Freestyle Tricktip 49: The Pressure Flip

Ah, the pressure flip. One of the most unfairly maligned tricks in all of skateboarding. With no complies becoming acceptable again over the last decade, it has to be the pressure flip's turn again soon, surely?
The problem is most people who learned pressure flips back in the day learned them badly, with terrible technique and bad style - including myself. Turns out that with a bit of adjustment, they can turn into a really great trick, so leave the 90s behind and start doing them properly.
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[@wemakingplayswemakingmoves]

You called it bro this trick is popular as hell now.

[@Fadem12forReal]

This guy is a mad genius. Breaks this trick down as good as I've ever seen

[@gonzo13ist]

You better win the European competition. No excuses! You the man Tony!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Hah, it's unlikely! I'm not in contest shape right now. I don't even have a run planned yet!

[@zazxazza]

Finally a great video on pressure flips! I've watched many tutorials, but after a year of perfecting variants of pressure flips, I could not agree with you more.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Thanks for the kind words. I used to do so many pressure flips, and I think it's only when you try learning anything other than this one you realise how bad the typical stance/version really is. It's weird how just changing your footing a bit can totally change a trick.

[@Oliver-nm6ii]

I’ve watched many tutorials but this one has helped me the most. Thanks

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Glad to hear it, mate. I think there's a lot of truly awful approaches to pressure flips out there, so I'm happy to help spread what I think is a better technique.

[@MAYERMAKES]

today at 6:30 am on my way to work I tried to do a simple shove it on my mini cruiser board, ended up doing kind of a pressure flip to rail and flopped back to bolts. On accident. after watching this tricktip, I now know what I did wrong for the shove it,but also what I will pursue to land a pressure flip on purpose. thank you very much and great timing. on accident.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I generally don't do shuvits off the tail. They're a pain in the ass unless you really pop them.

[@eze8024]

I love all the different pressure flips and toe flips 👍

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Yeah, they're great - and there's always more variations to learn!

[@guldenguenter5636]

Extremely good in depth tutorial for this trick! Thanks dude!

[@gamesincharacter5106]

I actually got my pressure flip pretty vertical and caught it definitely agree these videos really helped.

[@travosk8668]

Such a cool trick

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Yeah, done well, pressure flips can be amazing. Really fun tricks to do.

[@stevetheripper7675]

Finally gonna learn these now, thanks again Tony!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Get on it! They're a really good trick when done right.

[@blsk8s]

Good job.

[@jaciobe]

Loved this vid

[@connormaczee]

Gonna have to try that foot position

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Do it. There's no excuse for the other stance in 2019. We should all know better by now!

[@byarnex7621]

Bro your videos are very good and very instructive, thanks to you I have learned many tricks and above all improve my way of skating. I would like you to make or give your opinion briefly about the push mongo

[@FreestyleTricktips]

I'm glad to hear you like the vids! Always happy to know I'm helping people out. Mongo's a weird one. It's not inherently wrong, but it's not helpful in a lot of situations. In freestyle, people rarely push anyway, so there are some folks out there who do push mongo and you'd never know. Same with ramp skating. But if you're skating street, it's a habit you should probably get out of.

[@blsk8s]

@@FreestyleTricktips I heard that your hero Bob Loftin pushes mongo, and it's awesome because he does it, but that he agrees pushing isn't that important. He hardly ever pushes, and thinks that good skaters can move their feet around the board easily -- repositioning the rear foot after pushing isn't really a problem.

[@kukuriknife1]

Hey Tony do you think you can make a tutorial covering how to do 360 spins? (like doing a wheelie while spinning alot).

[@FreestyleTricktips]

That gets requested a lot, actually. I suck at spins, though. I'm currently planning on stealing Felix Jonsson to cover that at some point.

[@Pierresil]

Looks like good. 😁👍

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Thanks. I've always been a little proud of my pressure flips - they always feel satisfying to do and it's fun proving you can do them with a decent bit of a pop and a proper catch.

[@theemperor9503]

"Look at this wanker." -The Emperor

[@FreestyleTricktips]

The Emperor, dropping truth bombs as always.

[@user-go6cs2lh1q]

Any tips for getting your back foot on it just goes straight to the ground?

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Sounds like you're just drilling that foot straight downwards and haven't got the timing of the jump right. Do you have the same problem with a pop shuvit? Because ultimately, the take off is much the same - you just start with the back foot in a different position and point the toes down and into a pressure flip on the take-off.

[@FluffyTheBoss]

i cant seem to land both feet at the same time, but I have the motion perfectly, any advice?

[@FreestyleTricktips]

What exactly is going wrong? Which foot is missing the deck?

[@skatinpeyton7212]

Can this be done on a longboard?

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Aye, it's possible. It's not easy, nor is it particularly pretty, but it is possible. You might have a better time with the toeflip instead - it stays flatter, so doesn't look quite as janky on a giant board: freestyletricktips.com/oddities/toeflip/

[@skatinpeyton7212]

@@FreestyleTricktips oh no kidding? Now that you mention it I think I’ve heard of the toe flip, I think I forgot about it tho haha. But thanks for the suggestion I think I’ll try to learn it today!

[@SheSkates926]

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