How To Finger Flip Trick Tip
How To Finger Flip Trick Tip by Josh Katz is a skateboarding tutorial for the Fingerflip. Josh Katz teaches the rolling version where you pop the board up into your front hand from a nose-grab position and flick it around with your wrist.
What this video teaches
Josh Katz teaches the rolling version where you pop the board up into your front hand from a nose-grab position and flick it around with your wrist. His feet start in roughly an ollie stance with the front foot slightly further back, so that once the board is up in the hand the feet are already clear and do not interfere with the flick. The hand flicks the wrist to start the rotation and pushes down at the same time to level the board out, and he compares the catch to a kickflip catch. His two fixes for running out of time are doing it off a ramp, where the angle pops the board into your hand faster, and reaching lower so your front hand is closer to the nose before you grab it.
Key tips
- Set the feet roughly in an ollie stance with the front foot slightly further back so they clear the board once it pops into your hand
- Pop the board up into the front hand from a nose-grab position, then flick the wrist to spin it while pushing down to level it out
- Fingers on the graphic or thumb on the board are both viable; pick whichever grip feels better to you
- Catch it with your feet the same way you would catch a kickflip
- Build up in stages: pop it into your hand and land without flipping, then flip it without committing, then go for the full landing
- If you run out of time to complete the rotation, try it off a ramp for a faster pop, and bend lower so your front hand starts closer to the nose
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Fingerflip