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For the benefit of those who are new to skateboarding, let me illustrate what is a hardflip.
Hardflip is a cool trick, and if you can master the trick, you can be the coolest kid in your neighborhood!
Now a more serious definition – hardflip is a boardflip of 180 degrees at the frontal side, with a slapstick of flipping resembling a kickflip!. Rodney Mullen pioneered this trick in 1985, and made it an in-trend thingy not only to street skaters but also to those into skating.
Let me give you some tips to do the trick.
In a hardflip, rather than flipping the board beneath your legs, it is meant to flip at the center between your legs and at the same time doing a backflip followed by a half rotation. Motion-wise, it is similar to doing the frontside flip.
First step to perform this trick, at a moderate pace, roll your board with one feet at the front and the back of the skateboard. With the front foot slightly forward than it usually is, hit down the back kick as you simultaneously drag upwards your front foot and as it moves up, kick it to the side deck as similarly to kickflip. Catch and stomp the skateboard before rolling away.
The importance of the front foot stance is so that your legs will be wide enough for the skateboard to flip in between them and still able to do it without doing a 180 degrees body rotation like you see in a frontside flip. Your back foot however, needs to avoid rotating side tail of the skateboard!
You can either catch and stomp the skateboard with your front or back foot but for newbies, I would advise you to start where you can see the skateboard easily – Front!
It is crucial for you to master the motion of a backflip and a half-twist on the skateboard as the tail requires you to pop it hard in order to send it into a backflip.
It is important to also bear in mind that you should drag your foot gently upwards on the skateboard’s side deck and do not try to flip it entirely which will result in a kickflip. Instead, try to give it sufficient force for a halfway rotation.
I am not able to give all the hardflip tips here. However, you can get more free tips from my site!. Click Here to check out more tips on Hardflip.
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Source by Matt Ramon
