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Heh, depends how fast you are going when you ollie.
You need enough ollie distance to clear the stair to the bottom, so you can ollie less if you're going faster! I saw a video a while ago on here of someone clearing a 4 or 5 set without ollieing at ALL!
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Re: Stairs and ollieing?
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Originally Posted by omeri
Do u need to be able to ollie high to do a significant amount of stairs? (3+)
You actually don't need to ollie at all to do small stair sets. I used to clear 4 back in the 70s, and Torger Johnson could do 7. Oliieing just makes the small sets easier, but you'll need to ollie to do the large ones...
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Originally Posted by gavmck
I saw a video a while ago on here of someone clearing a 4 or 5 set without ollieing at ALL!
In "Downhill Motion", there's a scene where someone does a 4 on tiny board with rollerskate trucks and loose ball bearing wheels, back in '75...
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