@kizashikaze9066
A few things that helped me out a lot when I relearned kickflips (after not doing them for 20 years lol) - Like Skidish said, wait until you pop before you flick! - Jump back juuuuust a little bit. This helped greatly with my front foot - Be patient when you're in the air over the board. - Keep your backfoot at least in the same line as it was when you popped. - Jump higher, let the board get more vertical before you flick, and tuck your back knees in when you're going for bigger flips.
@JerrySeinfeld-kn4hy
I kept getting stuck on the one practice step you see on Braille and other channels about standing still and just sliding your foot up and flicking over and over. This video helped something click in my brain to where now I can easily flip the board without having my front foot going straight down. The way I interpret this video is that having that front ankle "flush" (for lack of a better word) with the board as it makes its way up from the pop really cuts down on the amount of movement that is required. I started paying attention to the point where my ankle felt "parallel" (I need a dictionary) to the board and then just sent out a small ankle flick that would produce a nice spin each time while my front foot was still in the air. That almost upwards motion of the ankle flick is what keeps my front foot up. The sliding the foot over and over made me feel like I needed to extend my front leg really far like a karate kick. I feel like that is probably still the right way to get really solid kickflips, but the info at 2:48 really helped me once I marinated on it. Thanks for the help!
@Imtired93
Loved your video mate. Do you do skate vlogs? If not, o think that'd be a great way to expand your audience, i think people would really enjoy them!
@studderist
this video was posted right when i figured out im ready to learn kickflips, it's like a message from the skateboard gods telling me i'm worthy enough
@georgeingram2763
Great vid dude, I think this is the only video I’ve seen where you specifically say you have to WAIT until you do the flick, not flick straight away. For me the feeling is like waiting until my head is over the front of the board before the flick.
@surfskate_mom
Finally a kickflip tutorial that also shows some beginner/intermediate skaters 😊 and girls.
@YUNGWAVY
love these videos! you have a nice editing style! I hope to see more. Your tricks are so clean
@chrismaggio7879
It was magic to me watching the board rise and spin. It was just too quick of a motion to actually catch the technique... this was sooooo helpful. Thx!
@BAKER4LIFE3803
Gnarly earned a sub 🤙
@keitham75
So glad I came across your channel!!! My son and I just started trying kickflips (without much success). Can’t wait to try again applying the concepts from this video
@mikemoccia4965
Just found your channel, thank you, the way you explain and show things is really helpful to me. Hope you start making videos again/more often, even for basic things like ollie and top 5 initial tricks :-)
@JohnnyMac727
Literally one of the best Tutorials ever very in depth and detailed and explained in a way where even someone who is just beginning could understand…. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into you’re videos it’s helped me and so many others out there
@oldbonz
This is such a better description than the other billion of Kflips tutorials I have watched. Thanks and I'm going to learn them this year now!
@DeanRollin
Bro I remember seeing your videos a few years ago and commenting thinking that you needed way more attention and you got it bro congrats on 80k 🎉
@luksky862
im 26 and will start skateboarding, thanks for good content
@Skateboyprime
I will try a kick flip and will post my fail kickflip so that i can learn from my mistakes. Thanks for the tip Mate !
@drillofthedeath879
HES BACK!!!
@_marcus_payne_-2356
Great tip! One thing that really helped me learn kickflips properly was making sure my shoulders stayed fully square with the board throughout the whole trick. When i started doing that properly my front foot really started gripping to the slide up the board which helped get them a lot higher. Also you have a very beautiful kickflip!
@ryanrixon332
Duuuuuuude! I discovered the waiting to flick bit by accident today! Soooo helpful! Haven't seen other people mention it.
@matroxman11