Quick and Easy Kickflip Tutorial
Quick and Easy Kickflip Tutorial by Skate IQ is a skateboarding tutorial for the Triple Kickflip. Detailed breakdown reframing the kickflip flick as a forward toe-flick (like kicking a soccer ball) rather than a sideways motion, plus drills for building flick speed and nose height independently.
What this video teaches
Detailed breakdown reframing the kickflip flick as a forward toe-flick (like kicking a soccer ball) rather than a sideways motion, plus drills for building flick speed and nose height independently. Flagged as transferable technique, not a triple kickflip tutorial — its isolated variables (flick speed, nose height, back-foot push) are exactly what a triple kickflip needs turned up simultaneously to complete three rotations before landing.
Key tips
- Keep your front foot between the center of the board and the front bolts; sliding too far off the heel side doesn't help the board flip faster
- Think of the flick as a forward motion with your big toe, like kicking a soccer ball, not a sideways snap of the whole foot
- Open your front hip slightly toward your direction of travel so the forward flick has a natural path
- Drill the half-flip first: jump, lift the nose, and barely roll the board over with a soft flick, keeping your feet above the board the whole time
- To add flip speed, lift your front foot higher and further inside before flicking, which gives the nose more air time to rotate
- To add more power, push your back foot backward through the pop so the nose closes the distance to your front foot faster
- Combine height, flick position, and back-foot push independently to control how much and how fast the board rotates
- Accept there isn't one correct foot position or jump height — small variations in these same three variables are what separate a single flip from tricks demanding extra rotation
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Teaches
Triple Kickflip