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like so&#8221;<br class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\"\/><br \/>\n&#8211; Ed Templeton, pulling off a 24&#8243; ollie.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nThis was on a video I was watching with a friend back when we first started skateboarding. I&#8217;m fairly sure that<br \/>\nwe simultaneously called Ed Templeton a cocksucker (in the nicest possible way, of course) because of the sheer<br \/>\nsmugness of the comment and the way his &#8216;trick tip&#8217; actually gives very little useful information on how to ollie<br \/>\nat all. He sets the tone for virtually every &#8216;trick tip&#8217; I&#8217;ve ever read or heard: &#8220;Just do this, that, yadda<br \/>\nyadda, and practice and before you know it you&#8217;ll be doing it&#8221;. Which is all very well and good but none of it&#8217;s really<br \/>\npractical in any sense.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nNo one, for example, tells you that you must <em>jump<\/em> to do an ollie. It sounds obvious I know, but it wasn&#8217;t<br \/>\nsomething that really struck me for quite some time. I know by closely observing beginners on their skateboards<br \/>\nthat 99.9% of the time their ollies would be four or five times higher if only their back feet weren&#8217;t in the way!\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ollies\">Ollies<\/h2>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\n\/\/2007-04-20: How to ollie\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nAn ollie is comprised of three main ingredients &#8211; a jump, a pop, and a foot drag. The most commonly quoted<br \/>\n&#8216;essential factor&#8217; of the ollie is the foot drag.  This is <b>not true<\/b>. The <b>jump<\/b> is<br \/>\nmore important. This is because both the pop and the foot drag come almost automatically if the jump is done well.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nFor the theoretical perfect ollie then&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"tricktip\">\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n1. Place the <em>ball<\/em> of your back foot right on the centre of the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_t.html#tail\" title=\"Define : Tail\">tail<\/a>. Your front foot can be anywhere behind<br \/>\nthe front <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_b.html#bolts\" title=\"Define : Bolts\">bolts<\/a>, roughly central. At first, it&#8217;ll<br \/>\nfeel more comfortable to have it further forwards, but in theory the further back the front foot is the higher<br \/>\nthe potential ollie.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nNow you must crouch. The lower you crouch the more force you can generate when you come to jump. If you<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t believe me, try standing perfectly straight and jumping.  You won&#8217;t get very high.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n2. <b>JUMP!<\/b> Jump <em>forwards<\/em> and <em>up<\/em> off your back foot. Another perceptual problem with the<br \/>\nollie is the belief that you are slamming the tail down to pop. In actual fact, the pop is the exclusive result<br \/>\nof you jumping off your back foot.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n3. As a result of your jump the nose will now be in the air and the tail will be airborne due to the force of<br \/>\nit&#8217;s impact with the ground (the pop &#8211; essentially the board bouncing off the ground). If you jumped forwards<br \/>\ncorrectly, your front foot will already be sliding up the board. Accentuate this movement to level the board<br \/>\nout. If you jumped up correctly, your back foot will be out of the way, allowing the tail to rise and the<br \/>\nboard to level out completely.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n4. The foot drag also functions to pull the skateboard up even higher due to the friction between your shoes and<br \/>\nthe <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_g.html#griptape\" title=\"Deinfe : Griptape\">griptape<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n5. Note, that if you do not jump forwards the skateboard will not<br \/>\nlevel out. You will be doing what is known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_r.html#rocketolly\" title=\"Define : Rocket Ollie\">rocket ollie<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you try and do the foot slide without jumping forwards you will simply kick the board out of your reach. If you<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t jump forwards, you may also experience a problem that I had, which is a mysterious 90&deg;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_b.html#backside\" title=\"Define : Backside\">backside<\/a> turn of the board. This stopped being an<br \/>\nissue once I started jumping forwards.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n6. Always remember that the maximum height of your ollie is dictated by how high your back foot is, so suck it up<br \/>\nas high as you can and keep it there until the board has levelled out. If you&#8217;ve done everything else correctly,<br \/>\nas the skateboard levels out your front foot will move back from the nose, leaving you in a reasonably good landing<br \/>\nposition.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/skateboarding\/trick02.html\" title=\"Skateboarding Physics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This site<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/files\/layout\/ext.gif\" class=\"ext\" alt=\"External Link\"\/><\/a> is<br \/>\nalso a good reference for those of you looking to understand the ollie.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rollingollies\">Rolling Ollies<\/h2>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nAs a beginner, making the progression from standing to rolling ollies can be daunting.  The method that worked really<br \/>\nwell for me was to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_n.html#nosestall\" title=\"Define : Nosestall\">nosestall<\/a> as an intermediary<br \/>\nstep. I began practicing nosestalls on kerbs but had no idea where this humble trick would take me. I now credit it<br \/>\nwith teaching me to ollie on the move&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"tricktip\">\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n1. A nosestall simply involves rolling up to a lip of some kind, getting the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_n.html#nose\" title=\"Define : Nose\">nose<\/a> over it, and stalling with your<br \/>\nweight centred on the nose. When you lose balance or get bored of stalling you&#8217;ll shift your weight back to the tail,<br \/>\nthus rolling off the obstacle in <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_s.html#switch\" title=\"Define : Switch\">switch stance<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_f.html#fakie\" title=\"Define : Fakie\">fakie<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n2. Start with kerbs. You&#8217;ll begin by rolling up to the kerb and shifting your front foot right on to the nose as you<br \/>\nroll. This way, all you have to do is apply a little weight to the tail so that the nose rises just enough to get up<br \/>\nover the kerb, and then shift your weight onto the front foot. At first, the skateboard will stall and you&#8217;ll probably<br \/>\ncarry on moving. You&#8217;ll get used to balancing the sudden stop soon enough.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n3. Shift your weight back to the tail. The board will drop off the kerb and you&#8217;ll be in fakie (unless you work a bit<br \/>\nharder to get into switch). At this point you&#8217;ll probably want to switch back to your regular stance. This is a perfect<br \/>\nopportunity to practice <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_s.html#switching\" title=\"Define : Switching\">switching<\/a> out of a trick as<br \/>\nwell.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n4. After a little while you&#8217;ll start getting more brave coming out of the nosestall. If you jump a little and drag<br \/>\nthe board with you as you come off rather than just letting the board drop off the kerb, it&#8217;ll look much smoother.<br \/>\nThis is known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/board-crazy.co.uk\/tricks_t.html#taildrop\" title=\"Define : Taildrop\">taildrop<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\n5. As you keep nosestalling day and night you&#8217;ll notice that your board is now scratched all to hell on both kicktails.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll also notice that you are beginning to jump into the nosestall. It becomes uneccessary to put your foot on the<br \/>\nnose as you approach the kerb &#8211; instead, you&#8217;ll be applying a little pressure to the tail to get the nose up, as before,<br \/>\nbut then you&#8217;ll be jumping forwards, landing your front foot on the nose just as it hits the kerb. Notice the similarity<br \/>\nto the ollie?\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nThis will train your rolling ollie because at this point you are basically performing an ollie but stopping it half<br \/>\nway through &#8211; stalling on the nose before the board would ordinarily completely level out and your foot would move back<br \/>\nfrom the nose. Nosestalling like this is also reinforcing the forward jumping motion that is crucial to the ollie.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"qhpe7f2t6jc3u0aun\">\nWhen you have perfected ollying into the nosestall like this, I suggest you take the same principle but attempt to<br \/>\nollie <em>up<\/em> the kerb you have been nosestalling on. 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