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HOW TO PRESSURE FLIP THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL
Braille Skateboarding7:34
HOW TO PRESSURE FLIP THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL by Braille Skateboarding is a skateboarding tutorial for the Backside Pressure Flip. A first-person, learn-it-live breakdown that treats the pressure flip as entirely a back-foot pop shove-it combined with a heelflip-style rotation, no kickflip motion involved.
What this video teaches
A first-person, learn-it-live breakdown that treats the pressure flip as entirely a back-foot pop shove-it combined with a heelflip-style rotation, no kickflip motion involved. Highlights a specific hack, tightening the trucks, to stop the tail from just bending instead of popping, plus a front-foot step-off drill to isolate the scoop.
Key tips
- Set the back foot on the tail and drive it down hard while scooping underneath and forward, the trick is essentially all in the back foot
- Tighten your trucks so the deck pops and flips instead of the trucks just bending under the pressure
- Push the board away from your body during the scoop so it does not shoot up between your legs
- Have your pop shove-it and ollie solid first; the pressure flip is functionally a pop shove-it with an added heelflip-style rotation, not a kickflip rotation
- Practice by stepping fully off your front foot and repeating the scoop-and-flip motion until it feels automatic before adding the front foot back
- Bend your back knee to get the tail airborne rather than trying to jump your whole body up
- Catch with the front foot first, then set the back foot down to finish landing
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Backside Pressure Flip