Pop is the MOST important element in kickflip.

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

I’ been skating for years and it was only recently that I found I was popping In a wrong way. I always thought it was my flicks that were causing problems such as not being able to complete full rotation, not being able to keep my board under me, etc. Turned out, my very effort to pop as high as possible to let my board have enough time in the air was the cause. In this video, we analyze why that problem happens and how to avoid it from happening.

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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[PsilocybinMagic]

I love it when there's a scientific explanation for why I suck at everything

[jonbonjovi_is_happy]

I've had kickflips for years but never felt satisfied with how mine look/feel. I watched this video last night and during my skate session today I focused on popping as light as possible. My kickflips felt so much more effortless and popped much higher than usual! I hardly ever catch mine and I caught a number of them, which felt great. Thank you so much for putting out this fantastic content. My goal this year is to learn tre flips and I'm definitely going to be using your videos to help me!

[bernardesp_]

genius insight that i've never seen before. Very nice content

[drtdt]

The key takeaway I got from this is the angle of the calf extension after the thigh raise. I've been popping directly in a downward motion and on occasion would accidently pop at an angle and thought to myself "hey that felt good, but is that the right way?" This video gave me some reassurance that I'm not crazy!

[jeremystidham]

This makes more sense to my mind than any other explanations before. Thank you

[DarmokAtTanagra]

These videos are superb. Popping is the most magical element of skateboarding. I learned how to pop an ollie significantly higher nearly 20 years after I originally learned how to ollie. It was like something clicked mentally about the timing. I am still learning how to combine my best pop with my kickflips. Sometimes I get the most satisfying high pop to my kickflips but I normally can't land them when they pop so high. But if I can learn to pop them consistently like that I think I will learn. This video helps a lot to understand thank you!

[fibryrruihf]

Interesting stat on kicking a soccer ball v. flicking a board. Thanks for the explanation!

[LimYangJunn]

Thank you for this. Can you please analyze the physics in Heelflips? I'm stuck learning them for about a year now...

[isoundinfo]

Would love to see a video on heel flips. Kickflips are much more technical for me whereas heel flips are organic and I don't have to think about the process.

[forgtten]

These videos are awesome. I just found them today - sorry to bombard you with comments.
This is completely true that the harder you pop the harder you make your kickflip!
Many years ago I learned to kickflip into primo and learning to underflick that 3/4 kickflip taught me so much about pop and flick!

[davidleroy]

I'm glad I found this channel. I do remember on some attempts to kickflips when I didn't pop so much it felt much easier, so there must be something to this. The 3D models are class too!

[ikadreeminn]

Thank god the Youtube gods put this guy on the recommendation, helped a lot.

[Najter]

For real best skate tips ever and actually first tips that i can understand and relate to, love your channel i hope you get 1 million subs as you deserve it.

[VAMPZDJ]

These videos are insane!! Please keep making them.

[Wulfeh]

this is one of the best kickflip breakdowns I've ever seen.

[tothepeopleof]

Thanks for putting in all the work, so we can watch these great videos.

[PHeMoX]

This _is_ definitely one way to kickflip. And it might be one of the better ways to kickflip over or onto stuff to some extend, but it lacks dragging up the board more of the front foot, instead of allowing the board to go rocket and flick 'late'. Not saying you got anything wrong here, but with slight adjustments to your timing, you would level out your kickflips much better. Pay attention to how your front foot almost does not drag up the board, but mostly just flicks only. I've seen people do "late" heelflips this same way. It's a timing thing. A properly timed kickflip can be done very low to the ground, this particular type of kickflip pretty much can't.

[jamesallen]

Eh, depends. Yeah I can kickflip with a way lower effort pop, but then the kickflip stays uncomfortably close to the ground and comes off lazy. I don’t like that. The pop is definitely the most important thing, but it’s not always about overpop that makes kickflip fail. I pop hard as shit, but I flick later than usual, almost once the board is at its peak height already. This reduces the upwards momentum and force my flicking ankle has to fight, but causes the board to rise up to my desired height much quicker. I don’t like a slow kickflip that pops 3 inches above the ground. That looks like shit

[drtdt]

Wow, I would always eventually get to this proper form to pop after warming up for hours and now I know where and why I've been bottlenecking my technique. Awesome video!

[ddll]

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