I’m 28, have been skating since 26. I still can’t kickflip and it’s caused me to take multi month long skate breaks from being so mad about learning them 😂 I appreciate these tips !! I’ll come back and edit this comment when I finally land it ! Lol
@megaseth419
Ай бұрын
Everyone learns at different paces. I remember it taking me months to do a kick flip. Then some little kid joined our crew who somehow became a pro level skater in like a year. Taking several month long breaks is exactly why you still can't do it. You just gotta keep at it every day. Practice makes perfect. I remember being a teenager practicing kick flips and them not coming easy to me. One day I got so frustrated I cried. But instead of giving up, I told myself I'm not going home tonight until I land 1. I was there past dark trying until I finally landed one. The next day they came easier to me.
@KillerLettuce
Ай бұрын
Update? It took me a long time to learn kickflips too. I jus kept doing other tricks and didn’t sweat it if I couldn’t land them
@666sk8erguy
28 күн бұрын
Hey man that’s better than me. I’m 29 and have been off and on skating since I was 5 and I still can’t kickflip very well. It’s hard for me to commit to sticking it with my back foot even though I get the pop and rotation perfect. I know I know, I suck 😂
@SoSK8
28 күн бұрын
@@666sk8erguy Same!
@TheMiig1513
27 күн бұрын
@@666sk8erguy Try with full armor on bro. I know it looks ridiculous, but it helps a lot on the mental.
@2bin
Ай бұрын
Great tutorial bro. I have an easy mod to your "pin hack." Attach a string to it and connect to your truck. Now you don't have to go chasing for it every time!
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@FantasyFlippers
23 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 huh
@TRONMAGNUM2099
Ай бұрын
Thanks! after 30 years away from Skating I'm trying to get back into it. This has been the best video on how to kickflip.
@trixonic6934
Ай бұрын
You’ve got it. I started back up after 20 years away and I couldn’t even Ollie or kickflip the first day but after a week everything started to come back like riding a bike
@veggieSxDBD
Ай бұрын
@trixonic6934 as a old 48 yr old lol it definitely comes back quick, not the total control feel.breaking in bushings n wheels . Nothing like the feeling ✌🏻💨
@kz6fittycent
Ай бұрын
@@veggieSxDBD Yeah I was out w/ my 10 yo son and his buddies. I was telling them how to do a kick flip and a heel flip. I was showing them how to position their feet. Landed both of them back 2 back. Felt so good! I think I might be getting another board after 20+ years. BTW, I'm 48 this year, too...sheesh we're old.
@veggieSxDBD
Ай бұрын
@kz6fittycent peace ✌🏻 💨 yah man 48 lol I never thought I'd be hear let alone lucky grateful enough and aware enough to still be able to barge a curb etc and nothing like that noise, that energy that feeling man. Yes I'm 48 but fr I feel good, I was IV heroin addict at 17 man and shouldn't be here 100% so I HAVE to put it down ✌🏻💨nj732 peace n good energy, stay free
@28russ
Ай бұрын
@@veggieSxDBD Good on ya for gettin off the gear mate. Can't of been easy. Keep skatin and stay clean man. Ya never know what's got fentanyl, nitazene, protonitazene or some other synthetic shit in it that's gunna stop ya clock from tickin these days. I was a friggin weed-oholic for damn near 30 years. And although not as hard to give up as far as withdrawals and shit go it still wasn't easy and has been as destructive to my life as any other drug addiction. But anyway, I'm 46 now and gave up skating at about 30 due to a bad back but since I stopped smoking I'm startin to get friggin fat. Rather than the weed givin me the munchies it was more like an appetite suppressant. So I'm consider gettin back on the board. My masseuse/ physio keeps tellin me I need to exercise more and I told him "I used to skate" and he told me "that'd be good exercise, why don't ya go down the skatepark?" And I told him "cause I'll be back next week tellin ya I hurt something else fallin off my bloody board lol". And the bastard council made an awesome skate park a few years ago and I'm hanging out to skate it. So maybe it's time for a come back. 🤷♂ Here's a quick tour of my local park. It's got 1 of friggin everything aaarrggghhh!! kzitem.info/news/bejne/t6-f0J19jWWUloosi=XdXGSc8BY7oz7n-M
@cstpa1
Ай бұрын
you have to kick hard and fast. like that was the whole thing i forgot. i lost my kf for 5 years after stopping. couldnt remember what was missing. its a strong flick and then everything gets easier.
@dprggrmr
Ай бұрын
im 82 years old an just landed my first kickflip thanks to you
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@FantasyFlippers
23 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 huh
@Rob-tu6kl
16 күн бұрын
Plastic hips and kick flips
@XueYlva
15 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 nah dude that's the Christ Air, it's not like a Kickflip, although its pretty cool. Christ Air is more like doing a T-Posing Caveman
@XueYlva
15 күн бұрын
@@Rob-tu6kl this made me think I want to see an old person do a Cane Flip, by like, flipping the board with their cane
@keblin86
25 күн бұрын
Great to see a rail hack for learning. I don't see that mentioned often. When I first got my Kickflip I did that but slightly different way to yours lol. I also did it 2handed to keep me up, then went to 1 handed, then in the middle of it I removed both hands then eventually did it without the rail/fence! The biggest tip there for me was 2hands, 1 hand, stop holding mid air then no hands at all! I got it really fast by doing those 4 mini steps, the fear just goes away when u do it like this! 😁
@scrollmadnessmedia
Ай бұрын
it took me one year to learn the kickflip, awesome teaching. I was a hopeless case so if anybody feels the same I would also recommend try spread your feet more apart so that means the front foot the closest to the front bolts and more heel hanging completely off the edge out, And, keep your shoulders parallel to the board (do not open up as you kick), And, finaly key secret ingredient: Keep watching your backfoot as you jump. This will force you to stay closed. Nobody thinks about the eye sight but I found out from an old rodney mullen video. And thats how even an ass like me made it! (it takes time, dont give up).
@viracocha03
Ай бұрын
Took me about 6 months to land my first one but have only been able to land a few since, its been about 3 months since my fist land and I'm getting really frustrated I cant get it again lol.
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
@@viracocha03 The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@talhumphrey6089
Ай бұрын
This might be the best kickflip lesson I’ve ever had. Getting back into it after 20 years and even popping Ollie’s is way tough, this helped me even understand Ollie’s that much more. The toes need to nose, wait…
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@talhumphrey6089
24 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 ???
@FantasyFlippers
23 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 what help
@haroldcampos9661
Ай бұрын
When explaining to people what works for me, it gets complicated. But let's use the terms fold and curl. When I fold my foot, it's like turning my whole foot inwards towards the other foot. If I were to stand on it, it would be the solid outter edge of my foot or even the side of my foot. The curl is more like turning my toe inwards towards the other foot. The typical ollie is a lot more folding, and for me the kickflip is a lot more curling of the foot. That controls your position before the flick. Since you position your front foot pointing a bit more towards the nose, then once you slide up to the nose let the concave fold over your shoe and pull it back heelside to get the foot out of the way. You don't have to flick straight past the nose if it creates too much friction on the shoe. You can just curl and pull the foot out by the concave once it gets close to the nose. There's like a little 'pocket' there. I can even kickflip and ollie without rubbing the top of my shoe by limiting how much folding I use. All kickflips use some folding, and all ollies use some curling, too. Also if you notice how people get taught to do a boned ollie, they usually get told to fold the back foot. Or in some cases, you can fold the back foot to catch a high 360 shove it early. While I didn't create those two terms, I define them here in my own way as needed to convey those features of what I try to do when I skate, personally. Someone else might interpret curl and fold differently, fold usually means you actually, and accidentally, fully tweaking your ankle in some cases. But I needed more than one term to distinguish the features of the two movements, hope it helps.
@6feetunderpants
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the effort, but I don't get the difference still. Your definitions of 'fold' and 'curl' are worded the same, except one says "foot", while thr other says "toe". 😐 Could you rephrase the definitions? Do the movements happen in the same plane?
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@FantasyFlippers
23 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 no
@AcridLeNoob
Ай бұрын
I have been skateboarding for 17 years now. When I was a kid I learned my Kickflips from "dorky looking" practices like that aswell! They really do work. Thanks Dan for making yourself unconfortable to teach those kids how to get it done ! Nothing but respect
@frakfeem
Ай бұрын
Cheers for this Dan. Been struggling to kickflip for at least 5 years, I get close in the summer and then winter comes and wipes out my progress. Watched this and went skating yesterday and got closer than ever with proper pop and boned. Just need to get my back foot on but won't be long now. Great tips
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@paulvawter8205
6 күн бұрын
I’ve been dancing on them poles for years now. I even set up some top ropes hanging from a high tree branch that I clipped my rock climbing harness into one time to try and learn kickflips and other “forward/in front” type tricks, like shuv it’s for instance or varials or tre flips- due to the poles sort of being in your way and impeding on your range of motion somewhat. Which is exactly why I actually never used the pole technique for those tricks- as they work MUCH better for all those “behind you” type tricks. Heel flips mostly. With one pole you can be parallel with it, hold on with both hands - and since with heel flips the board tends to go more behind you than Infront of you like with kickflips- the pole doesn’t get in the way. So works much better- nearly perfectly even for heel flips/front shruvs/varial heels etc…
@yvng-indivisuals8276
Ай бұрын
Yoooo I thought MGK was doing the tutorial for a sec 😂😂
@HighGroundArmwrestling
Ай бұрын
After youve gotten down youre kickflips pretty consistently amd are really comfortable doing them but there not necesarily high or look very good , a good tip i kinda discovered myself is when you slide and kick out for the flip u dont want to do it super fast and instantly. Slightly delay the flip and let youre board get some height, almost to the the top and then smoothly flip out.i know it sounds difficult but once you do it it succesfully a couole times ull get the feeling down and youre kickflips will reach another level. Super important not to over exagerate the delay in the flip to much.its just an ever so slight delay in flip. Anyone really good knows what im talking about
@haroldcampos9661
Ай бұрын
You also need to pop, then flick. It feels like a very small ollie. Don't pull your front leg up too high. If you can ollie like 5" off the ground you can probably learn to kickflip.
@SledFrog198
Ай бұрын
Using a rail is how I learned to kickflip back in 89', it took me about 15 tries. I learned heel flips first, as it felt more natural and was a natural progression from a ollie judo.
@volodymyr2158
Ай бұрын
more useful than any braille video on the subject. commitment is key
@wxcnb8
Ай бұрын
bro,the hack 1 is really helpful,I just landed 5 kickflips,thanks!
@dennismazzlack
Ай бұрын
I just tried it out. I'm so close to landing one after these tips, thank you!
@Frat123coor
Ай бұрын
been skating for 2 years and could not get a kick flip done and after I watch your video I tried it and got close then the next day I got it
@harrisgeo
Ай бұрын
I was searching for your short with the tape hack and to my surprise you uploaded a full video about it 4 hours ago! i will totally give this a try and see if it helps overcome the plateau of learning kickflips! thank you
@kendoglarson5419
Ай бұрын
If i had this 30 years ago when we didn't even have a slow mo video of a kickflip to learn from i would have learned to kickflip in one day, but not having that it still took 3 days to land my first one.😉. This is exceptional training tutorial.
@anything-goes579
Ай бұрын
It’s interesting as I learnt kick flips in 1989 and they were not like they are nowadays LOL so I remember the changing time in the 90’s and I never got the roll and kick properly. I could but not gold. I’m 49 now so I’m going to try this when my sciatica heals. This is good for old dogs as well as young guns
@Hasslpaff
Ай бұрын
Great explaining, check Great practice tipps, check Great board setup, check Great style, check Your tutorial was nice to watch and easy to understand. I learnd kickflips this year and i‘ve seen a lot of tutorials about it. But i have never seen one on how to commit. It‘s key for sure. I‘ll try the marker on the floor. And we have a fence at our lokal skatepark that‘s made out of pipes. We often train flip tricks leaning on the fence. One more thing i can recommend is training on the trampolin. No trucks of course. It helped a lot learning my treshove and my bigspin. And it helps to get a feeling for spinning per se. Maybe i can do a backflip with my board one day. Btw, hope you‘re still strong fighting the devils lettuce. I quit about 3 weeks before your video. Meanwhile i quit again. It‘s so hard. 😓
@scooby45247
Ай бұрын
the Rail - handicap ramps make for great training rails to work on footwork..
@DurtyDuggg
Ай бұрын
Really fun and well explained tutorial. I am also one of those guys who stopped skating 30 years ago. But i guess once a skater always a skater 😊
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@FantasyFlippers
23 күн бұрын
@@DHunter_47 what
@omnijem5042
Ай бұрын
Can’t wait to hear what you say about Braille’s sudden shut down
@K_spawn
Ай бұрын
Nice! I've been taking every tip on kick flip this month , I finally got it to flip nicely I just need to land
@R3TR0J4N
Ай бұрын
even the intro is enough to figure how to kickflip thru visually alone
@NeyTrick
Ай бұрын
Learning FS 180/BS 180 at the moment, but so hyped to do that !!
@isaacmarshall7615
Ай бұрын
Treflips next please!
@tobafett2873
Ай бұрын
just thought about this... do goofy footed skaters horizontally mirror skateboarding trick tutorials to follow along?
@freshbud6113
Ай бұрын
I mean, if you just go with front foot back foot instead of left or right the tip is the exact same... it's pretty easy to understand lol.
@paulvawter8205
6 күн бұрын
Plus you know, the fact that there are just as many skate tutorial videos being made by goofy footed skaters… so I will ask you… do you just like… mirror what’s being shown by those goofy footed skaters in their skate tutorial videos or…?
@HighGroundArmwrestling
Ай бұрын
Yo serious question, are there actually "twin tail" boards? Like boards with a tail shape as the tail and nose? If so that shit would have been a game changer for me back in the day. For watever reason back when i skated i could only do proper flip tricks when skating the tail as the nose. When id do anything with nose in front it would always be rocketed trash. Especially kickflips. But when i skated the tail as the nose my flip tricks were soooo nice. Super floaty, caught with back foot and boned wenever i wanted. Very weird, never understood why it happened. But if i had a twin tail back then!!! I wouldnt have to constantly make sure im skating the right side😂
@talhumphrey6089
Ай бұрын
Egg decks homie or symmetrical boards
@HighGroundArmwrestling
Ай бұрын
@@talhumphrey6089 word thanks man! Are they common, do alot of people skate them?
@talhumphrey6089
Ай бұрын
@@HighGroundArmwrestling I ride one, it kinda just makes sense to me lol
@HighGroundArmwrestling
Ай бұрын
@@talhumphrey6089 it does make so much more sense doesnt it. Whats the point of having two different shaped sides. So you know which is the nose and which is the tail i assume. Well if both sides are shaped the same then it wouldnt matter lol.
@Sure2Skate
Ай бұрын
Im so gonna try this when im back to kickflips, awesome tips! Also im thinking to buy those rubber mats and to try those in my room, i want to practice with complete deck, not only board. Good thing if its raining outside 🙃🙃
@pearls-for-cats2709
Ай бұрын
Cant wait to give this a try
@Jathxn
Ай бұрын
Very educational!
@EPICGAPE
Ай бұрын
If only this was in The First Step. I could of been a contender.
@esteveserena7909
Ай бұрын
Este video necesitaba ser editado. Gran trabajo
@ElijahBobija
Ай бұрын
Come skate at skatopia in Ohio !
@BangDoelPrepal
Ай бұрын
Genius bro
@naftalimurgor9767
Ай бұрын
What board are you using? Great video Webz!
@tee9979
17 күн бұрын
Instructions unclear, I got heavily drunk put some goggles on and broke my ankles. Still can’t kick flip
@lalilalulu
Ай бұрын
i got 10 ore more kickflips yesterday. but today it was hard for me to even land 1. like i'm back to square one. frustrating sometimes
@pman882
Ай бұрын
happens, just keep going.
@lalilalulu
Ай бұрын
@@pman882 thx man
@Glizzy.
Ай бұрын
me and my buddy had the same problem with shuvs last night. some days it just wont happen and thats okay! no rush, skating is forever!!
@lalilalulu
Ай бұрын
@@Glizzy. thx man. need those words. keep on persisting and have fun
@Glizzy.
Ай бұрын
@@lalilalulu got shuvs back, lets see them kickflips!!
@PhatallyFlawless
Ай бұрын
Bro has been drinking MGKs soy milk
@UintahOutdoors
Ай бұрын
Do heelflips please
@BelgianSpeedcuber
Ай бұрын
Thx so much!! :)
@seanmckean934
Ай бұрын
Awesome.
@freshbud6113
Ай бұрын
Shoutout Grizzlies!
@OP-ew7cr
16 күн бұрын
does holding onto something (commitment trick #2) work for learning ollies too?
@zachvanderlinde9674
Ай бұрын
Grizzlies lets gooo
@Justdumpit1
8 күн бұрын
I keep landing with my feet very close together on the board, how can I land them bolts?
@thrasher2449
Ай бұрын
I've been skating for 25 years and heelfips have always been easier for me for some reason. I have been trying to pop higher kickflips for years and just recently started getting there. I regret so much not doing it every day, every chance I had.
@islandlife887
Ай бұрын
Love the vintage Grizzlies fit. Much love from BC
@wxcnb8
Ай бұрын
ok,i will try
@Bizarr0
Ай бұрын
The one true and only advice you need to kickflip or do any other trick is this : Practice then like crazy. 100 tries per day
@SoxarPL
24 күн бұрын
hi i have one problem, i can do good flick but i always land next to my board, im to scared to commit to landing and i don't know what to do, i mean in first step you were doing the flick and landing with one of your foot on the board, but i can't do this, i tried the tape trick but i didn't help me a lot
@Hunne2303
Ай бұрын
couldn´t you just pratice in the grass or is it really having that metal bar... hmmm...well, haven´t been skating for 30 years...tried the other day, too fat and my knees 😅 ...but just for the fun of it, I´ll try to land one
@bradejensen
Ай бұрын
I'll get some looks buying hair clips at the store as a bald guy. 😂
@Elite.101
Ай бұрын
IT DONT WORK I TRYED
@skatepunk6894
Ай бұрын
This is one special English chap !
@midnighttoker8663
Ай бұрын
the board's sticking to my front foot, its not even flipping :(
@ActualChef
Ай бұрын
The tape bit is low-key genius.
@timpounds42069
23 күн бұрын
dont tell me things
@matth268
18 күн бұрын
New skater but lifelong hockey player. It can be quite hard to learn watching someone with the opposite stick hand...hockey or stance.. .skateboarding. ever thought of mirroring your videos and releasing a "goofy edit" of your tutorials?
@alexcooper2533
Ай бұрын
Yo
@somepunkasskid6864
2 күн бұрын
I dont like british MGK
@DHunter_47
24 күн бұрын
The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@WhereThereDude
Ай бұрын
Not a hater... but those rocket flips look awful.
@BeastieFloyd
28 күн бұрын
Came for the Vancouver throw back T-shirt, the learned how to kickflip!
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