HOW TO KICKFLIP THE FASTEST WAY TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS

What this video teaches

Braille's Aaron Cairo teaches the fastest route to landing a kickflip through couch muscle-memory drills: drag the front foot off the nose repeatedly while watching TV so the ankle learns the motion before you ever stand up, then transfer it to the board with the same ankle-up flick rather than a downward kick. He uses a back-knee-bend cue to get both feet back on the board once the flick is consistent.

Key tips

• 1Build muscle memory off the board first: sit on a couch, foot on the tail, and drag the front foot through the flick motion thousands of times
• 2The ankle must sweep upward, not downward; if the foot goes to the ground before the board, the flick direction is wrong
• 3Keep the board directly underneath you through the flick, not shoved out in front
• 4Practice step: pop and flick with front foot staying on, back foot steps off to let the board spin freely
• 5Once the controlled flick is consistent, simply bend the back knee upward to bring that foot back onto the board
• 6Hold a rail while learning to remove fear and build the physical pattern without bailing
• 7The flick goes upward and outward from the ankle, finishing with the foot higher than the board
• 8If the board consistently goes in front of you, return to the back-foot-off practice step until it stays under you

Summarized from the video transcript.