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  • My name is Aaron Kyro

  • I've been skateboarding for many years

  • And today I'm going to teach you how to do a hard flip

  • You can put your wheels in a crack if you want to but you don't have to

  • I'm just going to do it for the purpose of showing you the foot position here

  • So you see my front foot is turned almost at a 90 degree angle

  • So it's almost straight up on the board

  • And my back foot is off on the tail but it's way off to the back of the side

  • And on this trick you're going to be kind of on the ball of your feet

  • On both feet. You can see how my front foot is propped up, turned a lot

  • And my back foot is propped up on the edge as well

  • Because your back foot is going to shove forward

  • And your front foot, like I just showed you there

  • Is going to shove off the side causing the flip

  • This is a bit of an awkward foot position

  • Because you have to get your front foot out of the way

  • So your board can flip around

  • So here's another show of how the board is going to turn in the air

  • You're going to catch it with your front foot and then land

  • And here's a couple ways that you can practice

  • So a good way to practice this trick is just to practice flipping the board

  • And stepping off with your back foot and letting your front foot stay on there

  • And of course the more you practice the flick of the board

  • Before you actually start committing, the better

  • You'll just get more used to it

  • The hardest part of this trick is actually

  • Just getting your front foot out of the way

  • That's why I put my foot so straight like that

  • Because I can flick it with my toe

  • But I can still get my front foot off the side enough

  • To get it out of the way of the board and let the board spin

  • So with your back foot you're going to do a front shove motion

  • A front sweep and with your front foot

  • You're just going to do the same kind of kick flip motion

  • But you're going to have your foot very straight

  • And like I said, it's just to get that front foot out of the way

  • The board will flip rather easily

  • Because your back foot is shoving the board right into

  • Your toe of your front foot

  • So yeah, here's another view of it straight on

  • And then when it pops around, you can practice the catch

  • As well while stepping off

  • When it pops around, you're going to catch it with your front foot

  • While it's still in the air

  • And then just put both feet down

  • I know you guys can get this one. It does take a lot of practice

  • But you guys will get it down, I'm sure of that

  • If you don't have your kickflips or your heelflips or your 180s

  • Some of your basic tricks down

  • I definitely recommend this video here: Skateboarding Made Simple

  • I put a ton of work into it. It's 50 minutes long

  • I know you're going to like it

  • Also if you want to watch the slow motion version of the hard flip

  • You can click the link above and that will take you there

  • Sometimes watching the slow-mo version also helps out

  • To see the foot placement and to see how to move your foot

  • Here's some other playlists of some other videos

  • I want to thank you guys a lot for watching all my videos

  • And for all your support

  • You guys are awesome

My name is Aaron Kyro

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