Rolling your foot ** Now with a video any help appreciated**

Jama · Guest

I am trying to work on getting my ollies a little higher and have a few questions.

When people say that on wakeskate you don't have to roll your foot to ollie like you would in skateboarding do they mean you don't have to slide your foot up?

Also, I'm not sure if this is true or not but for me it feels like on a wakeskate you pop, and then move your front foot forward to even it out. On the other hand, when you ride a skateboard you pop the tail and slide your foot at the same time. Am I right in saying you that you do them one after the other on a wakeskate?

http://www.wakeskating.com/media/showphoto.php?photo=2535&cat=503

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

Yea, it's more of a push than a slide (of your foot). Watch the ollie trick tip video on this site too.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

Oh yea it's not like a skateboard where you pop and slide your foot up when you feel the snap, it's more of a flowing kind of motion. Sorry if that's confusing, I can't teach people over the e-net.

Jama · Guest

jboss, This may be a topic for a whole new thread but, how much has skateboarding helped you with wakeskating?

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

It's not a perfect transfer, but it definately helped generally. A shuvit on a skateboard and wakeskate is pretty similar so it didn't take long to learn it. I'm gettin close to kay-effs too, even though it's a way different feel and harder to do on a skate I got the general motion down. So yea if you have a skating backround and are decent at it it should help.

Jama · Guest

ripava82 · Guest

jboss, shuvs on a wakeskate are easier i think

BRAZIL-CONCAVEwakeskates · Posted: Jun 26, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject:

Jama, on a skateboard you also pop the tail first and then roll your foot foward. Its not like wakeskating though... best tip for ollies on wakeskates for me is to dig your front foot, and than your back foot for pop. After thet you can move your front foot foward, maybe even roll it for style and heigth.

i<3wksk8 · Frontside 180 Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 262

flatten out completely kinda bounce once then pop the tail. then roll your body foward, you will figure it out as you get more and more comfortable on the board. but it is hard to explain on the computer.

wakemitch · Posted: Jun 29, 2006 2:28 am Post subject:

Jama, when you ollie try to jump of your back foot as hard as you can and bring up you back leg so the board can actually leave the water. when you reach the peak of the jump flaten out with your front foot

skimboarder · Posted: Jun 29, 2006 3:21 am Post subject:

jama you know i skate and a skateboard ollie is quite a bit different. my wakeskate ollies are getting really high now. skateboarding ollies you pop, and drag. wakeskating i just pop and sorta pull up, my front foot does go forward a little bit but it's not a drag at all. it's sorta hard to explain but i'm sure you know what i'm talking about.

but here's exactly what i do. i sorta rock my body forward on the board, and as soon as i'm coming back down on the back rocker, i pop as hard as i can, then i just pull up and it should all come natural from there.

btw man we should deff ride sometime!

yabu · Posted: Jun 30, 2006 1:58 am Post subject:

Jama, IMO, your not digging your back foot hard enough and not sucking your front knees high enough! do this and your ollie will be higher.

Aurora · Faceplant Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 22

i know from skateboarding for 5 years that its really important to lift up your back leg\foot i usually think of myself doing ollie souths which gets me really high. btw ollie souths is what i call the trick not a real trick though where you lift up your back leg a ton.

ripava82 · Guest

I suck at ollies both my feet fall off the board and i nose dive

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

Slam that back foot and get your knee's to your chest.

Jama · Guest

Hey do you guys bring the handle at a downward motion when you do it? That seems to help me.

mario c. · Guest

THE KEY IS TO HAVE BOTH FEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRE-KICKS. THEN LIKE THE OTHER BRO'S SAID, POP AND SUCK UP THEN LEVEL OUT. IT'S ALL ABOUT TRUSTING YOU'R BOARD TO COME UP AND STAY LEVEL.

LAXitives288 · Posted: Aug 15, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

I'm rather new, but i rock forward a bit and then slam the hell out of my back foot and then i level out like i would on a skateboard, no foot movement.

cjbecker · Posted: Aug 15, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

Just give her hell. That is how you ollie.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Aug 20, 2006 9:48 am Post subject:

if you try to submerge the nose with you front foot and then to your back foot front foot ollie rythm like a skateboard youll get higher. it makes the board want to come out of the water because of its shape. this is why you see people 'pumping' somewhat. if you try to just start with your back foot you will get an ollie, but not as high because you wont have the same leverage and it may suction (a little) to the water not keeping the board to your feet. i like the board up against my feet when i ollie.