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CrunchyFingers Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 329 Join date : 2011-03-26 Location : Philippines
| Subject: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:21 pm | |
| Simple enough. How do you kickflip? Do you flick with your index? Both fingers? Do you have a unique style? Do you catch it early? Late? I personally try to do mine realistically. Flicking with my index and catching it right away. |
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stevenfilms Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1507 Join date : 2010-08-02 Age : 26 Location : USA Companies : Filming, skating, and fingerboarding Setup : Redemption MMC, wide tuned trucks, china non-bearing wheels , Incredibly Smooth & Grippy tape
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:40 pm | |
| I kinda flip it by moving my whole hand to the left(I'm right handed). Then I try to keep my fingers just barely above the board, then I catch it with my back finger, put my front finger back on the board and land. |
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Ironfingers Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1893 Join date : 2011-06-17 Location : Mostly Belgium
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:50 pm | |
| For me it's all in the front finger, I do a regular ollie and right a I reach the peak I flick my front finger..
It's sticks to my fingers best that way |
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Xi Council
Posts : 2664 Join date : 2011-02-12 Location : Beijing, China Setup : Tech Deck Performance Series
Kamelpro 32.5mm Melus deck, Ytrucks X4, Oak RV2V, FBS tape
Kamelpro 32.5mm Amble deck, BRTs, Oak RV2V, FBS tape
Homemade freestyle 30mm deck, Ytrucks X3, FlatfacexOak, Ace V3 tape
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:59 pm | |
| Most of the time, my kickflips are quite lazy - low, fast flip, low catch. I can pop high ones and catch it really high too though. Kickflips are my favourite trick and it's pretty fun doing different versions of it. I can do pretty good late kickflips but my camera was never good enough to capture it very clearly. |
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
BRT Wides
Witchcraft Teals
Flatface BRR Ed.
Ace Tape
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:38 pm | |
| mine are weird, my hand barely moves at all so I don't really know what I do, haha.. all I know is that they're one of my favourite tricks |
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Mikkel S Moderator
Posts : 3752 Join date : 2011-09-20 Age : 33 Location : Denmark Setup :
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:14 pm | |
| I don't really know either.. It's like when you have been able to do a trick for some years, and you can do them almost every time, then all it takes its to think about the trick and pop the tail, haha. |
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Pedro Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 334 Join date : 2011-09-01 Age : 28 Location : Portugal Setup : Flint
Blackriver trucks
Oak wheels Minis
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:31 pm | |
| - kerryDETH wrote:
- mine are weird, my hand barely moves at all so I don't really know what I do, haha.. all I know is that they're one of my favourite tricks
Yeah i also do like that most of the times but sometimes i try to do some realistic ones flicking the front finger. They are more consistent this way, for me |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:17 pm | |
| i try and constantly practice new techniques, can eveolve your style that way. |
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willhopewell Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1445 Join date : 2009-08-12 Age : 29 Location : Mansfield,UK Setup : Berlinwood
BRT's
Winker's
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:59 pm | |
| i just move my finger out and try to catch it keeping it realistic, really huge kick flips are rad but look silly imo |
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Danny H Admin
Posts : 10411 Join date : 2009-07-13 Age : 28 Location : Leeds Setup : Blosom Split Ply
TNP Tape
Y-Trucks X4
Cartwheels
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:27 pm | |
| I put lots of pressure on the left side of the board, then a few seconds after it finishes rotating, I put my hand on it and roll away smoothly with all 3 fingers! kidding, idk, its definately my favourite trick, I guess I flick front finger a bit? not sure |
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mikkolangot Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 289 Join date : 2011-08-10 Age : 35 Location : Acworth, GA Setup : Main Setup:
FlatFace G13
Blackriver Trucks Rad Red 2.0
FBS Extra Smooth
FF BRR Edition wheels (black)
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:42 am | |
| I'm still on the stage on experimenting it. I don't have much consistency but I have 3 ways to do it. 1st is that do an ollie and right after the pop i flick my index finger to the nose which is kinda harder for me. 2nd do a regular ollie stance but flicking my wrist towards me and catch. 3rd is doing like a claw type on my finger on a regular stance and right after the pop flick the index finger to the dip of the board. But I really need to practice the timings because sometimes my flick is kinda already late. |
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DamonFB FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 65 Join date : 2011-09-01 Setup : FlatFace G12 with TD wides and china bearing wheels
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:22 am | |
| I just learnt them, what I do is I kick it like a normal ollie and then once the boards in the air i just push both my fingers forward (my front finger more though) and then just sketchy land haha :/ |
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Robert Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1222 Join date : 2011-05-08 Age : 31 Location : jupiter Setup : 卐卐卐
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:57 pm | |
| I do them by moving my index finger forward, then bringing it back. I try to catch them, but I haven't got the catches dialed yet. |
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RM Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 886 Join date : 2011-10-04 Age : 30 Location : Toronto Companies : Music, FB, SB, Sporting Setup : Woodguest Deck
FBS Extra Smooth Tape
Blackriver Trucks 2.0
Black RV Oak Wheels
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:38 am | |
| my kickflips are actually quite odd. i flip them by flicking my wrist up after the pop so the board is going upwards while flipping. i then catch it at the peak of the boards height and slam it back down. my fingers dont do the flicking, its in the wrist movement for me. they are on average 8-9 inches in height at the peak.
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Tim Lowery Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1802 Join date : 2009-10-22 Age : 30 Location : Seymour Tennessee Companies : filming, baseball, and self pleasuring Setup : Redemption NM
BLUEFLY WIDES
FBS ES
FlatFace G6 D Black
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:29 am | |
| - kerryDETH wrote:
- mine are weird, my hand barely moves at all so I don't really know what I do, haha.. all I know is that they're one of my favourite tricks
same lol |
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MartinRobs FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 113 Join date : 2011-09-25 Age : 34 Location : Toronto, Canada Companies : U of O Setup : Homewood M9, 30mm wide
Propaganda trucks (gold)
Bollie wheels (red)
Foamy greatness tape
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:11 am | |
| - Ironfingers wrote:
- For me it's all in the front finger, I do a regular ollie and right a I reach the peak I flick my front finger..
It's sticks to my fingers best that way What direction/where do you flick your finger? |
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mikkolangot Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 289 Join date : 2011-08-10 Age : 35 Location : Acworth, GA Setup : Main Setup:
FlatFace G13
Blackriver Trucks Rad Red 2.0
FBS Extra Smooth
FF BRR Edition wheels (black)
| Subject: Re: How Do You Kickflip? Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:18 am | |
| For me It's more difficult for me to flick to the nose but I observed that it will land much cleaner and straight. But I usually flick through the dip of the deck towards me. *I use my wrist not my fingers to flick it though.* |
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