kickflippers..

theguynextdoor0 · Faceplant Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 13

so when doing a kickflip is it best to kick straight down or to kinda roll ur foot like on a skateboard..?

-Supra- · Frontside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 356 City: Orlando

its easier to kick straight down

looks better if you can flick it

jake .R. · Posted: May 30, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject:

dont make the mistake of learning it the "lazy way". learn to flick it

nate_ · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1226 City: toronto

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

theguynextdoor0, dont kick it straight down, but if its to tricky dont asume that you have to flick it as extreme as Ben Horan's B E A utiful kickies. Find a happy medium. Style comes with time, so if your first kicky is super mobbed, who cares? You just landed a kickflip! And NO ONE is going to take that away from you. Once you get more used to the trick you can try to start to flick them more, if thats a problem for you. But most wakeskaters I've seen flick their kickies at least a little bit (Drew Mcguckin is the only exception). Go with the flow.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

to me if you catch it really high and stomp it, wheather it's flicked or mobed it still looks really good

DIRK · Posted: May 30, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

The Kid, well said

Smash

canalskater · Taco Bell Fa'Lyfe Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 649

very few people flick their kickflips.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 31, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

TrevorT · Frontside 180 Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 356 City: 941

On 1-10 how much harder is flicking it?

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 01, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

Alright, i don't mean to sound like an idiot, but what exactly do you guys mean by "flicking it"?
And how does it compare to just kicking it strait down?

EJazzle · Posted: Jun 01, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:

T-Hawk, look at your sig. that is FLICKED!!!

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jun 01, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:

T-Hawk, ya look at this foot just flicks that shizzle right over... so dope.

theguynextdoor0 · Faceplant Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 13

ben horan says it is a definite no to kick straight down..

stOAKed · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 1946

T-Hawk, LOL its like you would on a skateboard

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 01, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Oh, alright.
I understand now. Smile