my ollies suck

brianl289 · Frontside 180 Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 310 City: houston

yes its sad, but i have to come out and say it. today i got to ride for the first time in like 6 months(which happened to be my 4th time ever) and i just cant get a solid ollie anymore. i used to be able to do them somewhat decent but today it seemed i couldt do them. heres my delimma...im in the flats and i go through the ollie routine,but it seems that the front wants to slide out per say and then my ollie is all unbalanced and it slides out from under me because i didnt land on top of it right. last summer it seemed as if i could ollie better without fins and today i was riding with fins, but i never really thought of it being a big deal. do you think this could have an impact on how my ollies are taking off. or what i was thinking is maybe my front foot isnt completely perpendicular with my board so that im somewhat forcing it to slide out, or turn. which is why fins in a way could make it worse. who knows, someone help me my lamness has me in depression.

scottyb · Posted: Apr 02, 2007 12:40 am Post subject:

you be thinkin about it too hard.

just cut out, relax, and you should have yourself an ollie.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

when i first started working on my ollies again i started standing a little taller before the pop and kept my shoulders and chin up and they started feeling a lot more solid.. but like scottyB said... relax.

jake heney · Posted: Apr 17, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject:

load your weight towards your back foot