How to Do an Ollie
The many tricks in skating are what makes skating as much fun as it actually is. Award winning skaters have been known to do lots of twists and tricks that keep the audience cheering and applauding as they skate by. Doing an Ollie is an airborne skateboard trick every skater should learn. Having learnt the Ollie, tricks such as kick flips, backside boardslide, 50/50 grind and others might just be easier. The Ollie is easy to learn and fun to practice, especially for the new skater.
Materials Required
- Skate rails
- Skateboard decks
- Skateboard pads
- Helmets
- Skateboard parts
- Skateboard trucks
- Skateboard wheels
- Skateboarding shoes
- Skateboards
Instructions
- Stand on the board with one foot on the tail, and the other on the front, just between the front bolts and the board’s middle.
- Let the ball of your feet be in the middle of the board, so that as you push the tail down, your foot’s ball can feel the pressure. Make sure your front foot is nearly straight across the board.
- Start moving down at an easy pace and a moderate speed.
- Bend your knees down. As you go slower, your power to do a higher Ollie will increase.
- Start pushing harder. As you push harder, your board keeps going up as the tail touches the ground, then it’s time to take the next step
- Use your rear foot to strike the tail to the ground and jump off with your rear foot as your front foot slides up the board, making your knee move towards your chest.
- Let the side of your foot be dragged up the board as you are jumping. This will make the board to spring up with your jump, and seem to stick with your feet as they go into the air
- Let yourself down, and try a higher Ollie as you keep enjoying the game.
Tips
- Sometimes you may not have to do an Ollie to get out of the ground up. You will naturally be tossed up into the air if you hit a jump going fast enough. Also see if you can start your Ollie learning through riding fakie. This could help you learn the advanced tricks.
- Also, wear all your skating accessories when playing the game, especially your helmet.
- Always end your knees to ease the impact you may feel when you take the Ollie jump. This is t prevent you from getting hurt.
- Warning: skating can be a very dangerous sport that can cause the injury or death of the skater. Again, get proper equipment and proper training guides to be on the safest side
