ollies

shinseth · Faceplant Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 12

i have tried and tried, but i have never seemed able to do an ollie. is there anything that would make it easier such as boat speed, or my footing on the board? any tips would be great.

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

practice, maybe on a skateboard!

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 25, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

ripava82 · Guest

shinseth, how long have you been wakeskating?

Jordan Sprague · Posted: Jan 26, 2007 11:59 am Post subject:

pop it and bring your knees up to you with the board(r u trying inside ot or flats)

shinseth · Faceplant Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 12

about 1 and a half years

DirtyCracker · Guest

try pushing down then pushing off back foot and bring front foot up and bring back foot up the higher you bring up your feet higher it will go usally

righteous · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 679 City: orlando

shinseth, thats a long time to be riding, can u do any other tricks?

shinseth · Faceplant Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 12

i live in minnesota, so i only get 3 months a year to wakeskate. and i only get to the lake about 3 times a month.

Hyperlite_06Byerly · Posted: Jan 27, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject:

1 and 1/2 years and u cant ollie? that sucks dude.

Minnesota must have sumthin wierd in the air

CapriSunAllNatural · Posted: Jan 27, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

WIDE STANCE!

liquidstunts · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 852

relax when you do it, don't think about it so much... just remember you gotta get your feet up. but hit me back when you get it dialed... my buddy kevin has been tryin to ride with me for a yr. now, and he can barely get up. and i've tried everything. HAHA
tell me what worked for you, so i can tell him.

p.s. it's time to migrate south.

HSauce15 · Faceplant Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 9 City: Monroe

let me ask this, when push down with your back foot do yall roll yalls front foot like a skateboard??? Don't worry Shinseth I live in Louisiana and can't dial it yet because to busy most of time with school and work, but don't have a boat. All that bout to change though cause i'm getting a boat at the end of summer.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: May 07, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

shinseth, buy a skateboard, a good idea since it is cold most of the year. i think skateboarding is key. and if someone wants to make fun of you for not being able to ollie, tell them to go F themselves. that's not what wakeskating is about. have fun and good luck.

shane · Frontside 180 Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 493 City: Lost

Hyperlite_06Byerly, go play in traffic. Preferably a busy highway.

JB_CANSKATE · Posted: May 07, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

I don't think skateboarding ollies will help that much. I find every spring I can only ollie like a foot and it takes me a longggg time to get the skate ollie out of my muscle memory.

Get a wide stance, bend those knees, stomp your backfoot hard and sortof hop with the board as it comes up. DON'T slide your front foot but instead try to just push it out a little infront of you and suck your back leg up with the skate. Land with the board level and your feet wide and in about the same spot you started your ollie with. Hopefully it helps.

maybe post a vid of your attempts next time so we can see whast your doing wrong.

JamesBoardr · Posted: May 08, 2007 12:05 am Post subject:

JB_CANSKATE, skateboarding helps

JB_CANSKATE · Posted: May 08, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject:

Alright I take that back if you can't ollie on either then practicing on a skate would help give you a bit of the feel. I just found that my ollies would turn back to skateboard style ollies from skateboarding and snowskating for 8 month so my ollies in the spring would be small and not stable. Maybe just because I'm rusty

HSauce15 · Faceplant Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 9 City: Monroe

thanks man i'll try that out

mr robotto · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 1052

can you do it on a skateboard?

at least if you can't do it for the time your out on the water, at least you can practice at home