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ollieshuvitz Backside 180
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 1669 City: east bay area
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Posted: Sep 16, 2003 8:13 pm Post subject: Kickflips |
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How do you do 'em? Hampson style or just kick your toe down and what kind of board r u tryin them on? |
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484rider Frontside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 442 City: orlando
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wcwakeskater Backside 180
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1442 City: Vicksburg
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Posted: Sep 16, 2003 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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i was wondering that too, i thought he just did a swith kickflip? |
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Todd Pop Shuvit
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 211 City: Battle Ground
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Posted: Sep 16, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hampson does them like on a skateboard, ollie and drag your foot off the rail (drag) , unlike Horrell and McGuckin who ollie off the board and kick at the lead corner (poke) _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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ollieshuvitz Backside 180
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 1669 City: east bay area
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Posted: Sep 16, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Todd's got it. I've tried a few, inside out like Thomas and I get really close, like i just need to catch the board and i'll have it. As for Hampson style, its like on a skateboard, therefore you can throw them in the flats and consitently. So, I think learning Hampson style would be worth it in the long run. _________________ .:Wake UP Films:.
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greg van wagnen Backside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1924 City: Columbus
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Posted: Sep 16, 2003 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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i think i do em hampson style then _________________ P.S.... this is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated |
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Kian Ollie
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 60 City: Singapore
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 12:57 am Post subject: |
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Not sure if my advice would be any good as I have yet to land one, but here goes anyway.. I'm trying it from inside out, Horrell/McGuckin style... main problems i encounter is either tapping the board too far up in front and too early, causing the nose to dive down.
The other problem occurs when i do get the flip right, i don't lift my back foot high enough and it catches the board after half a flip, and I end up stomping it like a darkslide to face grind or ball slap. haha... have fun... |
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Dave Barousse Faceplant
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 8:22 am Post subject: |
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I have the same problems Kian. I always let my back foot get in the way. Maybe it is becuase I've doen them for so many years on a skateboard and I didn't have to lift my back foot so much because the board is so much smaller?? |
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cassette51 Frontside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 334 City: Plano
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 11:43 am Post subject: |
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yea by back foot always catches the board and i just land on it. why? _________________ Centurion Boats |
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skatingguy Pop Shuvit
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 12:29 pm Post subject: Kickflips |
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Have any of you seen someone do a kickflip on a wakeskate without mobbing the hell out of it?? Just wondering. |
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ollieshuvitz Backside 180
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 1669 City: east bay area
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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skatingguy
not really, b/c the board is heavier. I've tried 'em on a 40 and 43' cassette conaves, and I've gotta just a hair closer on the 43'...so maybe the size of the board doesn;t matter that much. Also, when I try them, i don't kick it real hard, b/c they're so heavy that their inertia should flip them...my theory anywayz _________________ .:Wake UP Films:.
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xboard32x Backside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1497 City: Wisconsin
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I havn't landed one yet, but suck your knees up like crazy. I have landed on the board plenty of times just upside down. I kick it to hard and face plant=bloody nose. |
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wcwakeskater Backside 180
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1442 City: Vicksburg
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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These falls sound painful |
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greg van wagnen Backside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1924 City: Columbus
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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whats mobbing, n i dont really suck my knees up much, i think i do it kinda like how skaters do it, not sure havent videoed it yet though _________________ P.S.... this is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated |
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484rider Frontside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 442 City: orlando
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skatingguy Pop Shuvit
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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"Mob" is where you kick your foot down like an angry donkey instead of flicking it off the board. Most skateboard pros have "flicked" kickflips, where the foot goes straight off the end of the nose and flicks the board into a spin; the front foot never gets below the level of the board, and it makes your kickflips a whole lot prettier and more under control. |
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Kian Ollie
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 60 City: Singapore
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Posted: Sep 17, 2003 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Dave, know exactly what you mean mate... you think you get the flip right and its rotating nicely, then, "tonk!' your back foot stops the rotation and stomp it upside down... I used to do them on the skateboard as well and suppose you're right about it being the cause, back foot's used to being somewhat lazy...
Guess will just have to really consciously lift up the back foot before "mobbing" it.. kinda breaking up the trick in stages:
1) ollie (this probably applies more to kickflips off the lip or off the wake, I guess);
2) suck up both knees as high as possible;
3) "mob" the heel edge as close to the middle of the board as possible with front foot;
4) spot the completed flip and catch with both feet;
5) absorb landing...
what dya reckon? |
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Dave Barousse Faceplant
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sep 18, 2003 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Congrats Chase, that's really cool.
Kian,
That sounds like a plan. I try them here and there, but I never really kept trying them over and over. I'll have to take your approach and give it a try. |
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wcwakeskater Backside 180
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1442 City: Vicksburg
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Posted: Sep 18, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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I wanna try a kickflip next season. |
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484rider Frontside 180
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 442 City: orlando
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