How To: Half Impossible (Pressure Shove It)
How To: Half Impossible (Pressure Shove It) by VLSkate is a skateboarding tutorial for the Bigspin Impossible. VLSkate covers the half impossible, a trick that starts with the exact same back foot scoop as a full impossible but cancels the rotation partway to land a clean 180 pop shove-it variant instead.
What this video teaches
VLSkate covers the half impossible, a trick that starts with the exact same back foot scoop as a full impossible but cancels the rotation partway to land a clean 180 pop shove-it variant instead. A useful cross-training video for impossible mechanics since it isolates the initial scoop and a no-comply-style drill used to feel it out while standing still.
Key tips
- Have pop shove-its, impossibles, or pressure flips down first, this trick borrows the back foot scoop motion directly from those
- Set your front foot slightly behind the bolts at an angle so it can pull out of the way easily, and your back foot in the pocket with toes hanging off
- Never pop the tail for this motion, the rotation comes entirely from scooping into the tail, not from a pop
- Practice the no-comply version first: front foot stays down, back foot alone scoops the board partway around while you feel out the motion
- Get the board to flip over onto its grip tape and rest under your back foot before attempting the full return flip, this in-between position is what your foot should feel like mid-trick
- Slightly lift your back foot and toes to flip the board back onto its wheels once it is resting grip-tape-down under your foot
- Watch that your shoulders do not open up frontside to counteract the backside rotation of your back foot, keep them square
- Take extra time re-learning the scoop while rolling since momentum changes how it feels compared to standing still
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Bigspin Impossible