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Mark asks…<\/p>\n
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\nHow do you do an impossible on a skateboard?\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe impossible was invented by Rodney Mullen and is so called because someone had claimed it would be impossible to get the skateboard to flip vertically. Over to Tony to answer this one…\n<\/p>\n
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\nThere are a few types of impossible, but as you never mentioned any particular variation, I’ll presume you mean an ollie impossible, as they are the most common. The first thing to understand is that a good impossible should wrap around your foot, vertically – end-over-end. If your impossibles look more like shuvits,
\nthey probably are shuvits, and you should work more on getting a vertical wrap.\n<\/p>\n
\nTo actually do the trick, have the front foot up by the front truck; the back foot should go straight across the tail. As you pop, jump and lift the front foot STRAIGHT UPWARDS – don’t scrape it up the deck like you would for an ollie or ollieflip – and push the back foot towards where the front foot was. You need to get a circular motion going with the back foot to get the wrap going, and this first motion – bringing the back foot to where the front one was, pushing on the tail of the now-vertical board – will get it started.\n<\/p>\n
\nFrom here, everything else becomes second nature. Just let the motions complete themselves. The board should come round and you should land on it just fine. Roll away psyched…\n<\/p>\n
\n– Tony\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n