ollie to get it. Also, make sure you don't pop the tail too early. And don't drag up past the nose too late either. Another thing to unlearn the bad one front foot landing is making sure your _back foot_ doesn't hit the ground before your front foot has done the proper flick! This means you can only ever flick the board when still going up during the jump. If one of both feet is already on the ground before the rotation of the board is done, you have failed the trick already. It is _true_ that there are ways you can 'mob flip' with almost flicking down and then retracting the front leg super fast to still land it with legs fully retracted and knees bend. But it won't work for kickflipping onto things or off things, nor will it result in a comfortable landing. I'm still unlearning bad front foot motions, so better make sure you get into good habits ASAP. ;)
@@PHeMoX any more tips because i cant land a half kickflip. I can only land a half flip with my back foot and my front foot cant land on it.
@@whydidiwastemytimeonthis4581 Yes, if your front foot can't land back on again, it is most likely due to the flick being done at the max height of your jump, instead of doing it a bit earlier so the board flips under you when your jump is at max height. The solution is crouching deeper in a fast motion right before you jump and don't pop with your back foot until you basically almost leave the tail due to the jump. This should result in your back foot toes doing the snappiest fastest pop possible. Then when you hear the pop, flick with your front foot. Try flicking through the nose, less so off the side of the board, but anywhere between the pocket and kickflip half of the nose should still work. Experiment with what feels best. The key is to also lean enough on the front foot to stay above the board and if you flick through the board (not up, not down, but forwards to the nose) your foot will end up slightly in front of the board, giving you plenty of time to get it back over the board. Also, land with knees bend and crouching position, having your legs extended makes it impossible to land a kickflip. Last but not least, record yourself, preferably in slow motion and compare to how it looks when other people do a kickflip in your preferred stance. edit: Two things I forgot; 1. you can't flick properly nor hard enough when you don't bend your ankle and 2. if you want to turn half flips into full flips, it generally requires harder flicking if you already land half flips with two feet. The confusing bit might be that you can do half flips with a very poor ankle bend flick, so make sure you don't develop a bad habit of not bending the front foot ankle.
That half flip tip worked well for me. If you already have a good flick don’t be afraid to go back to half because it will pay off. Thank you.
I watched this video 4 days ago and I landed them in grass and now I can land them on concrete, thank you!
+ Michael Cleveland
That's is great to hear dude! Awesome that you got it so quickly!
dude this actually helped me ALOT THANK YOU i did my first kickflip like a hour ago 👍
I have been skating for 4 months and in that short time this is the best video I have come across
Two tips that helped me a lot:
- Only back foot landing or only front foot landing: look to your front foot when you do the trick or look to your backfoot (depending if you land BF or FF). I don't know why but it works and adjust the whole thing. I guess it changes your balance.
- Chicken foot (i.e. when one of your foot hit the ground before anything else): try do the kickflip holding on something. It really helped me a lot to get rid of this bad habit.
Slomomike your videos helped me a lot! Thanks man!
Also fear comes when you do kickflips. Fear goes 2 ways
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His tutorials are better than Aaron kyro
The tip about popping straight down rather than with a scoop is what I needed to hear
bro those half kickflips helped so much. i actually landed a varial for the first time after this!! helped so much
Every time I try to suck my legs in I do an Ollie and the board won’t flip please help
Flick off the side of the board and it will flip better
Any tips same happening to me now
Same
@@phire5499 try to get the flick down first, even if you land next to your board or whatever.
When you have the flick down just suckinh your legs up is the final step to do after the flick. Just focus on putting your feet to the inside again and maybe suck them up a little bit for your feeling.
It really helped me to start focussing on the sucking up your legs after getting the flick perfectly down so your muscles to that automatically
@@wotm8430 check my comment above this one ❤
Thanks sooooooo much I haven't been able to pop for sooooooo Long! Omg I'm so stole rn I just landed it !!!
I want to thank you for this advice because for a year I've been trying to get my kickflips consistent, I would land 3 out of 10 trys and then I took notice to my weight distribution and keeping my shoulders straight and now I can land my kickflips almost everytime. Thanks man you're rad
Thanks man i've been having many problems with the weight distribution issue, I actually didn't even know my center of gravity/weight was the reason. Now my successful kickflips number is skyrocketing :)
My pleasure man! That's great to hear! :D
My front foot goes straight to the ground even tho i flick up like wtf my front foot will never get back on the board
gotta flick up... you might think that your flicking up, but trust me if you flick properly youll lalnd it
did you ever learn them
BurstYourBubble same problem I have
Me too
Rico Romano Bushcraft and Outdoors
I recorded myself kickflip... I flicked up but my front foot still land before the board. And the board is never under me
I landed 2 in a row and got excited because I was progressing, but now I can only catch them with my back foot.
@@benjaminellis7902 I learned that you're supposed to flick hard forward. I'm getting them consistantly now...
Dude you're a great teacher, must people I ask just give dumb ass answer like "to do a kick flip you need to flick the board" Thanks for the detail and time you put into this video
Hahah, I know exactly what you mean dude. I grew up learning tricks using the internet and a lot of people's advice was just so shitty and frustrating. It's kind of an homage for my younger self in a way; making explanations and advice that I wanted when I was a little kid
@ Lizzie Bardley (I'm not able to reply to you directly; check your youtube settings so that I can reply to you and you can get notifications about it)
Please take a look at this video I made: The Ultimate Trick Tip: Kickflip / Getting Kickflips Higher - How To Kickflip . What you should do is try to compare your kickflip technique with mine and try to pin-point what the differences are. What do I do differently from you?
You're great man thanks!!
When I try a kickflip flip my body turns 90 degrees for no reason
+Frank Yan same here....
Try doing a kickflip 180 lol that happed to me but with ollies so i tried a backside and i landed it quick but than i stopped skate boarding so i suck now
Same!!!!!!
Colox Music I cant even get the flip now but I can stay over the board. The struggles
+Frank Yan yea
i know its been 8 years but it really helped, thanks man
Omg thanks man you have no idea how happy I am (well you probably do) I was about to give up about an hour ago and than I came across this and the half flip thing helped me so much thanks man
I can land kickflips, but every time I land my body twists and I land switch.
I need help with that.
Joseph Matthew same
Joseph Matthew how does that happen
Hey mike, I need help with my kickflips. When I flick, I flick the board away from me and it shoots out in front of me and I land it with only my front foot. I do however get my back foot above the board. I have landed a couple of good kickflips before, but when I do land it I have Major tail tap. I have been doing kickflips for awhile now and it is very frustrating!!! Please help, thank you
Jacob Wingo same
Its because youre leaning backward too much, keep youre stance straight and go straight up after you pop
Your explaination, reasoning, and demonstration is far more comprehensive than "the most comprehensive" braile skateboarding videos. Braile also never talked about bad habits
This is hands down the best kickflip tutorial on the Internet
I can't get the board to rotate. I can pop it up but i can't get the board to rotate instead it goes flying forwards
Boston Wheeler flick off to the side more
Same did you find a fix?
that really just comes down to practice and finding the right foot positioning. Try adjusting how far up/down your foot is on the board.
@@ashpelt1 I've been "practicing" for literally months, and I've only gotten it to flip like 8 times.
I have been doing my kick flips for 2 months without landing my front foot, so it feels impossible to try to land it on the board, when i try and keep it above the board it doesnt flick, Im going to go try to do the half kickflips to see if that works because i really want to learn them soon
Same😪
Same bro
mcbabe I have the exact same problem
I know this was from 2 years ago but idc
the accidental varial is a problem ive had since trying to learn a varial, you're a legend man
+ Dinotic Alex (I can't reply to you directly, check your youtube settings if you would like direct replies from me)
First thing's first, have you seen my Ultimate trick tip video for kickflips? The Ultimate Trick Tip: Kickflip / Getting Kickflips Higher - How To Kickflip Check it all out and see what techniques you are not doing and try to incorporate them. As for getting your feet back on the board, you do this by *tucking* your legs into your body right after you flicked the board. Tuck your legs so that your knees almost meet your chest. So what happens is that you flick outwards, and by tucking your feet come up and back around. It is incredibly crucial to flick *outwards* when you flick off the side of the board for your kickflips, so remember to definitely do that. That really helps rotation problems. Let me know if this works or not.
I've been trying kick flips for almost a year now and I still can't do it but I don't know what I'm doing wrong please help!
Lizzie Bradley you need to make a vid
i litteraly quited skateboarding because i had the same kickflip problem
Dude the tuck in your knees into your stomach part helped me so much thank you
Thank you so much man, i've been trying to kickflip for more than a year, i've watched just about every video on youtube with no luck. but not 5 minutes after watching this i land them every try.
Help I can land with my back foot 95% of the time! I can never land with my front foot.
keep waiting
SeaTurtleMan this can be when you flick down instead of flicking up. try flicking the board up more
My kickflip problem- My board spins 30-35 degrees when i kick flip? any ideas or tips?
You just need to make sure that your body (upper body and lower body) do NOT twist during the kickflip. Keep your body straight at all times. A way to practice this is try to do 1/2 kickflip and land those *perfectly* straight. Once you feel comfortable with perfectly straight 1/2 kickflip, try the full kickflip. You should see some more success that way. Let me know how that goes for you.
Just tried doing some on grass and can land them perfectly! my pavement ones need a bit more work to just commit but other than that there fine now! thanks!
That's great to hear dude! Just keep up with the progress and they'll be super easy in no time!
I have been landing kickflips in a few weeks now. Thanks !
*note to anybody learning how to kickflip, once you get on the "half kickflips" you're close on landing one*
My pleasure! And yeah, that's the plan with the half kickflip ;-)
Haven't even tried this tips and already feel better at kickflips, learned a lot thanks!
2019?
2021 😫
@@GregSkinner you get it down yet?
@@2faded4it nope. its snowing my way so i cant even practice like i want
I land with my back foot only, help?
Tayto Potato This is MY PROBLEM TOO. I do not know the solution but I think it depends on the way you flick the board.
Mon Day I learned to do. It pretty good now, it just takes a lot of practice and getting used to
Tayto Potato Took 3 months?
that was what was happening to me, just try to pay attention to your front foot more
Omg I can't thank you enough, I have been practicing constantly for 2 days because only one foot landed and your first tip made me land almost every time vs none THANK YOU!!!!
Just landed my first 4 sketchy kickflips right after watching this video. Thx so much!
This is very helpful!! Like if you agree
This video helped me get my kickflips down a couple months back. Thx for the help and tips
This video really helped me especially the weight part helped me get my kickflip
This actually really helped me and im able to do them again. Used to skate a while ago and was good but it ain't like riding a bike. The problem was that weight distribution... I found that I was leaning backward. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the half kickflip technique. i had been doing kickflips with my front foot coming off the board for months and it REALLY irritated me, but after using the half flip i had it down within a few days. Thanks so much man
That's awesome man! Congrats! :D
I landed my first kickflip 30mins after watching this! The half kickflip tip worked!
What I love about skating is that no matter how old the vid is its helps you
This nine year old video is better than all the new big UA-cams videos
yo huge props for the detailed description... nothing worse than coming along a 10minute video, when your just trying to find one thing out,..
liked and subbed
I could never find a video that explained the weight distribution, thanks that actually really helps cus that's been my problem since the beginning lol
I just learned how to kickflip in 30 minutes after trying a couple months just because I was leaning back to much thank u so much
I watched this video and after 30mins of trying i landed my first kicklip thank god i found this video i was stuck on them for ages
Landed first kick flip today thanks to this video! I can land them quite a bit now! It was the weight distribution problem. Never really thought about it, once I tried leaning over the board more keeping it even, I got it and can't be any more happy!
This 1/2 kickflip tip is so good im getting more confident, thanks brotha
Thankyou had the kickflip months ago messed up my ankle and couldn't do it not even 1 in like a week the weight solution helped thankyou :)
this guy got me to land my first kickflip like 6 months ago and i just came back for some reason
I keep using my toes to flip the board, like I physically cannot flick my foot out and I can’t stop it
+Kyle Kruskol (I can't reply to you directly, check your youtube settings so that I can reply directly to you and you can have direct notifications from me)
Anything in particular that you are having trouble with for the kickflip? What happens when you try 1/2 kickflips? Is one (or both) of your feet landing below the board?
Looks like that 1/2 kickflip has found your problem. You aren't tucking your legs after you flick the board. Check the first problem of the video, at 1:00. Basically, once you flick the board, *tuck* your legs so that both knees almost meet your chest. It's something you just have to do, it's like the golden rule of skating to tuck your legs. You must have your feet *higher* than the board at all times. If there's ever a time where your feet are lower than the board, that's instant failure. That's why you *never* see a skater with their feet lower than their board, unless they are doing underflips of course.
Ok, every time I attempt to do a kickflip my board flies 2-3 feet away from me. I have tried leaning in every direction and I have flicked my board a every angle, yet it still flies in front or to my right of me.i skate goofy,please help!!!
And my board lands after me but my previous problem prohibits me from being capable of tucking my legs
encore parkour practise flicking more to the side of the board, you're having this problem right now because your flicking up om the nose of the board and not more on the side.
^ That could also play a good part of it
Also definitely make sure your weight is not wonky and you are staying over it. Again, I'd highly stress the 1/2 kickflip idea too
Dude thanks..because of you, I landed kickflip the whole day
Thank you so much dude just landed my first kickflip!!!!!
This is by far the best kickflip tip video thank you so much man.
I am landing on my board opposite side on the wheels. Can someone suggest what I might be doing wrong.. I am doing this for almost 2 days, today is the 3rd day.
1st Editing - I just landed my kick flip man and I wanna tell to all the people that are trying, don't give up man u can do this, it took me almost 1 month but i did it.....
It is usually over it but I can't bring the front foot back onto the board my leg just won't do it
You gotta tuck man, it's important that you do it. Once you flick out, *tuck* your legs so that *both knees* almost meet your chest; a bit like a cannonball. That's what you want to do so that your board ends up rotating beneath your feet. What could also help is to try out my 1/2 flip idea that I said in the video where you do 1/2 flips and land somewhere on top of the board with both feet; that will teach you and help you on proper tucking for kickflips.
omg thank you i just landed my first kick flip 10 minutes after this video and i’ve been skating for less than a month!
Been looking for an awnser to my twisting/accidental varial in my kickflip, cheers for the video
this guy unlocked my kickflip with his awesome help thanks homie
the part where you said the foot automatic flick helps me alot thanks you so much
I love how confrontational and dismissive this guy is....so much animosity towards not landing. Good motivation.
This video is so good. I feel like I conceptually understand this trick so well but can't get my body to do it.
Thank you sooooo much, finally landed them and now all that's left is landing them perfect and being able to do them when ever I want
Again, thank you very much, greatly appreciated
Also, when I do them I scrape more than just the corner of my shoe, it scrapes in the middle and a little bit past the middle on the opposite side. Is this something I should be worrying about? And how can I fix it?
that makes sense, I've lost my kickflips since I crushed my foot in a motorbike accident, the board shoots out in front of me, weight distribution has changed because my foot sits differently on my ankle now, actually the shape of my foot's changed a bit hahaha!
This video made me land a kickflip after an hour after watching this!