HOW TO DOLPHIN FLIP/ FORWARD FLIP- 2 Hacks tutorial

What this video teaches

Taeho Favre calls the dolphin flip essentially a vertical varial flip and lists shove-it, kickflip and varial flip as prerequisites. The foot setup is close to a regular kickflip, back foot on the bottom of the tail and front foot a little above the bolts, with the flick placed between the middle of the nose and the toe-side angle of the nose so the board flips end over end. His first fix addresses the most common failure, where the front foot flicks and then hits the ground immediately, which stops the rotation: instead of pushing straight down, extend the leg and push the board forward in front of you so it has room to complete the flip. His second and, in his view, most important fix is for boards that only varial flip horizontally: lean forward onto your toes before you pop, which tilts the board slightly and gives you the forward momentum to jump ahead and catch it.

Key tips

• 1Know your shove-it, kickflip and varial flip first; the dolphin flip is effectively a vertical varial flip
• 2Foot setup is close to a kickflip: back foot on the bottom of the tail, front foot slightly above the bolts
• 3Flick between the middle of the nose and the toe-side angle of the nose to get the board flipping vertically
• 4Fix for the front foot hitting the ground and killing the rotation: extend the leg and push the board forward in front of you rather than straight down
• 5Fix for the board only doing a flat varial flip: lean forward onto your toes before you pop so the board tilts and you carry momentum forward into the catch

Summarized from the video transcript.