Trick Tip: How To Varial Kickflip
Trick Tip: How To Varial Kickflip by Sam Tabor is a skateboarding tutorial for the Double Varial Kickflip. Sam Tabor's trick tip covers the varial kickflip with precise foot placement (back foot in the tail corner, front foot two inches below the bolts) and names the three most common failure points directly: not committing to land on the board, setting the back foot down too early, and over-scooping or over-flicking the rotation.
What this video teaches
Sam Tabor's trick tip covers the varial kickflip with precise foot placement (back foot in the tail corner, front foot two inches below the bolts) and names the three most common failure points directly: not committing to land on the board, setting the back foot down too early, and over-scooping or over-flicking the rotation.
Key tips
- Place your back foot in the corner of the tail and your front foot about two inches below the bolts
- Pop hard with your back foot but scoop only a little, over-scooping will over-rotate the board
- Flick your front foot to the side to generate the flip while the board rotates from the scoop
- Aim your feet at the grip tape and stomp down together rather than tentatively tapping down
- Don't just flick and spin the board without committing to actually landing on it, full commitment is the fix for most failed attempts
- Don't set your back foot down immediately after the board finishes spinning, let both feet hang and wait for the grip tape to come around
- Treat the scoop like a pop shove-it scoop, not as hard as a 360 flip's scoop, and the flick like a normal kickflip flick
- Roll away clean and controlled after landing instead of bailing out of the trick early
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Double Varial Kickflip