kickflip help

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

aight so let me know wat iam doing wrong on my k-flip..i have been wakeskating for a few months now and im so close but i cant throw these down..thanx

http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n262/CWAYCREW/?action=view&current=kick.flv

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

To me it looks like your kicking the board to far forward with your back foot. In the second and third attempt you can see it easier, it looks like the board is going to vertical too.

Raven · Posted: Oct 11, 2006 11:31 pm Post subject:

2.5 months.......... Shocked

You are not sucking the board up. Do a few inside out ollies big, suck the board up so it comes up under ya, throw an indy grab to make sure she's up there. Now your primed up...when you approach the wake you need to get lower and pump the board off the wake with your front foot then ollie with your back.....your front foot should be coming up quickly...you aren't waiting for the nose to come up....it always helps me if I move my front foot back a little, duck it a bit and move it back on your heelside edge a bit. As your front foot comes up with the board, you should flick..not kick...your foot off the side with a bit of forwardness to it...let her come flipping up and around and stomp that joker down til she is dead..dead...dead! Good luck! Just remember get behind that a$$!

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

yea i noticed that the board likes 2 shoot vertical on me

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

it looks like IMO that you need to let the boat pull you more over the ts edge of your board, i had the same problem for 8 months and finally realized what i was doing wrong, keep filming cus it helps alot with tricks, ESP this one, and helps you with style and your rockin in that department. So yes let the boat pull your upperbody alittle more over your toes and it looks like your kick is perfect. Keep it up bro its looking good Cool

ps, what helped me most was putting more weight on my front foot on the outer toes, might not work for ya but its what helped me most

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

SkateForce, thanks dude ill for sure try that out

this footy is on my first board a 43 lf impulse..but now i have a gb 41 urban and the pop is so much sicker, i think the gb will help me more with the k's