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It's just practice. Anyone can be consistent with any trick in any for position with practice.

Hard disagree. He does that cause that’s what’s comfortable to him. Everyone has different bone structures so foot positions will vary. I thought we learned this concept already?

Cuz he’s good

It's not that deep that's just how he's comfortable. He's also professional so of course he has consistent kick flips

I also studied yutos kickflip and got a lot more consistent. my takeaway was that I need to focus on rolling my front foot so I'm doing the flick with the top of the toe cap on the grip tape instead of flicking it with the corner or the side of the shoe. once I started doing it this way i've been landing them more often and they're getting higher off the ground. Watch Filipe Mota too his kickflips are just as fire

I've done this with heel flips and kick flips. I found it more important to kick fast and let the board rise up into my foot. I don't put any energy into flipping the board, it spins easily from the board hitting my foot rather than trying to put my foot into flipping the board Edit: I've even put my foot almost facing completely forward. This helps get a faster kick which seems more important than power

Great breakdown! 👊 Yotu is amazing!

I also think that having tight asf trucks also helps with this. I can't turn my feet out that much because I skate loose trucks

This is not entirely accurate. What you’re saying perfectly describes the shot of you & your feet at the end of the video. Yuto’s footwork is different. He starts at a 45 but quickly rotates to a 90 before flipping. This allows him more drag. The same scenario which you are suggesting he avoids. In reality, he drags at a 90° angle to get a lot of drag and height, which then allows his foot to flip with more power outwardly than most. Giving him both better height and flip speed. It’s hard to see and understand this, because it happens so fast.

It’s all personal preference tbh. I point mine like Yuto and I still don’t get a consistent flick

pros are consistent on tricks because they are very deliberate about landing what they do. They commit to most of their attempts rather than just tossing a trick out and hoping to land it.

That small contact point where you flick the board for your kickflip is a similar concept of Nyjah Houston if im not mistaken

Used to do that all the time and was told to change it because it did "not look good." Spent a long time trying to learn to do kickflips with the least foot angle possible. Does not work. Skateboarding is not about conformance, but rather, unique expression and that includes the way one does their tricks.

90’s skater here! This is how I was taught to kickflip, but mine were never that clean. Ever.

Just discovered this technique and it's helping me a lot. Also would love to hear your thoughts on the Andy Anderson board😊

Everyone is different, find a position that works for you. What works for one person might not work for the next. Remember that

Idk, I put my foot basically completely flat with my toes almost to the other side of the board and I won a kickflip contest once. You can get a really good pop and flick that way. I think people just do what comes most natural to them. Usually when people angle their foot like Yuto, the board will kind of rocket.

yuto doesn't even know he does this, hes just done thousands so its perfect muscle memory

You can also do them late. Ollie and as your board levels out and your foot is at the nose, you give a light flick off the nose to kick flip.

There’s hella consistent guys out there who use essentially Ollie position too. Real secret is just getting after that shit every day 😎

Crazy how I did kickflips like this for years and everyone told me I was doing it wrong. Weird how things change.

I’m trying to find out how local joe has such consistent kick flips 😳

If only the kid in the video was Yuto this might make sense lol

I have my shoulders parallel with my feet , like a switch kickflip. Helps me tremendously

I see you putting your 90s backpack lows to use, I love my pair so much

He also flicks horizontally, or sometimes very slightly downwards.

This was awesome!!!!🔥🔥🙏

Bro is literally skating an Andy Anderson deck with dunks. Tasteless

The real reason is he just made it like a million times.

This is how I kickflip as well, maybe not as exaggerated but I hang my foot off a bit, I think a lot of skaters who started young kickflips like that too because that's how I did it as a kid, I have more of my foot on the board these days, but just enough to have control over it, and I make sure to flick off of the nose so it gets that dip

Makes sense, I turn my foot 45° in the opposite direction for heelflips

That's the way I learned to do it

Every skater has their trick imo, I can still nollie shuv clean asf and haven’t skated in years.

Everybodys different, your tricks will change over the years

My front foot’s always just positioned like an ollie just behind the front truck bolts when doing kickflips.

The real answer to this question is “because he’s done a shitload of kickflips” there’s so many different ways to a kickflip In terms of foot placement but really the key to doing them consistently is if you skate a lot and do a lot of kickflips it’s that simple

This was my technique for doubles and triples as well.

I see you with the andy anderson baby

Damn! Bro needs some new Vans.

Ye I found this out like about 2 weeks ago. I was having a lil trouble wit my kickflips, until I put my foot more of an angle like yuto nd my flick was immaculate.

This makes sense. I couldn't figure out why my kickflips were off the other day.

Dont ignore the angle of the back foot

Hea flicking off the nose too

Imo keep doing videos like this cos it helps me alot. but dont recommend people to try to do a trick a certain way. Try saying keep the idea in mind when ur trying a trick 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nyjah described how he he does this same thing.

What ive learned is the more pointed your foot is like yuto , the faster itll flip , the more you have it pointed like a ollie the slower the flip.

yuto in skinny jeans is crazy

I need to get this dude some Pzaz

That’s how I learned it

I never skate in my life. But I think I'm ready to do a kick flip.

This is what I call the beginners kickflip. Once your kickflips and ollies are seamless you well understand what I mean, look up Mike Mo's videos about it.

andrew reynolds has a consistent kickflip too and a total different foot position.

He puts his foot at an exaggerated angle because he starts his kickflip with his shoulders quite open (his upper body is almost 45 degrees to the board). Other people do kickflips like this and have their front foot pointed similarly, Luan for example

Everyone has different kicky. I’ve seen Yuto flips from heel flip stance before and it still looked the same kickflip. We just need to keep practicing until it gets on lock.

I do my foot like that for flat stuff. But it’s too unstable for me when doing like a stair or a gap. Having more foot on the board and less of an angle works better for me there.

you can put your foot in every angle ! the secret to flip hig fast and controlled is keep shoulders parallel to the board and when you flik the flip you must flik out the nose not lateral ....if you put your foot like this you just open your shoe for notihg....hes flip is good but wrong at hig speed you can get trouble!

How are you liking the new board?

Some people kick flip in heel flip position

The secret is skating 4-5 hours a day everyday

Seems like just the common sense thing that happens once you get good enough. Explaining it like it’s fucking rocket science

look up mike mo doing perfect kickflips in ollie position

Very cool 😊😊

I gave a like, its helpful but also i still cant do it lol

so i’ve been kickflipping like yuto the whole time???

Luan Oliveira is similar, but Jeremy Wray is the opposite. Tom Penny was extremely consistent, but had/has a more normal stance.

my man local joe needs to get a popsicle shape fr

Maybe just for him. Not the same for everyone. Jeremy Wray has his toe hanging off the board and ollies alot more than flicks.......he's consistent too

Or at least that’s how he used to kickflip 7 years ago when he was on DVS

I think his kickflips are good but his heel flips are insane.

Caption made me mad. Couldn’t see his feet:( I love these videos though ❤

Bro your board shape i neeeeeddd it

i have my foot completely sideways for kick flips

Bro got that Andy Anderson deck

Cool

Jeremy Wray has a consistent flick too. Look up his foot placement.

I’ll be damned if I take kick flip pointers from a guy who skates a Andy Anderson board

Bro what is that board shape 😂

ppl just need to skate and remember what that shit means

did yuto skate for DVS back in the day ?

this is accurate. i nollie flip like yuto and kick flip the other way . my nollie flips are way faster and more consistent

And watch the back foot, keep it pointing straight

Flick down g

Because he's good...

what happened to the white gums?

yo what is ur board bro😭😭😭😭

Your mom called. She’s disappointed in this video.

U should have no problem w/any flip w/ that deck u got right dare buddy.

Eventually you will be able to do kick flips and heel flips from an ollie position. Just practice and comfort.

He’s leaving a bunch of other info out and focusing on the angle of his front foot, he places his front foot up by the bottom bolts of his front truck, he sets up almost like Nyjah and Shane O’Neill and has roughly 40% of his front foot on the board, and the most important part is……. He practiced the shit out of kickflips 😂😂.

Cause he works hard period

I’m 25 and wanna get into skateboarding, am I too old?

I can do consistent kickflips and i dont angle my front foot at all... just know where to kick it.

Its also why there was hardly any pop on that kickflip

First tip dont use that board if you’re learning kickflips

I position my foot the same

Maybe Yuto should explain it to us...

Thats Japanese steez generally tbh

They was more of a 60° angle.

lithe only way I could teach myself was to turn my foot almost 45⁰