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Varial kickflip
It is essential that you know the pop shove-it and kickflip before attempting this trick.
The best way to position your feet is with your back foot on the toe edge of the tail, and with your front foot at about a 45 degree angle and your toe on the heel edge. It should be about 2 or 3 inches from the bolts.
The whole process is simultaneous. Hit the tail. Push your back foot to the heel edge like a pop shove-it. Slide your front foot forward and towards the edge, flipping the board. Try to keep your board underneath your feet. Try to keep your feet out of the way while it is flippin' around. Then when it has turned a 180 and flipped, "catch the board."
Land and keep your weight centered.
The best way to position your feet is with your back foot on the toe edge of the tail, and with your front foot at about a 45 degree angle and your toe on the heel edge. It should be about 2 or 3 inches from the bolts.
The whole process is simultaneous. Hit the tail. Push your back foot to the heel edge like a pop shove-it. Slide your front foot forward and towards the edge, flipping the board. Try to keep your board underneath your feet. Try to keep your feet out of the way while it is flippin' around. Then when it has turned a 180 and flipped, "catch the board."
Land and keep your weight centered.
360 flip
To do a 360 flip, you should first be able to do a varial flip and 360 Pop Shove-it. First put your back foot on the back right edge of the board (back left edge if you are goofy), and put it at an angle so it is on the very edge of the tail. Then put your front foot a couple inches towards you from the middle of the board and then slant your foot the same way you did on your back foot.
Set up, bend your knees, and hit your tail while sliding your front foot forward. Throw your back foot behind you as quickly as you can as you hit your tail, spinning the board 'till it rotates all the way around. While doing this, slide your front foot off the edge of the board using your toe to flip it. Your board does not have to go high as long as it gets around. You can work on the height later. Once it has finished rotating, catch the board with your feet and land on it.
Set up, bend your knees, and hit your tail while sliding your front foot forward. Throw your back foot behind you as quickly as you can as you hit your tail, spinning the board 'till it rotates all the way around. While doing this, slide your front foot off the edge of the board using your toe to flip it. Your board does not have to go high as long as it gets around. You can work on the height later. Once it has finished rotating, catch the board with your feet and land on it.
hardflip
For a hard flip, place your back foot on the tail and your front foot pointed slightly forward near the heel edge. Hit the tail while sliding your front foot off the board making it seem to come straight up at you. It will look like it is going to do a flip and land upside down, but with practice you will learn to make it perform a half-flip and land on its wheels. (You may want to try this without trying to land it the first couple of times.) At the same time, you will want to be rotating your body 90º in the front
Big spin
A big spin is a 360 pop shove-it with a backside body varial, OR a backside 180 with an extra pop shove-it.
To do a big spin you should first know how to do backside 180s and pop shove-its. Even though a big spin sounds hard, it really isn't.
You should first try a big spin riding fakie (backwards). Wind up your body like you are going to do a backside half-cab. Then ollie and unwind. As you spin around towards your stomach and are about to land kick your board in the same direction you are spinning. In other words you should make the board continue its previous spin and speed up faster than you are so that it spins another 180 really quickly before you land it.
Ride away cleanly.
Big spin
A big spin is a 360 pop shove-it with a backside body varial, OR a backside 180 with an extra pop shove-it.
To do a big spin you should first know how to do backside 180s and pop shove-its. Even though a big spin sounds hard, it really isn't.
You should first try a big spin riding fakie (backwards). Wind up your body like you are going to do a backside half-cab. Then ollie and unwind. As you spin around towards your stomach and are about to land kick your board in the same direction you are spinning. In other words you should make the board continue its previous spin and speed up faster than you are so that it spins another 180 really quickly before you land it.
Ride away cleanly.