How To Hardflip The BEST Way w/ Justin Sommer! | Santa Cruz Skateboards

What this video teaches

Justin Sommer (Santa Cruz) demonstrates his scoop-first approach: back foot turns inward slightly toward the toe side and the full frontside scoop happens simultaneously with the front-foot flick, not as a pressure flip. He emphasizes shoulders staying square to roll away strong and describes the trick as almost entirely in the back foot scoop.

Key tips

• 1Back foot turned inward (toe side) to set up a proper frontside scoop, not just pressing down on the tail
• 2The scoop is a true frontside scoop motion, same as a frontside shove-it, done simultaneously with the front-foot flick
• 3Front foot sits in about the middle of the board, turned slightly inward toward the toe side
• 4After the scoop the front foot flicks out sideways, same motion as a kickflip but directed to the side
• 5Shoulders stay square (not opening frontside) so the rollaway is strong and comfortable
• 6Pressing straight down on the tail without a scoop produces a weaker Muska-style hardflip, the scoop gives a cleaner rotation
• 7The trick is almost entirely driven by the back foot scoop, the front foot flick is secondary
• 8Learning frontside flips first helps because the back-foot scoop mechanics are the same

Summarized from the video transcript.