What's Wrong with Your Heelflip & How to Fix It

What this video teaches

SKATE HACKS identifies three specific problems skaters have with heelflips: wrong flick direction (straight out instead of diagonally off the nose), poor weight distribution (shoulders not aligned over the board), and failure to commit to landing. The core fix is a diagonal roll-off-the-nose flick that simultaneously flips and levels the board, combined with keeping the shoulders directly over the deck.

Key tips

• 1Flick diagonally off the nose so the board both flips and levels out in the air, straight-sideways flicks leave the board rocketed and hard to land
• 2Flicking diagonally is the same principle as in an ollie where the foot slides up the nose to level the deck
• 3Align your shoulders directly over the board before the pop: if a vertical line from your shoulders does not touch the board, your weight is too far forward or back
• 4Board going behind you is almost always a weight distribution problem, get your shoulders over the deck
• 5Straight-sideways flick works for landing the trick but will never allow you to level it out or catch it for style
• 6Replace the habit of trying the trick without intending to land it: each attempt should have the intention of putting both feet back on
• 7Practicing into grass or on trucks without wheels can help retrain the commitment reflex
• 8Friction variables like fresh grip tape or new shoes affect how far the foot slides, adjust flick timing accordingly

Summarized from the video transcript.