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01 Being comfortable with Heelflips and frontside shoves will help with this trick. Roll at a slow speed at first - your front foot in your usual heelflip position (behind the front bolts, slightly more over the toe edge of the board) and your back foot in your usual fs shove it position (on the tail, more over the heel edge of the board).




02 You will need quite a lot of power for this one, so crouch low. Prepare to boost big with your back foot, because that's where a lot of the motion for this trick comes from.





03 As you pop, use your back foot to push the tail out in front of you (like a fs shove it) whilst dragging your front foot up and off he heel edge of the board like a normal heelflip.

 




04 As this flips it sometimes goes behind you slightly so might might need to compensate by jumping in the direction the board usually moves in order to land on it.


 




05 These are naturally very poppy due to the power needed to blast them around. Over time they should begin to automatically 'come up' to your feet. The trick part is adjusting your body from the flip to be able to catch the board as it comes back. Keep practicing and make sure you commit to getting your legs back to it, even if it's not landing wheels down.




06 Bend your knees to absorb the stomp - you might snap boards if your not landing over the bolts as you have to use power and jump high. If the board is not getting the 180, put more power in your back foot when popping - if they aren't flipping all the way, add more power to the heelflip. Bob's your uncle.

 

 

 
 

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