Skateology: Hardflip (1000 fps slow motion)

Good news for all the haters! I re-filmed the hardflip skateology with some legit proper-ass hardflips. Check it out here • Skateology: hardflip p...
This is my Skateology video for hardflips. These clips were filmed at 1,000 frames per second with a Redlake N3 high speed camera at 1280x720 resolution. Skaters include Wes Wallace, Kurt Raymond (0:28 & 1:29), Zach Miyamoto (1:00), Dylan Phipps (1:12 & 2:14)), Scott Hartzel (1:49), Alex Knox (1:56), and Wes Johnson (2:26).
I literally had about 20 minutes of hardflip footage and I had to leave a lot of good ones out to get it down to a reasonable length. I wanted to show the two major styles of hardflips, which are the ones that are popped basically straight up with little or no flick with the front foot (like Dylan at 1:12) and the other looks more like a frontside shuv-it kickflip (like Kurt at 0:29).
Thanks to Dunian for the music. This song is called Mind Body Mind. www.myspace.com...

[@MacieJay]

Kids are so lucky now! Back when i first started skating I was on the VCR pausing shaky ass VHS tapes.

[@jesuschristsonofgod9709]

Lol

[@J4themperor]

Kids are striving to be as good as you on R6 now

[@iwhbyourdaddy]

oh hi macie, small world

[@strawgrass9681]

macie jay out in the wild 8 years ago holy fuck haha

[@Notorious1210]

Omg its Macie J, 8yrs ago?!?!???

[@rodolfocamarena3852]

Watching these kind of videos help more than a trick tip, seriously.

[@Dontbustthecrust]

Agreed.

[@0xscoopta]

Probably depends on your learning style. But I agree

[@inhalergang5811]

Big facts

[@inhalergang5811]

You analyze every single motion and frame and how the feet move and placement etc and apply it viola how I got tre flips

[@swarajdweeprabha1841]

Yes

[@jakestockton4808]

The road leading to mastered hardflips is paved with countless nut-checks.

[@benediktmandel7705]

It's worth it

[@cobyearley5781]

true dat, but it's worth it

[@fastinradfordable]

It’s not worth it. If you get 10 bad ice picks money says you’ll think hard before you do it again. Now a back foot impossible. That is a rewarding flip. With much less risk

[@5iris743]

Nathan Brame c o m m i t m e n t

[@cameronheskett1243]

dolphin flips are worse for that

[@braunihawk]

After 20 years, Hardflip still looks so strange to me

[@tylerheard3982]

That’s why it’s such a cool trick

[@yvonnegabin467]

I just LOVE it when thres goofy and regular clips,so everyone can understand the trick easier

[@Hide_and_Tweak]

just understand visually what's happening is one of the hardest flip

[@alamcho]

this is a weird flip. my brain does not undertand the rotation

[@limpan0510]

Its like a vertical front shuv with a kickflip in it lmao it looks Good tho

[@dhardthesk8er835]

I just see it as a 180 kickflip

[@stakinator14]

Frontside flip but your body doesn’t rotate

[@therealcauds]

Its like half a varial flip...they make even less sense in slow mo to be honest...still cant fully wrap my head around this flip lol

[@therealcauds]

I read your first comment after i said that and it made more sense. If you dont move your body during and fs flip its pretty much the same thing. But yeah weird trick always loved it

[@nicholasjohnson1200]

Half these flips were higher than I can Ollie.

[@elijahcuyler5667]

Nicholas Johnson a lot of flip tricks are easier to pop then Ollies

[@XavielYouTube]

Hardflips in general require lots of pop

[@lime2615]

same.

[@noahjohansson9468]

my first switch hardflip was higher than my highest kickflip. its just because the way it flips before you catch it makes it go really high

[@iflxnk3986]

2:10 the board tho lol

[@lostcheese9535]

Lol I thought it was gonna break

[@duckdoctors]

Can we just acknowledge how good this song is.

[@unitus.]

1:12 oh my lord that was beautiful

[@denny574]

Unitus Bright bruh i know i just saw this and thought the same thing

[@kidwilly5446]

Fast Internet hi

[@vecchioutente]

@Fast Internet hi

[@spion098]

Was that one even a hardflip? Didn't look like his front foot even did anything lol

[@zPoyzn]

@@spion098 i think its actually a pressure hardflip

[@powerswish]

I can appreciate how tough it is for some people like me to learn hardflips, but I've never thought they looked good. They look like someone missed their intended trick but still landed anyway.

[@orrcazz]

That one starting at 2:12 is practically a pressure flip! Front foot just gets out of the way!

[@alphabetApperatus]

ever since I skated on acid, I've realized that skateboarding was one of the most poetic things ever...the sound of the wheels, the *pop* of the deck 😍

[@subie1507]

Kail Habib lol wut?

[@gannon3816]

You sound stupid as fuck

[@loveandnapalm]

I wish I could do drugs and wax poetic about meaningless wooden toys, but every time I try to buy acid I either get scared because the kids that sell it call me a nerd and give me swirlies or my feeble mind realizes it can't handle such profound realizations about the world as yours. If only I could be as cool and deep as you...

[@nerad1994]

Kail Habib that makes sense, psychedelics open you up to a new realm of perception and appreciation

[@erickmorales5499]

skateboarding saved me when I was having a bad trip. was contemplating life and realized skateboarding will always be there no matter what. giving me meaning to life

[@TheDarkness4560]

for all the people that think those are pressure flips. all those hardflips are set up (back foot) like a bs pop shove to let the hardflip's be more vertical and in that position you can't pressure hardflip because if everything would be pressure in that position it would look like a varial heel but u can clearly see the kick flip motion in those.

[@elijahnichols7305]

One of my favorite tricks of all time

[@blakolawton5205]

The original hardflip started out as a flip trick in the 90$ when the board would flipped completely vertical..which gave it that name for it's beauty and difficulty

[@fourteenants]

90$

[@daxberry566]

Well it’s easier to do a vertical hardflip than a proper hardflip

[@barbaloka4520]

Yeahhhhh!!! The vertical HARD flip is magical 🔥!!! The shovited hard flip is just cool 👍🏻

[@tomalophicon]

wrong

[@lrysmt]

First hardflip done on film was by daewon son? And was dubbed the inward kickflip or something sort of like that. Completely sideways

[@semimealways8289]

My favourite skateboard flip. Looks so cool!! Inward heels also. (Same trick instead of kickflip if you didn't know)

[@aceyly3530]

No buddy thats a varial heel an inward heel is a pop shuvit and a heel flip

[@da7nesman]

Thank you soooo much for these slow mo vids! I have even more respect for skaters now that I see clearly what you can make that board do.

[@venetask8ter]

This video might actually help me learn these. The slow mo really helps break down exactly what's happening. Love these Skateology vids!

[@dirtydan1764]

the most awkward flip trick

[@megaog4999]

its not really when you get em down, it just starts to come together

[@DeviatedDocs]

Inward heel. When I can land that shit I will feel accomplished

[@commentcontrol7187]

@rocket grunt some people are natural heelflippers

[@semimealways8289]

@@commentcontrol7187 Facts!!!!! Heelflips is so much easier to me. It's hard to kick that flip instead of swipe back. Everybody learned kickflip before heel. I learned heels first and even today heels are easier. (Im goofy, dunno if that explains anything, propably not. First when i tried to flip, i tried heel so maybe by that way it feels more natural to me)

[@BONESBRUH]

@@commentcontrol7187 I learnt heelflips and hardflips before kickies hah

[@kommandokenny12345]

I got these a few weeks ago. Now I just gotta keep ‘em consistent. Such a steez trick. I love it

[@At_rgb]

12 years old and this looks better than any bigfoot footage

[@delaz4ck543]

0:00 vertical pop shove it 0:28 hardflip 0:49 hardflip 0:59 hardflip 1:12 frontside pressure flip 1:28 hardflip 1:54 hardflip 2:14 frontside pressure flip 2:25 hardflip

[@justincase9284]

Yeah but which one was the cleanest..

[@ROGUESPIRIT_]

2.25 is a varial kickflip.

[@5-iwnl-596]

De La Rochefort 0:00 was hard

[@thrashedd]

0:00 was a hardflip. Flick was just a lil bit late.

[@sethreign8103]

@@ROGUESPIRIT_ varial kickflips spin the other way so the nose goes away from you though.

[@4everShredd]

must agree ! impossibles are awsome to watch too !!

[@cxssetteman182]

Hardflips are so Underappreciated fr ❤️

[@andrewsmith3570]

Does a hard flip look like a big ass fs pop shuvit to anyone else? Or is it just me

[@andrewsmith3570]

***** really? I had no idea...

[@andrewsmith3570]

Thanks bro

[@andrewsmith3570]

Lol me to bro

[@andrewsmith3570]

Okay is ur profile pic u in a helmet thing if so I'm buttermilkbiscuits that just followed

[@therockiesfan3]

andrew smith mine look like bs shuvs. Theyre a little too vertical lol

[@debbiemacpherson2483]

boys are doin HUGE hardflips

[@chrism-kx3tt]

the quality of these videos is just insane

[@japenesenugget2141]

All hardflips, they are just in slo mo. Different styles too🔥

[@PerfectCell9]

Best looking skate trick tied with a frontside flip too imo

[@HarlemFingerboards]

The only reason I watched this vid is to try to learn hard flips and I see how they completely curved there front foot and just let it slide off. Thanks this helped a lot.

[@NegiTom]

All of your videos are so awesome for learning these tricks, being able to see see them that slowly and in that detail is better than any words, thanks dude.

[@17ballislife]

Hardflips are so beautiful

[@jamesbullie7096]

1:56 was the nicest one

[@leirbagguitbox6477]

One those tricks I couldn’t get when I was wee lad lol but my school mate and friend always knew how to do it . RIP Jonathan Duncan

[@joshuafabillar4289]

2:15 is a pressure hardflip

[@JPJPJP98]

When i was a kid it took like 2 years to i understand how the hardflip spins

[@edoardobertelli8874]

the best flip trick ever

[@valkane3596]

Dude with red laces just sends it and it hardflips literally

[@learningtoskatewhenyoure3065]

This was super satisfying to watch.

[@TheUrbanSkateboarder]

Favorite trick right here.

[@PheZepe]

Hard flip looks so easy, yet really hard to even get it to flip

[@billionairio]

Thanks for this, just one skater didn't make sense, but putting it together from the different styles helps things click.

[@delaz4ck543]

hardflip and f/s-pressure-flip has the same board rotation, So do inward heelflip and pressure flip. The difference is if the flip is caused by the front foot or back foot.

[@Jroderton]

Best looking trick.

[@justincase9284]

Agreed. By far.

[@thebananasquad7124]

My pop shove its look like some of those hardflips. I noticed by filming myself that I actually kinda flick the board on my shuvs with my front foot and that the main difference between my pop shuvs and these hardlips is that the board doesn't spin between my legs but in front of me

[@cae_lb]

I actually think this is a different trick, but I can’t remember the name right now. Where it does the same motion but doesn’t go between your legs

[@mgmskateco5679]

And people ask me why I like hard flips more than tres

[@indonesiaball8277]

I like it because i can hardflip but cant tre

[@DamCrooksta]

Better than a trick tip

[@Anatime714]

All time favorite trick.

[@REEL.FASTLT]

The music is making me tierd.

[@alexbr58]

How can people dislike this video, I guess they don't know how to hardflip

[@sirianfelixbrightonesquire3247]

I did my first perfect hardflip today by accident. It felt soooo natural

[@christianthompson8584]

The rotation is done all with the back foot, hold pressure with the front foot and release after the pop. (1:12)

[@ashomsky]

@troysfreakinawesome I found these guys on Myspace and asked them if I could use their music in my videos.

[@R2Magnum]

these slow clips remind me so much of TH Project 8. because it all looks so smooth an slow just like when you control the fliptricks in the game great videos!

[@NeCtRiCkS]

Dude, this Dylan Phipps is sick!

[@CodexGame]

2:13 that was totally a frontside pressure flip, he didnt use his front foot!

[@alexsailer9967]

yeah he did use it. so perfectly it looked effortless. In order to cause a pressure flip like that he would have appeared to do a heel flip flick

[@billyloaf4753]

alex sailer wtf u talking lol

[@alexsailer9967]

For a pressure hardflip it appears as if the person kicks for a heel flip and it flips kick flip.. he kicked kick flip and it flipped that way. He also clearly popped a front shuv instead of the pressure technique of pinching the board and the wheel.

[@billyloaf4753]

alex sailer dude im trying to understand you but your english is not making that happen lol

[@alexsailer9967]

I'm trying my best. a hardflip is a front shuv and a kick flip combined..Just like he did in this video. a pressure hardflip will flip the same way, but the most noticeable difference of the person doing it would be a heel flip motion of the front leg instead of the kick flip motion. He's clearly kicking kickflip in combination with a front shuv to make it a hardflip. If it was pressure then he would've extended the front leg in the heel flip motion.

[@makemworse123]

I have a feeling I may land this trick cause of this video

[@monkeybounceereborn4909]

Did you do it?

[@kolbyoketch5662]

no, its just a perfectly executed hardflip. the board is suppose to be vertical when you do it , that's what makes it go between the legs.

[@robbroadhead3495]

Some of these skaters have incredible vert! Hops!

[@skate4ever610]

hardflip is such a fun trick!

[@Dreselias]

The 2d most beautiful trick 😯😯

[@seanskates6319]

TnTnx @ashomsky for this!I finally know now how to catch and land it!

[@ventuskeywielder]

i really like yalls vids! they are better than tricktips and your angles and HD are sick! i subbed :D

[@kchal0]

My favorite trick to do :) always gets a letter in SKATE. Both regular and fakie

[@zombieman395]

i lernt these yesterday so clean

[@EllWood847]

oh snap look at those es accel thats a bangin ass shoe right there

[@adamheeley285]

Some of these are pressure flips, at 1:12 the guy does not use his front foot to flip the board, his back foot is doing all the work....that is a pressure flip.

[@goldenpepitas4603]

Real title: Reason why hard flip is the sexiest trick in s8boarding

[@andrewmanzano461]

My trick tip: Do a varial flip but pop/scoop the tail under more to give it a vertical half flip and you'll land a hardflip.

[@teilzeitteemo6190]

that's still a varial flip then.

[@joih7]

This trick is such a mindfuck

[@Jorgeskatercastillo]

naw it means that it takes 1000 pictures in 1 second thats why the slo mos look so smooth and nice

[@chrism-kx3tt]

you know its a sweet hardflip when you catch it with your front foot like in 1:22

[@bobsmith-ov3kn]

I like how it starts with a front shuv and not an actual hardflip

[@edoardobertelli8874]

this video is sooo good

[@riveratrackrunner]

To learn switch flip i recorded myself and saw what i was doing wrong to get the flick better.its like football players watching old videos of plays to see what works and doesnt. So i recommend recording to see what the issue is.

[@nexismfb]

Tony hawk proving ground "create a trick" mode all over again.

[@mike_r91]

Thank you soo much for this. I still had to put the vid in 0.25x speed to fully comprehend what is going on xD

[@THEMIGHTYMANGANFTW]

at first when i saw it it looked a really low pop but then i saw the rest and hot damn thats a high pop

[@mangomane420]

So many pressure flips man

[@allinornothin]

no

[@mangomane420]

ND S Dont debate me on this

[@mehdimoussaoui1712]

Indeed

[@javonsilas1342]

+Geo Cucuta no he decided to pop them flick late to assure a cleaner land. I'm just going off of physics sorry

[@JrizzleSkate]

I always thought the hardflip was when the board did a 360 vetically, and didn't "barrel roll" as well (for lack of a better term) like shown here?

[@ashomsky]

@sk8erboy088 Dylan Phipps. He was going pretty fast when he did that hardflip.

[@spooky_zen]

dude was launching into space

[@DjBaapreB]

Beautiful

[@MateoBlumer]

1:12 one of the best I’ve seen

[@JoshSteimle]

When I see him loft that thing two full feet up that's when I think, "Well, no wonder these are hard for me, I can't even get six inches off the ground."

[@DAVORmusic]

Your videos amuse me so much..it makes me more into skating.thank you for that.

[@StrayMedicine]

Forgot about Dunian!!! Glad I was curious about hardflips lol

[@steven458791]

0:49, rocking the e'S accels. Those shoes go all the way back to the companies beginnings in 95.

[@notasian7620]

still cant figure it out it doesnt seem like they do anything and it flips end over end i can never get it to do that

[@alphabetApperatus]

it's more like letting ur front foot barely slide off instead of flicking it like a kick-flip. it'll want to flip upside down & sliding ur foot off makes it turn. I know it seems obvious but sometimes it's just helpful to hear how someone else does them. that's how I've always done them...after almost losing a ball or 2

[@jamesbaker1392]

Sorry I know this is late. When I was trying to figure them out as well, my friend told me "it's all in the back foot" because he noticed I was more focused on the flick rather than the pop. Like kail said, don't really focus on flicking it like a kickflip. Try and focus on popping it. It's hard to explain but you'll get what we mean if you try it enough

[@cobyearley5781]

yeah, pop straight down and bring ur front foot behind and close to u, and u should get the right motion, good luck, hope u land it, keep skating

[@tylerjohn4676]

Nollie hardflip is my favorite trick now

[@Ben_Gates]

favorite trick, feels so good when i do them

[@gavinroberts2581]

I can't tell the difference between this and a varial flip even though they are completely different.

[@hopslvr314]

That board flex though!😅

[@XXedmi]

this is the best hardflip tutorial in youtube:DD

[@thepancakemann]

This is such a fucking greezy trick. Growing up in the late 90's/early 2000's I had no idea what this trick looked like outside of stills from magazines. Getting back into the trick side of skating has been very rewarding after years of longboarding and cruising. Considering I just relearned varial kickflips, hardflips shouldn't be too hard, right?

[@thatoneguychad420]

My fave flip

[@dubmartian3972]

T Puds would be jealous of the pop these guys have

[@LightofRenewal]

it took me 3 days to hardflip, if you learn to get the rotation, you will land it in a day, its not like a tre when it takes you a while to land after you get to rotation. Its really all in the front foot, that what gives it, its flick.