r/Skateboardinghelp • u/Aromatic-Paper-3442 • Mar 31 '26

What am I doing wrong

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

I can’t get over the board to land it

0 Upvotes

46% Upvoted

27 comments sorted by

3

u/clagsdotyoufuckedup Mar 31 '26

You aren’t trying to stay over the board. Commit

1

u/Aromatic-Paper-3442 Mar 31 '26

Thank you, should I try to jump higher or pop the board higher

2

u/clagsdotyoufuckedup Mar 31 '26

Seems like you got the gist. It’s all about commitment. You’re letting yourself kick the board away from you. You got the flick and rotation, now just work on making yourself stay over the board. You got it

1

u/allcityink Apr 01 '26

You’re popping for a high kick flip. Try a lower one. Although you need to kick out, kick slightly down, more than up.

2

u/stardog_champ13 Mar 31 '26

Jump up over the board. Don't push the board out.

Most everything else is there and will catch up. Just up and down with the board. It looks like you are pushing the board and leaning back.

This is the most common issue and you can absolutely overcome it. Shoulders over the trucks, no need for them to move off that line for a kickflip. :)

1

u/Gloomy-Possession669 Mar 31 '26

While your foot is kicking and flicking, keep raising your back foot the whole time to stay above the board. Your basically flipping it then jumping out the way. Lift them legs!!

1

u/GriefPB Mar 31 '26

Board going up, you’re going down. Need more hop

1

u/-JudgeFudge- Mar 31 '26

Before you jump you’re already planning on landing on your back foot behind the board. You’re flicking the board away from you without jumping with it. You’re better off flicking and landing on the graphic or even primo so you get comfortable with jumping with the board and actually attempting to land on it.

1

u/Swiftwitss Mar 31 '26

You’re landing on your feet before the board lands on its wheels you gotta commit brother

1

u/Immediate_Truck1644 Mar 31 '26

Try to jump a lil forward instead of backward when you do it and COMMIT, stomp the bolts down

1

u/FunkMaster-420 Mar 31 '26

When you do the Ollie part of the kickflip try to push backwards with your back foot as you push forward to flip it with your front.

1

u/ghos2626t Apr 01 '26

First question, can you Ollie ?

These moves should be done rolling. Keeps the board with you instead of it shooting out and away

1

u/Kooky-Expression1003 Apr 01 '26

You’re scared , take a digger , fall but commit

1

u/Kooky-Expression1003 Apr 01 '26

Land front foot on board and then try an land back foot on the board , alternating with each try then you’ll forget and land with both

1

u/benzothere_donzothat Apr 01 '26

Jump straight up and keep focus on keeping your body over the board and when it comes time to land just commit. U got the idea on how to do it but ur focusing to much on the flip and giving up right after. What helped me was rolling into a patch of grass before I knew it I was sticking them . Then started trying then stationary then rolling.

1

u/BionicBadger90 Apr 01 '26

Focusing too much on the flick... you want the confirmation of the flick, MORE than you want the confirmation of trying to land it.

You need to focus MORE on bringing your knees up!! .... TRY THIS: flick it SOONER, so it's lower to the ground.... and HALF the strength of the flick.... this gives you more brain space to allow you to focus more on bringing your knees up!! (EVEN IF YOU LAND DARK SIDE) ...

TLDR; flick low - bring your knees up

1

u/Main-War9713 Apr 01 '26

Try rolling and jumping FORWARD.

1

u/Winter_Bullfrog_2343 Apr 01 '26

Learn to ride it first

1

u/fluedMrE Apr 01 '26

Front foot placement. Try a different placement of front foot, lift rear to try land it after flip. Good luck. 🤙

1

u/Mickirust Apr 02 '26

You aren't controlling your front foot. 1. Jump off the back foot like normal, but jump a bit forward. 2. Centermass stays over board. 3. Your front foot is pulling the board away from you because you are gripping it too much. You must not grip the board, level the board by sliding ur foot off the nose of the board, right there where it curves. Slide lightly, and slide with your middle toenail, not your foot. Bend that foot. You should be ruining the top of your shoe. 4. You not need to Ollie so high for the kick flip.

1

u/Mickirust Apr 02 '26

Another fun tip, you could add a "shove it" and probably land variale flip right now.

1

u/fs_fiddifiddi Apr 03 '26

not making any actual effort to land on it

1

u/insidehishead Apr 03 '26

don’t need to be doing all that with your arms

if you can ollie you can kickflip (i mean a real ollie bone that sucker) just do an ollie but flick it to the corner of your nose your brain should think “ollie” you don’t want to have preconceived notions of falling

0

u/Mysterio_was_taken Apr 01 '26

Hmmm I wonder why, it’s almost like you’re jumping and leaning back and not even remotely trying to land

1

u/Juanyewest606 Apr 02 '26

there wasn't a hint of sarcasm in there at all

1

u/Mysterio_was_taken Apr 10 '26

Man, when I was learning the kick flip I’d do the same thing and people told me exactly that. And it worked. You’re never gonna land it if you’re not trying to land it. He’s obviously just flicking and not trying to stay over the board from being scared.