Learn HOW TO OLLIE In UNDER 8 MINUTES

If you've been struggling AT ALL to land your first ollie, I want you to take just 8 MINUTES and try out my program designed for beginners to get you from just being able to jump off the ground, to doing your first legitimate ollie!

0:00 Quick Introduction
0:11 Setup
1:18 Finding a Way to Fall
2:04 Jumping
3:32 Foot Positioning
4:35 Popping the Tail
6:18 Landing on the Board with Both Feet
7:17 Pulling Your Back Foot Up

AND BOOM!

Let me know in the comments what you thought of this style of video, and I'll see you guys in the next one!

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[tsiggy]

most instructional videos i've watched talk about the dragging of the front foot towards the nose of the board and few of them talk about the lifting of the back leg as soon as it has popped the board. like, after popping immediately lift it.

this was the first video i watched that pretty much does the exact opposite. no mention about the dragging of the front foot and underscoring the importance of lifting the back leg, since, the still stretched out leg will keep the board from lifting and therefor make it an ollie.

Btw. from what i see, and this video opened my eyes to it, there is no dragging of the foot towards the front in the board. what seems to happening is that the front foot is coming up and the nose of the board is on its way to meet it, as it rotates backwards toward it. the moment they have contact, the upper movement is still happening and the board stops rotating coz of its contact with the foot. the front foot is now in contact with the board but it is still moving upward (coz of the jump). this is what looks like dragging the tip of the shoe forward while in reality the bend front foot is just moving upward on a backwards rotating nose of the board, which for the foot feels exactly the same. the feeling of something dragging up towards something is the same as the feeling of that something dragging down towards something. and it also looks similar. but here the front foot is just going up. just look at it, it never moves forwards it just goes up along with the body (coz of the jump) and down with it (coz of gravity). so, why practice dragging the foot upwards onto the board? it's like practicing a move that's not part of the trick.

i can't ollie yet, but i'm much more confindent after having watched your video.

[SkRiffer]

I literally tried for my FIRST TIME to ollie by watching this video, and nailed my first one within 10 minutes. Super stoked!!

[bellaberke]

I’m not quite there yet but this is the *MOST HELPFUL* Ollie tutorial I’ve ever seen. I’ve made 10x more progress in 8 minutes than I have in weeks.

[oconnor]

IT WORKED
IT ACTUALLY WORKED
It seemed impossible but then I watched this video and I did it!
You can do it too, I believe in you. Don't give up!

[skippyreborn]

If you don’t make it under 8 minutes don’t overthink it, keep trying until you can’t raise your feet off the ground, practice is key. Don’t give up I believe in each one of you :)

Edit- I performed my first ever ollie a while ago myself, that is enough proof for y’all to land one too, good luck once again

[catsooey]

Thanks for putting up this video! I’m a skater from the 80’s and this was such a milestone for us when we finally learned. We didn’t have anyone to teach us (and this was before the internet) so all we could do was watch a Bones Brigade video or Gleaming the Cube, or watch an older skater from our town. And our town had less than 4000 people in it and hardly anyone skated. But when we did witness it it was like magic. It was the way I imagined people felt watching the first airplane fly. It seemed impossible. There was no ramp, no engine, no springs. But skaters could get more air than bmx’ers and they were on flat pavement. It was the holy grail for us - all other tricks were based on it. It was the price of admission for getting radical. We would watch each other to see if any of our ‘pops’ resulted in the tail leaving the ground. “You were airborne dude! Only a couple centimeters, but you were in the air!” The dream of being able to Ollie onto a curb seemed impossible. We spent long sessions working on it. I remember taking a break from watching MacGuyver to go out to my driveway for a weekday late night session. Eventually we all learned, one at a time. I was the first - I had my ‘89 Hawk ‘Claw’ mini and I nailed it one day. My friend Pete was next on his Cab with the ‘Dragon/Bat’ graphic, and then Jeremy. He rode a McGill Snake/Skull with the spoon nose. It was awesome.

Seeing the comments on here of groms nailing it just like that - some one their first try - is awesome. And anybody who’s having trouble because they didn’t get it in the first 8 minutes, don’t worry! It took us MONTHS to get it and we practiced every day! Lol And even then, I didn’t have the awesome glue foot style of my skating bud Jeremy (RIP bro). I learned first but he had way better technique. So don’t worry about how fast you learn and skate at your own pace, you’ll get there!

[whatthefun]

My first ollie today!! Thank you!
35 yrs old and just started skating last week!!

[leggypeggons]

Idk who you are or what kinda of sorcery you did... but thank you so much, thanks to this video I mange to land my 1st ever ollie. This is deffentifly 100% the best ollie video on YouTube.

[FuckBalls]

AAH SHIT I'M A BEGINNER, NERVOUS ABOUT FALLING, AND WANT TO NAIL MY FIRST OLLIE VERY SLOWLY

THIS RULES, THANK YOU SO MUCH AAAAH I'M STOKED <3

[henry.sb]

This actually helped me a lot I had my phone in hand listening to the video while watching and just followed what you did and landed it mid video, thx so much bro.

[theoassaly]

i’ve been practicing for 2 days using other tutorials and it was so hard (maybe landed 3 or 4) but when i found this video it just made so much sense and after 20-30 mins i can now ollie successfully nearly every time

[equnoxii]

Longboarder here. Snapped my cheap longboard doing a trick and decided I prefer doing tricks to cruising. Watching this video as I’m about to order a new skateboard. Got a feeling I’m gonna learn how to Ollie within a week thanks to this video.

[autumnjentz]

I have been attempting an ollie for 8 .5 months and now im so hppy i did it im literally crying

[noahg]

Just got my first ollie on cement before this video:)

[MikeHawk-obes]

Also make sure you’re comfortable on your board! It’s much harder to learn without having correct level/technique.

[jojo_ytroblox]

Landed my first baby ollie because of this video! Thanks a lot! Just gotta keep practicing and I can finally do an ollie!

[archewolfze]

I got to say after looking at a load of Ollie videos this is the best one and I am so proud of myself for doing my first Ollie thanks to you

[shineonbeyond]

Worked so well and unexpectedly, I missed realizing I accomplished my first Ollie until my friend started shouting "u did it!". 😁 Thanks!!!

[dirtydirtmcgogurt]

This is a great tutorial. I already knew how to ollie going into watching this so I can't attest to it's effectiveness, but it seems like a great way to teach someone.

My method to teach people is;
1. Stand stationary on board.
2. Put all weight on tail, stand there (as in, only back wheels and tail (of the board) on ground.)
3. Go back and forth between those.
4. After a few, stand with all of your weight on the tail, and just practice sliding the side of your front foot along the griptape, towards the front of the board (just to get your body comfortable with that feeling).
5. Slowly combine those steps, and when you feel comfortable add "a jump, straight up in the air".

With all of that said, the method in this video seems like it would be way more effective. My method was more so "Learn to ollie in a few hours", lol. The "sliding your foot" helps with learning kickflips (and I guess heelflips, although I've never taught someone how to heelflip like that), as well.

Love the message of this channel, hate to see people in the community not supporting everyone, including newbies/aspiring skaters etc.

So thanks for helping keep the metaphorical train chuggin.

[Az.]

I cannot thank u anymore. Today I tried it for the first time on carpet (I was holding on to something a little bit) but I managed to land my first Ollie after 4 tries. THANK YOU!!