Learn to Ollie

The building block of skating for tricks and cruising

Realized the secret to getting the board off the ground comes from stepping on the tail, which pops the whole board up. The first part of the video shows this. So, the trick is to jump “out of the way”, to allow the popping up board to travel freely. You can feel when you’ve popped the board properly, then begin jumping all at once

Much more difficult with a moving board, balance is all off, most of the time don’t get in the air because trying to stay centered. Bepis had good advice to try to keep CG towards center, where I’m leaning back on tail. To step on tail I’m shifting all my weight to tail so need to find sweet spot with technique

Big breakthroughs: 1. really started jumping instead of being worried board would fly away if jumping. 2. started popping tail harder and more with toe than back of foot, reducing weight on back foot. 3. picking back foot up more to allow board to travel up. 4. got softer wheels to mitigate pebble fear Needed improvements: still pushing board around when loading up to jump. Balance still slightly off

I'm having trouble ollieing while moving. I can't seem to jump forward while applying pressure to the tail