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How To: Pop Shove It
VLSkate8:24
How To: Pop Shove It by VLSkate is a skateboarding tutorial for the Pop Shove-it. VLSkate breaks the trick into four components: the pop, the scoop, the catch, and the land, with a clear stepwise drill for each.
What this video teaches
VLSkate breaks the trick into four components: the pop, the scoop, the catch, and the land, with a clear stepwise drill for each. A distinctive emphasis is on jumping your whole body forward over the board (not just your legs) so you stay over the board rather than pushing it out in front of you. The video also addresses the 'catch is optional' point, showing that for lower pop shove-its you can just hover the front foot and press down.
Key tips
- Four components to master in order: pop + scoop (back foot), catch (front foot), land (both feet)
- Back foot placement is same as ollie, center of tail, pushing down and backward (not just down)
- The back foot scoop: toes push DOWN and BACK, watch the foot move forward toward your other leg after the scoop
- Front foot goes straight UP and hovers over the board, then presses down to stop rotation at 180 degrees
- Jump your whole body forward over the board, don't just push with your legs while staying back
- If the board goes out in front: you're not jumping forward enough with your body's center of mass
- Practice while holding a rail with one hand to build confidence and overcome fear of commitment
- You can do this trick with very little pop, just scoop and barely press down; add pop height once the motion is dialed
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Pop Shove-it