hardflips

canalskater · Guest

i want to learn hard flips. i dont care if theres already topics about it and i dont care if u think i need to learn other stuf first, i want to learn hardflips. everytime i do it i either stomp it upside down or it fully flips but i land way on the tail.

Mr. Rogers · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 145 City: Windermere

learn other stuff first. ohk im being that guy. i wouldnt know where to start with the instruction phase of this trick.

i<3wksk8 · Frontside 180 Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 262

take a skatedeck, put it on carpet. practice kicks and heels v flips v heels, bs flips, hardflips, this has helped me alot. give it a try.

nick · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 9:30 am Post subject:

i<3wksk8 is totally right. It's a good way to learn the rotations of all these tricks on a single deck with out trucks/wheels. It's like a scaled down wakeskate. Just remember it's a fs shuvit + kickflip, not some vertical half flip thing. Watch our video and look at how the board rotates on my hardyflip. Watch Ben Ray's new video too, he's got a big ass hardflip in there.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

With that skate deck thing, it helps to have a riser of sorts underneath, so it's easier to ollie. my friend used cut down 2 by 4s (do it so it doesn't f your carpet up) and our board at the shop had these plastic things on it. But they're both right--I learned a number of flip tricks on those things. It will help with the motions (For the most part) but it's still different doing that stuff on a real skateboard or wakeskate (or what have you) But they're a freaking blast, so I recommend you make one anyway.

Patio_Furniture · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 35 City: Vancouver

ya i think they are called soft trucks, they are plastic truck like things with no wheels

http://www.garagemfg.com/site/index.php?page=description

idk if that is what you all are kinda talking about but it seems like it would be a good practice tool

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

No, these weren't soft trucks--there weren't any trucks mounted on the deck. I personally wouldn't go with those things...they're pretty heavy and it seems like it would make things a lot more difficult (not to mention they're like 40.00 for a set). But, to each his own...

cassette315 · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:

Nekkie · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject:

hummm maybe I'll give that skate idea to practice... good idea guys thanks!! Very Happy

and those soft trucks look really cool, but yeah I can probably do the same shizzle with a piece of wood Razz

canalskater · Guest

i have all those flip tricks on a skate deck with no leverage, jus a plain skate deck except heels. i can do hardys on the tramp with the wakeskate switch and regular but i wanted to know what u flick with. on the tramp i use my big toe to kinda flip it instead of my last 3 toes like on kickflips. is it the same flip as a kicky or is it different kinda like get the shuv about 90 popped nice and high and then flip it with my toe?

nick · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject:

I actually prefer no leverage except the rocker of the skate deck. A cada, su propio.

canalskater · Guest

che blanc, ur speaking in tounges i don't understand u. i almost got my megaphone confiscated today.

nick · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject:

canalskater, That's spanglish for "To each, his own."

I invented megaphones.

canalskater · Guest

che blanc, of course u did, i believes megaphones are a part of the "everything" catagory u invented.

Bad Luck · Posted: Apr 30, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: hardflips

[quote="canalskater"]or it fully flips but i land way on the tail.[/quote]

thats the problem i was having. just try and keep your shoulders over the board a little more, like try and pop the skate higher up underneath you instead of out in front of you. then just watch it till it comes around and make sure you spead your feet as you catch it.

canalskater · Guest

Bad Luck, i feel like when i try that it gets too behind me and i land on the nose and it goes right under. maybe im just retarded.

Bad Luck · Posted: May 01, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject:

you arent retarded, its just a frustrating trick. just try to find a balance between the two, i had just found the right pop and flick, and landed a couple, but i havent been able to really try them since, its driving me crazy, i want to get one on film so bad.

canalskater · Guest

im gonna try to film a couple next time i go out and then maybe u'll be able to fix my problem or help out a little more. thanks.

canalskater · Guest

does it count if it only front shuvs 90? Very Happy

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

canalskater, depends really, how big are your fins?