How To: Double Kickflip

What this video teaches

VLSkate frames the double kickflip as a kickflip you simply don't catch, letting it keep spinning for a second rotation, and isolates the pop, flick, and landing as the three parts to drill. The key technical adjustment is a modified front foot position, closer to the tail and turned more toward the nose, which speeds up the flick enough to complete two rotations.

Key tips

• 1Move your front foot closer to the tail and turn your toes more toward the nose than a standard kickflip stance
• 2Hang your front foot off the edge of the board slightly more than normal to help generate a faster flick
• 3Warm up by kicking several kickflip rotations without trying to land, just to get your flicking foot loose
• 4Once foot positioning is adjusted, add more flick power and check that the board flips easier with two rotations
• 5Build the muscle memory for how much force produces exactly two rotations, not one and not three
• 6Try the motion standing still while holding a railing before adding forward speed
• 7Keep your weight centered above the board even while missing the catch, this makes landing easier once you commit
• 8Land with your feet on either side of the board first before focusing on catching it cleanly

Summarized from the video transcript.