How To: Pressure Flip

What this video teaches

VLSkate gives the most anatomically detailed breakdown: back foot sits in the toe-side pocket near the back wheel (not on the tail), toes hanging slightly off the edge, foot angled toward the nose. The tutorial distinguishes clearly between the wrong technique (snapping the tail like an ollie) and the right technique (shifting weight forward over that foot, pressing the big toe down and inward to generate the flip), which is the root cause most beginners need.

Key tips

• 1Back foot goes in the toe-side pocket closer to the back wheel than the tail, with toes hanging slightly off the edge and foot angled toward the nose
• 2Do NOT snap the tail down like an ollie; instead shift your weight forward over the back foot and press the big toe down and inward into the board
• 3If the board flops over backward, your foot is too far onto the tail; if it does not flip, you are too far onto the flat part
• 4Scoop the big toe into the board to generate rotation rather than stomping straight down
• 5Lean forward and almost give yourself wheel bite as you initiate the press; this is the weight transfer that makes the flip work

Summarized from the video transcript.