Why You CAN'T Ollie! | Common Mistakes Explained! 

Rodney Mullen lol

Rodney Mullen dawg genius

@@seanbrownskating a genius

Praxis he prolly did it at parties and then they tortured him for being a witch

@@rileyfernando45 I like this joke, be proud of it. *kiss*

Just to catch your attention lol. It’s hard for me to ollie “badly” now. My first ollies were waaaaaay worst than that. It’s a whole process with the ollie

Sean Brown thank you, your videos have helped me with corrections a lot:) I’ve been practicing all day and already see little improvements

same my back wheels REFUSE to leave the ground, hopefully this video helps ;-;

gracie can you ollie now?

Someone Someone can you ollie now?

Same bro

So true

I agree

Hmhm

Ong

Yesssss thank you

OMG YES.. i always keep my foot on the tail and i was frustrating what was i doing wrong BUT thank you so much for the tip

Omg dude that advice + the better position on the tail is insane improvement for 1mm to actual something i can call an ollie. that's so true we want to kick the tail to the ground and not press it on the ground :O i feel dumb af

that is my problem with the ollie and i dont understand the timing :/

Thank you for explaining! I still cant seem to coordinate the pop with the jump. Its like I crouch down to pre-load but when I launch I'm not able to pop at the same time. probably just timing and practice. This advice does help though so thanks

that comes up all the time for me 🥺

I had that exact ad lmaoo

LMAOOO literally

Me too

emma reed there isn't even one add like that I-

Haha it’s hard to unlearn when you’ve learned it properly. I can’t actually do a “bad” ollie anymore so don’t take it too literally 👍🏽

@@seanbrownskating Can't tell if this was serious or bro was actually trynna flex 💀

@@fukknewjerseynigga8349 lmao

😭😭😭😭😭

well did you get itt

any progress?

what's going on

@@IX_4 😂😂

did you get it yet?

I can't even get off the ground 😩💔

lemme guess you still can't ollie

I cant get it off the ground

@@jennaantaki9120 pop

what

Hahaha! Thanks so much! I'm glad I could help. Share it with your friends

Leon Smith I think it’s convincing 🤷🏽‍♀️

@@sk8r_synia546 same it’s the reason why I chose to watch this vid

then why did this video literally got 1M views?

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.

nadia ochoa shit yeah, i can’t even get my back wheels off the ground omg i wanna dieeeeeee

@@gigiexpress9445 you gotta pop higher

Love to see it! 🤩🔥

@@seanbrownskating I will DM u

what fps did you flim at?

@@bermchasin 240 I believe

😂😂😂

🤣🤣

So I need to pop harder... but it's so intervening because the boards gonna send me

@@dookiebuns2720 keep your weight centered over your board. transfer more of your weight into popping, not as much as you are doing now, then when you popped, transfer your weight into sliding and leveling out.

@@dookiebuns2720 look up video's on how to increase jump height, and just do them once a day (or however often they suggest).

Wait is the pop when you move your foot to the end?

@@josh-lt9sb No the pop is the smacking the back of the board to the ground. It has that name because it makes the *pop* noise right as it hits.

true,every other tutorial just says pop,slide and jump which is not true u cant jump after u do all the steps

Wena socio

Lol, I thought you were talking about crackheads at first

Bro swear I live in New Orleans and the streets suck but I go in my backyard and practice the Ollie but I never can push the board forward with my left foot it’s hard man I’ve gotten my balance good and I’ve had it for 3 weeks now I’m pretty confident when riding and all that just tricks terrify me🤦🏽‍♂️😭

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Mean

Because

Glad I could help!

Same

Facts

Hey big head 🥰

Eirini Dima same here

Haha now worries. We all have those moments

Lmao same

shakejunt.zuniga sameeeee

Feels like you’re 3 feet of the ground.

@@clikkinbrix1850 exactly

I got you!

Happy to hear that! 😁

Very true. And thank you!

Chest compressions chest compressions chest compressions

Why is it better?

@@harrisonbrun1205 cause when you have it stationary it will still be very frustrating learning it while rolling, instantly learn it while rolling will save you a lot of time and trouble

Lawrence 02 I’ve been learning stationary and telling myself “just get it down stationary first then do it rolling” but when I try rolling I always mess up so hard😭 like popping I lose balance and end up doing a weird jumpy thing

TrialSuchi did you do it?

fruit1salad Not yet I’m waiting until its morning

U hit it yet

can u grind yet vro

Aye!!

:)

@@seanbrownskating u r

Glad to help!

I’ve been trying to ollie for 8 months

Awesome!!

(:

You're*

@@gidexn8011 you suck

😂😂😂

Because you can ollie?

felt that

Me to 😔🖐 I’m sitting on my board right know trying not to throw it 😎🔪

@@pb2144 I'm trying hard to not throw it everytime I fail 💀

@Julia Salman same

Yes you can keep going for it :D

No matter what I do I cant ollie 😔 I've tried literally everything

@@trashyplayz4448 I just recently learned how to do an ollie and what I do is just pop it half way and slide your front foot to the nose, as soon as u pop u let go of your back foot and basically just dont make it touch the board until u land. Sliding your foot makes it by catching the board in mid air. And after you land make sure ur back foot lands around the screws or on top. Might not be as high as u think, but it will help you from popping fully and higher. I hope this helps

TrashyPlayz if you’ve tried everything, you just need time practicing then 👌🏽

@@seanbrownskating For some reason my back foot keeps leaving the tail of my board when I do my ollies. It's hard to explain in words over the internet too. I hope you know what I mean. Like, when I video tape myself doing it, it's like my back foot isn't sticking to the board for some reason and instead it's like "leaving" the board. I land normally and everything but my back foot doesn't stick to the board. I'm also confused by what you mean when you say "jump," because I've heard ollies described before as not really being a jump but an ollie instead. I also feel really awkward and "hunched over" when I go to crouch or bend my knees. I literally don't know the proper way to bend my knees and I know it sounds stupid but I look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame when I go to crouch down to do any trick and it looks super uncomfortable in real life. I've tried to simplify the "crouch" too by just thinking as if I'm sitting down in a chair or doing a squat but then it just looks even more awkward, I don't know how to explain it. It just looks like I'm trying too hard or something or it's super awkward. I'm really confused by what you mean when you say "jump" and what you mean by to jump before you even pop. I thought an ollie is supposed to be something entirely different or unique to a jump. Is it not? Like, if I'm standing without a board and I bend my knees and jump up, that's a jump to me, and I know it sounds super stupid me describing it but I've played basketball my entire life so a jump to me would be like going up for a jump shot or something. An ollie to me is something entirely different. Are you supposed to combine a jump and the ollie together to do an actual "ollie" or what? I sincerely don't get it and my mind is completely puzzled at this point, or it's like I'm trying to input controls into my head that I think are correct and my mind just isn't comprehending anything or something. I feel like I'm trying the wrong way over and over again while tricking my mind into thinking that I'm telling it something different, then my mind just goes into "Error! Error!" mode to where it completely overloads by all of the nonsense I'm feeding it. No wonder, because it probably has no idea what I'm trying to tell it. Sorry.... I know this all sounds stupid.... I feel like my mind is in overload mode or something to where I'm telling it to do something different by trying the same things over and over and over again....which is complete insanity by the way... but I seriously don't know what the problem is. I literally specifically tonight forced myself to put more emphasis on making sure that I'm sliding my foot all the way up the board, but my back foot is still leaving the tail a lot and they basically still look the same on video. It's as if I've told my brain to do something entirely different but in reality though, I'm still doing the same things. It'd be like if I used a green crayon to color something on paper but instead of calling it green, I just make up a completely different name for its color when in reality it's just simply the color green. You can't just call something differently or give it a different name and expect it to spontaneously be different. It doesn't work that way....and I get that..but I feel like that's what's happening though with my ollies lol. Sorry for the long message too. I know it's too long.

Hexapplan I highly recommend sending in a skate support. It helps me to see rather than describing it. Link in description! (:

How did it go

@@jewlstra I landed it but sadly I’ve quit skateboarding

Share the video so I can help more people!

That's awesome to hear! Glad I could help out!

Wow! you have been skating for -44 years. That is insane bro

@@bermchasin1988

Glad I could help out!! ☺️

That means a lot! ❤️

Fr same for me

Glad I could help :) Make sure to show some of your skate friends this video if they're struggling

wow true olie

Very true!

Glad you got back into it!

love the edit

THIS IS HOW I FEEL I WANT TO SCREAM. I actually did scream earlier lol

just go on a trampoline lmfao

No matter how many times I practice sliding my foot I cant

It’s gonna take time. It’s annoying trick but you’ll persevere!

haha im gonna do the same

imma try this too

Imma do the same

@@HoochJune any luck?

okay ill do the same

me too! did u get ur ollie yet?

@@kaycreight6834 i did!! but the back of the board is still low but its a start!! :)

sierra s how did u get it to pop?? i can slide and stuff but the back will just not pop!

@@kaycreight6834 you have to push reallllly hard. u have to jump and as soon as u pop, u slide the board.

sierra s girlll i amm😭 i posted my ollie on my tiktok if u want to see, maybe u can tell me what im doing wrong?

Happy to help!

Awesome!

two years later and i am doing the same :)

Lucca Stanziale I mean it’s the same trick so you can’t really expect much difference some are just more in detail like this one

Simplest way is to imagine it as acting like you're trying to shove the board away in front of you but less exaggerated

@@seanbrownskating What happens to me is I *actually* shove the board away :0 it just flies away from me lol

@@Someone-fn3ij are you doing a pop shove it

@@Someone-fn3ij That happened to me lol. My board flew after i shoved the board. But i think, it is probably because of the friction between the shoe and the grip tape(correct mr if i'm wrong btw). So, i used the part of my shoe that has less friction so that i could shove the board without sending it to the sky.

catarina F 🤣🤣🤣🤣

:)

Thank you :)

fliX art simp

Will Kalic how does that make me a simp bro 😂

@@willkalic8870 u r using simp wrong

Don’t worry man! I’m just starting out ollie-ing and I’m still struggling a little bit, but just try not to get frustrated every time you miss one. Instead of thinking: “i suck/i failed again/I’m horrible at this”, try thinking about what you did wrong, and how to fix it! Telling yourself you suck all the time isn’t good for your confidence, but if you think of every “fail” as working towards a better ollie, you’ll have it down in no time. :)

TheDumbArtist Brooke thanks dude :))

That's awesome! Let me know how it goes!

Jelena Bieber whattt where do u live

Rxvnge 12 germany

Jelena Bieber ok thats cool

so u still skate??

make a video of you doing it

this

?

@@Selvanii they're saying they agree

it's all mental, the motion is the same. just keep practising until you get comfortable and overcome the fear

@@Eikomaniac It's been more than a year you know

😁

Sick!

I know right!

Lucky

Get it get it!

That's sick! Glad it helped!

Glad I could help! Let me know if I could assist anymore

Same i land only on front foot

haha me too

Awesome!

1 year later. How’s it going?

Did it help 😶

Happens to all of us lmao wait until you try and drop in

Honestly I don’t have a tip for that to not happen but you’re gonna fall no matter what everyone falls so my only tip is get used to falling and learn to know when you’re gonna fall so you can fall in a position where you’re going to get hurt less aha so basically get good at falling as well 😂

omfg that happened to me just now 😂😭

Same

not cap me right now

No problem!

Nice!

Makes me happy (:

Thanks for watching!

I gotchu!

Sick dude!

thats my problem. i can slide fine but i just cant get my back up. how did u fix?

@@kaycreight6834 try to not push down with your *whole* foot, but make your toes push down really fast by using your ankle, if that makes sense

rephlex ok, ill try that! thank you

Glad I could help!

Sean Brown thank you for making it possible for me to do an Ollie thank you so much