TITUS Trick Tipps | How to: Varial Kickflip

What this video teaches

TITUS delivers a compact, no-frills trick tip: front and back foot placement, the simultaneous flick-and-scoop pop, and a caution against over-rotating either the kickflip or the shove-it half of the motion by using too much force.

Key tips

• 1Place your front foot between the front bolts and the middle of the board, heel hanging off, toes angled slightly toward the nose
• 2Place your back foot around the middle of the tail, heel hanging slightly off
• 3Pop with both feet simultaneously so they create the varial rotation together, rather than sequencing one after the other
• 4Flick your front foot lightly forward and off the edge of the board
• 5Scoop your back foot lightly, like a pop shove-it, rather than forcing it
• 6Avoid using too much force in either foot's motion; over-scooping or over-flicking causes the board to over-rotate on that half of the trick
• 7Keep your center of gravity directly over the board and your shoulders parallel to it throughout
• 8Catch the board only after the rotation has fully completed, then bend your knees to land

Summarized from the video transcript.