Science behind kickflip weight distribution - Shift weight before jumping!

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In this video, we study the science behind weight distribution of kickflips.

Have you ever had this experience that you find your board land on the heel side as you are practicing flicking? In my case, my board always landed on the heel side but every kickflip tutorial seemed to have said that I needed to jump straight upward like ollies. What's really causing the difference? Can anyone explain it scientifically? Let's see if we can.

I just hope this video can help you figure out what could be causing your problem.

So please take a moment and try to study this in detail.
I'm trying to eliminate subjectivity from my explanation as much as possible by referring to scientific and physics theories. Please use my 3D models to solve your "why."

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[-dfh-]

This is the channel I was looking for. I can't do any trick unless Its explained to me like this. Hell, I couldn't even drive a stick shirt car until I learned the mechanics of when and why it has to shift. I need things explained in depth before it clicks in my brain. This channel will get bigger. People always ask questions that the person doing a tutorial can't explain. But you do. Keep it up and this channel will blow up for you. Skateboardimg is getting bigger and bigger these days. Ppl are hungry for this kind of knowledge to the point it frustrates them bc they can't find it on YouTube. Good work.

[michaowsiak]

What an awesome idea for a skate channel! Keep it up bro! Would love to see a video for high quality ollie or pop shove it

[ironskater]

I'm very happy you put out a video showing the weight distribution of kickflips. Everyone's always asked me " How do you kickflip so good" and I've literally told everyone " You have to shift your weight backwards " and it's worked wonders for everyone. No one talks about this online but now there's this video :).

[drippywater]

OMG YOU SAVED ME. I can finally land kick flips because of you. You literally saved me thank you thank you thank you thank you. You don’t understand how thankful I am that you made this video

[edwardmyguy]

Man I Guarantee your channel is going to grow big, people like stuff like this and you just haven’t hit your one viral video yet I promise it will happen. keep grinding 👍🏽

[toddwareham]

I've been working on my kickflip for a while now. I've never heard any of this advice before. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks

[carissa]

after spending *so much* time trying to kickflip i finally landed one a week after watching this video!! thank you so much!!

[jeffli]

I think the board goes heelside more for you because of a few factors. You’re popping off the toeside of the nose, as well as opening your front shoulder. Both will affect the natural trajectory of your flick. Also, I think you can try thinking of the flick as pushing the edge of the nose under itself towards toeside to create the flip motion, rather than just sliding out off the side (sorry if this sounds confusing 😅). It seems help me even out the momentum of the flick so the board doesn’t go heelside quite as much.

[deciopires]

Amazing channel! I'm 47 years old and I've been skateboarding since 1989 and I'm an engineer too. There are also videos with tips about the tricks and combined with physics and all the mechanics involved in the movements.
Congrats!
Cheers from Brasil...
Keep pushing !

[civilWARcity]

you have such a different style, you do not need to angle or jump to your heel side, but whatever works for you. you open your shoulders soo much

[yooomarie]

Yo these tips on kickflips really help me understand how the trick works I never thought about jumping back a bit bc when I do then stationary I get the constant and I didn’t take into mind that it lands behind the original popping point so ima take dat into consideration when trying rolling hopefully I get it

[tariqalsuhaibany]

This channel is my favorite skateboard instructional creator yet. Instant sub.

[emirsrants]

this channel is underrated, Keep It Up!

[kxn]

the shift your weight backwards tip helped a ton

[davidvargas]

When I do my kickflip I jump straight up and my board flips just fine, doesn’t land heel side

I think yours is doing that because of foot placement, your back foot is on the pocket toe side and it’s causing your board to slightly twist heel side. Try popping on the center of the tail and maybe it won’t happen as much!

[cbjueueiwyru]

Can you do one on pressure flips. It seems perfect for a physics breakdown

[noritube]

I studied this last night and did a kickflip today! Thank you so much. I'm beyond grateful ❤️

[Flammable]

Just wanna say this video and your other kickflip video finally helped me start landing kickflips consistently. When I started shifting my weight back, the board would finally start staying under me so I could put both my damn feet on!!! thank you!!!!

[age]

Very thoughtful and creative work. I just stumbled upon this channel and I am loving it

[frater_niram]

if you pull your back foot back into an almost front shuv position but kick straight down like an ollie it will help keep it right below you (no board shifting behind) and pop higher. you may hav to adjust your body position a little a keep your front foot a tiny bit more centered