@@Drewski777that means every trick is technically called an Ollie etc.. really aside from pressure flips, anything you need to pop to do, should technically be attributed to the Ollie… Then the kick flip if it’s any flip trick.. And so on and so forth.. What’s crazy, is unlike most sports, usually it’s a lot of different people who level up, like from kick flip to heel flip, to Millie, to takis, switch, to varial, tre.. etc.. But no. It was one person. Rodney Mullen. All flip tricks and variations can be attributed to him, and tbh if Ollie never invented the Ollie.. Rodney Mullen most likely would’ve..
something i never hear anyone but me point out is that; when you pop the board, your back foot should shove behind you so the board gets just a little bit less momentum than your body, which will help the friction of the board stay in contact with your front foot and give a really good bone-out feel
I've seen this in action on videos before and I feel like nobody mentions it. I think it is something that people tend to overlook because its "just part of the technique"
@@caesurabreak3528it's important to pop "backwards" a tiny bit, as this motion helps counteract the forwards slide that moves your board more out in front of you. If that happens, your board feels less connected to you, and you're naturally going to have lower Ollie's since you can't properly stay over your board or level it out nice enough or simply use that slide to get your Ollie a tad higher
Jonny you start at Step 1: pop, but step 1 should be: jump first, when your weight is off the deck and your back foot starts to leave the tail, then pop by pushing your toes to the ground using the rear ankle. I see so many beginners try to pop while still standing on the board, which is useless. Let me know what you think?
Ollies are the foundation for nearly all tricks, including for snowboarding, surfing, kiteboarding and wing foiling. Thanks for explaining it in simple terms. This is an excellent video short.
It took me a long time too. Now i can kickflip and pop shuv easily, and i can ollie over three boards stacked sideways. All i did was practice. You got this man.
Find a good coach. Somebody at the park who k ows what they are doing and can probably help you. Ask lots of people for help. Skate a lot. You'll figure it out. It's all technique. You need to pop and jump at the same time and stay over your skateboard. The sliding motion doesn't exactly make your board go "higher". Instead, the sliding motion actually levels your board out by bringing the tail in the air, so that you don't "rocket ship ollie". Stay over your board, and just pop hard and jump at the same time, and stay over your board. Do it a million times. Cheers mate. (Pop straight down, and keep the ball of your foot centered in the middle of the tail)
Day 3 of coming back to skating after 12 year hiatus the first day I landed a shuv it, kick flip, back side some manual and some Ollie’s since then I have built a manual pad ,grind rail and a bank 😂😂😂 I’m hooked again bad I almost got a 3 flip today and damn are my hamstrings sore
Hardest step for newbs like me is the crucial step of committing to getting mint that back foot on without fear of rolling out. After riding for years and taking my share of spills… I’m finally getting closer and closer. I’ve been “skating” for years, but I’m barely getting interested in tricks. I’m comfy cruising but I’m still getting over that fear of being in the air and gambling my ankles 😂 by the end of this year I’ll have em down
Now the hardest thing is for years all I have known is Ollie variations so my back foot is TOO trained to never come off the board completely. Good luck to me learning flip tricks as I can never commit 😭
One thing I noticed that makes my Ollie's a lot cleaner is that there is a slight roll forward before you pop your board. It helps quite a lot for some reason to do that little wind up for me at least.
It’s because you push the board forward the direction you’re rolling when you pop an Ollie. That’s what makes it scary to beginners. Feels like you’ll slip out backwards
@@spht9ng so as far as body mechanics and skateboard physics you think I'm on the right track to making my Ollie's better? Cuz some people say that it's better to pop back if you know what I mean but I'm still learning so I'm not so sure.
@@superiorlongboards yup the right idea isn't really leaning back but having your back straightened out the whole way. It isn't leaning in either direction but it tends to feel like leaning back because your weight is usually on your front foot.
definitely this. When I started, I couldn't figure out why my ollies would end with the nose turning about 45 degrees making me unable to ride out of it. Turns out I had a bad habit of my shoulders facing more in the direction I was rolling instead of being square with the board/my feet
The important tip that Johnny didn't say, is that YOU SHOULD BEND YOUR BACK FOOT IN YOUR STOMACH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, and then press your front foot down while flicking it forward.
Yeah I recorded myself doing ollies outside and it doesn’t look like I’m getting off the ground but when I slow it down on camera I get about 1-2 inches off the ground which is better than I thought. I just need to keep doing it. My favorite skating quote I seen someone else use is, “GET UPPPPPPP”. I’ll never forget it. If you fall, get tf back up.
This clip popped up in my feed. Couldn't see who the skater was, but then i saw the mountain in the background and was like "ah, it's Johnny Giger" xD.
bro i’ve been trying this for like 2 days and i’m so fucking angry at myself for not being perfect at it, when I literally have been practicing for 2 days, i know it’s stupid and i know i’m just making my progress slower but i’m just PISSED I hate being a perfectionist
Impossible when I slide my feet forward whenever I jump in my skateboard moves away from me. If I try to jump forward, my skateboard goes back so it’s impossible.
So pretty much I should go to goodwill and find the shittiest shoes. I’ve already ruined 3 pairs…but I think it’s because they’re running shoes. To this day I can’t ollie. Freaking power over here.
No matter how hard I try it won't pop!!!! It just can't move up from the ground, it slides forward, even if I'm not standing on it, my skateboard just can't pop
Out of my whole 6 years or skating I did not know that the pop is what makes the board… well pop off the ground. I thought the leveling out is that made it have that pop.
I’ve been practicing my Ollie’s for only 2 days now and I think I’ve failed like 57 times already, so maybe this video will help me do it the right way lol XD
Pointer y’all when they say how to learn something I a minute it doesn’t mean your gonna be able to DO the trick or etc after a minute it’s just a minute or more of them teaching yall😂 just practice and have fun with it!❤
For some reason when i ollie my backfoot never stays on the back of the board and always moves up the board towards my front foot. Is this normal because when i watch videos of people ollie their backfoot stays in place
you should lift your front foot as you pop meaning your front foot will meet your nose only then should you slide the slide is the equivalent of leveling your board out
Doing your first ollie is like going super saiyan for the first time.
I like the hand mention!
I keep my front foot toes an inch away from the edge of the board. Helps me pop straight out
JUMP --> POP, not at the same time!
by far the best skateboard trick
It's basically every trick at some point. Kickflip, etc. use it for sure
The kickflip is technically called the "Ollie kickflip"
Tell me more
Literally. Gelfand & Tatum hitting the FS and BS versions in a bowl changed skating forever. Rodney took it to the street and the rest is history.
@@Drewski777that means every trick is technically called an Ollie etc.. really aside from pressure flips, anything you need to pop to do, should technically be attributed to the Ollie…
Then the kick flip if it’s any flip trick..
And so on and so forth..
What’s crazy, is unlike most sports, usually it’s a lot of different people who level up, like from kick flip to heel flip, to Millie, to takis, switch, to varial, tre.. etc..
But no. It was one person. Rodney Mullen.
All flip tricks and variations can be attributed to him, and tbh if Ollie never invented the Ollie.. Rodney Mullen most likely would’ve..
something i never hear anyone but me point out is that; when you pop the board, your back foot should shove behind you so the board gets just a little bit less momentum than your body, which will help the friction of the board stay in contact with your front foot and give a really good bone-out feel
I've seen this in action on videos before and I feel like nobody mentions it. I think it is something that people tend to overlook because its "just part of the technique"
@skullface691 100%. I started to get magnetic feeling ollies after i started emphasizing the back foot moving backwards motion.
This. I am still learning proper ollies and that tiny little “roll back” seems to be the key. I could never put it into words. Thanks.
@@caesurabreak3528it's important to pop "backwards" a tiny bit, as this motion helps counteract the forwards slide that moves your board more out in front of you. If that happens, your board feels less connected to you, and you're naturally going to have lower Ollie's since you can't properly stay over your board or level it out nice enough or simply use that slide to get your Ollie a tad higher
Ive always felt like it's a bit of a 'scoop'
Jonny you start at Step 1: pop, but step 1 should be: jump first, when your weight is off the deck and your back foot starts to leave the tail, then pop by pushing your toes to the ground using the rear ankle. I see so many beginners try to pop while still standing on the board, which is useless. Let me know what you think?
This is correct. I had so much trouble learning to ollie until I got this clarified.
Ollies are the foundation for nearly all tricks, including for snowboarding, surfing, kiteboarding and wing foiling.
Thanks for explaining it in simple terms.
This is an excellent video short.
It’s been a year and I still can’t do it
It took me a long time too. Now i can kickflip and pop shuv easily, and i can ollie over three boards stacked sideways. All i did was practice. You got this man.
you probably already have it , it probably is just not that high yet but it comes with practice just keep trying
Same I can’t do it but I keep trying it 😅
If something doesn't change, change something.
(For the record, neither can I)
Find a good coach. Somebody at the park who k ows what they are doing and can probably help you. Ask lots of people for help. Skate a lot. You'll figure it out. It's all technique. You need to pop and jump at the same time and stay over your skateboard. The sliding motion doesn't exactly make your board go "higher". Instead, the sliding motion actually levels your board out by bringing the tail in the air, so that you don't "rocket ship ollie". Stay over your board, and just pop hard and jump at the same time, and stay over your board. Do it a million times. Cheers mate. (Pop straight down, and keep the ball of your foot centered in the middle of the tail)
Day 3 of coming back to skating after 12 year hiatus the first day I landed a shuv it, kick flip, back side some manual and some Ollie’s since then I have built a manual pad ,grind rail and a bank 😂😂😂 I’m hooked again bad I almost got a 3 flip today and damn are my hamstrings sore
Hardest step for newbs like me is the crucial step of committing to getting mint that back foot on without fear of rolling out. After riding for years and taking my share of spills… I’m finally getting closer and closer. I’ve been “skating” for years, but I’m barely getting interested in tricks. I’m comfy cruising but I’m still getting over that fear of being in the air and gambling my ankles 😂 by the end of this year I’ll have em down
Now the hardest thing is for years all I have known is Ollie variations so my back foot is TOO trained to never come off the board completely. Good luck to me learning flip tricks as I can never commit 😭
One thing I noticed that makes my Ollie's a lot cleaner is that there is a slight roll forward before you pop your board. It helps quite a lot for some reason to do that little wind up for me at least.
It’s because you push the board forward the direction you’re rolling when you pop an Ollie. That’s what makes it scary to beginners. Feels like you’ll slip out backwards
@@spht9ng so as far as body mechanics and skateboard physics you think I'm on the right track to making my Ollie's better? Cuz some people say that it's better to pop back if you know what I mean but I'm still learning so I'm not so sure.
@@superiorlongboards yup the right idea isn't really leaning back but having your back straightened out the whole way. It isn't leaning in either direction but it tends to feel like leaning back because your weight is usually on your front foot.
@@spht9ng awesome appreciate the tips man!
dont forget the position of your shoulders.. this took me soo long to understand why i cant do straight ollies while moving
Where should they be ?
@@mindgames50 parallel to the board
definitely this. When I started, I couldn't figure out why my ollies would end with the nose turning about 45 degrees making me unable to ride out of it. Turns out I had a bad habit of my shoulders facing more in the direction I was rolling instead of being square with the board/my feet
Crazy to think all the subtle movements that come into play to perform a trick. And to see the pros do it with such ease is wild
I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and dope videos! Congratulations on your success and not giving up on your skateboard dreams!
Its just that I can't get my front foot to slide at the same time as I pop it
It's the hardest part I only got like 2cm off the ground
😮どうして、貴方は世界一の称号をつけないのですか？😅
Perfect explication
This makes hella sense
This video helped me get a SMALL but first Ollie in a day
Another thing I noticed that instantly helped my get my tail off the ground is to flick down with your back ankle while you jump
What if I cant do this because leg injury
The important tip that Johnny didn't say, is that YOU SHOULD BEND YOUR BACK FOOT IN YOUR STOMACH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, and then press your front foot down while flicking it forward.
Meow,Ty so much
@@mmtt9277 You're welcome, but you didn't have to say meow at the start of your sentence...
The biggest thing I had to learn was "your back foot doesn't touch the board when the tail pops off the ground"
Bruh I was working on my Ollie today and just ate it ong 😭 pretty sure I broke my arm
My brain says yes but my feet and legs says no
Step 3- lift your back knee
i feel like the ollie was just like learning to drop in on a half pipe. you just had to full on commit. any hestitaiton and you ate shit.
Thank you bro, i legit did it in my fourth try and from then i can do it consistently
I have wachet 5 vidios of 10 min and this one helpt more becous i can olie now
Hi😂
Thanks for your tips, I'm always learning something new
Jump FIRST then pop. Not exactly the same time, if you watch there’s a slight delay between the jump and pop
perfect🎉❤
i remember someone telling me to hold a pole & it helped
I wish these videos existed 10 years ago. I would have been pro by now if they did! (haha). Thanks for the beautiful footage Jonny!!!
Yeah I recorded myself doing ollies outside and it doesn’t look like I’m getting off the ground but when I slow it down on camera I get about 1-2 inches off the ground which is better than I thought. I just need to keep doing it. My favorite skating quote I seen someone else use is, “GET UPPPPPPP”. I’ll never forget it. If you fall, get tf back up.
This clip popped up in my feed. Couldn't see who the skater was, but then i saw the mountain in the background and was like "ah, it's Johnny Giger" xD.
bro i’ve been trying this for like 2 days and i’m so fucking angry at myself for not being perfect at it, when I literally have been practicing for 2 days, i know it’s stupid and i know i’m just making my progress slower but i’m just PISSED I hate being a perfectionist
Impossible when I slide my feet forward whenever I jump in my skateboard moves away from me. If I try to jump forward, my skateboard goes back so it’s impossible.
So pretty much I should go to goodwill and find the shittiest shoes. I’ve already ruined 3 pairs…but I think it’s because they’re running shoes.
To this day I can’t ollie. Freaking power over here.
I'll be the first skater...!
..to not wear skating clothing. Why isn't there a single video with ANY skater wearing cheap ass stuff like me 😂
No matter how hard I try it won't pop!!!! It just can't move up from the ground, it slides forward, even if I'm not standing on it, my skateboard just can't pop
Out of my whole 6 years or skating I did not know that the pop is what makes the board… well pop off the ground. I thought the leveling out is that made it have that pop.
I’ve been practicing my Ollie’s for only 2 days now and I think I’ve failed like 57 times already, so maybe this video will help me do it the right way lol XD
I CAN OLLIE NOOOOOWW THANKS SOOOO MUCH BRO,
U are a TRUE champion! 🫡
Lever the board into your legs and then suck up your legs holding the grip tape with your feet
Pointer y’all when they say how to learn something I a minute it doesn’t mean your gonna be able to DO the trick or etc after a minute it’s just a minute or more of them teaching yall😂 just practice and have fun with it!❤
I was practicing yesterday and hardly got the tiniest bit of air and landed super weird but my reaction was priceless😭😭 (I was recording)
Bro- Skateboarding is more harder than Scootering. Scooter is kinda easy to learn-😢😊
For some reason when i ollie my backfoot never stays on the back of the board and always moves up the board towards my front foot. Is this normal because when i watch videos of people ollie their backfoot stays in place
You're like the Rodney Mullen of this generation.
I did every single thing I watched that he did and it still didn’t work and I was doing it for 50 minutes and it still didn’t work
i can’t still do it i have been whatcing many videos but i can’t do it😢
you should lift your front foot as you pop meaning your front foot will meet your nose only then should you slide
the slide is the equivalent of leveling your board out
Just realised i wasnt jumping, hit my shin wth the board
Are you able to Ollie on grass? Cuz I'm too scared to try on concrete
I cant land my Backfoot on the Board i always land it on the ground
the thing as you know we all want to hear your trick breakdowns on those weird ass complicated tricks
So do you pop, and slide, and jump together?
Yay I did an ollie only got like 2cm off the ground but it's a start
I actually feel like I just learned a Ollie even if I didn’t even tried jet
I skated for years as a kid and always thought the tail was the bigger end. It feels looks weird to me to see it's the other way around.
I learned Ollieing like ten days ago and i do them 5 times a day to remember but i never get high as that😮😮
i think an important thing too is that you have your shoulders straight line to your board
Instructions unclear in 1 minute i broke my leg
Teach me how to 360 double flip
Even with hands mine doesn't get out of the ground😅, don't know if it is the type of skate tho.
Braille shoes? Unexpected
This is very helpful. I just started
if u have trouble to pop, just pop sideways it helps
I’m trying to figure out how the board gets in the air
I'm trying to get better after reporting this video helped me
i trained it even for two minutes but it want work... i think i need one more minute! 🤔
Im going to break my ankle again while doing this lol
At first I thought this was gta
My toxic trait is thinking I can easily do this
I can watch this in one minute but i can ollie in one month
I can pop but I can’t seem to level out the board
Wow second try and i got it in my kitchen on my sons board lol
How do i snap it at the first step please help
I tried and I landed on my back!!
Pop before you jump!!!!!
thanks this helped me
How do you jump and keep the board on your feet 💀
I tried to ollie today and landed it a couple of times
I can't even do it with my hands
Oh that’s a good one, with the hands
Are revive board any good or are they ehhh?
It looks so easy. It’s so hard!
I OLLIED IN 3 DAYS BRO AINT NO WAYYYYYYYYYY
Thanks for the helping Jonny G
U from akron
i cant even get my board in the air
This is excellent
How is this possible
Thank you so much
Bunanaa
I can't do 2step
I did it thank you
Good solid landing trick
Can i have some
Wow seems hard
Step one Jump