SKATE HACKS: How to INWARD HEELFLIP (The Only Tips You'll Need)

What this video teaches

Skate Hacks focuses on the hooking front-foot motion and the pressure-effect created by having feet on opposite ends of the board, arguing that the back foot barely needs to shove and most of the work happens in the front foot hook.

Key tips

• 1Back foot toes in the rearmost corner of the tail; front foot toes hanging off in a heelflip position. Having feet on opposite ends creates a pressure effect that raises the nose and makes the heelflip easier.
• 2Do not over-emphasize the shove-it. The back foot mostly just pops. The rotation comes from the front foot hook.
• 3Front foot does a hooking motion around the board edge, not just a straight flick, which both initiates the heelflip and carries the backside rotation.
• 4The most critical part: keep the front foot extended and fully out of the board's path after flicking so the board can complete its spin between your legs.
• 5If the board keeps canceling out mid-spin, your front foot is blocking it. Commit to extending that front foot all the way through.
• 6Keep the trick slightly inverted rather than fully flat so it travels more vertically and requires less lateral clearance between your feet.
• 7Angling your feet slightly backward can help get them out of the way and let the board spin more freely.
• 8Under- or over-flipping is normal in learning. It corrects itself as timing between the two feet improves.

Summarized from the video transcript.