How To: HARDFLIP | Hardflip Tutorial

What this video teaches

Detail-oriented tutorial covering weight distribution and body lean adjustments that most guides skip. Highlights that the front foot does more of the scooping and flicking work than in a standard kickflip, and that back foot placement shifted off the tail edge is the single most important setup key.

Key tips

• 1Shift your back foot slightly off the heel edge of the tail rather than centering it, this loads the scoop and helps the board go vertical
• 2Rise up onto the ball of your back foot before popping to concentrate maximum weight on the edge of the tail
• 3Place your front foot further back on the board than you would for a kickflip, same angle but more central
• 4Put more weight on your front foot than most tricks require, loaded on the ball of the toe before the pop
• 5Lean your body centered: leaning too far forward makes the board go too vertical, leaning back flattens the rotation
• 6Face your body slightly more forward than usual for other tricks because of how the feet are angled
• 7Flick your front foot out and up with a strong power flick to clear the board and give it room to rotate
• 8The front foot does most of the scooping and flicking work, the back foot mainly helps launch the board vertical

Summarized from the video transcript.