How To: Impossible
How To: Impossible by VLSkate is a skateboarding tutorial for the Impossible. VLSkate explains the impossible as almost entirely a back-foot trick, with the back foot drawing a complete circle in the air while the front foot simply gets out of the way.
What this video teaches
VLSkate explains the impossible as almost entirely a back-foot trick, with the back foot drawing a complete circle in the air while the front foot simply gets out of the way. The tutorial breaks the motion into four isolated steps: standing pop, nose-popback-foot forward push, full circular back-foot motion, and then the stomp. The video stresses that the front foot goes parallel to the board and lifts completely clear, emphasizing this is about 99 percent scoop with the back foot.
Key tips
- Back foot sits in the toe-side pocket of the tail with 1 to 2 inches of toes hanging off; this pocket position is what enables the circular scooping wrap
- Front foot goes more parallel to the board than for a kickflip; it lifts completely out of the way and does nothing, since this trick is about 99 percent back-foot scoop
- The back foot motion is a full circle: press down to pop the nose up, push forward under the rising nose, then arc up and back, and stomp straight down to stop the rotation
- Practice the circular motion standing beside the board (one foot only) before ever committing to the full trick in the air
- Learn pop shove-its first for the scooping motion, and knowing pressure flips helps since the impossible is effectively an extreme pressure trick
Summarized from the video transcript.
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Impossible