Kickflip
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Kickflip (originally Magic flip, Ollie flip, or Ollie Kickflip), also known simply as a flip is an aerial skateboarding trick where the skateboarder kicks his board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. It was invented by Rodney Mullen.
A kickflip is executed similarly to the ollie: hitting the tail of the deck and sliding the leading foot up to the top of the deck, bringing both board and rider off the ground. When a skater performs a kickflip, the front foot slides up and across the board to create a flip.
Currently, the proper way to execute this is by flicking one's foot off the nose on the heel side. Early variations were pushed down on the heel side of the board without any form of ollie; these are now often referred to as "Mob" kickflips and are considered a taboo in modern skating. Because the force from the front foot is applied to the lateral edge of the board, it pushes the board spinning around its long axis. After the board has flipped 360 degrees the skateboarder stops the rotation with his feet and lands the trick. This can also be done by pushing to foot directly down and making sure to get the foot you have pushed the board down with out of the way of the spinning board.
The basic kickflip variations are nollie flip, switch flip and fakie flip. They are kickflips that are performed to the three basic ollie variations. Usually the name of the trick is shortened to just flip when it is preceded by something else in the name of a trick, e.g. varial flip, backside flip (shorter name for backside 180 kickflip), and 360 flip. Other kickflip variations include the double, triple, and even quadruple kickflip.
While the kickflip is similar to the ollie, it is not a direct variation of the ollie. In executing a standard kickflip, the skater typically;
- Places his front foot about 3/4 on length the board (several inches behind the wheels) at a 45 degree angle,
- Places his back foot on the tail of the board as he would for any flip trick or ollie,
- Slams his back foot towards the ground, pushing the tail down and the rest of the board up in the air (this is known as popping the tail),
- Slides his toes towards the nose of the board on the side that his heels are facing,
- Removes contact with his feet from the board in order to let it rotate freely,
- Catches the board with both feet and lands on the ground.
Not only has the kickflip become a standard maneuver in any modern skateboarder's repertoire, but many new maneuvers are constantly developed that are based primarily on the standard kickflip.
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