How to Varial Kickflip - Skateboard Tricks Tutorial (Slow Motion)

What this video teaches

Comprehensive tutorial breaking the varial kickflip into four phases (pressure, scoop and pre-flick, flick, hang time and landing), stressing that solid backside shove-its and kickflips are prerequisites. Explains why the front foot flicks straight forward rather than off the side, and how to land by squaring the shoulders after popping open.

Key tips

• 1Master backside shove-its and kickflips independently before combining them into a varial kickflip
• 2Place your back foot on the front edge of the tail with only your toes hanging off, angled slightly
• 3Set your front foot in a kickflip position but farther from the nose, angled more than a standard kickflip
• 4Open your shoulders and turn them nearly 45 degrees at setup, since the foot angle demands it
• 5Pop and scoop with your back foot like a backside shove-it, but only slightly; over-scooping spins the board past 180 and makes landing near impossible
• 6Flick straight forward with your ankle as the board pops, not off to the side like a regular kickflip
• 7Let your back foot handle the rotation and keep your front foot flick limited to popping the flip, so your weight stays centered over the board
• 8Square your shoulders back to the board in the air before landing; landing with shoulders still open at the popped angle causes you to slip out

Summarized from the video transcript.