HOW TO DOLPHIN FLIP THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL

What this video teaches

Christopher Chan calls the dolphin flip a vertical varial flip and keeps a near kickflip stance, just with the front foot less slanted and closer to horizontal. He pops off the center of the tail with the very tip of his toe, pauses about half a second so the tail lifts off the ground, then flicks off a very specific point on the nose between the middle and the side, and pulls his legs up so the board has room to flip vertically. His two diagnostics are that flicking too far off the side produces a horizontal varial flip instead of a vertical rotation, and that the nose hitting the ground means you are flicking too early, which he fixes by ollieing first and flicking slightly later in the air. He catches the trick with the back foot first because the tail comes around before the nose, and recommends learning it by flipping the board away from your body and gradually bringing it closer.

Key tips

• 1Stance is close to a kickflip but with the front foot less slanted, closer to horizontal
• 2Pop off the very center of the tail using the tip of the toe, not the whole foot
• 3Wait roughly half a second after the pop, until the tail is an inch off the ground, before flicking
• 4Flick off a specific spot on the nose between the middle and the side; too far to the side and the board flips horizontally like a varial flip
• 5If the nose keeps hitting the ground, ollie first and flick slightly later in the air so there is room underneath for the board to rotate
• 6Pull the legs up so the board has space to flip vertically underneath you
• 7Catch it with the back foot first, since the tail comes around and lands before the nose, then set the front foot down
• 8Learn it safely by flipping the board out away from your body until the rotation is consistent, then bringing it in closer each try before committing to landing on it

Summarized from the video transcript.