How-To Skateboarding: Nose Manual Nollie Flip Out with Sewa Kroetkov

What this video teaches

Sewa Kroetkov treats this as a nose manual first and a flip second: ollie into a normal nose manual, then reposition the back flip foot while you are already balanced on the nose. He points out that his stance differs from a flat ground nollie flip, where his pop foot sits more inside the concave; for the nose manual version he moves it out so his toes hang slightly over the edge. He starts moving that foot about halfway down the pad, and notes that a short manual pad forces a much quicker foot reaction. His main warning is popping too early because you are treating it like a flat ground nollie flip, which gets you stuck and throws you forward off the front.

Key tips

• 1Learn nose manuals and nollie flips separately before combining them
• 2Ollie into a regular nose manual first, then shift the back flip foot into position while balanced
• 3Move the flip foot out toward the edge with the toes slightly over, further out than a flat ground nollie flip where the foot sits in the concave
• 4Start repositioning about halfway along the manual pad; a short pad means a much faster foot reaction
• 5Do not pop early like a flat ground nollie flip; that is what makes you get stuck and fall forward
• 6Think of popping into nothing, the same hop feeling you get exiting a plain nose manual, and stay above the board

Summarized from the video transcript.