How To: Pressure Flip

What this video teaches

A methodical, foot-position-first breakdown that treats the pressure flip as an inward heelflip done with pressure instead of a flick, no popping required. Spends most of its time on finding the back-foot sweet spot through trial and error, using two specific failure signs, the board flopping backward versus rolling flat, as diagnostic cues.

Key tips

• 1Put your back foot in the toe-side pocket with toes hanging slightly off the edge, scooted closer to being over the back wheel than centered on the tail
• 2Angle your back foot slightly forward toward the nose instead of pointing it straight across
• 3Shift almost all your weight onto that back foot and press down and inward with your toe, almost inducing wheel bite, rather than snapping off the tail like an ollie
• 4If the board just flops over backward, your foot is too far back on the tail; move it toward the pocket
• 5If the board just rolls over flat without flipping, your foot is too far onto the flat part of the board; move it back
• 6Keep the front foot passive, its only job is to come up and out of the way until it is time to catch
• 7Practice the flip stationary first to isolate the feeling, then add rolling momentum once the flip is consistent
• 8Give yourself a small forward jump, like a shove-it, once the pressure and flip are dialed in together

Summarized from the video transcript.