How long to get an ollie

So many people can do kickflips and shit It bums me out to see people who can do every flip trick I love it so much I want it to die"-Jason Jessee. Yeah i'm still a little weirded out by that. Ollying backside onto a curb at a near parallel angle, never been able to shake this image in my mind of flying forward and knocking my teeth out once my face slides on the edge.

Frontside or straight perpendicular seems okay, but backside is like death. It's probably what held back my progression to doing stuff like bs lip, bs , bs tailslide, etc.. What am I doing wrong? Seems like the front foot is committing, but the back foot isn't as much.

In the first attempt it seems like you think you're going to fall so you get it off the board and bail. Getting both feet to commit to the board and anticipate landing it seems like the cure here. If it were me, i'd learn this somewhere the board won't move but still pop - like carpet, grass, dirt, etc. It appears as though you are keeping your feet both angled, which is something I do when I want the board to turn or flip easier. Go for parallel. Also, moving front foot slightly up the board would offer a little more control, but the pop won't be as good, and vice versa.

Your front foot doesn't drag the board high enough to have higher ollies and evened board. Your back foot is just chicken foot for the first try, in the second try it did the job but your foot placements were all bad. Thus you could of fallen cause of feet being too close together. What I can recommend you, is to focus on getting your back foot on board. Ignore the front foot for now, you can work on it once you get your ollies down more or less. It doesn't look like the board is shooting in front or behind you.

Only things you can be given advice on is: Try to land your foot the same place before you did the pop In Ollie position Since landing will be essential for any tricks anyway, you will benefit from that having to land them easier.

Besides your backfoot is kinda chickening out on the first try, so do that. The second thing I saw is you standing in place, while getting ready to Ollie, your board went backwards, which obviously disturbs your balance.

So there are 2 things you can do, find a gap where to get at least one wheel in, or actually ride in slow-medium speed a. That should improve your balance, thus making it easier to do Ollie and also land them. Other than that, you are on the right track. Just keep practicing and you will make it. Ollie is one of those tricks which take the most time to learn. Good luck! Two things after watching it in slo-mo Drag up, level out, float down.

If not moving while doing ollies doesn't solve your back foot problem, do the opposite The biggest difference that I noticed was my diminishing flexibility. I need to start managing that--my wife, a physical therapist, says that lack of flexibility in our 30's and 40's is highly correlated with likelihood of falls when we are elderly. I think this is why a lot of people get injured as they get older. You just don't realize how much less time you're putting into something you used to be able to do really well, then you try something that used to be easy with less flexibility and bam.

I ran an obstacle course recently after having not done it in awhile. I was actually pretty surprised at how coordinated I still was I'm 31, so I don't have all the issues I could yet , but I felt the tightness during and was sooooo sore the next day I really need to start doing consistent balance drills and flexibility training. I really need to start doing consistent balance drills and flexibility training If that's your aim, I can't recommend a regular yoga practice highly enough.

This seems absurdly obvious now that you've mentioned it : I'll have to seriously look into that. This is definitely the biggest change I've noticed. There is no way I could skate now like I did in college and high school as my body simply won't allow it.

Also important is that I doubt I'd recover from a nasty fall like I did when I was younger. One of my friends who skated with me a lot in college used to like saying that the biggest factor in pulling off a trick is "thinking that you're going to". With some work you probably could. It takes a damn lot of strength and flexibility for them to be able to do that.

To add to this, when it comes to rock climbing so much is down to finesse, and precision. As a mediocre climber, I find myself limited when on routes that I can't muscle my way out of; it's a conscious effort to practise planting my feet slowly and accurately, and coordinating my balance.

Climbing is such a wonderful activity precisely because it blends so many things; strength, agility, discipline, accuracy, not to mention shear mental focus. Oh, and you get to play with lots of gear and gadgets. It's great for geeks. Good on you! I noticed I was initially afraid to just get moving on the thing. What about the skateboard falls?

Partly why I stopped street skating was all the falls and ankle kinks. I still feel like I need to stage a fall on this new board just to break the ice. I wouldn't say it's the hardest, but it's definitely the first hard step. I learned to ollie in the summer of It had taken me and my brother about 6 months to figure it out. The hardest part was training our brains to be ok with it. Once we landed a few, it was then fairly simple. But, it was the landing that was most difficult.

We intuitively understood the motion and forces required, but we resisted letting our back foot follow through. By , we were able to do bike racks, picnic tables with appropriate ramp angle , garbage cans. You will fail, you will fall but in the end, it builds up character. Use your feet, core, arms, legs, and shoulders basically your whole body to balance. Remember that you never stop to improve your ollie, you get better and better over time. Before you even kick your tail, just stand on your board and jump up and land on your board.

It will make you familiar with the feeling of jumping on a skateboard. Once you feel comfortable, do the same thing while moving. This will also get you familiar with the Hippy Jump. At some point, you are ready to move on but make sure you feel in control. Time to pop that kicktail. Anyway, gently push at moderate speed and jump of your back foot, this is where you really need to commit.

Your kicktail should pop a little. This requires you to slide your front foot which will lift your board. If you truly commit this will happen anyway but you can ollie higher if you lift your back foot even more. A proper landing saves your board and possibly yourself. Landing in the middle could snap your board in half and you need to be balanced in order to stay on your board.

You should also be right above your board. Slightly to the left or right might result in a sketchy landing. Land on or near your bolts and bend your knees. You can always bail a couple of times to get used to the feeling but at some point, you really need to commit. By now you should probably know its easier to ollie when you know the basics.