The Ollie
| Video contribution Performed by :Yehia Ossama Filmed by :Cherif Herrawi |
Sequence contribution Performed by : Yehia Ossama |
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Video: Tiba Mall – Cairo
The Ollie is probably the most important trick in skateboarding since it makes you able to jump with your skateboard. This is the most basic street trick and most of the tricks depend on it this is why it should be your first trick to learn after being able to push.
It is a quite hard trick which needs patience, lots of practice and time to learn it pretty well. Do not lose hope if you cannot do it after 3-4 weeks of trying, it takes sometime to perfect it and be able to ollie over stuff.
Allan Ollie Gelfand was the first guy who did an ollie on vert ramp in 1977. Rodney Mullen was the first who took it onto flat ground.
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1.B
1.Set your feet like shown in the picture if your stance is Goofy(1.A) or Regular(1.B) putting your front foot across the middle of your board with your heels hanging off the side. Put your back foot on the tail with the ball of your foot in the middle
2. Bend your knees, and it’s all about timing when you jump.
3. While jumping, snap the board with your back foot to the ground and at the same time drag your front foot up towards the nose.
*Note: Snapping your tail to the ground (called POP) makes the board get airborne and get off the ground. Dragging your front foot up takes the board higher and level it out so you can land on 4 wheels.
4. While dragging your front foot up, you have to pull your back leg up towards your chest so it doesn’t stop the board from leveling out.
5. With the board leveled out in the air, straighten up your legs.
6. Bend your legs to cushion up the landing.
*Note: The pop and dragging your front foot are done at about the same time, and here lies the smaller trick that makes you able to ollie.
This timing you should comprehend and discover yourself because you have to feel it. Even if lots of people keep explaining you the timing, you will not be able to do it until you feel the right timing and your brain learns what exactly to do.
Keep practicing, try it out yourself and if you have some questions logon to the Forum and get informed.
