SKATE HACKS - How to Heelflip Easier  

Heel flips felt easier when I first started skating because kick flip was too complicated. Now I can kick flip but I can’t heel flip

Lol it sounds like you have beef with heelflips in the beginning

I learned heel flips before I could Ollie. The easiest way to understand how to keep the board under you is to make sure you keep your shoulders lined up with the board and jump the way your toes are pointed when you pop. You’ll land it every time

"Heelflips are more safe" I'd rather get a "shinner" then a mean heelflip to credit card

literally ten minutes after watching this i landed my first heelflip!! let’s fucking goo!! this channel is so underrated

Another good tip is, when your hanging your toes off the board, make sure to only hang the ball of your toes off. A lot of ppl tend to over hang there foot off, which definitely will mess with the balance and cause you to rocket-flip.

This is solid. I like the way you talk concept and not step by step. Evey skater skates a bit different so understanding the concept is the most important part. I just learned them at 43. As an old paratrooper my ankles don't kickflip well so heelflip allows me have a go to flip trick.

I landed a heelflip two weeks ago. I’ve been trying everyday to land another one and my quad is sore as hell. I finally landed another one

My favorite flat trick

Thank you for the great tutorial. My heelflips have been coming around really easily lately and what you described is on point. Staying straight and centered is essential. I keep my back foot more towards the heel side of the tail. For some reason the pop is slightly like a fs shuv, but not enough to make the board turn. I think it's because as the flick pushes the board it catches against the griptape and actually makes it rotate slightly backside. I changed my pop up to combat this and it helped to keep the whole board straight. More recently my flick has been better aimed and I kept my back foot the same but with less of the front shuv motion. Everyone learns differently. Just sharing what helped me.

What really helped me was to have my hips facing the front of the board for heelflips, instead of having them parallel with it like a kickflip

Thanks for the video. I learned heelflips the old way, "strait out and down method." I think that worked back in the day with a flatter board rather than the boards that there is now, more concave and a steeper tail. This made me understand the concept a little better, thanks!

Your tip about weight distribution is great. Thanks brotha

Thank you! I’ve been working on heels and this helps

Thx for mentionning the importance of the diagonal flick for higher flips, no one really insist on that point on other tutorials.

beautiful heelflips! Thank you for the tips.

Great video watched like 2 mins tried again now i can flip it constantly and have land with my back foot on it real close now

dude, this may seem strange but the way you explain things just seems easier to understand. I don't know call me crazy. Your voice also goes well with the speed and precision you set your videos too. :)

wow, great video, ill keep this in mid when im trying to learn heelflips

Thanks for the tutorial you explained good and i could do it now thanks

This was very helpful😁😄😃😀💯

By the way, when you going to make more shirts? I bought one of your skate hacks shirts a long time ago, I love it! I get lots of complement on it, I would love to get another one.

Damn bruh thanks for the good tutorial! Hit my first heelflip today because of the video

Can you do an inward heelflip tutorial? I’m new to the channel and this is a trick I’ve been struggling with after picking skating back up after 12 years of no skating. Used to have all tricks on lock but there’s a few I’m struggling picking back up. This being one.

Hell yeah been waiting for a video like this. I used to have this trick on lock 20 years ago it seems to have gotten away from me for some reason easier to flip old school boards maybe because of the leverage on such a wide deck

very clean, i like it.

That's it!!! Showing us how upper body works!!!

Why you don’t like heelflips??? Your heelflips are beautifully solid. By far it’s my favorite trick! Very nice content man.

Hey, man thanks for the tutorial. Just found your channel and subscribed. Could you please cover how to frontside 180? I am just starting to skate and have been strugling with that and we have same stance which is rare to find in another tutorial fs 180 video. Thanks

Great video, thank you!

I've noticed recently but the motion of any tricks goes like this -> Prepare Position -> Pop and start moving your body for the trick ( slower motion) -> then flick ( faster motion ) As if you were to Unstick the board from you. That all happens from jumping to mid air, so you catch and land it.

Love it

I will find the sweet spot on session and then lose it the next. Still haven't landed one yet, but my inconsistency with the flip on heels is making it harder than it should be. Great tutorial, champ!

Good one! Thanks

Great video 🙏🏻🏆

These are super easy guys! I would suggest adding this to your rotation. It's super satisfying bc, like Flores keenly observed, it's more automatic than a kickflip.

Idk why but the parts where he bailed out are hilarious

ive been trying to learn heelflips for years and could not figure it out. i watched this vid and the next day i had them on lock, Thank you!

Those are clean heel flips

I find it helps to try and catch the heelflip with both feet, at the same time.

landed my first heel flip after watching this vid, thanks

I just landed heelflip. Thanks!

Thanks

Damn, you got sweet pop on this trick

Yo, could you do a video on trouble shooting nollie heelflips? that shit either turns frontside or it underflips for me.

nice vid

Next Crooked grind on the round rail please~

Can u do a HOW TO on nollie heels there my fav trick

Great tutorial, but I am going to have to watch this again in a year or two! Only doing ollies about 10cm high 😂😂

your slow mo’s help like fuck, thank you !!!

I've finally got them but my flick changes often and then I lose it for awhile

Great tutorial! also, what shoes are those(black ones)? Always on the hunt for quality vegan skate shoes.

Can you do a tutorial of no comply 180? Pleaseee

dude just landed fucking 10 heelflips!!! your video helped me realise i kicking too early and wasn't flicking my front foot enough before i kicked straight out! YaaAAS!

I have yet to roll my ankle on a heelflip. Kickflips are rolled ankle central if you land right on the back of the tail. Foot stays on board, ankle goes to ground lol

I caught it ninja style today several times but the last time i sliped with my backfoot on the tail..and my foot went under the tail and tadaaa sprained ankle..torn ligament... was so happy to cath them and now i gotta wait couple weeks ..daamn.. I ll be watching them videos then instead...

Any advice on how to train my legs to kick up

Were u there in the new am scramble video at around the 13th minute

Is heelflip disliked? That's a shame. I like it.

Thanks got my first one about an hour ago. I agree kickflips are easier.

i had heels down well and then i learned kickflips and i feel so uncomfortable doing heelflips now

what kind of skateboard do you use in this video and how many inches is it?

Is anyone elses heelflips higher and more boned than their kickflips??? Or is that just me. It's weird cuz i kickflip more than heelflip

How good did those accel plus shoes skate?

I get it with my front but my back foot just won't land qn stays on ground behind the board

Standing up really straight always makes the board stay under me. When I bend forward to see more of my board, it always flips away from me.

yea i think it’s time for me to get these on lock so i can get varial heels lol. idk why but these are way harder to land consistently then fakie, switch, or nollie heels 😑

I have a problem where im having a really hard time sucking up my foot right after the pop. Can someone give me some advice?

My problem with heelflips is they tend to go vertical and bury the nose of my board into the crook of my knee on my front foot, I'm just glad I haven't human popsicled myself yet

Can you do one on front airs

Kickflips took me 7 months to land. Heelflips took one hour and I never tried them before but ummm definately doing something wrong cuz I’m kinda flicking with the side of my foot

I can do fakie heel flips, but everytime I try them going forward the board tend to turn frontside/behind me. Apparently, after watchign this I am going off the nose too much, I think. I was trying to think of something you didn't have up for another vid. How about nolllie fs big heel?

I put my whole foot on the board when i heeflip, i find it makes the flip a lot easier and i get more height

Nice éS

I can heel flip really well my only problem is when I try to do them off of stair or a ledge, it’s like the grip tape slaps my feet and then when I slam down to catch it the board goes behind me .. anyone else had this problem and figured it out ?

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Can only land heelflips with the back foot any tips?

The first time I tried to heelflip I ended up landing it... Couldn't do it again for like a week tho. Definitely got lucky that time

Ayy, i got my heel long time ago but oh well

How do I do a heelflip without injuring the top of my flicking foot, always happens to me makes me wanna stop. feels so fragile

How to Nollie Big Spin for NEXT VIDEO

10+ years of skating and I still can’t do a regular heelflip but I can nollie and switch lol hopefully this video helps

Can u do how to late flip

The main issue I have with this is that the board tends to want to spin like a varial heel flip. I cant seem to keep the board straight. Any tips?

I have a problem. I can ollie but i can’t do heelflip or kickflip because it’s always hardflip idk why and i don’t even know how to do hardflip

I always get a front shuv heelflip thing when I try to heelflip :/

I can land heelflips like 90% of the time, but only with my front foot. My back foot just lands behind the board (behind the tail) on the floor. I tried jumping more forward but then I can only get half the rotation or even none. Tips?

Cool to hear, that as a advanced skater you dont have to like every skate trick, thats because I dont got the heelflip until today because I dislike the footplacement, feels so unnatural

Is it easier to learn while moving?

Hey man, iam wondering, i see your style at skateboarding especially when you are popping, i have an issie i guess, i dont know hot to look better at doing my tricks, it looks weird i bent to much forward with my upper body, you i dont knos just look way better, also, i dont get it how to level out the ollie, i can do kickflips, but they are more rocket, and i didnt catch even once. Its all like luck, i dont like my own style, so iam asking you can you speak or show how to you knoe lool better, or what i should do with my upper body

How do you land with your back foot it’s like I catch it with my front foot

Heelflips are my favorite! I'm actually doing one in my profile pic. lol. How do you like those shoes? I'm still riding the Ryan Lays that you recommended.

same kobeau

I have a weird issue where the board ends up diagonally in front of me (just slightly so that I can only land it with my front foot). I’ve landed a couple this way but it’s hard to keep it consistent. Any tips?

I can flick them without landing but as soon as I try to land it I flick them like once out of 10 times

And idea of a skate hack could be varial heel

This is a good tutorial but the heel flip is the hardest trick it’s gonna take me years😩

landed heel flip on carpet a few weeks ago, i can’t do it anymore idk why. when i try on the sidewalk i can only land my back foot

How do I not slip out with heelflips

I only watched that for games of skate lol i hate heelflips