heelflip

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 10, 2003 3:51 pm Post subject: heelflip

ok im not like trying these that often yet but i notice when i try them the skate kicks out away from me. is this something that happens in skateboarding too? any sugestions on how to keep the skate under me better?

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Which direction does it kick out?

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

i`m going to try them next time i go riding but i hope it doesnt fly away from me!

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 10, 2003 6:01 pm Post subject:

i do them inside out toeside and it kicks out farther toeside. i think i am not kicking it down enough but i am not sure. i dont want it to nosedive into the water as it does if i do kickflips with to much of a kick. how would you do it skateboarding? and does this sort of thing ever happen skateboarding? any sugestions? o i am already real drunk becuase it is my friends birthday but i am going to build a rail tomorrow and then ride sunday so hopefully sunday i stick one. please help with any sugestions. and anything i spelled wrong or whatever dont get mad becuase im real drunk

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Maybe kick it more toward the nose instead of off to the side?

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

yea thats the problem, if you dont skateboard youll think the heelflip will be like the mob kickflip, just kicked down, not out, so youll do that when your trying heelflips too. And im pretty sure your not gonna have much control mobbing a heelsflip, theres gonna have to be some foot sliding action to make it spin properly and with control

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

ya and when i skate and i do heelflips i kinda hang my toes off the board. But i dont no if you could hang your toes on a wakeskate.

Fredrick_Eisenhauer · Posted: Oct 11, 2003 8:47 am Post subject:

Yeah like wakesk8r9610 said and i like to have my front foot a couple on inches in front of my back foot (like 8 or so) and like give it a little boot (looks like im doing the can-can in mid air Rolling Eyes

). This way ive found gives me the most rotation. But a skate is probably different and to be honest, i cant wakeskate very good so yeah my info probably wont be useful.

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 11, 2003 12:23 pm Post subject:

Fredrick_Eisenhauer, if you can do it on a skateboard its usefull info becuase i cant do anything on the skateboard and it all crosses over somewhat. so let me make sure i get this right. i want to have my foot more to where my heel is in the middle of the board, i want to pop it outt of the water and kick down and up the nose and out to the side all at once? and if its kicking away i want to kick down more? is that correct/?

Fredrick_Eisenhauer · Posted: Oct 11, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject:

Nah dont kick it towards the nose, kick it out perpundicular to the board. Also really exagerate (s/p?) hanging your foot over the board. I like have 2/3 of my heel of the board, but some people have differnent styles with this so try different ones. Make sure you start the flip in the air (obviously) because if you dont it goes in between your legs hard flip fashion and yeah could do some damage... but if you could land it like that it would be sweet. Once it starts to spin bring your legs up so they dont screw up the flip bring them over the board and stomp it.

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

ya the biggest problem i have is my feet catching the board so suck up your feet alot.

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Yeah, I don't know F.E. (didn't feel like spelling out the whole name); I can do pretty good heelflips on a skateboard (they're one of the few flip tricks that I can do really well) and mine always work best when I kick it straight off the nose. Of course, it could be completeley different on a wakeskate, so I'm not really sure how you'd do it, but kicking it off the nose definitely helps to prevent rackage, if you know what I mean...

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

i dont think you should flip it off the nose cause then it would go down.

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Yeah, that's what I was thinking kinda, since you're on a wakeskate instead of a skateboard. All I know is that on a normal skateboard, kickflips and heelflips work WAY better when you flick your foot right off the nose.

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

ya but on a wakeskate i think you would ahve to kick it alot harder beacause its wider and heavier so i dont no if u should flick it as much.

nick · Posted: Dec 07, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject:

ts would be way harder

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

i want to see someone land them!!!

nick · Posted: Dec 10, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject:

so do i

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

just like they do kickflips on the picnic table @ OWC they should do hellflips too!!!

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

i tried to draw something to explain it but it didnt work. i guess im not a frederick