Ollieing long decks

**Bookworm** · 07-23-2009 02:12 AM

I've got a 44" deck that I'd love to be able to kickflip, but I just can't get it off the ground.

I can kickflip a kickflipper, and I can kickflip a pool deck, but not the big boy.

any suggestions?

**Sector 9ine** · 07-23-2009 11:39 AM

For me, I have a big board too, its around 42 or so, and its a way different way to ollie.
On a shortboard you kick/slide./jump all @ the same time but the board is short so it works fairly well.
On a longer deck such as mine and yours you kinda have to push the tail down(assuming u have a pintail or something with a tail), jump kinda forward(you need to get that front end down, and its farther away from you so you need to get there) and instead of sliding ur front foot up right away, what I do is jump first, and then "push" the front end of the board down.
It's the same motions, they are just in a different order. Push>Jump>"push"

**Wells** · 07-23-2009 01:31 PM

Big long decks require deliberate action. You need super duper pop and very good timing to make it work.

**kraffft** · 07-23-2009 01:39 PM

Also the lighter the wheels and trucks are the easier it is. Even with shortboard trucks and wheels (try it!), doubling the wheel base doubles the leverage the front weight has against your back foot.

**BAUER** · 07-23-2009 01:56 PM

some good pop, and a nice tail.

and you must be VERY good at ollieing (sp?) a normal board.

**Fluere** · 07-23-2009 02:47 PM

It takes a lot of practice. I have a Gravity Mini-Carve I was working on kickflipping (42") and I have to say, it was quite a few tries until I landed one.

In my experience, you have to push your foot down, instead of sliding it off the edge. Think kick, not flick.

**Bookworm** · 07-23-2009 03:23 PM

the board has a real kicktail (ollieing a pintail? are you nuts?) and I guess that just means I need to practice more.

**BAUER** · 07-23-2009 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Bookworm

the board has a real kicktail (ollieing a pintail? are you nuts?) and I guess that just means I need to practice more.

yup.

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**Sector 9ine** · 07-24-2009 12:05 PM

it takes practice. I can do it on my pintail, but it takes a while to actually get it to go high. at first it might seem like it never gets off the ground.

**smallss** · 08-04-2009 10:46 AM

I can stick fakie varial kickflips on a 46'' Gravity Carve -- which means you can kickflip a 44'' plank. Keep practicing, and you'll get it.

**Delta** · 08-04-2009 10:56 AM

if it has a kick tail then it's the same technique only bigger motions.

if not you kinda gotta throw the back end down then throw your front foot and a lot of weight at the nose to level it out. I can get like 6 inches on my nelson drop speedboard like that.

**xsx304** · 04-01-2010 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by smallss

I can stick fakie varial kickflips on a 46'' Gravity Carve -- which means you can kickflip a 44'' plank. Keep practicing, and you'll get it.

Id love to see that. Not doubting you in anyway, i just wanna see it.

**smallss** · 04-03-2010 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by xsx304

Id love to see that. Not doubting you in anyway, i just wanna see it.

46'' broke, and since they stopped making the rpm 39 i've moved onto the jp38.. this is a little sample from last fall, not the 46'' -- but a little sampler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44Gz...?v=c44GzmjymO0

**xsx304** · 04-03-2010 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by smallss

46'' broke, and since they stopped making the rpm 39 i've moved onto the jp38.. this is a little sample from last fall, not the 46'' -- but a little sampler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44Gz...?v=c44GzmjymO0

Oh #### haha that was badass man, you rock that huge board. i got the gravity pool 35 model, #### is hard to get it to pop good. just doesnt feel safe yet, but gonna work it at. gonna take it to a park pretty soon, awesome tricks though man. you make that think look feather lite!

**Shavarsh** · 05-27-2010 09:43 AM

my friend is looking at the JP38 but can barly ollie a popsicle

he has money for one board for both mild dh and tricks

ideas?

**Bookworm** · 05-27-2010 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Shavarsh

my friend is looking at the JP38 but can barly ollie a popsicle

he has money for one board for both mild dh and tricks

ideas?

as a general rule double kicks have really short wheelbases making them generally unsuitable for DH. Even Louis P. uses a fatty double kick to downhill on. (meaning that while he DHs on a double kick A- it's huge so the wb is reasonable, B- he's better than you)

not impossible but it's likely to get hairy fast going downhill if you're riding a board that you can really pop.

**transitioned** · 05-27-2010 10:05 AM

YouTube - Longboard Kickflip

Sector9 Luke Nosewalker 55inch

. right at the beginning.blink and you'll miss it.

**EhTeam420** · 05-27-2010 10:11 AM

My boy Will took my Sector 9 Channel 9 (40.5" X 9.25") down some 30mph hills last night

Then we loosened the trucks up a bit and went sliding. Standie 180s, suicides, pendys, whatever...

it was set up with stock Mission 1 trucks, tracker bushings, and yellow stims

Skill > Board