Ollie Masterclass (ollie higher and more

[@robertblackmore703]

I had one of the higher ollies of my friends growing up but it was all cannonball style. No internet, no tutorials, all we had were grainy VHS tapes. I wish I had access to content like this when I was 16. At 47, trying to learn better (tweak) technique with so much wear and tear is definitely not easy. I don’t know younger people understand what a resource this is.

[@greyguy.960]

Yeah im from that era. We just learned by practice and failing.

[@DanCorrigan]

Yeah I definitely rely on technique over power these days I need to start yoga or something

[@klubstompers]

Yea, 46 here, i know all about the grainy vhs tapes of Virtual Reality and Questionable. Where i grew up every one seemed to have a pretty solid ollie, since we started out on launch ramps, and then went to street. We were use to poke'n, and shifting our feet to get certain grabs.

[@robertblackmore703]

@@DanCorrigan that’s a good idea doggie dawg. I notice my hips are way tighter than they used to be and it exacerbates my back issues. Yoga would def help with that. Staving off injury is absolutely necessary at this point.

[@greyguy.960]

@@klubstompers Yeah I've just turned 47, ollie back then used to be the trick master first. I agree most people had down in my group of friends waist height allies were normal.

[@PHeMoX]

To be honest, I think most ollie trick tips severely lack in explaining how the 'galloping part' is what makes the trick work. Yes, sliding your front foot up is super important, however the entire motion is more like hopping over a fence with front leg first, shortly after followed by the back foot. I'm sure an exaggerated ninja kick makes it go super high, however most people don't really crouch down enough to get max ollie height in a more regular jump intensity.

[@warhammer1]

And some don’t even need to, like Westgate, so much damn pop.

[@PHeMoX]

@@warhammer1 Yeah people definitely make it look that way, but without proper timing and moving the legs up, the amount of pop doesn't really matter that much. I mean, ultimately that's more so something that defines how quick you can go up, and probably less so the maximum height. 🤔

[@cjwilliams8918]

@infoslinger for real

[@warhammer1]

@infoslinger I said Westgate, lol. Yeah that guy is nuts, when he ollied up that thing in Stay Gold, WTF! 🤯🤯

[@andian716]

Underrated comment

[@Notviktor100]

Tip: When you pop the board with your back foot, try popping it a bit backwards on the ground, kinda like sliding it behind you. This made my ollies much more precise and stable, its easier to keep the board under control and catching the front bit too!

[@altalt3667]

thankkkk youuuuuuuuu omg

[@rwandeuk]

Thank you for this tip !! 😻🤙

[@knyghtryder3599]

Dope tip yo

[@frogmanofalcatrazblahblahb3757]

😂 " I forgot his name Mullin something"😂

[@knyghtryder3599]

Honestly Rodney gets way too much hype, credit and publicity for his actual contribution to skating , especially street , the tricks he did or invented do not resemble street skating

[@vokolk8243]

@@knyghtryder3599 least obvious rage bait lmao

[@knyghtryder3599]

@@vokolk8243 sorry bruv , zero rage , just don't think he is as relevant to Street as people claim , a great skater though

[@vokolk8243]

@@knyghtryder3599 I’m confused, how can you believe this? He invented like all of the flip tricks lol

[@steffanoswald7917]

Probably the best tutorial I’ve seen on how to Ollie higher. I’m in my mid forties just learned to Ollie 2 years ago. You’ve got plenty of time left on this earth thanks for the tips youngster.

[@Dave3rdEyeArt]

I know these things, but it honestly always helps to have a better skater, or anyone show their technique. Skateboarding is still being learned and relearned every day as a sport, so there is endless tips n quirks you can use that's makes skating work

[@DanCorrigan]

Yeah I find myself reminding myself all the time

[@thetalesofyuulicnaga5907]

@@DanCorrigan can you do this for other deals like shuv and 180s and such? Big appreciate this as the ollie is the foundation of everything pretty much. Have a fun day yo

[@itsraaaww]

H. "I played Mortal Kombat!" D. "What character did you use??????" H. "What!?" D. 😂😂 Love that part idk why but I laughed way harder I should have lmao... but thank you for all the videos you make and are going to make in the future! Ive watched so many other videos and you and probably like 2 other people actually know how to make a really good and very very informative videos and explaining these things ways that anybody can understand them! I really appreciate the few extra minutes you spend on explaining things and actually going in-depth with the examples instead of just talking for 2 minutes and then the rest of the video is just them doing the tricks with no explanations on what they are actually doing and more of like a "Hey look at me! You came to this video for help and so I'll introduce myself and tell you how to do the trick but I will not explain how to do it and then I'm going to rub it in your face and show you 100 times over that I can do it in this video that you came to for help but I'm not really going to help" So thank you for your real helpful videos!!

[@felix329]

Best Ollie video ever. Straight bussin with knowledge as usual, Dan

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

Very much agreed

[@Yoa-cc7bo]

3:39 this was the best explaing/analogy it makes me see it so differernt and clearly now

[@2pDuffey]

I’m 2 minutes in and can already tell this is gonna be the most useful video for a lot of beginners/people who want to improve

[@philip6252]

This is the only ollie video that matters.

[@fofx]

Thank you very much for this video! I've been ruminating about this technique for awhile. I watched a lot of Ollie tutorials (tutorials in English/Japanese/Korean) but their explanations were always different. And this was the FIRST video that mentioned one-footed jump which helped me improve my Ollie a lot! So thanks again Dan! There are still some confusion regarding Ollie technique. Could anyone clarify which would be better? 1. Pop straight down vs Pop slightly backward 2. Jump straight up vs Jump forward ps. The one thing that helped me the most was not the technique or knowledge.. it was fixing my posture. 8 yrs of programming job basically exacerbated my back muscles, tight hip, hamstring, calf muscle, round shoulders, forward neck etc.. It was nearly impossible for me to maintain balance as my weight distribution was heading forward when I crouch down. I tried Yoga and weight lifting as a rehab and I got much better at skating in general.

[@SkateState]

I appreciate this one! Thanks Dan! I’ll for sure be trying those hacks tomorrow. And come by Stoner one morning!

[@fatdadskatesbad]

Damn dude. I started skating at 35 I am 36 now and I mostly skate transition but I have been trying desperatey to get my ollies higher for months now. I can get about a foot off the ground and thats it full speed. I am dreaming of finally breaking out of that zone thanks so much for the info on the backfoot. Never heard of that before and gonna def try and work on the back foot info. Your the man Dan!!

[@thundernixon]

I’m in a similar place… I’ve been trying for months to get the board to “stick” to my back foot better, and verrrry slowly making progress. My rocketed board is holding me back from clearing taller obstacles, so I’m excited to try thinking more about the outside/inside fox tape thing. It’s a huge challenge really dialing this all in! Best of luck to you 🤘

[@fatdadskatesbad]

@@thundernixon thanks man!!!

[@fatdadskatesbad]

@@99SLEEPYBLUE yes. Big part of it is because I am 245 lbs but a lot of that is because I am just a large guy snd used to lift a lot of weights. Some of it is beer too tho 🤣

[@fatdadskatesbad]

@@99SLEEPYBLUE thanks!!

[@pigwheel15]

I’m a late 90s/early 2000s skater and my daughter is getting me back into it. I always assumed it was almost an even balanced jump between front and back foot with a tail snap at the last second, drag etc. I’m also only 5’3” and figured that part of why I had a harder time not having them rocket a bit.

[@kristophergurley585]

So it's basically a vid of Dan calling out people he's taller than :D I teach beginners on Saturday mornings and I tell all of them that the secret to a good ollie is 2 million bad ones. There is a lot to be said for that muscle memory building. I'm old and skating on a used knee(cadaver ACL replacement)so I kinda stopped doing Ollies for a long while. I lost that muscle memory and worse, the comfort that comes with doing Ollies all the time. Ive been doing them more lately but I still have a way to go to get back to where they are comfortable again. That tip about jumping off the ball of your foot is a golden one. Being near tiptoe with your heal up is where that power comes from. It also helps you keep your board straighter in the air because your whole foot isn't doing the popping and messing up which part of the tail hits the ground.

[@Collin-ic9ct]

'Motor' memory

[@Franky_theSkater]

This probably the best ollie tutorial ive seen. Lol its like when you was a kid and you couldn’t beat a level but when you grow older. Your like oh it wasnt that difficult 😂

[@TotterTheHuskyYT]

This is the best Ollie tutorial on the internet

[@ElisainNature]

When I skated really hard back in the 90s, I never actually lifted my backfoot very much. And that really limited my ollie. I kinda forgot bring it with me when doing the ollie. After starting skating again a couple of years ago I really try to focus on it. But it´s kind of difficult to remember it. When you learn it «wrong# the first time and have been doing it like that for years it´s difficult to change that. :-D Enjoying your videos a lot. Greetings from Norway

[@eddymunnyz7315]

When you said your back foot comes off when you ollie that is in itself the key! One must leave a push behind their back foot and then pull the board up with their other leg and flatten it out but never put ones back foot all the way to the ground it is an action of leaving a push/pop behind one's back foot... we think alike brother that's exactly how I used to teach people how to Ollie, I would say the same thing your back foot is going to come off if you're popping properly

[@km55611]

pop that Like button slackers, geez, get this man PAID

[@TotterTheHuskyYT]

I’m downloading this video and replaying it till I get my Ollie’s ledge or rail height. The slow mo was amazing thank you so much Dan I’m really hoping I can get my Ollie’s higher! 😎❤️

[@djsubliminalreeve]

try ollie up ledges that are too high and it forces you to bone the ollie oue and tuck. once you can get your fronty truck on the back truck will go on too. pump your ollies too as nobody ever does this and i used it to jump on to 5ft walls so it works but also im 6ft2 so that helped a lot. if your ollies still really suck your trucks and wheels might be too low as i rode high trucks and risers but the whells were normal size for street.

[@lt_alenko]

I wouldn't get hung up on a single video. Like, this is a great tutorial but sometimes there's a single thing you might be missing that's mentioned somewhere else and it makes things so much easier to learn it. Eveyrone's built different, so different details help different skaters

[@DarmokAtTanagra]

I know you rarely do trick tips Dan and I just want you to film what you want to film, but when you do them they are really special. Both this and the manual tips vid are exceptional, only two I've found so far

[@jensenacklese3049]

Less than 30 seconds in and im already sharing this video bro. Youre a skateboarding legend at this point Dan, hope you realize that and feel the love 😂

[@QXZ9027MKII]

Top notch Sir, much obliged for the insight, scintillating indeed.

[@djzonque4770]

I think Zach has one of the best ollies out there. He tweaks them really nice and high. He should be your test person. By the way..I've never seen you ollie that high before

[@willblackett4709]

Great tutorial Dan !!! I'm gonna try these tips. Mani tutorial was great too. Thanks bro , Love from New Zealand !!!

[@Neurotv4941]

Dan back with the hefty tutorial

[@IndexFossilchannel]

0:56 THE OLLIE was Invented in the late 1970s by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand.

[@brennananderson8113]

Extremely Educational Content Here. Nicely done

[@isaiahhughes5264]

My max Ollie right now is about 1 foot but i just recently starred watching these advanced tutorials and im excited to really get into the more comicsted techniques

[@ryanrowe1975]

Rodney Mullens and Tiago Lemos might invented the ollie of jumping into the board and getting air and gravity to executing the right adjustments to level out of enough pressures and energy to make a impact!

[@dunk1089]

i’ve always been thinking this !

[@ryanrowe1975]

@@dunk1089 Me Too Bro!

[@michaellevy6628]

I tried for 2 minutes to understand what you meant here. Failed

[@dunk1089]

@@michaellevy6628 That’s amazing ! dude ! keep up that good work

[@ryanrowe1975]

@@michaellevy6628 It is going to developing into a different dynamic of transitions and timing the trick at the perfect time to landing a approving air and gravity to get some speed not too much to letting go of the board and holding until the releasing point is close to the ramp, kicker, quarterpipe, or similar to get a good warm-up sessions

[@villeberger4530]

Dans tutorials are the best out there💯

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

skateboarding takes super commitment 🌴... when I was younger we got a skatepark in front of our high school and it was so confusing to me... but definitely love the sport 🌊

[@xdrcx]

More tweaked ollie videos please! Yours are so stylish. Can see where the nice looking kickflips come from

[@thomasriley2584]

Low key, one of the best Ollie tutorials ever. Thanks for the proper explanation Dan. Shoulda got Zach to help with showing what it looks like, he can ninja kick the shit out his Ollie's lol

[@joelspencer2475]

I just started watching alot of your videos lately (haven't seriously skated since like "01" over in Okinawa while in USMC) and always wondering who alot of the guys are ur skating with are cuz you're all real good. After hearing some names thrown around, and seeing the one video of Andy Anderson and the barefoot girl (through research realized thats his girl) skating at the Venice park, i decided to look up the Powell Peralta skate team. And wouldn't ya know there you are along with others you skate with. Now this may come as no surprise to those following skating over the past few years. But in my hayday of skating 87'-01' the only way to watch pros skate was videos like "Public Domain" etc. And then they never showed how many tries it took to land the clip. So in watching your videos you get a new introspective on pro skating, that they dont just land every rad trick 1st try. Lol i know this may sound silly but it was the image conveyed to people back then. Your videos make skating much more relatable with the every day kid who just loves to skate. I'm 45 and still have a Lipstick "Aaron Rooney" complete and have been thinking about getting back into it. Living in the Niagara Falls area we never had a good place to skate. Now there is a skatepark here that Tony Hawks foundation helped to build that goes mostly unskated (at least what I see driving by). These kids nowadays dont know how fortunate they are to be blessed with a local park they can hone their skills on. But getting back to the point just wanted to say i love your vids!! Its truly amazing to see real life how the team travels, practices and interacts w themselves and other people on a daily basis. Keep up the good work. Oh and your write up on the Powell team site is hilarious 😂 and you're better than you think.

[@johanjotun1647]

Thanks for the Ollie tips! about 18mins in on the Yeah Right! movie is the highest ollie I've seen so far, (Marc Johnson I think) ollies onto 2 stacked picknick tables and clears it by at least 6in.

[@cfo138]

If I remember that video correctly those were the half size tables for little kids. Still fucking impressive.

[@forg0tten]

Those slo mo ollies really looked dope and visually was a great explanation. Never been able to ollie like that and am def gonna try this out. 🔥

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

Thank you for what you do and everything you do Dan. I love your videos and you are so genuine and humble and you are very good at articulating yourself.

[@jjpboosh4452]

I havent skated in a very long time so I went to the skate park yesterday. I was practicing my Ollie's. This is the perfect video for me. Thanks Dan.

[@DanCorrigan]

Heck yeah hope it helps big dawg

[@CharlesB-cg2xh]

This is exactly what I tell anyone who asks me for help. I add that picking a point on the ground to leap over

[@ReeWebster]

The snap and tweak timing is crucial too. Slow it down, the board jumps inches off the ground before the foot tweaks.

[@fakiewilly]

Beautiful form. Almost like a figure skater more than a skateboarder. :)

[@Frank.E.Valley]

Sounded like Haley said "I get it, I played Moral Combat". LOL... Immanuel Kant is my fav character but his fatalities were sooo long.

[@goop6007]

yea my first ollie was 10 years ago and my pop is crazy compared to then

[@rlskateboardprogress2165]

Great Video! Thanks for the detail and practice steps. I would love to hear you breakdown the steps of a Backside 180.

[@Noastamper]

My dads claim to fame was an Ollie over a picnic table lengthwise pushing as fast as he could go. I really want to improve my ollie

[@wholibah]

i like to think about trying to pop the board vertical pointing 90 degrees up, vs. trying to slide my front up. kinda levels itself after getting to 90 degrees while also leaning forward

[@thebayharborbutcher9115]

I like the tip on springing off your back foot especially for kick flips because a lot of time I feel like I lose height because I’m trying to focus so much on the flick and not landing premo

[@ezekbardunsihk5735]

This fixed the crappy ollies i've been doing for years on my first attempt wow great video

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

Never give up on your dreams and aspirations and remember to be kind and uplifting to each other and open minded and genuine.

[@vinnyplace1269]

Thanks for the tips . I am always looking for more height off my ollie's . 🤙

[@giantskater1529]

damn this vid is mint. best advice on tweaking ollies I’ve seen on yt. epic bro thanks 🤘

[@SkateGirlAndrea]

Great vid Dan, I keep coming back to it 🤙🛹🙌😊

[@woodhandle]

4:20 Got her duuuude!.. Getting back into skating after 20 years off, did 13 years of kung fu in that time, Ive been trying to adapt those skills to skating and breaking down a jumping side kick has me ollyingyangtwins higher (this vid will add to that) and more consistently than when i was 13. I was always told "you just gotta slide that foot man", but your just tap dancin without that jump..

[@oldbonz]

Hey Dan great content. I've been doing that third style now and can't get very much pop but I'm old too so there's that, which is nice. How about a master wallie/railie class? Yours are the best and they happen so fast I could use some insight. 🙈

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

Much love to you and your channel Dan. I hope that you are doing well.

[@mearl3977]

Dan I love what you do, but where was this an hour ago before I went skatin? I needed this either way thanks bro

[@ReezyResells]

Soooo surprised Haley got the Liu Kang reference 🥋

[@pleashoes1943]

wowwww, fantastic

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

I just started skateboarding again after six years of not being able to skateboard at all. It's been forever and it feels really awesome but I feel like I'm relearning Alot and it's a little stressful but I'm going to keep trying.

[@-dfh-866]

I was thinking the same thing you were before you said it. Not like liu kangs bicycle kick, but like the flying kick.

[@wadball]

Those ollies at 6:35 are works of art

[@rottenapples14]

Could you do a tutorial on how to tre flip? I know there's a million out there already but i like the way you break down skateboarding

[@joshuarickyking]

This video made me really good at Ollie Norths

[@ellebhee5045]

Danny Wainwright was a legend! UK had some insane skaters. Paul Carter was pure style. *Edit - UK had insane skaters when I was still able to. There are obviously amazing skaters now too. I'm rambling. I shall stop. Aghrrr!

[@DanCorrigan]

Yeah Danny Wainwright has done some of the most ridiculous Ollies into banks ever

[@brycekeith5653]

I have pretty solid Ollie’s, but struggling to tuck & bend my back foot to get that extra height & ninja kick look. I’m about to just practice without my board & see where that takes me.

[@brycekeith5653]

I have noticed though that even in just trying to get the ninja kick look has helped my Ollie’s a ton.

[@xdrcx]

​@Bryce Keith I'm with you bro, can't figure out how to get ankle sideways. I can ollie high and tweak back leg in a bit, but not quite ninja kick status yet. Have you had any more success? Maybe I'll start ninja kicking without my board haha

[@lcrilley93]

Damn I've missed a few was prepping for the Canada open

[@mehDOGIESRATS2222]

Smoke was the best in Mortal Kombat 3 , if ya never played Final fight ya missing out . A good ollie is the hardest trick I recon . I use to do sick 360 flips with way less effort . A good Ollie is the most underrated move of them all . If you do sick ollie transfers that is the shit right there , when I was young I did them from ramp to ramp , shit was so scary and amazing . I suck my lets way up otherwise I would of never made it . Almost smashed my face one day , I came off in the air my legs were kicking hard out and then I just put my arms out infront of me otherwise I would have no face lol . But when you get that pop and that air , now that feeling is true skateboarding . It was like I had to more or less manual then pop out on that ramp , was a bit weird . Some of the best ollies I ever did tho . I could feel wind flying past me , bit like some pop shovits I did years ago on this ramp . I think people called them illusion flips , looked a bit like a hard flip . I had this real weird way of doing them . Many moons ago now tho . Did this boned out pop shovit tail grab for my friend over this pyramid to the flat one day and never again . Shit was the most boned out shit I have ever done . I said to my friend did ya see it , he said I saw you roll away :( I was thinking fck you bro . That shit was some insanely hard shit . Skateboarding is great when you are younger , gets quite hard at 44 tho .

[@arcadeattic]

No one talks about putting your front foot IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAORD and not the bolts for the over the trash can standing up Ollie 👌

[@Kaschiba]

Yo wth, ur liu kang explanation works for me!

[@flocka-]

i saw you talk about trick tip vids on ur ig story and i was really hoping you'd upload one for getting ollies higher, tysm!

[@DanCorrigan]

Heck yeah glad u like my friend

[@Unlockingparadoxes]

I hope that everyone has a great and memorable day today.

[@carlhannen1769]

I like to envision popping the board ahead of myself while jumping forward with it at the same time.

[@poenie3662]

Thanks I was wondering how to get my ollies higher!

[@littlebear2477]

This is an amazing explanation

[@FBombs4All]

Dan meet Rodney. The reason you skate. "Some guy" lmfao 😂

[@suna2515]

“U gotta get dirty if u wanna get better” 😂😂 100% when it comes to skateboarding

[@jdmilli5272]

I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF THIS

[@TotterTheHuskyYT]

SAME

[@18JR78]

That camera quality is as high as the Guinness record ollie. Jokes aside, thanks for the tip. That was really informative.

[@DanCorrigan]

:)

[@unidentifiedwizard3768]

good and detailed explanation. i already liked your manual masterclass video a lot because of the new perspctives in the possible ways to advance them. the boned ollies or flip tricks look really stylish and i see zach doelling do them a lot to gain more hight. the physics behind skateboarding are extremly fascinating somehow and its really helpful to analyse the movements of every little step like you do it here. will there be more "masterclass" videos? :)

[@Starclap92]

Ollies on miniramp next? Can do ollies on flat ok, but for some reason I always land crooked when I land and fall off.

[@krushplanet30]

Own it Lift Lever Impulse Engage🤗

[@reg_legs]

I usually emphasize driving my front knee forward for wallie ollies

[@djedje4584]

Great stuff as usual. You mention for grinds/slides you want to keep your back foot on the board as much as possible. Any tips or techniques for how to do that? Are you trying to raise the back foot more slowly, or popping with different foot placement, or... something?

[@mikemcginnis1288]

If only we got the chance to ollie on the moon. Future skaters got it easy.

[@SadMach1n3]

That liu kang tip is hilarious x)

[@darren7110]

"you gotta get dirty if you want to get better, Hailey" - Dan Corrigan 2022

[@lewielew]

Amazingly helpful video dan I had such an issue getting the technique down and getting a decent amount of height will use this video next time I go to learn explaining the jumping off the back technique helped me a ton too and made me actually understand the motion better! :D

[@DanCorrigan]

Heck yeah stoked to hear it

[@projectifier]

Realizing now that pop is all twitch muscles that activate right before your back leg fully straightens out, which explains why I heelflip using very little crouch, but it works with everything. Its the same concept as Bruce Lee's one inch punch, twitch muscles activate right between slightly bent and fully straightened out. You'll hear the pop everytime if you do this

[@scatpack1381]

Put Sil-glyde in your pivot cups you'll never have a squeak again. You can get it at auto parts stores in a tube.

[@rattsy]

"next way to get higher" I was completely missled by that phrase -_- :D

[@pezboy715]

My guy, you are wacky as hell, but you make a lot of damn sense. Great vid.

[@artoub8143]

Theres not a single vid on how to nollie as high as possible!!! I really want to see one

[@tammyadonkie9820]

ong bro

[@evedmendez3843]

I noticed ollies are always higher when there’s an obstacle to clear over. Flat ground ollies never get the same air as trying to clear over or onto things. Feel like that’s why stacking boards was the ultimate practice for gaining height

[@MarceloMoss]

For a higher ollie, think of a lit candle and you passing your hand over it quickly! That's your back foot

[@ogracer]

youre a great teacher dude

[@SkateGirlAndrea]

I forget his name, Mullen or something. 🙌🤣🤣

[@courtnims2583]

“Mullen something…..” legendary