Shred School: How to KICKBACK (UNDERFLIP)

What this video teaches

Rad Rat Video's freestyle kickback, the trick that shares the underflip name with kickflip underflip, isolates the toe-flick that produces the flip. It is a quarter flip backward followed by a quarter flip forward driven entirely by a subtle ankle flick, not a kick, the same small controlled motion the underflip catch of a kickflip underflip relies on.

Key tips

• 1Set your front foot over the bolts with some toe hanging off, and your back foot with your toe right on the tail edge ready to pop down
• 2Pop down on the edge of the board while keeping your toe close to the deck the entire time
• 3Catch the edge with your toe once the board reaches the low point of its arc, then throw it forward
• 4Flick with your ankle only, never kick with your whole foot, or the board will fly out behind you instead of flipping in place
• 5If the flip motion feels too big to control, start with just a quarter flip each direction before linking the full motion
• 6Practice the flick standing next to the board with your foot off it before trying to land the trick
• 7Learn the trick stationary first, then take it rolling once the flick is consistent
• 8Treat the flip as subtle: a small toe catch and toss, not a forceful kick

Summarized from the video transcript.