How To: Varial Flip
How To: Varial Flip by VLSkate is a skateboarding tutorial for the Varial Kickflip 180. VLSkate covers the varial flip as a pop shove-it and kickflip combo, isolating the pop-shove-it scoop and kickflip flick as separate practice drills before combining them, and calls out turning the shoulders frontside as the most common mistake that sends the board flying away from the rider.
What this video teaches
VLSkate covers the varial flip as a pop shove-it and kickflip combo, isolating the pop-shove-it scoop and kickflip flick as separate practice drills before combining them, and calls out turning the shoulders frontside as the most common mistake that sends the board flying away from the rider.
Key tips
- Practice ollies, pop shove-its, and kickflips individually until solid before attempting the varial flip
- Set your back foot centered on the tail with a slight shift toward the toe-side pocket to generate the 180 scoop
- Position your front foot wherever feels comfortable for a rolling kickflip
- Drill the back foot 180 scoop and the front foot kickflip flick as two completely separate motions before combining them
- Avoid turning your shoulders 90 degrees frontside during the pop; this kicks the board away from you instead of keeping it underneath you
- Keep your shoulders leaned forward and centered over the board through the pop and flick, and build confidence landing with one foot first
- Give the board a full, complete flick so it finishes its rotation; an incomplete flick under-rotates the spin
- If the board over-rotates past 180, move your back foot slightly out of the toe pocket toward a regular ollie position; if it under-rotates, move it further into the pocket
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Varial Kickflip 180