HOW TO KICKFLIP - Beginner Skateboard Tricks Tutorial (Slow Motion) Easy Kickflips Common Mistakes

What this video teaches

Note: this video teaches the kickflip in isolation, not the combined frontside 180 kickflip, but its detailed breakdown of the flick and catch is the exact foot mechanic this combo trick needs. Skiddy Skates walks through the three-phase kickflip (pop and pre-flick, flick, hang time and landing) plus a dedicated common-mistakes section drawn from a student's real learning footage.

Key tips

• 1Place your front foot slightly behind the ollie position with the toe near the center of the board, angled to naturally sweep off the side
• 2Pop straight down with your back foot near the center of the tail so the tip strikes the ground evenly
• 3Bend your front ankle inward as the tail hits the ground (the pre-flick) to set up a clean flick
• 4Flick out and slightly forward with your ankle only, off the side of the board just before the nose, not your whole leg
• 5Flick after your wheels leave the ground, never down toward the ground, or you cancel the trick
• 6Pull your front leg up and over the board immediately after the flick instead of leaving it hanging out to the side
• 7Lean your upper body toward the nose to keep weight centered, since too much back-foot weight throws the board out in front of you
• 8Build floated, level ollies first so you can hover long enough in the air for the board to complete its flip

Summarized from the video transcript.