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How-To Skateboarding: Backside Kickflip with Spencer Nuzzi
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How-To Skateboarding: Backside Kickflip with Spencer Nuzzi by RIDE Channel is a skateboarding tutorial for the Backside Pressure Flip. A loose, comedic walkthrough of a standard backside flip, a kickflip popped with a backside 180 wind-up, rather than a back-foot pressure technique.
What this video teaches
A loose, comedic walkthrough of a standard backside flip, a kickflip popped with a backside 180 wind-up, rather than a back-foot pressure technique. Nuzzi's main technical cues are keeping pressure on the board through the slide before the flick, winding the body up moderately, and flicking hard enough that the shoe visibly scuffs.
Key tips
- Set the back foot at the edge of the tail with a slight rock to it as you roll up
- Set the front foot in a standard kickflip position
- Wind your body up moderately for the backside rotation, not too little and not an exaggerated full swing
- Flick hard enough that your shoe actually scuffs the grip tape; if there is no scuff mark, the flick was not committed
- Kick your flicking foot out and up sharply to clear the board and let the hips carry the 180 rotation
- Time the dip of the nose so the board looks controlled coming down, not flat or stuck at 90 degrees
- Land with your feet angled to roll away facing the new direction, do not force a primo landing by rushing the foot placement
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Backside Pressure Flip