Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Whats the easiest way to ollie on a skateboard?
Ok first things first the basics front foot just behind the front truck bolts back foot on the tail. Stamp on the tail to get the pop and slide your front foot up the board to level it out for the landing. Bend your knees to absorb the impact of the landing and help you regain your balance. That is the basics of an ollie but putting it into practice is a bit tricky lol. Some things that helped me when i was learning (a long time ago lol). Firstly is poping the board, a lot of people just stamp the board and expect to get in the air but just lift the front trucks or the board goes flying away. Some things that help in this situation are wieght distrabution and timing issues. Your wieght should be on your front foot, left if you are regular footed right if you are goofy (like me) now jump and stamp down on the tail with your back foot. Slide your front up the deck foot to level out the board lift your knees to get more air. Try and land with your wieght evenly ditributed on both feet with your feet over the truck bolts to avoid snapping the board. Another wight distabution issue is leaning forward when you crouch down just befor you ollie, this can result in you landing off the board with the board behind you try and keep your body wieght centered over the board when you crouch and jump (this can be a bit tricky because you watch your feet when you are learning but you will get it i promise). The last tip i can give is try doing it stationary on gr or carpet at fist (some people dont suggest this but it helped me). The softer surface will help keep the board steady and help you worry less about bailing while you build your confidence at first. When you get the feel of it move on to rolling and ollieing adding speed and hight as you go. It takes A LOT of practice and you will mess up and bail a lot but eventually it will click and you will be doing ollies like the pro's. I hope this helps (sorry about the long answer but i tried to get in as much detail as i could lol). Any queries let me know.
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