Skateboarding Trick Tips | Varial Heelflip

What this video teaches

Skate Warehouse coach Jarvis shares his personal insight that the heelflip component does most of the rotation work, not the back-foot scoop. He rides the board backwards for this trick and cues the front foot to flick the heel flip all the way around while the back foot gives only a minimal shove.

Key tips

• 1Back foot angled on the tail end, positioned to get a good shove-it without over-rotating past 180
• 2Front foot a couple of inches behind the front bolts with toes hanging off slightly toward the heel side
• 3The heel flip does the majority of the rotation work, the back-foot scoop is intentionally light
• 4Keep the back-foot scoop minimal, over-scooping causes the board to spin past 180 into a 270
• 5Front foot flicks out in front and slightly down to drive both the flip and the remaining rotation
• 6Aim to catch the board with the back foot as it comes around and set it down with bent knees
• 7Think of the trick as a heel flip that also scoops rather than a shove-it that also flips
• 8Riding the board backwards (your setup stance) may make the motion feel more natural for some skaters

Summarized from the video transcript.