HOW TO PERFECT OLLIES

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[@gxexrxmxaxnx]

A week ago I ollied over the my garden hose and it seriously felt as if I'd won the nobel prize.

[@1vali___]

good job cuz thats actually difficult

[@marcusgriffin0312]

Haha I ollied up a tiny curb and felt the same! 🤣

[@dojisatchivi1664]

@@marcusgriffin0312 lol congrats same

[@Tent.Went.]

I want that moment🤣😞

[@EJSweaty]

wait until you ollie down a stair set.

[@j4mbajuice43]

This works so much, I just ollied over Rodney Mullen

[@jamessimpson8601]

tommy r/swoooooosh

[@bro9654]

Tommy Mutsaers dumbass

[@Dodgewwwc]

Brilliant 😂

[@awkwardfoxxo8050]

Heh

[@ianrandomvlog2108]

And Rodney mullen, darkslide over you

[@RockCh4lk]

When I was like 12, back in 2001, I tried to learn an ollie without the internet and no help. Needless to say I never learned to ollie.

[@weonsbr]

Bro i literally skated for like 5years as a kid and never knew you had to pop to do tricks😂💀 no wonder i never learnt that much flatground tricks

[@poppinmollywityobtch]

RockCh4lk i learned my kickflips and pop shuv it’s before rolling ollies so i think it’s possible just keep trying

[@d3finit]

took over one year for me to learn ollie without anyone telling me how to do it...

[@larrybird407]

RockCh4lk facts

[@HavasiP]

@@weonsbr Same here. Skated for maybe two years and never did a proper Ollie and had no one to show me. If it popped to the ground I assumed it was a fail and always tried to avoid it.

[@chrismac4441]

I remember back in my skating days in the early 2000's, someone gave me a great tip. I was trying to ollie over a smallish skateboard stack, and he noticed I was concentrating too much on getting the front foot over. As soon as he said to focus on pulling your back foot as high as possible, I was jumping over people. I made that last bit up, but the rest is true. Vast improvement.

[@sahibjot01]

Chris Macdonald 😂😂😂

[@ibookboyuk]

Chris Macdonald Yeah. That boning the board is so you can get your back truck over an obstacle.

[@rckd5903]

This helped me a lot landing my first okish ollie today (at 31yrs) 👍

[@nova-ef2sx]

How are you supposed to pull it up tho

[@ralphsantos4388]

@@nova-ef2sx i think he meant bend it up more, that's actually my problem i find it hard to level the board

[@kgougoulakis]

So simple, so difficult, so beautiful. The basis of most flatground skateboarding.

[@safiamaguette]

not only flatground

[@kovakitana]

Safi yeah thats why he said MOST flatground

[@crafty2785]

@@kovakitananah i think safi was saying that the ollie is the basis of other stuff in things like transition as well idk tho 🤷‍♂️

[@lvparm]

Yo Jonny this shit works I just ollied up a 10 stair

[@boy_moist8568]

Lucas Vanderschuit only a 10 I did the Hollywood 16

[@lunatic_3521]

i did a 20 stair ollie, after celebrating it I finally woke up :DD

[@franckydookie648]

I was stuck on an ollie up on 10 stairs. Now i can do it ! Just press ↑ ↑ before your ollie to do a boneless and jump higher, it's easy.

[@isaacfuentes1777]

Lucas Vanderschuit I

[@Koala019]

I just ollied up the 25 stair

[@erikbrown207]

One thing to always remember when first learning to ollie: YOU have to bring the board off the ground. The board does not lift you off the ground. When I see people first learning to ollie they often appear to be thinking so much about foot placement and front foot movement that they seem to have forgotten you gotta jump. All the footwork ain't gonna mean diddly if you just smack your tail and slide your foot. It's an extremely unintuitive thing to do which is why it's so frustrating at times.

[@nico-bf1kr]

Exactly my problem when i was young. By watching people making very high jump I thought the pop of the deck were propulsing the rider. Complete mistake! A Ollie is a body jump first of all. Then you play with the bord to elevate it so it will follow your movement.

[@karlhendrikse]

I just realised this the other day. Trying to get kickflips (still haven't, but close!). I was having trouble landing back on the board, until I finally came to the realisation that I was focused too much on the spin and I actually have to jump my ass up into the air and land on the damn thing. It sounds so obvious now.

[@nova-ef2sx]

How do you do the jump?

[@NightsFenris]

Could you give me a tip. My problem is that I jump at least it feels like it but I weirdly only lift my knees. My upper body stays the same. I don't really know how to fix it.

[@nedsolly9035]

instructions were unclear, just accidentally landed on an invisible manual pad, can't get down.

[@713benzo7]

Ned Solly *awkwardly says * yea yea

[@thederpjerk4761]

Ned Solly same

[@nileswali2595]

You have to nollie off of it

[@sophiachotani]

lmao the instructions are as clear as they gon get

[@djinnxx7050]

The trick, as with all things about skating, is to be relaxed. Once you're loose, you'll find everything considerably easier. It won't make you amazing, you still have to work at it but it'll make the process more fluid.

[@citrus4419]

Djinn Xx yes!! When I’m to tight and stiff I look like a fool and suck at ollies

[@Aidancordell]

@@citrus4419 when you say loose and tight are you talking about trucks?

[@citrus4419]

ExoticLuck no I mean physically like my body is tight

[@commentcontrol7187]

@@citrus4419 I can relate I don't land any damn ollies until I relax my legs and arms

[@DeleriumZodiac]

Haven't skated in 15-20 years, almost in my 40's now, and watching your videos past weeks... U made me order a new board today, it gets delivered tomorrow. I'm really exited to get back on a deck and see how fast i can relearn any tricks. Keep up the awesome video's, i subrscribed!!

[@trwgrowthacademy]

yo, u still skatin?

[@kidg.official]

good choice man, just be careful! I'm 25 and didn't skateboard since grade 9 which i as about 13 or 14 and I decided to order a board as well! came in 2 weeks ago, so much fun Unfortunately messed my foot up landing my first ever Kickflip lol so cant rip until tmrw or the next day

[@FinlandForceTeam]

@@trwgrowthacademy guess he died

[@RoitownINK]

Same 😅 Just bought two boards. One for me and one for my kids

[@hlsls5634]

Haha

[@JonnyGiger]

finally your right ear doesn't feel lonely and the audio level is ok! So glad you figured out how to use a mic the right way jonny! good luck with your ollies!

[@OddJames]

Jonny Giger is there anything you can't do?

[@emanrevitanretla9915]

I missed the Monosound! nooot :P Jonny, question, I pull my 78,74 inch Ollie and the Heelflip like kick/ verialkickflip with the foot peak. I get very very high with this alian technology. But if i pull this way without using my heel, is it still a Heelflip?

[@julianmuller9567]

Hey Jonny, just a little advice: I couldn´t learn how to ollie for a long three weeks because I didn´t really understand the pop. Then sometime, I saw a video of Tony Hawk explaining it, saying that you actually try to pop the tail down so it kind of "jumps" over its edge. That´s the fantastic "pop" noise. Once I had that down and understood that the tail should pop over the edge, I got the ollie down in two hours the next day and was happy as ever. Just a little tip, whenever I see these ollie videos they don´t really emphasize that, but I personally think it´s the aspect of it that matters most.

[@Namelessseed_]

Jonny Giger how to perfect kickflip, 50-50 or Boardslide 🙏

[@MrFlejon]

Hi Jonny, fellow Swiss here. You should try tu use some free audio edition software, like audacity for example. Just turn up the volume, maybe add compression, and try to get your volume to 0db. I personally like VirtualDj the best, it's visually so easy to understand. Otherwise, I really like your skateboarding, I hope you'll get more recognition soon. Not as a youtuber but as a professional athlete.

[@Dark_viking91]

Here is a tip for anybody trying to get the ollie down. Its not so much as how hard you pop as it is the timing. Its all in the snap of the pop on your backfoot. You wanna spring up with it and not focus on putting too much pressure on that backfoot. Also dont be afraid to put that frontfoot further back than Johnny did in the video. Everybody is different and has diff foot positioning for every trick. Whatever works for you works. Just experiment and most of all have fun!

[@swerks197]

Factoid

[@dfgyuhdd]

The secret to the ollie is timing. Nearly everyone learning ollies believes that they have to pop then level really fast. NOT TRUE. The correct timing will come to you after practice, practice, practice. The more you do, the better you get.

[@arbiter4840]

ryan THANK YOU!!! This here folks is an IMPORTANT thing to understand and remember.

[@drxzt]

True, Ollies are one of those tricks that you need to practice for a long time, there's people who get desperate with this trick (including me when i was younger) years later i got back on my board and started doing ollies every day, at first you will do them rocket and 1 inch off the ground lol, but you just gotta keep doing them A LOT, and you will eventually get them higher and better, its one of those tricks where you constantly progress at them even after months/years of skating (took me around 6 months to get a nice solid ollie) (i have not tried to bone them which means they're not perfect and i still need to progress at them see?) :)

[@dimitrithewhale1447]

ryan yea man after doeing ollies evryday for 6monts my thiming is okey

[@Koala019]

My ollies have been progressively getting worse lately. It's really frustrating :(

[@arbiter4840]

@Koala If they're getting worse it's most likely a rhythmic thing or something. Has your timing been off? Your technique?

[@Wooblidoo]

When I was younger I constantly tried to get better at ollies. At a certain point I learned to tuck my knees up to my chest to get them higher but I literally had to make a mental note of doing that before I popped. It almost felt like an entirely different trick learning how to tuck the knees. Hopes this helps somebody.

[@mushlove6933]

thats called muscle memory. trying something different feels weird just keep doingi t

[@rahzi]

thissss! in my case, i actually had to simulate the whole motion of the ollie without the deck first. meaning doing random funny jumps on the ground and then trying to remember the whole motion on the deck!

[@dalcala75]

@@rahzi ive been doing this thinking it would help but stopped for no reason. i gotta do this again lmao

[@NightsFenris]

I have the problem that I only lift my knees and my upper body doesn't jump at all how can I fix this?

[@bassyey]

@@NightsFenris That means you're not jumping. Practice jumping, like generic jumping.

[@sasproductions701]

for many years i have always looked at the board when i ollied. i now have mastered looking forward and ollie-ing straight.

[@manickmike7777]

Best Ollie tutorial I've seen ! 30 yrs ago I taught myself and others the hard way... I wish this vid existed when I was young.

[@manickmike7777]

I subbed ur channel by the way.

[@jonathanallard2128]

Skated from 15 to 18 and you make me feel like skating again (I'm 31). My skate hero was Rodney and this is how I discovered your vids. Good content, good skills. Thanks.

[@Prograz]

Same skated from 12 - 15, learned kickflips, heelflips, shovits and watches rodney mullen on a daily, now I am 26 and I havent touched a skateboard in years and I just started watching this vids again :P

[@fabioguggeri325]

Same here. I skated when I was 16/17 (I was even able to ollie over three boards primo-stacked, which was quite impressive imho) and then I stopped due to ankle injury. Now I'm 34 and... well, I just bought a skateboard for my 6yo daughter, and I thought, why not? And bought another one for me. It's officially "to teach her", but in reality, I just want to learn what I couldn't as a teen

[@CanadaBambaataa]

do it, man. i'm 37 and started just weeks ago

[@cletusmontierrez1543]

I’m 30 I started at 11. I was On and off through high school. I decided to never stop anymore at 20. Adulthood makes it difficult to find the time/energy but it’s worth it. I’m 30 Still kickflipping onto lunch tables with the youngsters and back tails on ledges. I don’t feel the least bit out of place. I wish I could give you this feeling. It never gets old. Don’t let go of it if you’re old just fuckn go do it. Just do hip stretches before you skate and any soreness will be normal muscle soreness ...seriously, don’t forget stretch the hips gentlemen.

[@DeleriumZodiac]

I'm in the same boat man! Haven't skated for 15-20 years (turning 39 this year!), watching Giger's vids recreating Rodney's tricks made me fall in love again and i just ordered a new deck today! Gets delivered tomorrow and i got the day off, so exited to get back on a board!!!

[@dokstader]

I learned foot positioning the hard way after 2 months of practicing and i finally went oh

[@legostarwars-yh1bm]

Tree Fart tell me

[@arbiter4840]

[Agario] ᖴᎥᑎ ᕼᑌᑎ丅ᗴᖇ No he won't.

[@MartinClimbs]

[Agario] ᖴᎥᑎ ᕼᑌᑎ丅ᗴᖇ git gud

[@hadizahedi5651]

took me 2 weeks to figureout the foot position for heelflips. still cant xD

[@OURWORLDR3M3DY]

Me💀💀

[@S30Uploads]

I been skating my whole life but never perfected Ollie's... I'm 41 years old and better at skating then I've ever been just by figuring out how to Ollie. I'm finally above the coping on mini ramps too! Pads help overcome fear of falling!!!

[@ulysses1685]

3:07 Ok, so the way to perfect ollie is: 18 + 124/876% - [(87 + E2 + 87*)/(16 - 987)]2 : [2+(765 - 125) - (756 = 87 - 78)] = PE (Perfect Ollie) More or less. PS. You make amazing, beautiful ollie mate!

[@elleryYSBKWG]

what

[@scxrpion3624]

does this actually work?

[@slavemasta]

@@scxrpion3624 bruh 💀

[@ririjackson27]

I ve watched so many videos about how to ollie straight and you really hit the bell! super nice music and best one in serious tipps and describing. thanks! max

[@julianmuller9567]

Great vid, just ollied up oprah´s ass with this, 10/10 would recommend

[@bokunokintama5523]

What was space like?

[@SURFtheEARTHguru]

15 years of skating and I love your tip about bring it back. The boneyard is full over and my back foot is loving the extended double duty. thanks for the spices. tricks are tasting much better! !

[@josejuan98]

I'm skating for 2 years and I see a lots trick tips but anybody explains how your body weight have to work and it's something so important. And i have ollies done but i never tried a bonned ollie, so thanks you a lot jonny.

[@poetryclubofficial]

I watched this video today for the first time, started skating last week and landed my first ollie within 5 minutes.. thank you, Jonny! I appreciate your enthusiasm, wisdom and grace to share it with us.

[@iscfv655]

This video helped me go from an okey ollie to a high and perfect ollie. Thank you Jonny!

[@f67739]

thank you so much jonny, i've watched braille's vids to help perfect ollies and then this video comes around to help as well. more tutorial videos would be cool to see

[@indydevries]

Thanks for this video! I just started skating and did my first ollies stationary. I make videos of my progress everyday and your video just came at perfect timing. :) Thanks for the great tips! :)

[@user-ot5ho4ko8l]

i cannot thank you enough for telling me to push my front foot down, that seriously helped me

[@Mtaalas]

Just remember, ollie has nothing to do with strength or power, it's about timing and being really loose and fast. You need to be flexible and loose if you want to get them high. Stretch out before and during skating, warm up properly and remember, not power: flexibility, timing and swiftness.

[@flthychdr2505]

up

[@wavemckenzie5612]

Just started skating about a month ago..working on my ollie 🤙🏾 ur tips have been helpful so far. Subscribed

[@karlbutler9552]

Glad you're getting back to making trick tips dude, look forward to seeing some more!

[@Gam3_sarge]

Im a beginner and I am slowly getting my Ollie better. You helped me get it so much better

[@eternallyotaku1289]

I gave up skating when I was 15. After watching your videos it made me want to try again. I'm 26. I popped my first successful Ollie, WHILE RIDING TOO, today. I got about 8 inches off the ground. I was so happy. If you ever read this - thank you. Better late than never.

[@SkatingwithAaron]

I agree 100% that the Ollie is not easy and is extremely important to get locked down as it helps with every popping trick! Great video!

[@hoopallday9469]

i love your tutorials they always have another concept and explain the stuff that no one else does i really thank you for the best tutorials

[@f3rocitys]

I know I can ollie quite high when theres nothing in front of me, but once there is even a 2 inch obstacle, i choke.

[@PakkiNakki]

feel you lmao

[@gracewoxman4705]

same 😹

[@deliciousburgers]

for real tho

[@christophergalvez7447]

me too

[@sharptoaster2142]

Samee standing I got a boned out ollie one time that went up two feet but the second there’s something in front of me I barely get off the ground

[@tyler1234321]

your trick tips are very good man. very helpful and well explained!

[@Deftonesrc]

Thanks for this video! I recently got back into skateboarding and realized my Ollie’s were never that good. I watched this and did that “tweak” thing with my back foot and BAM! I was self taught before the days of KZbin, so this was really helpful. Cheers!

[@martinh8589]

Wow, I've just started learning to skate again and was having trouble with the Ollie. Turns out it was the placement of my back foot! After watching this video I got a better ollie after just a few tries. Thank you!

[@alvinkertanegara2871]

Learning the ollie will open so much possibilities when skating. I can't help but getting pretty obssesed for this trick.

[@jimsonmanzano3376]

Thank you sir for this kind of videos!!!! I just got my board today!!

[@Benjamin-fk2yo]

that slo-mo shots are so beautifull.

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

Learnt to ollie 33 years ago, just gave me a few great tips for better ones.👌

[@miloomin3587]

Possibly the best explanation video ever.

[@Bellice101]

I like your tips! They're different than others I've seen. Definitely makes me want to practice!! :). I'll be sure to try ollieing your way!

[@DavidArroyo78]

Great video Jonny!!! I am a 39 year-old beginner and I have been attempting ollie for a few weeks now. The were small but just moving my feet to the positions that you showed made me gain more height on them. Thanks pal!!!

[@d3rrtyd3rrty8787]

Good stuff. Im 33 and just starting out too. Got my 2yr old son a board to learn aswell

[@mattyhyoung]

You are like the nicest guy on earth Jonny.

[@spvidz]

I remember getting my first ollie over a broom handle on my drive. One of the best feelings!

[@polishenglish8356]

thank you, Jonny! It was amazingly helpful! :)

[@milagroschavez8593]

Damn thanks for this content, I changed my foot placement like you said and I instantly could ollie better and higher!

[@maple7432]

Thanks mate, helped me a lot.

[@tradeka4206]

The best thing I’ve found is to make sure you have good technique and timing and then just Ollie constantly

[@monkeymuggs]

I could watch Jonny all day.

[@Ian-oh1nq]

it finally clicked, thank you so much johnny

[@estebanfortu1092]

Audio is perfect this time, and even when it isn't your videos are great

[@JuanDavid-zr7cv]

Your shoulder position is really important too, it needs to be parallel to the board, that help me a lot

[@ER_aka_RAM]

Next to Chris Cole, you’re the best Giger! I appreciate your insight tremendously 🤙🏽

[@hercule75]

you rock man, your ollie look wayyyy better than mine lol but i'll work out !! (33yo, 3 months of skate and a sprained ankle lol !) cheers from France

[@aryawyk.7874]

hows it going? did you stop?

[@bigclipsfr8508]

@@aryawyk.7874 this is his son, and sadly he died a year ago. He did learn it before he died though

[@turtle4614]

your killing it! I have more faith in my riding after watching your videos. if audio is the only thing to worry about in your content, your on a great path

[@TheMarct707]

Your foot positioning was both informative and oddly hilarious.

[@thithi31]

Thanks man you help me a lot, you are a monster , I m your biggest fan in Brazil....thanks!!!

[@izaiahaguinaga1081]

thanks i have been trying to learn a ollie for 7 years and it took me 2 weeks of the basics of a ollie the secret is to pop and slam thanks

[@czKIRA]

Your videos makes me want to start again after 11 years. I'm 28 now but i'm quite afraid of not being good at anything i've learned those years ago. :-(

[@bladeeshoden]

I remember watching this right when it came out. Now I have tres on lock, wow time flies

[@sickskaterstickerco.9680]

Perfection! Looks so easy, yet so hard. But once that's done...ur on ur way!

[@wasnatehere]

Thanks! Instantly made my ollies sexier and more consistent!!

[@fabriciobarraza5317]

2:13 Jonny! Your skateborad got only 2 bolds! haha Thanks for making this video! Greetings from Argentina!

[@davidacuna9805]

I’ve never tried twisting my back foot before while I Ollie. Thanks for the tip bro

[@diegowheeler2751]

I've found it helps to actively think about landing bolts and not on the tail with the back foot

[@norbertkrenz5999]

realy good Video mate ! i just started a year ago and i think i just landed my first Olli a couple of days ago. but this video will help me massivly to get more into skateboarding i am a Longboard rider tho :D i would love to see more "how to do easy moves" videos like this how to manual, Nosemanual, usw. perfekt would be you on a longboard but hey.... i wouldn't mind if its even on a regular board, i think i can adopt a lot of things that will speed up my progress in boarding cheers for all the ggod entertainment so far and keep on skating ! :)

[@RedHillCrew]

THANK YOU JONNY.

[@cudarsjanis]

Your ollies look dope man!

[@tomdemey5606]

third day in a row practicing this! wanna do it so badly! thx for the tips johhny

[@tomdemey5606]

My ollies are definitely improving but now my left knee aches because I think I went skating too much :(

[@emanueleferrigno6315]

Nice form Johnny, those are some nice looking olies.

[@bca9560]

Johnny,you saved me.🙏🙏

[@naturalcauses1695]

Thank you very much i can tell you put in alot of effort

[@Alberto-uc8xo]

Nice video! I like this tutorials so much :)

[@chriskunce3331]

Love your videos 👍

[@JN-vi9iv]

After 30 years I have been Olling wrong . I never knew you were supposed to tweak the back foot I always kept it flat. So basically your supposed to do a ninja kick. Well I’m 45 now and stating skating again and I will be practicing how to do this now. Thank u

[@cesarnmanan8096]

This is so helpful thanks

[@breninaraujo777]

Jonny e minha inspiração para andar de skate essas dicas me ajudaram muito

[@fideldog1]

Quick tip: something That helped me was to bring up that back foot more to go over stuff. It lifts the back truck so it doesn’t get stuck.

[@brandonalvarez3811]

Jonny giger one of my favorite skaters persons and bloggers

[@000sxs]

Vielen vielen dank Jonny! War immer unsicher wo ich meine Füße haben soll. Werd deine Tipps gleich morgen probieren. Vllt wirds ja mein erster Ollie ;)

[@Ryu2o4]

Your Ollie look like side kicks. Very nice

[@Bevan33115]

Dude you helped me thank you so much

[@jackpetkovich1279]

Thanks for letting me know u gotta push ur front foot down I’ve been waiting for the slide to level the board out for me

[@monkeydbunay1942]

Namaste .. im from nepal. And i love your videos ❤

[@TOXIC-fo2bc]

a rlly good tip is ollie both goofy and regular and you will naturally lift both feed up leveling up your ollies to the next level

[@zahraakins8460]

thanks for this info it really helped

[@jamesponcedeleon6092]

Watched half the video and already have a clear view on how to Ollie

[@intenting]

i've been skating for a year but never rlly grinded on progressing just riding, ¡ practiced ollies for maybe 1 hour straight for today and landed consistently with a high pop ollie using his tips. like they always say ride almost everyday get comfortable and tricks will be so easy.

[@SkatingwithAaron]

Right on point! Nothing beats time on board if you want to progress! Way to go!

[@DjBaapreB]

Your ollie looks sooooo good 🧸 namaste

[@antony961000]

Learning to skate has never been so much fun

[@Julianjahbless]

Thanks Jhonny I swept ma leg like in the movie n did a double ollie. I would recommend

[@juvieotterlifter279]

great tip jonny giger

[@jwilshh266]

I love this video my Ollie's have leveled out because of it

[@AnthonyTran]

new haircut looks good.

[@amandices2]

I'm gonna try, thanks!