Skateology: Ollie (1000 fps slow motion)

This is the first in a long series of Skateology entries. Please note the name change from "Slow Motion Trickipedia" to Skateology. Today's entry is one of the most basic skateboarding tricks, the humble ollie. All of these shots are of me except at 0:48 it's Matt Hartzel and the last one is Brian Martin.
All these clips were filmed at 1,000 frames per second and 1280x720 resolution with a Redlake N3 high speed camera.
Thanks to Running Against the Knife for the music. This song is called Face Down. www.myspace.com/ratk

[@tiltedtesseract8210]

Alright, skateboarding is officially black magic.

[@jayboy9124]

That's funny because black magic used to be a skateboarding grip tape company

[@ericduminil]

Chinese Nollie looks even more magical IMHO : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6OYfJmAh7N-eM0

[@Eli-dv1lj]

Black majik is hexes and curses

[@nellyrethtorres4830]

Ok, That was fun but its just about the physics, When u hit someting with a little bend up really hard it will jump if u jump with it guiding your legs forward up then bend your knees, Its same as sk8

[@hooman4835]

and this is the one of the easiest, if not the easiest, truck :)

[@8lorko8]

I got a great tip for beginners! Ive started properly skating 12 hours ago,, and try to get my ollie technique good first, i was told to pop, jump, and slide all at the same time, been practicing this for 12 hours and havent had much improvement so i decided to break it down slightly. what i did was focused on the pop and the jump and left out the slide, i popped hard and jump high and to my great surprise did my biggest ollie ever without any (minimal) slide , anybody else having trouble try this first , get your pop and jump reall good then start adding in the slide to add even more height and to balance the board EDIT: another good tip is bring your knees up to your chest, cos the board wont your lift feet, you have to lift the board, i was jumping as high as a I could but i wasnt bending my knees,you upper body doesnt go much higher when bring up our knees so that why we forget to do it, when you first start making sure you bring up knees it might feel unnatural , that just means right ,, hope i can help somebody

[@fahdlachhab2605]

my foot wont slide i pop jump and bend my ankle i try to slide it but it doesnt work !is it my griptape my shoes or my ankles ?

[@8lorko8]

same thing was happening to me, i discovered it was because i wasnt bringin my knees up after i jump, the board wont allow you to slide you foot if you full weight is stopping it,, itll feel weird at first but when jump bring you knees up as high as possible, i was worried that i couldnt physically jump high enough to ollie any higher but it turned out that this was my problem,,my legs stayed fairly straight when i jumped If you practice popping and jumping, high and tucking in knees, first and leave the sliding till later youll get the hang of it much faster,remember the slide is the least important part of the ollie . one last bit of advice is that the the pop ,jump and slide are not meant to be done all at the same time, bends your knees a little then jump , then before your feet leave the board, pop and bring your knees up, then when the board reaches its max height slide your foot forward, it should feel fluid and weightless.

[@fahdlachhab2605]

8lorko8 thank you

[@fahdlachhab2605]

8lorko8 your tip helped me allot ive been practising today and it worked good but the only thing now is when i do it my board turns 90 degrees did this happened to you too ?ps: can i follow you so if i had a problem i could ask help but i dont mind if you dont like to be bothered

[@underthepie5315]

Fahd Lachhab Hey Fahd, if your board is turning it can mean a few things: - Your shoulders, which are the most important things when it comes to frontside and backside 180, are probably the reason you're turning. Try to keep them parallel to the board itself, don't rotate them. - Your feet might not be centered on the tail, or behind the bolts. Make sure your toes are completely centered on the board. If not, ask any skater, these were just from my experience, i had the same problem. Good Luck :D

[@lenni360]

I learned more about ollies with this video than the other hundred tutorial videos I watched on how to do an ollie.

[@jeweerly2319]

This nigga capping

[@rustyskates9127]

@@jeweerly2319 straight up lmao

[@edwardan2473]

2:15 ninja ollie

[@oaney]

0:24 Make sure to have your hands in that exact position. It really helps with the height.

[@icyace1103]

Omg i just realised that hahahahhaha

[@dwellerinblack7816]

0:24

[@Eurotool]

@@dwellerinblack7816 thanks

[@dwellerinblack7816]

@@Eurotool np

[@michaeldavid1471]

That's style though it's good style too

[@redwoodfingerboards224]

Who else is here trying to learn ollies!?

[@xGonxax]

I, sorry

[@StickArenaNow]

me. can't get the board entirely up it seems.

[@RobTyleruk]

Me. Have you figured how to do it Redwood fingerboards ?

[@amymau5927]

I'll let you know when I get it solid

[@amymau5927]

Which will probably be in 60 years

[@joih7]

Of all of the tutorials I've seen on how to ollie, this is by far the best one, it definately helped me the most.

[@SamSveistrup]

You could say it's skateolliegy

[@GabrielCastillo]

+1

[@huntergrizzard7453]

dad joke of the year

[@fredfrogg4442]

👏

[@taichi0yt3875]

This is the best how to ollie video for me

[@Chocolate_llama]

Well shit. I see what I've been doing wrong all these months. Finally able to ollie over two decks stacked. I was trying to kick the board down and after the board was almost vertical, I started my slide. Starting the slide as I popped the tail was a great improvement and I was able to ollie correctly within the first few tries after seeing the video.

[@mikehunt5926]

Kyle yo I just got over 2 boards stacked

[@torngrenarnN]

Love these vids, would be cool to see all the clips in real time at the end tho! Keep up the good work man

[@freewheeler6387]

This is SO AWESOME!!!!! I keep having to imagine an obstacle!

[@sk8erboy088]

the last ollie was.....there's no words to explain how it's awesome!!!

[@MrTrollicus]

Eventhough im seeing it in slowmo i still dont see how the board is supposed to fly so high in the air

[@confucheese]

You have to get really good at jumping, when you first start it'll be physically impossible to get the board that high, you need to develop your muscles and perfect the jump in order to get full height.

[@jaypepepe]

+Cancer Cancer If you pop the board hard enough it will pop up up to a couple feet. But you have to jump even higher otherwise the board will hit your feet and not reach maximum potential. Then you use your feet to level off the board bringing the back of the board upwards.

[@Dylan_Thomas1]

+Spartn M It's all basically at the same time. Picture a lightning bolt. It definitely travels but it happens so fast it looks like the whole lightning bolt appears at once. When you do an ollie you have to do all the steps like a lightning bolt: one after the other but quick enough that it looks simultaneous. So yes, you have to be in the motion of jumping AS you lift the board up. Try doing hippie jumps for a bit, and then when you try to ollie do a hippie jump but kick the tale against the ground hard the moment you'd leave the board. Once you figure out the timing ollie's should seem so much simpler to you.

[@thrashedd]

Cancer Cancer it's the pop

[@noahwilliamson]

Physics dawg

[@ypure3859]

By FAR the BEST STYLE ollie i have seen!!!!!!! EXCELLENT

[@Doom13th]

This video helps and always motivate me to train my ollies. Thanks for your effort, i bet you wont realize how this video help me and tons of beginner skaters out there.

[@heisenberg3099]

Slow motion always looks so rough on the body lol

[@ThrashParrot]

This is sick as hell man... can't wait to see the more advanced tricks e.g. 360 flips, Hardflips

[@nogsteedsstatus]

Because watching the clip slow mo you can analyse the steps for your self, so you can understand it much better, rather than somebody just telling you the steps :)

[@kennet-wk6ze]

This is the best ollie tutorial without saying a word

[@AndromedaDream]

dude thx! im 17 and i start skateboarding but here in swiss all laught about me they said "what? you are 17 but you cant do any skatetricks?" i was in america, there were alle so good to me :) show me a few things, but here in swiss all are for themself :/ thx i really learn from your videos cuz none will show me... sry for my english im still learning it greetings

[@Joemama-kx1yp]

Hey man your probs not on this account but how does it feel being 24 and are you from Switzerland because I love skiing in Switzerland

[@rollingdigger19]

Wow, 10 years? this video is too ahead of its time.

[@rckd5903]

The back foot is totally underrated. Love the back foot work in shot #3.

[@humansaremonkeys]

The best video on youtube

[@samuraighostwire]

You sir, this is a pretty solid ollie

[@tommonday3798]

congratulations dude, next step flip ! Good luck we're with you

[@MechA1994PL]

Dude! I made my first ollie 5 minutres ago! I'm so proud of it! :D

[@elissaarianna9421]

Why am I here in 2022. Anyway good job

[@paulthewhite]

This is a GREAT idea. Please keep em coming :)

[@chrisball249]

Thanks for this, and awesome music!

[@PHeMoX]

That last one was sick!

[@guy5140]

The way I have come to learn them, is to pop hard and jump at the same time so you lose contact with board under your back foot and the board is trying to become vertical and then use the front foot to balance. They key is when you to do it hard to jump so that you lose contact with it, as seen in the video. Just my two cents

[@sexinstructor41]

awesome work man doing this video really helped me keep up the good work

[@aryantokarnali5952]

put speed on 0.25

[@boltzmannbrain8698]

We’re gonna be here a while.

[@jhilmilchatterjee5949]

I spent my whole lockdown at 0.25x

[@ecstasy88]

Learned how to do it with the board stationary I tried it moving and this is a whole nother beast

[@quocnguyenhoai1491]

That is so beautiful

[@SonofHannder]

Omg the last one.. stylish!!

[@Tranquility-Base]

screw trick tips, slow-motion is all I need!

[@jazl10]

the best tutorial i have ever seen... i guess i will be able to do Ollie soon!

[@Skapo]

2:16 That is freaking impressive. Brilliant idea by the way. One of the best ways to understand a trick is to watch it done properly and break it down. Haha at 1000 Frames per second you can see the little tidbits you would otherwise miss. I look forward to seeing what other trickipedia videos you post.

[@calia2250]

Thanks for this vid!

[@Tibbywibbie]

This learns faster for me than someone who just say the steps.

[@k3ichiro]

this is so nice...

[@DavidArroyo78]

This looks so easy yet so freakin hard!

[@mariacarreon2713]

Awesome man

[@lloricgarcia]

super cool dude!!

[@ragibperwez]

This was really helpful

[@naqi_zariz]

My dream is to land one of those ollies. Man, they look so good

[@izvarzone]

Thanks to you man, I learned how to Ollie, now only standing though, but that's only now.

[@photomorti]

looks awesome!!!

[@LifeStyleHack_V12]

beautiful

[@junuhunuproductions]

Thanks. This is great.

[@ashomsky]

@silversk8erz The kickflip entry is coming up. I need to film some more kickflips first.

[@ashomsky]

The video looks like this straight out of the camera. I use editing software to cut the clips together and add music. On my newer videos I speed up some parts of each trick and only show the most interesting parts in super slow motion.

[@SlickRick4EVER]

I love this!

[@dirtyroch]

VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU

[@Aiki0005]

Watch this for 10 hours, get your pushing really down trugh use your board for cruising everyday, Watch the "How to Ollie" Videos of Braille Skateboarding, practice it step by step for at least a half an hour daily and commit. Then do ollies while riding and then train with obsticles and then with ankle weigths until your ollie is the best under the locals. I should commit more too, but my damn social anixety is in the way.

[@Aiki0005]

It would be interesting if you can train skate tricks using your imagination. Or techniques like lucid dreaming. That could really work and would support your muscle memory in a psychical way.

[@bennys2950]

Mattbrhew Honestly I feel like I’ve learned things using imagination. Actually I had a dream I did an Ollie while riding and when I woke up I had this new technique which I tried and it worked it’s weird

[@GeriatricBallSac]

Braille skateboarding video sucks. I recommend VLSkate. Never go to Braille.

[@FlowSense544]

Soo Epic!

[@mevindeo]

huge ollie man=D i liked the last one

[@zhou_sei]

watching this in double speed is awesome lol, the music gets fawwwwwnkayyy

[@AnuarsTV]

Amazing! Nice technique!

[@CankayaT]

this s awesome i learn more with slo mo thanks

[@charlesdebrosse1149]

Perfect soundtrack for riding downtown

[@johnjones-gp7ve]

beautiful.

[@Kinglushkush]

great video

[@StrayedThermidor]

dope as skating as usual

[@richardwagner6620]

ThanX,my Ollie is through your video-GOLD-thank you very much.

[@wandastwn1699]

amazing

[@stefvantuijl9488]

Thanks! Used this for my paediatric physiotherapy course.

[@genraz]

dude this is very helpful yo

[@xq39]

skateboarding is basically like, the board has it's own mind, you just control where it goes with your feet.

[@nayanikagaur]

beautiful. skateboarding as well as videography

[@NickyCairo]

Magic!

[@doverif]

the way they tweak it is insane, but it’s also something i can do (somewhat). on the other hand, the way they tweak and then perfectly place their weight to land completely level is something that i WISH i could do

[@Sk8terGirl1008]

AWESOME!...

[@JPfingerskater]

skating IS an art

[@3D_CNC]

This taught me how to ollie

[@ashomsky]

@Skapo I won it in a video contest. One of the other videos on my channel is my winning entry to that contest. It's called "IDT slow motion video competition: skateboarding"

[@windtraffic2955]

Okay so: 1. Bend knees 2. Jump 3. Pop board 4. Drag front foot forward 5. Drag back foot UP 6. Slowly put down front foot, as if a wave motion 7. Land

[@salty-tackles]

i learned how to ollie by watching this!

[@AnWehner]

So did I! Love to the creator of the vid

[@rawiam20]

I can freaking ollie now thanks man

[@FarTennis]

thanks! this really helps!

[@jokullbihr3465]

Please help me I need to know what shoes he's wearing, the black and orange ones

[@rarecoast9000]

Thanks dude, I never understood what people meant when they're like "you have to jump as well", like obviously I'm gonna have to lift my weight but yeah, this made a whole lot of sense and it's way easier now, I think I was kinda confused cause when you see videos it doesn't really look like they've lifted their back foot, yeah anyway thanks dude :)

[@ethanwickstrom]

biggest thing for me learning stationary ollies was bringing up my back foot, all though you should keep it on the board it is good to start like that.

[@nicolaumn]

slow motion videos are like tutorials for me :)

[@khalliddo1385]

Im trying to re-learn ollie hopefully I'll get it back soon.

[@Gavineff]

Thanks for this, it's really well shot. It will be helpful to start the videos a bit before the pop and also show the entire body Compression/Expansion not just the legs, the arms also play a big part.

[@lilricco3127]

This help me do a Ollie bc other videos I couldn't see t they do it with there feets

[@TheSeaninio]

I think what ive been getting wrong is not getting the tail down hard enough. thanks this really helps

[@gofsides]

Fantastic video. I love all the different shot angles. Attach some force vector animations and you could teach physics 101 with it.

[@youngfoodgod]

Did my first ollie today woooooo

[@henowbrion]

Hi !!! I Mean that's HIGH! great photography too

[@benjamincru2635]

The last ninja IS insane

[@chemnitzel]

thank you!

[@namedidii]

I think i said this on another video but goddamn you guys pop high

[@96grungeALEXANDER]

Nice!

[@TheKamieloslaw]

thanks man, today i did my first ollie! :D

[@matthewstras]

@cl3arviSion He filmed it on a Redlake N3 high speed camera, check the description

[@Skapo]

@ashomsky That is awesome man. I'm glad I subbed.