99% of New Skaters Get This WRONG About OLLIES!

[@Gimmemi]

The OPENING OF THE KNEE! Man that changed the game.

[@mirbeaugaming]

This is the thing that I feel people are missing, scraping my foot up my board is just uncomfortable and unnatural

[@coryjs9646]

Good lord, what an excellent video. I can't believe every other instruction I've seen hasn't drilled those details before. Can't wait to start trying ollie's again.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Glad to help! Lmk how it goes

[@sharkie9975]

Oh same i was getting so discouraged until I found this video

[@SunlightBeauty]

@@wildefirecontent191 ])ll

[@SunlightBeauty]

@@wildefirecontent191 pp

[@-dfh-866]

I see ppl say on a lot of videos, "this is the best tutorial..." But in all honesty,this is the absolute best tutorial for an Ollie I've ever watched. Just the small steps to work up to getting comfortable with your back wheels leaving the ground will help people a lot. From there, it's easy. I wish I had this video a long time ago.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Wow thanks so much for the kind words! I’m so pleased this video seems to be so helpful to so many folks :)

[@skyluke9476]

The fact no one ever broke it down into three separate steps is mind boggling. This guy just helped a whole new generation of people learn so much quicker

[@carlosmasmela1584]

Best Ollie tutorial ever. It worked out for me right after. You should mention that it also applies for doing Ollie while moving. Simple and effective technique. Cheers!

[@marshallwaters2305]

What really helped me a lot learning how to do ollies was being already confident on the board from riding, carving, and general board feel.

[@Gimmemi]

Same one day I woke up and was able to manual for 3 times as long, cave man drop, and power slide and revert. All because I skated on the sidewalk making me comfortable, then the Ollie just came right after

[@marky0140]

Great vid. A lot of your favourite pros learn this when they're 8. What does an 8 year know about body mechanics? Nothing. It's intuitive and easy for them. They learn muscle memory before they really think about it. I'm learning this in my 30s and gosh is it a different ballgame than learning to do sports was in my teens or younger.

[@bonsaitomato8290]

Best description of an Ollie on KZbin, hands down! Terrific way to approach it and you’re right, I’ve been “muscling through” my Ollie’s and they are exhausting. Your explanation makes so much sense and when I approach riding on my board the way you break it down, I find I become “lighter” on the board as opposed to being locked and feeling heavy when I first started skateboarding again. Great video, definitely saving it for my practice sessions.

[@jinzo8598]

I think the bit about your forward knee is incredibly important and it's not something i've seen in many ollie tutorials (maybe any i've watched and that's a lot). I listened to the video and immediately thought "oh man - i bet that's why i struggle with the height of my ollies". sure enough - started practicing the ollie with the knee bit in mind and im already getting a LOT more height out of it. Thanks man! this helped a lot!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hell yeah man I’m stoked for you!! Check out part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imKnknubj5d5gZY when you’re ready to upgrade your rolling ollies!

[@foxcsong2389]

希望翻译功能会帮大家看到我的中文评论。我觉得你说的太好了，你的经验分享中提到的动作很自然，自然是这个视频的重点和亮点，其他很多静态教学视频把动作分解地很不自然，别扭，特别是前脚向前刷板，如果刻意去做，会很难过，也不知道如何才能做出来，看了你的分享才知道，是膝盖提高后的自然过程。谢谢！

[@wildefirecontent191]

I just want to add that these principles also apply to other tricks. You can’t shuv if your weights still on the board. You also need tension between your feet (using your knees) to manual AND it helps to lift your weight up briefly to get into a manual or a slappy grind. This exercise helps build up strength in the muscles that you need (ankles primarily) as well as board control and comfort being weightless and detached from your board.

[@keitham75]

So glad I came across your video. Both my son (he is 5) and I can ollie now!! Thank you so much for sharing this!!

[@wildefirecontent191]

So happy for you both! And glad I could help :)

[@damcopter]

I have spent the last 18 months watching ollies tutorials until I found THE tutorial. Thanks mate 💪

[@andormatrahazi8140]

Absolutely amazing! Your advice was game changer for ne! God bless you dude!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Aha excellent!! So happy to have helped :)

[@Caveman05]

Hi Alex! Thank you very much for sharing this tutorial. I have been practicing ollie for more than a year and I have broken several shoes, I have spent a lot of energy and time. I wish I had met you sooner. Because it's a shame that all the people I've met explain the ollie technique wrong. I hope you are very happy to have helped so many people. All the best.

[@wildefirecontent191]

I’m so pleased my video has helped you :)

[@Caveman05]

@@wildefirecontent191 i must to practice hippie jumps a ton because i need to crouching down correctly and no so much deep and shift my body up. And i think when trying the moving ollie it’s the same technique but jumping forward with legs, not lean the body forward. What do you think?

[@wildefirecontent191]

First part is correct. For a moving Ollie you jump straight up just the same way as a stationary Ollie and your board will naturally shift backwards and your foot will pull it forwards and under you again if your sliding correctly

[@Caveman05]

This is definitely the easiest way to understand the ollie. I even dare to do it on a small jumping ramp. I'm also going to try it going down curbs. No matter how many tutorials I have seen, I have never been able to understand how to do the ollie. My board would twist, it would pop too soon, I would fall backwards... a disaster. And the amount of noise I've made. I would go to the skatepark just to ollie, and I wouldn't do anything else. I send you a hug from the island of Mallorca.

[@wildefirecontent191]

@@Caveman05 the struggle is real! I had the same problems for a long time and when I finally figured it out I was a little angry that no one had ever explained these things to me. keep skating my friend

[@marcusradell7544]

So helpful! Thank you for putting an alternative method out there. I just don't get any value out of the classical method. This way of progressively add details to your jump feels much more doable.

[@edbisdee]

Yup, really solid description, I think this is one of the only videos that I've seen that mentions the knee movement to life the front foot, which honestly is the biggest blocker I've found in getting consistent Ollies. Nice breakdown!

[@JohnSmithson999]

Turning your knee is something every other ollie video never mentioned. Thanks so much lad!

[@stephenkirkwood3544]

I really needed this 24 years ago, but I now wanna get back into skating after watching.

[@Killadey]

You may have been a beginner when you posted this, but you are a great natural teacher and I think this video is gonna help once my first board arrives. 👍

[@evy-k6q]

This is literally the best ollie tutorial on youtube that helped me. Thankyou so much

[@arthur-tn5yz]

This is the most helpful ollie tutorial ive ever seen thanks alot

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hey thank you for your comment, I’m stoked that it’s helping you

[@jasonpiggott7220]

This is actually brilliant

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hey thanks! Hope it helps :)

[@TheOneGrimReaper]

This definitely makes more sense. I’ve gotten to the conclusion that I need to actually prejump the pop, but the practice steps shown here is logical and helps a lot. I’ll head out if the weather allows and try it out. Peace out.

[@harrists6319]

So damn right! I figured ollie out before seeing this tutorial and did everything wrong and got to a point saying "lets break the ollie down" after two months and ended up to his theory. Everything he says is absolutely correct.

[@spavkov]

Wow! This i have to say is The Ollie Tutorial for me. Since i saw it, it clicked in my head. It almost instantly improved my ollie and my pop. That jump-tap moment is the key. Nobody else mentions this in tutorials. Thank you!!!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Glad I could help! Happy skating!

[@DJdarkness73]

This makes more sense than any other tutorial out there! Thank you!

[@tannikaetzchen6876]

Wow, I thought I had studied the ollie thoroughly enough in my 1,5 years of skating, and I basically know every single step of the Ollie, but had I practised it exactly like you are suggesting, I would have succeeded much much sooner! I will start again from scratch following your exact method 😊 yes, open the knee - I never saw it that way! Amazing!!! Although the hight has improved a lot, the Ollies are still way too exhausting for me, so I will try to relearn them your way. Thank you for the great video!!! ❤

[@marcelo4741]

Very good! The fist tip (low effort) is the key to the ollie and no other tutorial pay attention to that!

[@moistygibs]

Is honestly insane that this video is not more popular, I've been struggling with doing an ollie for quite some time now, and haven't been able to do more than 2 or 3 Ollie's. But the way you've explained it in this video seriously makes so much more sense. Thanks man!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Thanks for the kind words friend. Glad to help! Good luck on your Ollie journey, send updates!!

[@middle-agedclimber]

What a great and detailed explanation. As a beginner skater myself I can say that simply concentrating on jumping and leaving the board was the key.

[@NativeNeo918]

Best advice for olies in 2023!!! Explanation is on point. Very descriptive and informative. Nice clean shots slow mo's and close ups. All very well said. Sharing!

[@theruby1154]

this is by far the best video I've found on Ollies :) thanks very much

[@wildefirecontent191]

Happy to help :)

[@veggieSxDBD]

For real bro you can jump mad high in place. Dope

[@wildefirecontent191]

Just picking my knees up, My heads not rly going that high

[@morphosis7655]

I agree this is the best tutorial.

[@thebestking4615]

Bro I can’t thank you enough. I’ve been skating for a few months now and could not seem to get how exactly and Ollie works and as soon as I watched this video I followed each baby step you showed and I literally ended up doing multiple Ollie’s for the first time ever. This is by far the best explanation video of how to Ollie thanks so much!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Yes!!! Such a good feeling when it finally clicks! Right on man, so happy I could help!

[@thebestking4615]

@@wildefirecontent191 it was the best feeling! Thank you so much again!

[@caitlin5927]

Wow never heard it explained this way! Helps so much thank you.

[@lurkkn8758]

This helped me so much I was taught to stomp the tail to get the most pop

[@Shar0ne]

Wow, that's the most helpful ollie tutorial I've seen! You addressed pretty much every difficulty involved in a beginner being able to wrap their head around an ollie. I've tried all the steps before: pop, jump, slide and they are very exhausting and difficult and unnatural feeling, whereas everything you're saying makes much more sense. I can't wait to try it!! Thanks for making this video. 🙇‍♂️🙏☺️👍

[@wildefirecontent191]

Happy to help! Let me know how it goes for ya :)

[@jedinaiit2345]

I came to one of those ideas on my own, which was that I should probably just practice hopping up and back down onto my board in a smooth controlled fashion first. Realizing I couldn’t really do that without a bunch of jerky motions I just worked on that for awhile. Your other tips are gold!! I’ll try em out

[@thundernixon]

This might just be another way of thinking of detail 2 here (putting the front knee forward), but I find it very helpful to think of pushing the tail “back” a bit, to kind of pull the board into my front foot. Yet another way of saying this is to jump with forward momentum. This has really helped me start to ollie up curbs, and has been really important to think about for working on kickflips.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Yep there should be slight tension between your feet going outwards in each direction, so a little bit back towards the tail w your back foot and a little bit out towards the nose with your front foot.

[@nuthinguseful]

this video gave a totally different way of thinking about this! thanks man!

[@jdsarfo610]

this is an EXCELLENT video. Hands down the best ollie tutorial for beginners. I want to also mention that the concept of opening the front knee to aid the turning of the ankle may be helpful, but be careful because it also may cause the board to turn frontside, which makes it extremely difficult to land and ollie while moving. Just make sure to not overdo the opening of the knee, and keep all motions going up and straight for ollies. Finally i have two tips that will help with ollies (especially when rolling): Once you have the basic motion of the ollie down, focus on lifting your knees and getting your feet level in the air. Make sure to also bend your knees when landing to absorb impact. the second tip is to square your shoulders(make sure they are straight) ; i sometimes cross my arms infront of me (not leaning forward though) to help keep them straight and “closed” when I ollie. Opening you shoulder to much when ollieing can cause the frontside rotation i mentioned earlier whew hopefully that wasnt too much but again love this tutorial so much 🙏

[@dylanels8307]

That is pretty on point. Everytime I have seen an ollie tutorial that keep saying to stomp your foot on the tail really hard. And with a trick as time precise as an ollie it takes a lot longer for your brain to wrap around the fact that you jump first then immediately flick your toes to generate pop.

[@benoduartebd]

Ya spot on. I would do that I pop the tail and you can see that with no weight on it the back foot can easily pop it pretty high. Took me awhile to get them leveled out. I do use my back foot on a Ollie more to help level ,kind of use inside of my foot drag the board toward the front foot. If that makes sense.

[@splash4890]

This video described my life to a tee😂even the part about muscling out an Ollie, knowing it isn’t right, and asking for help only for people to tell me to pop harder and shit but by the time I’m recording I’m so tired from doing it the wrong way people have told me I’m doing weak jumps in the video

[@Ayaaruen]

I have to thank KZbin algorithm for showing this underrated video on my suggested page.. thank you creator

[@KuzcoTokl]

This is gold! Opening the knee is master tip. Thanks for that.

[@fabrinaldi]

This must be the best ollie tutorial I’ve seen so far. Great video.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Thank you!

[@thargor6750]

I skated for many years and had an ok Ollie but man.. this is the best tutorial out there. I wish i could go back and show it to my self

[@hkgaming7452]

This is the best video on how to Ollie I’ve ever seen it helped me out so much

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hell yeah!! 😎

[@jerseyheadxl]

WOOOOW this is what i was missing for YEARS!! no lie bro, i wanted to quit bc i couldn't ollie over rails and stuff after almost 10 year skating..im going back to basics and relearning my foundation with this video! Thank you!!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hell yeah man lmk how it goes for you!!! You got this!!

[@jerseyheadxl]

@@wildefirecontent191 im waking up early tmrw and going training, been strictly working on ollies the past 3-4 days only. lol im not playing! i neeeed this ollie or i cant move onto the next phase

[@jamesb1412]

Great video! I can Ollie but always get to get tips and I’ve never seen it broken down like this! Makes total sense!👍

[@fooloftheworld0889]

Thank you so much! This is the video that did it for me !

[@wildefirecontent191]

Happy to help :)

[@salous]

the "open your knee" cue is a complete game changer.

[@maxjarvela4255]

Makes so much more sense than other tutorials, ty man

[@wildefirecontent191]

Ty!! Glad it’s helping things click for ya

[@maxjarvela4255]

@@wildefirecontent191 Tested it out properly today after about a month of practicing regularly. Major breakthrough, I actually understand how to physically do the pop now! One thing I'd add though is how you fold your hips behind you to lift your knees during the jump, turns out I didn't give the board enough space under my feet because the lack of that backwards hinge ^^ But yeah man awesome stuff, now it feels so much more plausible and I only need more practice! :D

[@wildefirecontent191]

@@maxjarvela4255 for sure, gotta try to bend at the knees instead of the hips. I try to think of it as just sitting straight down like a squat. theres a part 2 to this video about rolling ollies where I go more into that

[@maxjarvela4255]

@@wildefirecontent191 I realized my bit about the hips folding could be interpreted the other way around haha. What I meant is that I experienced improvement during the airtime part of the jump when I fold my hips backwards, I find it easier to suck my knees up that way. I do stay a lot more upright during the jumping up part tho ^^

[@tomphillips7207]

Thanks for this. I learnt to ollie a long time ago, but I've got a nephew who is trying to learn and, before now, I haven't known to explain it to him like this.

[@GameBoyToast]

I am going to do my part and direct people (like me) who are trying to Ollie to your video. This is gold. If we come back here in a year and this has millions of views imagine how many new skaters you helped! Thank you.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Wow thanks so much man! I would love it if this video helped even one person learn to Ollie

[@wildefirecontent191]

Yo make sure you check out Part 2 where I talk about rolling ollies! kzbin.info/www/bejne/imKnknubj5d5gZY

[@ajlist0n]

I got my skateboard last Monday and have been skating everyday for about 10 days or so now and have been able too learn how too ollie through the rushed way so this video really helped me learn how too wrap my mind better around it and not destroy my board as much

[@alv2764]

Excelet video Alexsander. Thahk u so Mach. I'm traying to build my ollie and your explanation it's so clear that it will bee the key for me. 👌

[@AnubisRacing]

This is a great video man. I've been skating since 99' and been trying to help my 12 year old daughter learn to ollie. Even I never thought of some of the things you brought up. Absolutely awesome bro!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Appreciate it bro! Glad it’s helping and that’s awesome you get to skate again with your daughter and share that w her

[@mattswan6168]

this was super helpful thanks

[@kumper3200]

This is THE video I was looking for. I was trying the first tip u mentioned without knowing it was a good thing and I did a very huge improvement. A few days later I came back to try ollie but I didn't practice that and I totally lost it. I wasn't able to stay on the board. So I'm totally going to practice this every time I go skate. Thx a lot.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Glad it’s working for ya!

[@neighbor9672]

This is the best tutorial on Ollies on youtube.

[@mfbx8sse]

This is INSANELY useful. Thank you!

[@ABunnyVTuber]

I've seen soooooooooooo many videos on how to ollie and the one Sarah Park-Matott does is great in breaking down those steps kind of like you do, but the knee thing 🤯 I knew I was missing something, I have some of those earlier steps down, but I still wasn't doing well with the front leg slide thingy and this totally just opened it up for me. Awesome video!

[@Lishhoops]

This is fantastic. The part about opening up the hip is invaluable. Thank you kindly. :D !

[@Lishhoops]

Also the 'low effort' theory. Yes. Allll of this.

[@Intentt]

Really interesting video, cant wait to get on my board and focus more on that front knee. I noticed it while watching kader Sylla

[@felixandsomebricks4258]

THANK YOU this finally made it click in my head!!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Awesome!! Happy to help :)

[@DefacedProductions]

i start next week aged 39, this deffo makes the most body sense as regards boiling the whole 4 motions jus down to 2 actions. Cant wait to try. subd

[@aceishigh3093]

This is great, I would love to see you break down the shuv/pop shuv

[@wildefirecontent191]

Ive been working on this, but I want to be sure I’ve got them solid before I start handing out advice so there may be another video between here and there. Definitely in the works though!!

[@MrJeffHayman]

Top tutorial dude. So comprehensive!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Thank man!! I’m the type of person that really benefits from having a conceptual understanding of the mechanics of things going into them.

[@zsetta]

i actually learned to ollie after watching this thx man

[@levistubbs7505]

Really helpful man thanks for making this!!

[@Zarbus93]

precise, well done, I hope I can apply your insights to next skate session, thank you very much!

[@didieravousten314]

This is amazing! Thank you so much because your video and tips helped me a lot :). Opening my front knee to a 90° and reaching it toward the nose seriously helped me to Ollie and even to jump over smal obstacles like sponges. So, thank you very very much :)!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Not sure about the first question without seeing it. It honestly doesn’t sound like a problem, you’re gonna be using Ollie’s while rolling 99% of the time anyway. As for the shoulder/feet thing- it’s best to keep your shoulders parallel to the board and your feet perpendicular

[@didieravousten314]

Thank you so much! I can manage small Ollies thanks to your advices now and can't stop doing them :)!!!!@@wildefirecontent191

[@peroh3408]

Criminally underrated

[@wildefirecontent191]

Tysm!

[@billdogroonie132]

Thank you bro! this covers every little detail that I personally needed that i didnt find anywhere else, almost got it down now! lol fr thank you!

[@stzlys]

Great tips. Haven’t seen any video that talks about front foot turning. Still struggle with levelling out the board. Gonna give that a shot.

[@DarkArtist1]

Wow! This was a game changer for me. I got the ‘jump before pop’ thing down from some other videos, which is absolutely key… however the fact that you can baby step up from little jump/pops to find your timing and balance was new to me. Before I was trying to bend down to 90 degrees, jump and tuck my knees as high as possible while slamming the pop down as hard as possible. For a beginner, this is a recipe for the skateboard to go shooting out and send you for a slam every time. Baby stepping it up had me getting the back wheels off AND landing on my board in a few minutes. All over concrete without a railing and without any big slams.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Hell yeah that’s great to hear! Slow and steady is the way, my friend

[@ottocunha_7691]

Damn, ollie makes some much sense for me now. Thank you

[@jbachman01]

I saw Andy Anderson talk about how hacky sack had similar motions to an ollie and that got me extending my front knee. I thought that was a good way of thinking about it as if you were bending your knee out to do an inner kick

[@wildefirecontent191]

I can definitely see that

[@bryanwheel]

Excellent description of the Gordian Knot of an Ollie. The best description I had heard before was to Kung Fu kick the board. Lead with you knee is more accurate. Kudos.

[@nickflokas2156]

Congratulations mate!!..you’ve just delivered THE BEST DAMN OLLIE TUTORIAL IN THE UNIVERSE…everyone else’s is also very good (thanks to everyone out there don’t get me wrong )but not as enlightening as yours…another GREAT piece of advice that had helped me learn the Ollie was that u have to think of it as JUMPING OFF YOUR BACK FOOT(Justin Lauria or nsi tutorial I don’t remember exactly who)

[@nickflokas2156]

Actually it was vl skate where I heard it first

[@grassgrow030]

Yo thats excellent advice..ive never realized that opening up those knees naturally allows for that angle to slide with the front foot. And the hopping practice is great, ill be practising those next session, thank you!!

[@clarcnoey]

Good video man, thank you. I have been able to ollie for quite a while now but have been a bit frustrated that I’ve struggled to get a consistent feeling ollie. I feel like these tips will help me so again thank you dude

[@wildefirecontent191]

happy to help! Lmk how it goes for ya

[@clarcnoey]

@@wildefirecontent191 will do dude

[@soul.j]

simply perfect!

[@charithwickremasinghe8026]

This was really helpful. I've been struggling to slide that front foot up properly and this looks promising - gonna try it out tomorrow!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Lmk if you have more questions! Happy to help

[@lloydmorrison6582]

Great video!

[@jayteecollins1279]

Dude thanks so much for this video! You are the best! The practice of jumping with little tap has helped Me To overcome my fear in olleing on pavement. It allowed Me to gain confidence. After that, i got a solid pop now!!!

[@wildefirecontent191]

That’s awesome!! Congrats buddy!!

[@ahappyimago]

Very good advice.

[@AKnightSword]

Genius. Thanks for posting. I look forward to practicing this way.

[@wildefirecontent191]

Thank you! Let me know how it’s going for ya

[@RasAnnunaki]

I appreciate the effort of these types of videos, I've watched a few recently because my gf is starting to learn skating and I've been looking for a way to help her, but the truth is... there is no video that will help you learn how to ollie, other than the usual pop jump and slide your foot. There is no video that you will watch and go outside and land your first ollie with. The secret about learning ollies is that you can't learn it quickly. The secret is that there is no secret. Just repeat, repeat, repeat. You need to go through that whole thousand of failed ollies in order to discover the sensitivity needed to land an ollie. The balance, the position of your feet, the sensation in your toes, the amount of force applied, the amount of tension in your muscles, the way to distribute your weight. Your brain cannot learn any of that watching a video, you need to repeat the motion over a thousand times in order for your brain to start calibrating all those parameters. Wanna learn how to ollie ? Put down your phone, grab your board, practice. That's the ticket.

[@wildefirecontent191]

I hear what you’re saying and to a degree you are right - intellectualizing can only get you so far, you have to actually practice and understand it in your body before you can really do it. But I also think both a mental understanding of the proper mechanics AND physical practice is necessary. Without understanding what it is you’re trying to achieve the best case scenario is you’ll waste a lot of time and worst case scenario is you’ll build a lot of bad habits that you’ll later have to undo, or injure yourself more than normal trying to do it wrong. I know for a fact that this video has helped things click for a ton of people - just read through some of these comments and you’ll see what I mean. thank you for your perspective!

[@RasAnnunaki]

@@wildefirecontent191 Right, I actually showed your video to my gf I'll let you know if it helped. I understand what you mean but I still think that even with the best of advices and theoretical understanding of the matter, you'll still have to go through that fair amount of pain and frustration (the one you describe at the beginning of your video). That just how skateboarding is I think. When people tell me stuff like "that's cool I've always wanted to skate but I could never learn" the only answer I can think of is "well, you need to have a thing for pain" and I genuinely think that's the thing. Anyways, thanks for the effort trying to help people out and all that, that's respectable for sure. Have a good one man.

[@ryanmontreal5883]

Dude hands down the best tutorial on how to ollie!! The fact that you also put this together being a new skater! Hats off to you Sir👏 Over analyze things also, i can relate! Just Subscribed✌👊

[@wildefirecontent191]

Tysm! I’m happy to share the little knowledge I’ve got :)

[@ingoskate422]

people always seem to forgett in trick tips its kinda hard to get in memory every detail for any trick because they do it for a very long time at some point and not everybody got a good understanding why any movement with your feet has to be done for example an ollie is kinda self explain if you do it for a longer time u pop so board comes up you jump so u come up your front foot slide towards the nose for making the board straight and not as a rocket but that feels way easier to understand if you skate for a long time and as you do far more complicated movements thats why i actuallly like trick tips from people more who recently learn a trick cause they got a way better understanding what makes them progress further in a trick like you explain in this ollie for example if you skate longer anything you learn you see at one point as its kinda easy you just have to do this and that but understanding that your body just learns by itself how much strenght what kinda timing you need and stuff you forgett about as more safe you get on a trick to a point that you cant think about too much about anything so u explain just what you see (foot placement, weight distribution, rotation and movement) thats why i kinda think trick tips in generell should be just see as a kinda advice rather then a guide cause depending on trick there are most of the time different ways to do them and you should learn how its easiest for you

[@RichGANG-l9b]

im so confused why so many tutorials and repetitive videos from same youtubers never talked about opening your knee while your sliding to level the board out thats the 'secret' no one brings up im guessing

[@wildefirecontent191]

I am just as confused as you are my friend

[@elijahdunks5739]

Thanks for this awesome video! Really helped my understanding!

[@wildefirecontent191]

Ah that’s great I’m so glad it’s helping you! Keep me updated with how it’s going for ya

[@snufkin4568]

So good. Thanks so much. When I heard the thing about the knee I just started laughing cause I knew it was true.

[@hectorgrand3214]

Omg, ure actually a genius

[@tototima8126]

Great video ! You mean mentioned the most important part which is not having your foot on the tail when u pop My ollie’s currently look like 5:32 and is not reaching the nose just a little so am i not popping hard enough or do I need to jump higher ? Also I posted the video of my rocket ollie on Reddit and they told me I needed to lift my back foot higher how do I do that when it’s already I’m the air?

[@wildefirecontent191]

First thing to work on to fix a rocketed Ollie is to make sure you’re fully opening your front knee and so the side of your front foot is perpendicular to the board. You only need to “jump” high enough that you become weightless - building height is about getting your knees up high after the jump. So make sure after the initial hop off your toes that your front knee is coming up high, and then make sure your back knee is shooting up immediately after the pop. You bring your feet up by bending your knees.

[@tj-cy8rx]

you got crazy vertical lol. also great vid, ima try to implement the slide tip tomorrow

[@wildefirecontent191]

Aha thanks bro lmk how it’s coming along

[@cademitchell4784]

bro this is the only true ollie in 8 minutes video ever