How To BACKSIDE HEELFLIP

What this video teaches

SKATE HACKS breaks down the backside heelflip with the same setup as a standard heelflip, but recommends an "opposite pressure" back-foot placement (toes only, on the rail opposite the front foot) borrowed from tre-flip technique to make the flick come more naturally. Frames the trick as two halves: the flip-and-90-degree catch, then finishing the remaining rotation.

Key tips

• 1Set up your front foot exactly as you would for a normal heelflip, this base position does not change for the backside version
• 2Place your back foot with only the toes on the board, on the rail opposite your front foot's heel-flip position, to create an opposite-pressure effect that makes the flick come more easily
• 3Swing your arms into a wind-up before popping, this is the same momentum-building motion used across all 180-degree flip tricks
• 4Break the trick mentally into two halves: the flip plus the first 90 degrees, then simply maintaining momentum to finish the rotation
• 5Aim to catch the board right around the halfway, 90-degree point of the rotation, this is the reliable checkpoint for good timing
• 6The most common failure is prioritizing the 180 turn over the heel flick, causing the board to under-rotate its flip; refocus on getting a clean flick first
• 7Use this same opposite-foot pressure setup for other heelflip variations (backside heel, nollie heel, front heel) if it works for you
• 8Keep the setup and flick fundamentals identical to a flat-ground heelflip, only the wind-up and catch timing change for the added rotation

Summarized from the video transcript.