How To Hospital Flip
How To Hospital Flip by Josh Katz is a skateboarding tutorial for the Hospital Flip. Josh Katz gives a short, blunt version: back foot in kickflip position on the tail, front foot in kickflip position but hung further off the back edge of the board rather than sitting flat on it.
What this video teaches
Josh Katz gives a short, blunt version: back foot in kickflip position on the tail, front foot in kickflip position but hung further off the back edge of the board rather than sitting flat on it. You pop and do about a quarter of a kickflip, bring the board forward with the front foot like a shove it motion, then flick it back and land on the bolts. His diagnosis for the classic failure, landing halfway with the board upside down, is a control problem: people pop, flick and let the board go hoping it lands right, when the trick needs you to stay in contact and control the swing back.
Key tips
- Back foot in kickflip position on the tail; front foot in kickflip position but hung more off the back edge instead of flat on the board
- Pop and take the flip only about a quarter of the way round before doing anything with the front foot
- Bring the board forward with the front foot, almost like a shove it motion, then flick it back and land on the bolts
- Rotating the board more vertically makes the rotation easier to get, though it is not required
- Landing half flipped and upside down means you are letting the board go and hoping; keep control of the board through the swing back instead
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Hospital Flip