Frontside Flips Are Actually Super Easy. (Heres The Secret...)

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[Cuzinits]

this is why youre the man Dan; skating for 20 years and you are still so inspired you get tricks stuck in your head and go out to refine them after a session. your love of skateboarding is infectious.

Edit: Just went out and had a grueling 3 hour session with these...

I had landed a few in the past but they were mostly muska-esque hardflip 180s that felt more lucky than anything.

I came close a couple times at the beginning, but felt like I was straying farther and farther the more I tried. Towards the end of the session I got so frustrated I pulled up Dan's video again in the skatepark haha. I realized almost immediately what I was doing wrong. I went from about 1/10 to 1/2 success rate almost instantly.

Basically I was so wrapped up in the mechanics of this trick that I forgot to focus on getting a proper kickflip! I was almost pushing down through the side of the board instead of getting a good flick off the nose as you would with a solid kickflip. As a result I had a really hard time staying over the board and getting my front foot (flip foot) to wrap around fast enough. In hindsight I think that flicking more off the nose (and off to the side like Dan says) has the subtle effect of pushing the front your board down and slightly forward, which helps a lot with getting the front foot back on the board as it spins, and maintaining a good center of gravity over the board to get that proper switch landing.

Hope that helps someone. This one felt SO fucking good to get...

[LotkaVolterra]

Dude I hate watching these at night. This was the exact advice I needed for my fugly frontside flips, but I've already taken an Ambien. Gonna do this first thing in the morning.

[jackietreehorn]

Muska FS flip and muska hardflips are an aesthetic you COULD NEVER understand Dan.

[phakoo]

Hit forty this year, but still a life goal to stomp this trick - Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[brownleafpuddle]

dude... I am amazed. It works! I went to try it out mid sess, and it worked first try. The 90 degree kick and landing switch instead of fakie really are the hack. Thanks

[chrissadler]

Returning to this video weeks later to just say your advice actually worked great and thank you!

[LOLATTEH]

Dan thank you so much. After almost 20 years skating this has been one of those tricks I wished I could do. This makes it SOOO much easier. I thought I just couldn't do it. Thank you Again. I swear almost all tricks on a skateboard are just trying to find the easiest way to do it!

[chaosoul-seanleeriggs]

FS flips were a form of Kryptonite for me... got close several times but never landed a full clean one ever. To my delight you've ooened my eyes to all the three rhings i was doing wrong innall that time. Damn, this is a game changer!!!
And since I'm goofy-footed i still completely and immediately understood the 9 o' clock flick reference, i just related to the 3 o' clock reference! I might just do a persistence on these FS Flips.
Thanks so very much for this!!!
Have a great day!

[stephenseibel]

Man, THANK YOU for this! Just finally landed my first fs flip at the age of 41. This shit NEVER made any sense to me, I'm exactly who this vid is for. I tried the heelside pop for weeks and weeks after watching this and couldn't quite make it work. Yesterday I tried switching to the toeside pop like Victor and BAM! I got one after like 15 tries or so. I'm here to tell everyone that the Corrigan method WORKS...

[SkaterBudgy]

Dan I haven't said this to many people in my life - You sir, are a wise man! Some of the things you said in this video really impressed me and made me remember and realize things. For example you made me remember how import precommitting to where your board is going to end up. I forget to do that sometimes. You made me realize that you almost have to already have landed it in your head to do that, so its like making your vision a reality, which is where the future becomes the past in your subconscious mind, during which our rational brain gets overpowered and we leave the present for a fraction of a second. Some people might call this the flow.
22:15 might have been the best skate tip or advice I've ever heard:
"In this case the destination is all that matters, and the journey should be like second nature."
I salute you bro. Much respect.
Regards from South Africa
Stiaan

[beau]

Seriously man. You have the best tutorial videos. I do frontside flips, but powerslide them every stupid try... not anymore 🙏 Dan, you're the man. Thank you doesn't quite touch it

[frankiesunswept]

You rule homie. As a skater of 30+ years frontside flips have always dogged me. Only landed probably less than 50 my whole life. Backside flips were way more my thing. I can't wait to try this technique

[vinnyplace]

From someone who can't Frontline flip yet this sounds like it would be really useful. I can't wait to get a chance in a couple days to try. Appreciate this upload.

[jensenacklese]

Dan you've been on my mind lately, just wanted to say i hope you have a blessed day bud, respect from Oklahoma.

[TknoVisuals]

Recently landed my first front180 and still struggling with having it rolling. But the body positioning you explained about landing in switch and not fakie makes a ton of sense! Thanks Dan!

[ghastlynavigator]

Tom Penny will always have the most steezy frontside flips ever done. Jeremy Wray (my all time favorite skater) has some really nice frontside flips. Dan you are just good at everything! Love your videos homie. Live2Sk8

[egg]

coming back to this video after i’ve learnt more and feel like i have a better understand of what’s going on. and just more confident i’ll understand what you’re going to explain

[bradycraig]

This video literally helped me relearn how to frontside flip. The things that helped me the most were flicking at 90° and acting like I was doing a fakie flip. Especially that second point.I started to “follow through” with my flick the way I would with a fakie flip and they started working!

[sammazerik]

Hahaha! Bro listening to you jabber jabber as you conceptualize and breakdown every aspect of the physics and physical mechanics and troubleshoot is infectious and you really helped me far beyond most quick tutorial videos from dudes who probably truly clueless of what is they're doing or could shine a candle to what you are sharing. True enlightenment 🙏

[ihavenoidea]

been skating for a 13 years & this helped save so much energy. always did them on the tip of the tail popping too high just to feel like its getting around right unlike any other flip spin tricks.
Please do Nollie Inward heels next if you can.