How to Skateboard: Body Varial - Tactics
How to Skateboard: Body Varial - Tactics by Tactics Boardshop is a skateboarding tutorial for the Body Varial. Gabe from Tactics keeps it to normal ollie foot position, a small downward kick of the front foot mid-ollie to level the board out, then a full 180 rotation of the body and feet before landing switch.
What this video teaches
Gabe from Tactics keeps it to normal ollie foot position, a small downward kick of the front foot mid-ollie to level the board out, then a full 180 rotation of the body and feet before landing switch. He names two specific failure modes with fixes. If the board starts doing a shove-it, you are turning too early, so wait until the board is completely leveled out before you start rotating your feet. If your back foot lands too far back on the tail and slips off into your ankle, the fix is keeping the feet above the bolts and looking for the bolts to land on.
Key tips
- Use a normal ollie foot position to start
- Kick the front foot down a little mid-ollie to level the board out before you rotate
- If the board starts doing a shove-it, you are rotating too early; wait for the board to level out first
- If the back foot lands too far back and slips off the tail into your ankle, keep the feet above the bolts and look for the bolts on landing
- Once it is dialed on flat, take it to ledges, step ups and pole jams
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Body Varial