HOW TO HARDFLIP THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL 2020

What this video teaches

Long-form breakdown from Aaron Kyro at Braille that frames the hardflip's core conflict as the kickflip flick and the shove-it rotation fighting each other, and gives an extreme front-foot angle (about 80 degrees, much straighter than a kickflip) as the fix. Walks the step-off drill in detail and notes rolling makes the trick meaningfully easier than standing still.

Key tips

• 1Nail ollie, frontside 180, pop shove-it, frontside shove-it, and kickflip first, since a hardflip is literally a kickflip and a frontside shove-it combined
• 2Angle the front foot much straighter than a kickflip, closer to 80 degrees instead of 45, to make it easier to clear the board's path
• 3Keep the back foot focused mainly on popping straight down with a slight forward push, it is a secondary contributor compared to the front foot
• 4Aim for the board to curve around during the flip rather than popping straight up and down, which looks more like a plain pop shove-it than a real hardflip
• 5Drill the step-off catch first: back foot stays on the ground, pop and flick with the front foot, and catch the board with the front foot only, repeated until automatic
• 6Remember this trick catches front foot first, unlike most flip tricks that catch back foot first
• 7Once the step-off catch is consistent, add nothing except bending the back knee to get the back foot airborne, do not change the motion
• 8Diagnose over-rotation, under-rotation, or a primo landing as flick timing or strength issues, and add rolling motion since standing-still attempts are noticeably harder

Summarized from the video transcript.