(Don't Flick With Your Heel!) How To: HEELFLIP | Heelflip Tutorial
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(Don't Flick With Your Heel!) How To: HEELFLIP | Heelflip Tutorial by Tom's Tutorials is a skateboarding tutorial for the Heelflip. A concise, tip-focused tutorial built around the counterintuitive insight that the heelflip is actually flicked with the toe, not the heel, with key emphasis on leaning over the toe side to prevent rocket flips.
What this video teaches
A concise, tip-focused tutorial built around the counterintuitive insight that the heelflip is actually flicked with the toe, not the heel, with key emphasis on leaning over the toe side to prevent rocket flips.
Key tips
1Place the back toe in the center of the tail, not pushed to either side, to ensure a clean pop
2The front foot does not hang off the board nearly as much as skaters assume for a heelflip
3Flick with the front toe pressing down on the nose-side edge, putting full weight through that toe, not the heel
4Keep the foot relatively flat during the flick rather than rolling fully onto the toes
5Lean over the toe side of the board before popping: leaning back causes rocket flips and puts you at risk of getting hit
6A slight forward lean helps the board stay level and keeps you ahead of it through the rotation
7Timing matters: let the pop happen first and flick slightly late to help the board level out in the air
8Keep shoulders square and parallel to the board throughout the trick