Skateboard Trick Tips: Ghetto Birds With John Getz
Skateboard Trick Tips: Ghetto Birds With John Getz by Network A is a skateboarding tutorial for the Ghetto Bird. John Getz frames the ghetto bird as a hardflip you simply do not stop turning out of, so the prerequisites are a solid hardflip plus a comfortable backside 180 so that landing switch already feels normal.
What this video teaches
John Getz frames the ghetto bird as a hardflip you simply do not stop turning out of, so the prerequisites are a solid hardflip plus a comfortable backside 180 so that landing switch already feels normal. He keeps his back foot in his usual hardflip position and flicks with a scissor kick, aiming his feet toward opposite wheels. Once the board has popped and reached the halfway point he starts turning backside with it, his foot catches the board, and that catch carries the rotation the rest of the way around into a switch roll away.
Key tips
- Have hardflips dialed and a comfortable backside 180 first, so that rolling away switch is already familiar before you try the combination
- Keep the back foot in your normal hardflip position rather than changing the setup for the rotation
- Flick with a scissor kick, aiming your feet toward opposite wheels, exactly as you would for the hardflip itself
- Begin turning backside only once you have popped and the board is around the halfway point, then let your foot catch the board and carry it the rest of the way
- Keep the hardflip momentum going and commit when the board comes up to your feet; the natural 90 degree turn of a hardflip already does part of the rotation for you
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Ghetto Bird