My name is Aaron Kyro
I've been skateboarding for many years
And today I'm going to teach you how to do a hard flip
You can put your wheels in a crack if you want to but you don't have to
I'm just going to do it for the purpose of showing you the foot position here
So you see my front foot is turned almost at a 90 degree angle
So it's almost straight up on the board
And my back foot is off on the tail but it's way off to the back of the side
And on this trick you're going to be kind of on the ball of your feet
On both feet. You can see how my front foot is propped up, turned a lot
And my back foot is propped up on the edge as well
Because your back foot is going to shove forward
And your front foot, like I just showed you there
Is going to shove off the side causing the flip
This is a bit of an awkward foot position
Because you have to get your front foot out of the way
So your board can flip around
So here's another show of how the board is going to turn in the air
You're going to catch it with your front foot and then land
And here's a couple ways that you can practice
So a good way to practice this trick is just to practice flipping the board
And stepping off with your back foot and letting your front foot stay on there
And of course the more you practice the flick of the board
Before you actually start committing, the better
You'll just get more used to it
The hardest part of this trick is actually
Just getting your front foot out of the way
That's why I put my foot so straight like that
Because I can flick it with my toe
But I can still get my front foot off the side enough
To get it out of the way of the board and let the board spin
So with your back foot you're going to do a front shove motion
A front sweep and with your front foot
You're just going to do the same kind of kick flip motion
But you're going to have your foot very straight
And like I said, it's just to get that front foot out of the way
The board will flip rather easily
Because your back foot is shoving the board right into
Your toe of your front foot
So yeah, here's another view of it straight on
And then when it pops around, you can practice the catch
As well while stepping off
When it pops around, you're going to catch it with your front foot
While it's still in the air
And then just put both feet down
I know you guys can get this one. It does take a lot of practice
But you guys will get it down, I'm sure of that
If you don't have your kickflips or your heelflips or your 180s
Some of your basic tricks down
I definitely recommend this video here: Skateboarding Made Simple
I put a ton of work into it. It's 50 minutes long
I know you're going to like it
Also if you want to watch the slow motion version of the hard flip
You can click the link above and that will take you there
Sometimes watching the slow-mo version also helps out
To see the foot placement and to see how to move your foot
Here's some other playlists of some other videos
I want to thank you guys a lot for watching all my videos
And for all your support
You guys are awesome