Get Your Varial Flips ON LOCK

What this video teaches

Skate IQ covers the varial flip in a structured six-phase breakdown covering setup, loading, launch, tail strike, footwork, and landing confirmation. The video discusses two distinct foot-position strategies, a tight lower-foot stance for reactivity and a wider more stable stance, and teaches how to read where the board is on your center line to fix board-drift problems.

Key tips

• 1Tight foot position with front foot at the center line or below, back foot in the toe-side pocket with toes on the board
• 2Wind up the back shoulder slightly forward during the squat so you have rotational energy to give the board on the way up
• 3Pop the toe side of the tail, not the middle, so the board rebounds into the flip and frontside rotation simultaneously
• 4Front foot pushes straight through the heel-side rail, a very intuitive flick direction that keeps the flip consistent
• 5Keep the board on your center line, not rotating the nose out past your toes, or the board will be too far in front at landing
• 6Front foot goes on the front bolts, back toes slightly off the board, to load both rails equally and stay balanced
• 7If the board keeps spinning frontside past your feet, you are leaning off the side to initiate rotation instead of using the wind-up load
• 8Aim to land on your front foot first, it gives the most balance and counters the tendency to slide backwards

Summarized from the video transcript.