Finally, someone with both skate and language skills. There are plenty of great tips and insights that other videos either gloss over or don't even touch on. And not one 'like you know', 'kinda', 'sorta' or '... and then just land bolts' vagueness.

The first one was how I taught myself to kick flip, than gradually my body started to working itself to a more “tweaked” or ninja style kick flip

You are a great teacher. Learned a lot more than just kickflip stuff. Thanks!

Can’t like this video enough. Similar to what everyone else always says, you’re a great teacher! Able to communicate with precision, no fluff, and in an approachable fashion. 👏🏽

This video has brought me to the realization of how bad my kick flips are and have been for the last 18 years... been bouncing between style 1 and 2... damn, thank you, I will have to start a kickflip training program

Severely underrated, by far one of the best tutorials I’ve seen, and it especially helped with the examples, thanks man :>

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out. I’m very happy this helped you. Happy skating!

Dude really just scraped his nail on the griptape

@inspectoroneal6444

2 жыл бұрын

Made me cringe so hard. Great video though lol

wow i'm impressed with your kickflip up the stairs, wasn't expecting that! great video

Best kick flip tutorial ever. Literally covered everything, even style

@NormanWoods

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

dude this was so help- and insightful. my kickflips have been so weird and wonky lately and i was getting really confused after trying so many different kickflips but thanks to you, i know now exactly what i have been doing and why the board reacts so differently every time. THANK YOU :)))

@NormanWoods

4 жыл бұрын

Peabie I’m glad this addressed your challenge, and hope it leads to lots of fun.

Dude! Thanks! This was the video that got my kickflips *way* more consistent! 🖤🖤🖤

Thanks you you is my 1st person to made me start understand About how to start kickflip and then i got kickflip on carpet board then now at age 35 freaking happens I got my real ni ce perfect kickflip thx to shared the knowledge for the world thx again ,believe me if I have a chance to meet you Pls let me cook some thai food for a meal that is my best skill of all time thanks you again@3

i cannot thank you enough i really can't. you are the reason i can kick flip. it was the best feeling in the world. thank you so much man really the best teacher on youtube.

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

So glad to have helped you. I can almost remember how great it felt to land my first kickflip.

This is amazing work! Next trick: Big Spin!!!

the way you broke down the areas of the board and DIFFERENT types of kick flips for each level is amazing and a huge eye opener ! Thanks (subbing )

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Greg!

Just wanted to say thank you. I changed just the back foot position like you said in 3:50 and it changed A LOT. My kickflips finally got some shape

Actually the best tutorial on youtube! Thanks a lot

Who thumbs down this?!!?!!? Seriously great tutorial

great content about kickflips man👍👍👍there are three types of it😮

“A ticket to sprained ankle land”. Lol.

One of the best tuts Ive seen so far- thx ✌🏼

Yo this is actually such a great video for these, I already know how to do them but like you taught this so well i watched the whole thing. Good on you mate

Great Video! Thanks!

Thanks for this video man, section on kickfliping down stuff makes so much sense thank you so much!

Very good teacher!

ive been avoiding the kickflip for years! thanks bro

Bless you dude, tomorrow sk8 seshion Great video!

excellent teaching skills.Great great tips!

That kickflip up the stairs was awesome!

Very good video - and not only for those ones learning this trick but also for those who want to improve their kickflips! Keep up the good work!!!

Sir you are very good teaching, thanks for the vid. It helps a lot when u put footage of different angles to c the way u kick. Cheers from Brazil!

Thanks bro. Work on making my kickflips less shitty. Also dope locs bro.

best tutorial Ive seen so far on kickflips

Muy buen video ! Super instructivo. La ultima patada de kickflip esta genial.

Beautiful video

Excellent!!!

this dude got a sick style, explained it rlly well. Im subscribing.

This is very good info on the kickflip and different techniques.

Very nice tutorial thank you!

This is great. My son just learned how to ollie and wanted to do a kick flip and now I can tell him to work on a shove it first. I’ll share this with him.

I’m at the first flip you did , thanks for the extra flair tips 👍

Very nice

love this video, great style and explanation, will go out now and work on mine...

My kickflips are smoother now and have better pop and flick !!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!

Awesome stuff🤙🏽

I like this one bro

You’re a master of flip🎉

Thx i will try it🙌

Thank you

@NormanWoods

4 жыл бұрын

Ten Choe you’re welcome

Dope kickflips

Man has so sick kick flips

The chalk is a nice tool for us visual learners. 👍

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏿 would’ve used chalk if I were smarter. Just my fingernail 😂😂😂

@philramirez8945

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods LOL oh wow! I mean, skateboards are basically emery boards with wheels.

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Phil Ramirez beats paying for a manicure

Thanks so much!

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 👊🏿

@soloscoots6918

3 жыл бұрын

👍

Dudeee!! U should really teach how to do all tricks. Ur videos help me to improve my ollies and kickflips. Ur the Best!!

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Cristian Ruiz I’m gonna try and get as many tricks up as possible.

Seeing all 3 ways really helped me understand them doing properly regular, idk why when I learned switch flips, the correct way came pretty naturally, but I could never completely flick them out regular. Thanks a lot man! Keep up the quality!

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Proper switch flip took me years. I was fully embarrassed of my switch flip game. Such mob I had. I think of the pop, and the flicking out of my ankle as separate stages when doing them switch. Only thing that worked for me.

@assassisteve

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods same thing works for me regular now😂

you have a sick style

Nice Make a video on when to pop and what to look when staking stairs

@NormanWoods

4 жыл бұрын

All of that is in here. Skip to the section about kickflipping obstacles. Times are listed in the description.

just discovered your channel from the youtube algorithm and love it! great content indeed norman. do you teach your students locally or is it online?

Been kickflipping for years but this is the video to watch. My first phase felt like I was hoping to land on the board, the second phase was getting some height and beginning to delay the flick, and the third phase was controlling the flip independent of the Ollie motions.

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Mine felt about the same as yours. I remember flipping down stage with those early kickflips. So many sprained ankles. Especially with the tiny decks, tight trucks, puffy shoes combo we skated in those days. It’s a wonder my ankles have any mobility left.

yooooo thx for th tips it has helped alot... now i jumped my first kickflip on a 4 staire

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Dope! I remember that feeling. Enjoy it 👊🏾👊🏾

Thanks man, really good video, have you got one on Nollies?

your kickflips are beautiful

Met you at Palmer basketball court park LAMF. Thank you for these lessons. Taking these tips to the court.

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Great meeting you the other day. Let me know how they work out. I’m sure I’ll run into you there again.

@seanmeantime

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods Great meeting you as well. Most definitely will see you around especially at Palmer. Thanks again for the vids and your rad skating. LAMF

Man!!!!!!! I wish I had seen this vid a year ago! Awesome advice 👍normal kickflips are so hard to learn and land the first type will give you the muscle memory that you need for the normal ones so shout out to sebastian from me also lol✌

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 all about working through the forms to get muscle memory. Kickflips are tough. Still the last trick I go to, when I’m warming up. One of the best feeling tricks though.

This trick tip was all I was missing

I actually got a decent kickflip but this video helped me to improve it, plz make a tutorial on how kickflip in to grinds and slides maybe kicky nosie

norman woods : “here we go again”

Props to Sebastian 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 bro I may Land a kickflip for the first Time ever this year Im try that side Flick even if it doesnt look good but better than not doing it like me 😁

Landed a kickflip today, well I slipped out but yeah, never got the board to fully rotate thanks man👍

bro, just found you. just subscribed. you bad ass

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the love, Matt!

thx mate! i landed kick flip for the first time i landed kick flip 2 times

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

So glad to be helpful to you! Share a clip if you’d like 👊🏿

Holy shit, let gravity push you to the ground. Just made it click.. my mediocre height stuff is going to be a little extra higher now thanks!

Could you do a video on fs and bs 180......and thanks for the great video. I went to sprained ankle and and it hurts........a lot

@really3100

4 жыл бұрын

its all in the shoulders my guy

nollie back heel

My first kickflip landed was actually the second kind of kickflip. The rocket flip always felt too unstable to do while moving and the board would overflip for me.

Hey bro! Wich is your Setup?

brujaria quarantine halloween specal

Hey Norman, I've been getting my kickflips flicked through the nose recently. I used to flip with my toe right on the edge and kick down. Just wanting to know if when kickflipping this way through the nose does the kick come from your hip like a full leg kinda motion? Or does the flick feel/happen more from the knee down to the ankle/foot? I'm having problems finding where the muscle/feeling is. Hope that makes sense. Love your videos

@NormanWoods

Жыл бұрын

Good question. It’s like a two-part-trick, when you’re flicking through the nose. First an Ollie. Then the flick comes, once your front foot is just below the nose. I like to think of that second flicking part as a kick, which does seem to come from the knee. But, I’m also flicking with my ankle.

@peps1mega

Жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods Yeah okay I like that second flicking part bit. I'll focus getting the flick more from the knee down. Thanks for the breakdown 👍

the camera man is killing me!!! record the board my guy!!!!! we can hear what he is saying!!! lol stay ON THE BOARD!!!

Dude, what about the sweet spot in the pocket on the flick. Right after the bolts where the nose begins to rise. Basically a ollie with a flick to the right(im goofy) or the or left(regular). OFF THAT POCKET BETWEEN BOARD AND NOSE.

@mattfitch7878

Жыл бұрын

Board shape can make a difference(raised in the 90's) fishboards, doubletails, and yes, penny boards.

@NormanWoods

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good spot for low flips. But doesn’t work flipping into grinds/slides. Also, it’s not great for beginners, who lack the ankle strength to make it work. I use three different foot placements for kickflips. Depending on the application. One for an basic one (ie game of skate), another for high ones (up a five stair), and another for precision (kickflip crook, kickflip fs nosegrind). But these are considerations for skaters far beyond the target audience of my videos. Any time I’ve made tutorials aimed at more experienced skaters, they perform worse, as there are few skaters who last long enough to need this type of deep dive. Also, I can skate any shape. So, I gravitate toward a middle of the road one. Fixating too much on slight differences never helped me. As long as the deck and wheelbase are long, and the nose and tail are large, I can skate it.

The first technique is atm leaving me with my front foot unterneath the board everytime. Back foot is on the board, but I kind of got into the habit of kicking down. Trying now to only catch it with my front foot. I would greatly appreciate any tips on how to avoid this.

Can you go in depth on the flick in terms of getting the kickflip leveled out?

@NormanWoods

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good one to make. It’s really a function of how many kickflips you’ve landed. Your body gets accustomed to the movements, and you can play with it and get it to look the way you want. I’ll make a video on this in the future for sure.

@christisgreaterthanculture9255

2 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods Thanks a lot Norman! Looking forward to the video.

How do you land with the front foot? I can only catch with my back foot and haven't landed with my front foot yet, it keeps going to the ground

@NormanWoods

Жыл бұрын

Gotta realize: if your foot is landing on the ground, it’s because you’ve placed it there. You have to work at controlling your front foot. Keep it lifted until your back foot catches. Then place it over the front bolts. It’ll take lots of deliberate practice. But, if you put in the work, you’ll get it.

Do you have any tips on how to prevent the front foot flick from causing the board to do more of a varial kickflip? Should I adjust the angle of the flick to more off the board or more to the nose? Each time I commit and really try hard, the board has a tendency to go 90 degrees in varial kickflip direction. I've actually landed a full varial kickflip a few times on grass. But reeeally would like to get the kickflip down. It's basically 'right there', but can't land it yet lol.

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

I'd have to see you try it to really know. But, you may be flicking at an angle, causing the board to turn. Could also be the timing of your flip. Hard to say without seeing one.

@PHeMoX

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods Thanks, I will try to record some recent attempts soon. Looking at a tutorial with someone showing doing something wrong with the shoulders, it might be that too. Not having shoulders parallel enough with the board. But I also think my back foot scoops a lot. It used to happen with my ollies too. Until I forced my shoulders to stay put by keeping one arm toe side and the other one heel side. So I don't unwind during the ollie. Might be a bad habit having slipped in.

is it better to have more weight on my front foot before popping the board if i'm doing the 2nd or 3rd version you showed?

@NormanWoods

2 жыл бұрын

I try and have my weight just in front of the back foot. So, slightly off center. If you put too much weight on your front foot, it’ll be harder to flick.

@rottenapples14

2 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods thanks!

I've been struggling with kickflip since the beginning of the month, trying everyday after a session for about 2 hours, but I just don't see AAAAANY improvement. I tried them straight while rolling (I want to avoid what happened to my ollies). My flick is sometimes good, sometimes really bad. I can land with the back foot (sometimes) but neeeever with the front properly. The more I try the worse it gets ahah. I saw a bunch of tutorials and tips about this trick and indeed they are all pro skaters so obviously their movement is just perfect. Problem is I tried to train my brain to do like them (pop, wait a little and flick straight off the nose, land with back foot and roll). but this obviously doesn't work since I don't have the muscles to do that. Worse, I loose my pop after some time. I didn't know the beginner kickflip so maybe it will help but my brain is so trained to the "intermediate/advanced" foot position that it will be a struggle to reprogram it ahah. Maybe it's for the best. Anyway thanks for the video. If this work, You will have a new patreon ahah

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck buddy! Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. It will come. Let me know how it goes.

Even after several years of skating kickflipping up stuff seems impossible to me. I always have the feeling that I can’t get board to flip high enough 😂

@lilkeeffff

8 ай бұрын

How do you kickflip

Si tu n’a pas d’idée tout simplement tu fait une vidéo pour chaque tricks après le Ollie que ça soit dans le bol ou sur une courbe c’est comme tu veut

2:34 thats why i can kickflip a 10in oldschool with no nose comfortably but i try to kickflip a 8"popsicle and i cant get it

3:16

Learning the first kickflip but i cant get the board to rotate fast enough, any advice

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

I’d have to see one to give you a tip.

taller flowy ninja flips 5:47 6:20 8:10 - 8:16 hint: don't push the board 8:18 8:20

holy shit sstop doin that to yo nail lmfao

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

Laymp 😂😂😂

What's your set-up?

@NormanWoods

4 жыл бұрын

My 8.5” Brujaria model Jessup Griptape (black or cleat) 5.8 Destructo Highs Acid Chemical Co. 52mm wheels (the wider the better) 100a No bearing sponsor, so I get Bones from Kingswell. Converse with Remind Insoles Medics inside.

7:50

@brandona230

3 жыл бұрын

3:33

My board does a varial when I try, whats the reason for this?

@hughjass2255

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, i’m guessing because ur scooping the tail on accident, but idk

@stpedro-ht9ng

Жыл бұрын

too much weight on the toe-side of the back foot tends to cause this. very common kickflip issue. trying to center your weight helps. maybe go straight to the second style of centered leveled-out kickflip instead with your back foot in the ollie spot. the heavily angled front foot and toe-side leaning back foot never let me get a solid pop and catch.

what about the upper body?i always find myself angling my shoulders and hip so i can flick harder but sometimes it causes the board to do a 90 degree frontside flip and if i try to remain parallel to the board i just can’t flick,what should i do?

@NormanWoods

3 жыл бұрын

The only way to correct that is to be conscious of it and remind yourself not to do it. It’s a common issue. It will go away with experience and once you get some kickflip muscle memory.

@noobg6908

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods thanks i will try,but it is really awkward to me flick while remaining parallel to the board,it seems like i am flicking behind me

@stpedro-ht9ng

Жыл бұрын

@@noobg6908 yeah it feels weird. that's why the heelflip rotation came to me first. And because my left foot feels stupid trying to do a precise flick since i'm right footed and skate regular. But eventually you get it and realize that you just have to yeet your front foot behind you like a mf.

@noobg6908

Жыл бұрын

@@stpedro-ht9ng this comment was 2 years ago I had nollie tre flipped a 12 stair but I had a knee injury and I don't skate anymore

I suck at kickflips. Hope this helps.

@NormanWoods

2 жыл бұрын

Deliberately practice. Find examples, compare them to your effort. Figure out what you’re needlessly adding, or not doing. Then apply what you’ve learned.

@Bigkillalexx

2 жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods Will do. Thanks.

kicked flipped up a four set... wow! I'm guessing yer pro?

Camera man is so folish