How to pop shove it for beginner skateboarders
How to pop shove it for beginner skateboarders by Braille Skateboarding is a skateboarding tutorial for the Pop Shove-it. Aaron Kyro works with a 14-year-old beginner named Angel in a real-time session, demonstrating the full practice progression in a live coaching format.
What this video teaches
Aaron Kyro works with a 14-year-old beginner named Angel in a real-time session, demonstrating the full practice progression in a live coaching format. The video shows exactly what 'chicken foot' (automatically stepping off) looks like and how to overcome it through commitment. The key adjustment shown is having the back heel up with toes pointed straight back, this positioning makes the scoop natural and controlled.
Key tips
- Classic beginner failure: 'chicken foot', the back foot automatically goes to the ground as a safety reflex; you must consciously override it
- Practice sequence: scoop with back foot (no front foot) → front foot on, shove and step off back → same but bend back knee → commit both feet
- Back foot position: heel up, toes pointed down-and-back, the scoop naturally follows from this
- Front foot is everything, all your weight on the front foot forces you to stay forward over the board
- Keep the front foot on the board the whole time, it is your point of control and guides the board flat
- Less is more: when you're overthinking, the trick is usually easier than you're making it, commit and do less
- Have a friend hold your hand on your first tries, it gives confidence without changing the mechanics
- Once the board pops well and spins clean, the barrier is 100% mental, commitment breaks the trick open
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Pop Shove-it