4 Reasons Pro Skater's Kickflip BETTER Than YOU!

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There are 4 Reasons Pro Skater's Kickflip better than you! All your favorite pro skaters use these four techniques to kickflip. Pro Skaters use these four techniques to kickflip higher and with more control. You don't have to be a pro skater to learn how to kickflip like a pro skateboarder. I suggest you try these techniques for yourself and see if they help you kickflip better. I know I'm just a local joe and this is my analysis and opinion but I really do think these techniques can help anyone learn how to kickflip better in one session! Happy Kickflipping!
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@jacobestrada2812 Год назад

Your honestly the only RU-vidr that explains things in a way that I can understand it. You really pay attention to the details. Other people just say "pop and flick". Great video

@localjoe Год назад

Yeah man that bothers me when they are so vague so I try to be as specific as I can!

@mulekezicanorole Год назад

i followed your tips and now im kickflipng over cars, Thanks my dude

@localjoe Год назад

I mean makes sense…

@zenitramnaes 10 месяцев назад

Skated for 10 years, now it's been about 10 years since I was skating everyday. Never really had kickflips on lock like other tricks, but I watched this and honestly landed one of the highest and cleanliest kickflips I've ever done. Solid advice.

@TwoForFlinchin1 Год назад

I find that when I tuck my knees I'm able to delay the flick without thinking about it. More tuck = later flick

@localjoe Год назад

True they go hand in hand!

@mstunameow Год назад

This is the missing tip from Joe's video! I'm still perfecting kickflips and my problem when I pop higher is the board often does a half flip then sucks to my back foot because I'm not tucking my feet up enough. If you watch a lot of these pro kickflips you notice their backfoot is just barely high enough for the board to complete the flip. There's a lot of focus on the front knee/front foot in this video but tucking up that back foot is reallllly important

@mstunameow Год назад

LOL practicing but I still get half-flips. The more I tuck and delay the flick the more my flick timing goes to sh*t

@geraldo669 2 месяца назад

need to try

@bkfounds Год назад

"if you swing too early in baseball, the ball will go out of bounds" haha love it! you're def a skater!

@mukoslumpgod4898 Год назад

I’ve struggled with kickflips my entire time skating, and how you’ve perfectly explained each mechanic that goes into a kickflip has taught me that I have been doing one thing wrong resulting in my flips not coming out proper

@zecollecter8747 Год назад

Great video! I see your improvement from videos from way back. You're seeing much deeper into tricks now. Love it!

@ryanyoung5607 Год назад

Amazing video!! Excellent detailed walkthrough of these critical movements with the kick flip. Thank you for this I’ll be watching this many times and implementing these streps into my own learning process.🙏

@kamaelea4060 Год назад

I never really struggled with getting my kickflips higher but bro this is a goldmine for newer skaters right here. Best kickflip trick tip video ever made

@jeffli480 Год назад

These tips are awesome! The way you explained Malto’s flick really illustrates a big point - that the technique is going to be different depending on each person. I think we all want to find a one size fit all secret, when it really depends on how you individually figure out how to do it. One important thing I think might be helpful to add is that a good kickflip continues traveling upward after the flick as it flips and hits its peak when you catch it.

@RepostRaveYt 10 месяцев назад

One of the most beautiful and clear video about PRO kickflip, love the Strike Spot theory, gg

@fabig5319 Год назад

Super underrated video. I had my kickflips down but I slowly started losing them. You reminded me about being patient after the pop and flicking out to make the board level while I’m in the air. I appreciate you sir 🤝

@localjoe Год назад

Glad it helped!

@WhyBecause. 4 месяца назад

Thats solid analysis dude!!

@benzo1289 Год назад

Props for filming this video outside still looking super cold out!

@localjoe Год назад

Always!

@BEBO_2002 Год назад

This video is helping me learn so much. Ive only been kickfliping for a few months but this will definitely keep consistency. Thanks!

@parcito Год назад

thanks man, I still didnt practice a single kickflip since I started skating (a year ago) and your tips makes me want to finally start learning them. Speaking as a 28yo dude, this is really helpful and encouraging

@11bangbang402 Год назад

This is the holy grail of tutorials for kick flips. I have been battling to get my kickflips to level out like this. When i try to level them out i either whiff the flick entirely or i somehow end up way ahead of my board. When I’m on carpet or stationary i can do them but in motion it just wasn’t happening. Thanks for this video. It was the final brain connector I needed to practice this more!

@localjoe Год назад

Hell yeah! Glad it helped!

@kngznart Год назад

I'm at 4:30 and this is already one of the most valuable skate videos I've ever watched. I've never seen anybody explain or point this out before. What else am I gonna find out about in the 14 minutes still to go in this video? I am hyped.😁🔥🔥🔥

@chrisbambrough5048 Год назад

Love your analytical explanations man, really helps out. Keep em coming.

@localjoe Год назад

Glad you like them!

@garyvoigt321 Год назад

I learned kickflips in 1989 on a very flat, heavy board. I was taught by a freestyle skater, so flicking down and fast was the way... It took a long time to slowly adapt to the concave of newer boards and pulling the flick up higher. But I have to say that if I had your knowledge and ability to break these down to the detailed techniques, my kickflip would have been sooooooo goood. Long story short, I wish I had a Local Joe helping me out back then. Good work, man.

@localjoe Год назад

haha that's kind of you to say

@joseguzman9448 Год назад

Realy well observed and realy well explained,If i could have Had your advice 30 years ago then ... Thanx vor your expert eye

@malaowala Год назад

i gotta say, this really unlocked the kickflip for me. I know you've said to keep your knee in front before but i never really applied until today. you just made my thursday into a friday my dude!

@localjoe Год назад

Haha heck yeah man!

@sphamandlamncedisi572 6 месяцев назад

Honestly Thebes best video ever on point with every little detail, this should make kickfliping into stuff a lot easier 👏

@josetrevino7143 Год назад

This was soooo enlightening. Sure could have used this insight about 20 years ago lol.

@SlowBurn_ Год назад

Exactly the channel I need to help me progress my fingerboarding.

@fritzblitz8374 Год назад

I will definitely try these tips. :) Thank you man. Love your vids. Keep it up!

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks man hope they help!

@trevorbaird3827 Год назад

This is the most clear explanation I’ve ever seen. Well done man. An important addendum is that it seems to me that the way one switch flips and regular flips can be completely different. This is due to balance and flexibility differences between your legs. When I kickflip goofy, my right foot is more centered and close to the front bolts and I flick closer to that center line you talked about. When I switch flip, it’s more like Nyjah where more of the heel hangs off and the left foot is about one and a half inches behind the bolts because I’m more interested in completing the rotation and less worried about height. If I try to reverse forms, it doesn’t work so well. The arms also seem to be a big factor. Think about when you’re trying to touch the backboard of a basketball hoop or jump onto a high box. The arms swing forward and up in a completely different way. Paul’s kickflip is an interesting study in how when one looks down from the chin with slightly hunched shoulders, you can almost see his arms flying backwards in relation to his shoulders. But since he’s craning downward they fly upwards in relation to his lower body and board and pull his body up in a different way.

@ponyboy7825 Год назад

This is best kickflip information on the internet period. Great breakdown Joe.

@localjoe Год назад

I appreciate that!

@Dfort_ 5 месяцев назад

I always come back to this video, so informational

@endthedrugwartoday Год назад

Great video. Good as a loveletter!

@Bob.Gnarley Год назад

Woke up and immediately played this. Thanks for the vid Joe 🙏🏾

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks for the support homie! ❤️🙏🏼

@thundernixon Год назад

YOOO this video came at the *perfect* time for me. I’ve been battling to figure out the kickflip since July, and watching every tutorial, and working hard at it most days, and I finally landed three rolling kickflips over the past week … but still felt like I just did *not* have it figured out. BUT, the advice here to let the nose come up higher and closer under my hip really unlocked something for me. I just landed 5 kickflips in today’s session! Thank you, Joe!

@localjoe Год назад

Yesss! 🙌

@Skankhunt-hl9zj Год назад

Keep your shoulder straight and don’t look forward at the bolt it will force you to commit and land bolts.

@WhatsMyNameAgain93 10 месяцев назад

Back skating after 7 years away and all I've done the times I've been out is practice kickflips. They were my worst trick in my previous 13 years of skating but I've forgotten so much that I feel now is the perfect time to relearn the right way. Thanks for the tips!

@Shitfoot Год назад

Hey man, this was done really well- Great Vid - Thanks!!!

@localjoe Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@donovanhays Год назад

This isn't just a good tutorial on how to make your kickflips better, it's the missing piece in most "how to kick flip" videos. This timing can be hard to figure out on your because I was doing the exact same thing of trying to pop and flick at the same time instead of focusing on popping but keeping the board under your hip for a moment and then kicking out for the flick. Not saying you're going to get it right away obviously lol but it does give you something to think about when you're trying to get the timing down. When I teach people how to ollie I have them do a very similar thing. I tell them to focus on the pop and getting the board up and not to worry about their front foot. It's nice to break tricks down into smaller pieces that you can work on and then put together.

@localjoe Год назад

Yeah most people don’t think through any of that

@mulekezicanorole Год назад

props man, youre doing a very good progression. thanks for the help

@localjoe Год назад

Glad to help

@6rid_ Год назад

I practice my kick flips by just standing on the tail and flicking i still do it today. it def helps you get that late flick. great vid btw loved it

@birdo18 Год назад

Great video, all this is true!! When I think of it, get you’re Ollie’s high with a bone after you get that down good, just do the same think with a kickflip. Just wait till you peak Ollie and just kickflip!

@apealeal3973 Год назад

Amazing content .. instantly subbed.. i tried this today at my local and was flipping more flat

@GeekLevelAsian Год назад

Wow, this was the video I needed like 20 years ago. The third step, has always been my problem. I'm slightly bowe legged so my knee always goes naturally off to the side instead of forward. I'm on and off. I'll have a day where my kickflips look solid, and then bam...rocket flips. It's like when you start shanking in Golf.

@carlosgpacheco1621 Год назад

excellent explanation! thanks a lot!!!

@localjoe Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@hudsonllc1739 Год назад

Love this video homie, Top tier Content.

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks man glad you like it!

@Outeggy Год назад

this helped me understand the kickflips a lot, barely started to do them again seriously and they kept rocketing, but all i need to do now is just slide my foot higher

@estevanbourquard3913 Год назад

thank you for you work, it really helps

@ValidX1 Год назад

Needed this💯❗️

@localjoe Год назад

Hope it helps!

@tinormous-road2gains13 Год назад

Thank you Joe

@flexmode5301 Год назад

I didn’t know kickflips could be a college course but damn you had me paying attention 😂 good shit man 🎉

@localjoe Год назад

haha thanks man!

@Truejello Год назад

This was super helpful. Are you in So. Utah?

@AndyTheChef Год назад

This one video literally took my kickflips from rocketing to popping them onto ledges and ninja kicking shit

@4milosevic Год назад

Joe thank you for your videos 🙌 love it

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@jheanc7083 Год назад

One of the best kickflip related video ever made

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks man! 🙏🏼❤️

@CHRIS-ql7cv Год назад

A good tip that I got for flicking a bit later is to flick when I hear the pop and flick straight this helped a lot for me

@rogerdavis9962 Год назад

🤘💪...great vid...

@localjoe Год назад

Appreciate it!!

@jmclazer Год назад

this is really good

@phatallbutt7879 11 месяцев назад

I appreciate Joe’s commentary here. Everything he said is true. But left out ankle importance. Malto’s switch flip is a perfect picture of loading up the ankle before the flick. It increases the flick pressures without opening the hip and shoulders. That’s how he can flick almost straight forward and still get a nice flip. By loading the ankle I mean rolling the side an even some of the upper foot into the board as it lifts, then unwinding it as the flick.

@carlitospushesgoofy Год назад

Love the way u explain things dude

@localjoe Год назад

I’m glad thanks man!

@carlitospushesgoofy Год назад

@@localjoe this video rlly helps my fakie flip cuz I tend to flick down for sum rzn

@SunnyRawka Год назад

That cookie metaphor was niiiiiiiice 🤓🤌

@localjoe Год назад

Haha thanks glad you liked it!

@nicgalano854 9 месяцев назад

Thanks bro

@jonathanginofilippi Год назад

Notice also that people also are pulling their whole board backside with the flick, and then they aim all the way back across the board for the catch. Also remember you gotta be back a little, then moving forward, then pop, as you are moving forward, so you are bringing the board with you. That is essential to really kickflip

@robowenmikels Год назад

I've been known to rip through just about any shoe in a few days because I love doing kickflips 😁 I'm talking, skating for 6+ hours, each day, and doing lots of KFs or KF variations (backside flips, half-cab flips, etc) throughout the day. I've learned and advanced my kickflip over the years and would consider mine to be an early 3rd stage Kickflip out of 4 stages. I set my flips up with my leading foot's toes putting pressure down along the center point of the rotational axis and with the big toe pressing over the line, medialward and when I pop, I slide up and away from the board, directing all that pressure along the center of the board, towards the point on the edge of the board where the side and tip of the board, meet - with that method of pressure and flick, it's almost certain that I land a KF first try without warming up my flick leg. I have done the off the tip of the nose KF over flat gaps, before, too. If I'm doing a frontside kickflip on mini..well, I'm still figuring out if I should kick, downward in the flick box or kick, through the nose. Both ways have worked, one is tighter and the other, get's you more, hangtime and allows for gaping, further, horizontally.

@R3alWear Год назад

Wow, your ingredients mindset is next level thinking

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks man just how I think it’s a blessing and a curse

@daemoarkenstone7261 Год назад

Hey man, using this video and others i have managed to find a foot placement that works for me and can bring the kickflip up to just above my knees and i can tell it looks pretty. BUT I JUST CAN"T CATCH THE DAMN THING!! I can land most small kickflips and land on the board as it hits the ground. Any extra tips on catching with your back foot at the peak of the height?

@localjoe Год назад

I’d say just keep your legs tucked longer than you think you need to especially your back leg

@straightupgamer354 Год назад

Dude. tysm

@grubz5011 Год назад

Credit where it's due the hip nose thing unlocked switch flip consistency for me

@leecarterreppinjesuschrist7686 Год назад

I love your vids mate.. jus wondered how long you been skating. And how many hours a day do you averagely practice.. love from the U.K

@localjoe Год назад

Depends I sometimes skate 6 days a week lately I’m lucky if I can skate 3 times a week for a couple hours. I been skating since I was 7 but stopped from 13 to 21 and some other bigger breaks too

@jaciobe Год назад

Good tip

@localjoe Год назад

Cheers mate!

@mulekezicanorole Год назад

seriously now, ive landed a kickflip nose manual , two times in my life , with a time gap of like 5 years, i think that im gonna be able to do it now cause i really understood the motion

@localjoe Год назад

Hell yeah hope you get it!

@msgesus4518 Год назад

One thing I've noticed is they all land behind the trajectory where they pop (eg they all end up jumping and landing backward toward their heel side). My natural ollie trajectory is toward my toe side. I think it's worth noting and trying to practice.

@ace2044 Год назад

best skateboard teacher ever

@localjoe Год назад

haha idk about that but thank you!

@EugenioHertz 7 месяцев назад

as soon as cold let me , ill try that. im getting back from an 8 years pause, so the body is still getting used to the tricks

@jaimysatish7819 Год назад

Insane how well mike mo did that stationary kf

@tonygarcia1537 15 дней назад

You are the pioneer for teaching skate theory lol

@cubeboarder7261 Год назад

the best kickflip tutorial ever

@localjoe Год назад

Thanks man! I really tried hard to explain in depth!

@SkateDaddyDrewski Год назад

Amazing metaphor. Completely true. Im not pro but I have "pro" kickflips..... Thats basically all I have... Anyways... Very accurate video.

@gabrielalvarodepaiva9972 Год назад

Man wtf, you just save my kickflips "diretamente do brasil, vlw manow🎉"😊

@crazybiscut Год назад

Ok this is the holy grail of the kick flip trick tip

@localjoe Год назад

Haha believe it or not I still have plenty more to talk about.

@nickwhitley472 Год назад

Mike mo got a mean flick. Look at how tweaked his ankle gets

@zhenyangshen5433 Год назад

Chinese skater thank you,great video

@localjoe Год назад

Shout out Chinese skaters!

@davidoldskater5502 Год назад

Hi Joe, your video is very interesting, bravo, but I think you don't talk enough about the importance of the ankle for the flick: it's the ankle that makes the flick, the height of the kickflip will depend on the height your knee, and your back leg, but not the flick... In a theory, if I just want to do a "little" kickflip, I don't need the attack zone but on the other hand my ankle ... Thank you ++

@localjoe Год назад

yeah I agree. The flick is so fickle if you only focus on the ankle and it's a feeling thing. I think if you do the 4 ingredients you'll be in a position to flick however you want fast slow or in between. There are somethings that are so subtle I'm not sure I'd be able to explain it well.

@davidoldskater5502 Год назад

@@localjoe thanks perfect !

@Jaysko503 Год назад

I wish people would say how lizard king waits for his tail to be completely off the ground before he flicks I thinks that's been my problem I've been thinking popping was just popping never realized that I gotta wait for the board to be completely off the ground tail and all

@november2154 Год назад

Bro can you explain how to getting into a back feebs? Its so awkward to me i keep getting into a boardslide no matter what i do hope you help me thanks🙏🙏

@localjoe Год назад

I wish they are a trick im really bad at. Search local joe vs back feeble I think I made on of me learning

@cannonsquad Год назад

Now I’m hungry and want some cookies 🍪

@localjoe Год назад

Haha the b roll was next level

@thevernonposse Год назад

Sewa has the best flat ground skills his kick flip is insane

@localjoe Год назад

I should do a kickflip breadown with sewa

@thevernonposse Год назад

@@localjoe absolutely his bag of tricks and board control is really nice to watch

@igetitlitsoicansit2950 Год назад

@@localjoe really should. HIs is different then the others you've covered. he has a quick snappy kickflip. Also check out Dennis Durant, he has a 10 year old video i never seen until today and its pretty dam good.

@johnnyharperscoutstable5386 Год назад

Alright 🐸🍺🔪🔥

@zero_jams Год назад

You unlocked it! When you said lead with your knee I got what I was doing. You saved my kickflips bro. Skate on🛹

@robertolopez2282 Год назад

❤

@jamescat2386 Год назад

amusing that you used that clip of Rodney Mullen as an example of doing kickflips badly :-)

@dzoeny9186 11 месяцев назад

I practice doing them fakie/ pretend that I am doing it fakie forces you to lead with you’re knee

@armanimckoy2168 4 месяца назад

I could have gone pro if you put this video out 10 years ago 😂

@GoGoSkate Год назад

I think the real reason is that pro get PAID to skateboard. I would personally find that very motivating.

@tinormous-road2gains13 Год назад

Montrose skate park Colindale London

@tharsitt3785 Год назад

I trying kickflip for 3 months but still cant land both feet i can land only with my front foot not only kickflip but also heelflip landed with only front foot Am i just scare of landing both feet or idk why. Why I jump flick and then my back foot is on the ground already Sorry for my bad english

@localjoe Год назад

You aren’t letting the kickflip happen under you you’re trying to watch it in front of you. Get the nose under your front hip before you flick and you’ll be on your way

@rawrbrz Месяц назад

Really what makes skating so hard is you’re having to learn micro second movements with your whole body and all 4 limbs doing different sh*t

@Vinny_Capatony 9 месяцев назад

My board just stays glued to my foot and shoots off to the side where I tried to flick it.. looks like a solid Ollie But no matter how hard I “flick” my ankle or leg my board won’t get tf off my foot.. sorry but it’s frustrating