heelflips (skateboard)

andy ross · Posted: May 06, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject: heelflips (skateboard)

why are they so hard they make me feel like a failure in life.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i think they're easier that kick flips.

TannerC · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo

Yah me 2 i find them easier.

andy ross · Posted: May 06, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject:

i cant do them.... they make me sad

s34n · Posted: May 06, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:

I find them hard. Really hard. I don't know why.... I've been doing tre flips for years, but still i cant do a heelflip?

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

I am so much better at heelflipping stuff than I am kickflipping. I think the key is staying really over your board becuse there's a tendancy to lean forward from the waist too much and end up flipping the board so it gets away behind you... if that makes any sense... just keep flicking a few every time you skate without focusing on it. I find that unless I come close to landing something, it does more harm than good to sit there trying it over and over and not coming any closer. Just relax and don't stress over it too much. Cool

s34n · Posted: May 07, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject:

When I try them, I always go way too far forward. Like my board ends up behind me, and i land with only my heels on the board and my toes touch the ground

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 08, 2005 7:56 am Post subject:

that was my first flip trick, ya u gotta stay back and over the board.