Can't figure out the ollie? Here are 3 super common mistakes people make that stop them from being able to ollie. Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=109961...
Something Just wasnt right and today I decided to Search up on youtube how to ollie corectly and the first vid I saw a guy was finally talking about that you Have to jump So I guess my message to braile (araon kyro) for teaching me how to ollie incorectly
@@fannys941 it’s not really a jump, when you Ollie you have to get down like a jum but once you are 2/4 of the way into the jump you complete all steps to the Ollie and throw your body up
I must of watched a hundred how to ollie video's, gaining a little bit of insight from each one. I think this was the final piece of the puzzle. Went to the park after watching this, got all up on dem balls and started getting clean, stuck to my feet ollies. This probably would have been easier at 12 instead of 44. And as there's no memory in theses muscles, every little helps. Cheers Ben.
Ayyyyyyy I’m so happy that you’re skateboarding again! Never too old to learn a new trick or get better at one! I hope the falls are not so and even if they are I hope you fall on clouds and break/hurt nothing brother. Have a good day!
took me 5 years to actually get an ollie off the ground. looking back i think the main reason i could never do it was because of everyone describing it as pop, then slide, then jump when in reality it's one motion. you slam on the tail as you jump and slide your front foot forward, you don't hit the tail then slide your foot then jump. i wish people would stop giving out that advice! no matter how you do fast you do each step, you'll never ollie if you're not doing everything at once. this caused middle school me endless frustration lol
There def are three parts but the order is jump with both feet, pop and lift front foot up, lift back foot and slide front foot. You can't pop if you're still jumping because your front foot puts pressure on the board. Likewise you can't slide if you haven't finished popping. But it's true you can't do them separately. Each follows the other seamlessly. Knowing this mostly helps one figure out what is going wrong. There just isn't time to think during the ollie. I had a really good balance from longboarding when I started to practice ollies. Couple of times when I got frustrated I just did rockets for five minutes. Jump and pop, forget the front foot slide. A year later... now I only need more balls to ollie over a rigid obstacle. 😂 The "sleeping on it" part is really important. :) Your nervous system takes time to wire itself correctly.
Did you try hard enough (?) it took me a week to do a very good ollie but I did 4 to 5 hours of trying each day (next to that my right foot had some problems because of that repeatedly motion).
The pop is you kicking down/jumping off with the ball of your back foot, try with your feet on the ground is the same motion even most of the front motion as well cause you have to lift it of the ground. That's the best to explain, a lot of other youtubers tell you push down with your back but that makes no sense to say when the motion is much more intense.
Yea see it took me a day of actually trying to get it and those 3 steps are what got me actually getting them up, watched this video to try to help my boy out with learning turns out it’s the leaning thing he was talking about
now i'm thinking about how stupid i looked with my ass sticking out while i practiced ollies last time lmaoooo learning by yourself is a struggle but at least there are videos like this to help us solo skaters out!
Lmaoooo Fr this my 4th day of skating I got my Ollie but i didn’t know why I couldn’t go higher but I just realized it’s cause I had my as sticking out while trying to jump
Film yourself and watch the footage. It feels weird to do but nobody will judge you. I've been doing that and combined with these videos I've learned so many bad habits I formed. (for reference, I'm 35 and got my first deck when I was like 10 or 12. I can ollie, but 9/10 times Im doing one of these things and not landing it. The mentality is so much better when you know why you arent completing the trick)
I can already ollie, but tried it today with your #3 tip of the back posture: I can get so much higher off the ground now! Thank you so much Ben, without a mirror and just skating by myself I couldn't see what I was doing wrong to only get a couple inches off the ground! Have a great day.
Dude i was just about to say... I did the exact same. I struggled with clean fs180s and kickflips. It turns out i was leaning waaaaay too forward. Sick tip Ben, it's really overlooked
One important thing also is to remember that when you change boards, trucks or wheels the timing will change. Not a major thing but can make some bad skate days trying to adapt the new timing. It's all part of the process tho, just blame it on the board like rest of us!
Yes, it's always the board! It's true what you say though. However, I also think the more different boards/setups you try, the better you become at adapting and get an even better feel for skating overall.
@@dustinorgas6149 defo, i went from 7.5 in early 2000s to 7.75 and then quit many years, then i tried an 8" setup and liked it, then i tried a 8.25 setup and liked it. i now have a flip 8.13 which ive landed some sick shit on so i feel thats the size i really like but i only see FLIP doing 8.13 where as the common size is 8.125 which is just under so if i change brand ill think about an 8.125 next maybe.
Look at the angle of the light, the sun is maybe 30° off the horizon. Depending on the time of year and his exact latitude, it could be as early as 7-7:30am. Probably closer to 9-10 if I had to guess, which makes for a pretty empty park on a weekday.
after the third tip i literally ran outside, i realised that that was exactly what i had been doing and bam after months i did my first ollie! (i mean it still sucks and needs a lot of work but who cares)
I have been skating for about 9 months now, a big issue with ollies is the jump and the speed you complete all steps to an Ollie. I taught my little brother how to Ollie and his main issue was doing every step too fast
Also I highly recommend getting more comfortable with the board. I know everybody said this but it’s true. I tried to land an Ollie when I first started but I couldn’t I rode my board for a couple weeks and it was so much easier. The more comfortable you are with the board the easier everything is to do
Same lol, I'd been trying for about 3-4 months(the whole time I've been skating) and then I tried it, got 6 inches off the ground, and rolled away on the bolts first try
I'm telling you guys I've been skating for 4 months trying to get good ollie's and I just now realized don't try to pop the board so hard and don't bend down too much trust me going to hard is what made my ollie's suck just do it light and jump high
Ppl that do it too hard tend to use their back leg more. When you realize that you go light with less leg and more of a sorta heel snap, the better you get from then on.
The hinge point was such a salient detail. I’ve been ollieing for about a month. After i saw this I went out, focused on my back position and ollied better. Thanks for the video
Who doesn't? Definitely, the skate practice, as it requires body consciousness, mind focus and emotion detachment, is a complex form of fakir meditation and the advanced skill on skating is able to make everybody stoned...I went to a vert competition and the fathers were vibing like their kids on each trick performed...skate is amazing...
Dude, you are ALSO the VANCOUVER CARPENTER! I've been watching that channel during the pandemic to fix up my house. Then I started looking for tips on skating for my daughter! And you're here too!
Your videos make it so much more simple to understand, you get straight into the subject and show us litterally what we needed to see to understand, tysm!
I lost it when you stood on the ground, hinged your back, and tried to jump lol. You skate with that proper Chris Cole / Tiago Lemos posture, looks good.
Thanks dude! I'm old and tore my acl skating, and just watching you helps me mentally reinforce the proper techniques for the time when I can get back on the board :)
Thanks for this Ben. I started skating a few years ago just as a bucket list item but I fell in love with it and now have a mini-ramp in my yard. The ollie has been by nemesis for years! It is easy to get frustrated and then I just do what I know how to do on the ramp and neglect new skill development. I appreciate the brutal honesty that it can take a long time to get the ollie timing down. I’ve added some ollie practice to every session now and will take your advice with me when I skate today and in the future.
Probably the best video on this topic. I especially liked the questioning of these "how to trick xyz in 8 hours" videos.. it is completely true what you say. I learned how to ollie in 1990, and it took me a year, because I couldn't figure out the timing, together with the shifting of the weight.. If I had youtube and your video at that time I probably would have learned it faster. I never forget or unlearned how to Ollie since, even if I haven't been on the board for years!
"Up to a year..." Dudes, I am 43 and it took me 2 years to get solid flat ground ollie consequently. However, I still have trouble with my speed...it seems its just not enough to clear an obstacle all the way through yet, so by estimations my back wheels are still "almost clearing"...which means I can't try ollie over stuff yet. So, on to my third year and hopefully I will get there...The secret is to have a clear goal: And my only goal in skateboarding is to ollie properly while cruising...Everything else, every other trick is considered an extra...
That’s tenacity. I’m similar. Had a skateboard all my life and could never get it off the ground. I decided at 39 that I want to Ollie a curb and an obstacle. A kick flip would be nice as well. I used those skatertrainers while getting the mechanics down and have had good progression since then. After six months and at least 2hr/day I’m getting the hang of it.
My suggestion is: focus on speed too (and maybe put tricks aside for a while). Try with sweet lopes or push more and more: if you get used to a faster pace the rest will sort out more easily.
Ironically I was doing number 3 for the longest time and only yesterday I caught myself "not jumping". This video confirmed my problem. Thanks a lot! 🤘
Omg I never even thought about my back. Sometimes I’ll stand on the ground and do little hops to try and get the feeling for the timing before I practice learning ollies, and naturally my back will be aligned right, but now that I think of it I’m probably folded like a chair when I’m on the board. I looked back at some of my vids to check but I’ve literally never even bothered to get anything above my waist in the camera frame. That’s gotta be a big part of why I feel like I can barely get off the ground. Thank you so much. Cant wait to try this out after work tomorrow!
Thanks for making this. I've been starting on trying to learn them and it's been proving really difficult. So like learning that I can stand on the board all flat footed...That's a big help. Will still take me a while to learn but at least I've learned a few more tips on them!
Man, I started skating back when I was 13 and could never get a solid Ollie and gave up. Fast forward to now where I'm 29 and picked back up skateboarding and still see videos with the same explanation and I couldn't get a great ollie. Your the only person I've seen emphasize about being on the balls of your feet(maybe common sense to most but not me) and my first attempt after watching your video I got a legit ollie . Thanks alot man!
your video is the most detail and true to real life difficulty when beginner learn ollie. the best tip you give is from another video you mention the pop is a ankle pop on the ball of ur rear foot. Not totally bringing the whole rear foot down with the tail on the floor
This video was very very helpful. I think the tip that help me the most was straightening my back. When I straightened it I was able to Ollie a lot higher than I have ever Ollied. Thank you so much!
hey Ben! your new channel is actually a gift for New skaters. you Cover Things in your tutorials that every beginner really needs to think of, instead of all the other experienced skaters that sadly dont even know anymore what the Problems of first learning the ollie is. TY SO MUCH!
This was so helpful and I put these tips together and it already helped a lot with my form. It also helped my confidence so thank you. Hopefully I'll have consistent ollies soon.
I threw out my back twice and have been rehabbing for a year. I noticed I struggled with straight back on ollie's and kickflips and such and I'm not a beginner necessarily. glad you brought that up.
I'm 34 and I've started skating again over lock down after a long break from it. While I can ollie stationary fine rolling is just not coming back to me. A lot of great tips on here that I'm going to put into practice this week!
I think the 3rd tip is the bes one for beginners. And I think that I've been doing it for years but now I found the video and I think I'll get them much better🔥🔥🔥
Dude thank you so much for this. I am currently still at the tennis courts trying to learn how to balance my foot up without the fence ( I’m 15 years old and have been practicing since 13) and this really helped me learn how to balance ironically, so cheers Ben!
I just started skating with a old board last week, i got no week and had to replace the bushings (i ordered grip) and i can ride pretty comftably ima use this video to learn how to Ollie the right way! Love from Melbourne, Australia
Solid content! Adding to #2 and #3, what helped me with learning how to ollie was actually lifting my heels up shortly before bending my knees and doing the ollie (not only does it create a bit of momentum but it would also help with keeping my weight on the balls of my feet) and to do the jumping off the board (helped get that back posture right and notice which muscles I should engage).
I’ve been able to ollie for a few years now but they’ve never looked great. I’ve seen so many ollie videos before (took me a year to get an ollie lol) but I’ve never heard of these tips! Will definitely try these this summer thanks dude love you channel!
You beat me to the ollie video but I agree 100% that it’s not where people should start. I always find it interesting that it’s the ollie or kickflip that everyone immediately wants to do. Great video. Keep up the great content!
Thank you so much seriously I realized the two things I’m doing wrong flat foot and back I’m sure in no time with practice I’ll get it. I just picked up skating I used to bmx and I’m super excited.
Very nice tips, those last two I'd never heard anywhere. Good to learn that the Ollie is an advanced trick that was developed late in the evolution of skating.
My son been killing it but I can barely get over a curb. When standing still I ollie as high as I can jump, but struggled moving. This explains it, I stand up straighter when not moving. It's that hinge-point. Thx, Ben!
I never even thought about the fact that my back wasn't straight enough. I have watched a ton of videos and none of them even mentioned that. Thank you, you helped so much
Of all the videos I've watched, this is the only one that had mentioned the balls of the feet and posture, which whilst in hindsight are pretty obvious. As a beginner, the focus is moreso on the balance (and in turn remaining flat footed) and the watching my feet and losing the posture. Ollie's have definitely improved since focusing in these points. Thought it worth hunting down this video again to give it a well deserved like.
You have to love the science and reasoning behind the explanation Ben gives. Even if you can do or know what he's saying. It's still boggles your mind and makes you think about what your actually doing wen skateboarding. The moment your trying to learn a trick or movement. Your mind is empty and all you can think about is the fun and joy of progressing. That's why alot of people fall in love or fall back in love with this amazing sport. Can I get a " Keep shreddin!"?
Dude, I’ve been skating again because my son has taken a big interest in it, I’ve noticed something wrong with his Ollie but I couldn’t place it or put it into words, the “hinged back” is his issue, great video man
That montage was awesome. The ollie is such a beautiful trick. I can't wait to finally be able to do it consistently and use it to cruise more freely. I've been practicing a lot these past two months, still need to improve a lot but I hope I can get there. Wish I had started when I was a bit younger tho lol (I'm 33 and started skateboarding last year). Thanks for the tips
I literally just got a new setup and started trying to re learn after a 10 year hiatus, my balance is still there but none of the muscle memory stayed haha, but I think the hinging the back thing has to be what holds a lot of people back especially if you're tall. Also making sure not to turn your shoulders. And for anyone reading this if you just want to get used to coming off the ground and landing while rolling it's my opinion that a shove it is actually easier than an ollie to just get used to impacting the ground and riding away, I think it's a technically easier trick for beginners. Thanks for posting these videos they are great!!
3 years later I still think about every part of my ollie. I have been putting a lot of work into it again because my bad ollie is holding back the rest of my progression. The take away in this on for me is try and line the balls of my feet up with the center bolt line. Thanks that is a tip I haven't heard, makes sense. I definitely push closer to my front side edge.
I thought I couldn't ollie well but after watching you I'm almost as high as you get and after watching your montage it inspires me to go try to do some cool stuff with the ollie I have now, thanks man
Well the third one explains alot. I'm getting back into skating. Man in my younger days, my favorite trick to do was the casper flip and a fakie 360 shove it.
So glad I discovered this channel. I can ollie but my main issue is obstacles. I have balance issues with my body always leaning back and even if I pass the obstacle, I fall :p. I solved a lot of issues when I started to finally really jump and fix my backfoot position. It was too perpendicular to the board and even sometimes a bit angled with the toes towards the nose. But I noticed after analysing a lot of skaters that they put the backfoot angled with the heel toward the nose. It changed my ollie life. Now my remaining problems are my backfoot which has trouble to go up and my brain with this habit to order my body to lean back ahah. And timing. Need to commit.
Nobody ever talks about how to jump. It's just assumed that everyone can. Cheers Ben!
FACTSSSS
True
Some even say it's not a jump 🙄
Something Just wasnt right and today I decided to Search up on youtube how to ollie corectly and the first vid I saw a guy was finally talking about that you Have to jump
So I guess my message to braile (araon kyro) for teaching me how to ollie incorectly
@@fannys941 it’s not really a jump, when you Ollie you have to get down like a jum but once you are 2/4 of the way into the jump you complete all steps to the Ollie and throw your body up
I must of watched a hundred how to ollie video's, gaining a little bit of insight from each one. I think this was the final piece of the puzzle. Went to the park after watching this, got all up on dem balls and started getting clean, stuck to my feet ollies. This probably would have been easier at 12 instead of 44. And as there's no memory in theses muscles, every little helps. Cheers Ben.
Great to hear!
Cheers to that! I'm 42 and I'm skating to spend more time with my daughter; and having a lot of fun!
@@robotzombie9 are you sure your 42
Congrats man!!!!
Ayyyyyyy I’m so happy that you’re skateboarding again! Never too old to learn a new trick or get better at one! I hope the falls are not so and even if they are I hope you fall on clouds and break/hurt nothing brother. Have a good day!
took me 5 years to actually get an ollie off the ground. looking back i think the main reason i could never do it was because of everyone describing it as pop, then slide, then jump when in reality it's one motion. you slam on the tail as you jump and slide your front foot forward, you don't hit the tail then slide your foot then jump. i wish people would stop giving out that advice! no matter how you do fast you do each step, you'll never ollie if you're not doing everything at once. this caused middle school me endless frustration lol
There def are three parts but the order is jump with both feet, pop and lift front foot up, lift back foot and slide front foot. You can't pop if you're still jumping because your front foot puts pressure on the board. Likewise you can't slide if you haven't finished popping. But it's true you can't do them separately. Each follows the other seamlessly.
Knowing this mostly helps one figure out what is going wrong. There just isn't time to think during the ollie. I had a really good balance from longboarding when I started to practice ollies. Couple of times when I got frustrated I just did rockets for five minutes. Jump and pop, forget the front foot slide. A year later... now I only need more balls to ollie over a rigid obstacle. 😂
The "sleeping on it" part is really important. :) Your nervous system takes time to wire itself correctly.
it took me one day, i feel bad for you
Did you try hard enough (?) it took me a week to do a very good ollie but I did 4 to 5 hours of trying each day (next to that my right foot had some problems because of that repeatedly motion).
The pop is you kicking down/jumping off with the ball of your back foot, try with your feet on the ground is the same motion even most of the front motion as well cause you have to lift it of the ground. That's the best to explain, a lot of other youtubers tell you push down with your back but that makes no sense to say when the motion is much more intense.
Yea see it took me a day of actually trying to get it and those 3 steps are what got me actually getting them up, watched this video to try to help my boy out with learning turns out it’s the leaning thing he was talking about
now i'm thinking about how stupid i looked with my ass sticking out while i practiced ollies last time lmaoooo learning by yourself is a struggle but at least there are videos like this to help us solo skaters out!
Lmaoooo Fr this my 4th day of skating I got my Ollie but i didn’t know why I couldn’t go higher but I just realized it’s cause I had my as sticking out while trying to jump
Learning to skateboard is all about looking stupid so we can look cool later. Don’t beat yourself up about it haha
Film yourself and watch the footage. It feels weird to do but nobody will judge you. I've been doing that and combined with these videos I've learned so many bad habits I formed.
(for reference, I'm 35 and got my first deck when I was like 10 or 12. I can ollie, but 9/10 times Im doing one of these things and not landing it. The mentality is so much better when you know why you arent completing the trick)
@@pizzashop314 this is very true, i also do that and save it to have a record of my progression
I can already ollie, but tried it today with your #3 tip of the back posture: I can get so much higher off the ground now! Thank you so much Ben, without a mirror and just skating by myself I couldn't see what I was doing wrong to only get a couple inches off the ground! Have a great day.
Happy to help!
Dude i was just about to say... I did the exact same. I struggled with clean fs180s and kickflips. It turns out i was leaning waaaaay too forward. Sick tip Ben, it's really overlooked
Happy gor you, Brother ❤Will try tomorrow myself these steps:)
ollie on to things is just such a great feeling even if youve been doing it for a long time youll never loose this amzing feeling
This gives me inspiration lol
One important thing also is to remember that when you change boards, trucks or wheels the timing will change. Not a major thing but can make some bad skate days trying to adapt the new timing. It's all part of the process tho, just blame it on the board like rest of us!
Yes, it's always the board! It's true what you say though. However, I also think the more different boards/setups you try, the better you become at adapting and get an even better feel for skating overall.
@@dustinorgas6149 Exactly!
I’ve noticed that.
@@dustinorgas6149 defo, i went from 7.5 in early 2000s to 7.75 and then quit many years, then i tried an 8" setup and liked it, then i tried a 8.25 setup and liked it. i now have a flip 8.13 which ive landed some sick shit on so i feel thats the size i really like but i only see FLIP doing 8.13 where as the common size is 8.125 which is just under so if i change brand ill think about an 8.125 next maybe.
So no one is talking about how he had the whole park to himself on a clear day?
Probably early in the morning
Look at the angle of the light, the sun is maybe 30° off the horizon. Depending on the time of year and his exact latitude, it could be as early as 7-7:30am. Probably closer to 9-10 if I had to guess, which makes for a pretty empty park on a weekday.
@@tissuepaper9962 thanks man for the detailed explanation. Do you study or just like some knowledge you’ve attained?
@@kaseyfraser6491 just accrued knowledge. Ancient/dead-reckoning-based methods of navigation and time-telling are very interesting.
after the third tip i literally ran outside, i realised that that was exactly what i had been doing and bam after months i did my first ollie! (i mean it still sucks and needs a lot of work but who cares)
I have been skating for about 9 months now, a big issue with ollies is the jump and the speed you complete all steps to an Ollie. I taught my little brother how to Ollie and his main issue was doing every step too fast
Also I highly recommend getting more comfortable with the board. I know everybody said this but it’s true. I tried to land an Ollie when I first started but I couldn’t I rode my board for a couple weeks and it was so much easier. The more comfortable you are with the board the easier everything is to do
Same
Same lol, I'd been trying for about 3-4 months(the whole time I've been skating) and then I tried it, got 6 inches off the ground, and rolled away on the bolts first try
Oh man, and here I thought it was because I'm too fat to jump.
Yeah. I once looked up “fat guy Ollie” and sure enough fat guys can. There went that excuse and I got to work.
That doesnt mean you shouldnt go on a diet.
I have 100 Kilos and i do ollies, heelflips, 180ies,fakie shuvits, miniramp skating. Don't worry about your weight. You can, if you train.
@@ilainmoe1921 shut up
@@hannah7399 u noob
I'm telling you guys I've been skating for 4 months trying to get good ollie's and I just now realized don't try to pop the board so hard and don't bend down too much trust me going to hard is what made my ollie's suck just do it light and jump high
I should try that bruh! thanks
Ppl that do it too hard tend to use their back leg more. When you realize that you go light with less leg and more of a sorta heel snap, the better you get from then on.
Half the time I was looking at his shadow
IMAO same
Fr tho😂
3:00 hilarious and I've totally done this
The hinge point was such a salient detail. I’ve been ollieing for about a month. After i saw this I went out, focused on my back position and ollied better. Thanks for the video
I need to be able to ollie a hip or euro gap like that.
same dude, looks so good
Who doesn't? Definitely, the skate practice, as it requires body consciousness, mind focus and emotion detachment, is a complex form of fakir meditation and the advanced skill on skating is able to make everybody stoned...I went to a vert competition and the fathers were vibing like their kids on each trick performed...skate is amazing...
I've learned Ollie's when I was like 16 years old. Now, 10 years later I can still do the trick. I've stopped skating at 17.
It’s like biking once u learn then u never forget
Motor skill learning takes horrendously long to master, but it will be engrained for life.
Did you start cruising again at least?
omg I've been struggling for weeks I FINALLY GOT IT!!! turnout it was my Pasteur thankyou so much🤞💯🤧
The hinged back was definitely my problem. After straightening my back my ollies became much better.
Thanks so much for this video!
I got my first solid ollie today, I'm in my 2nd week of skateboarding, I've been practicing ollies since my 3rd day. Trust me guys. YOU got this
Dude, you are ALSO the VANCOUVER CARPENTER! I've been watching that channel during the pandemic to fix up my house. Then I started looking for tips on skating for my daughter! And you're here too!
I love how straightforward you are and you explain it very well
Your videos make it so much more simple to understand, you get straight into the subject and show us litterally what we needed to see to understand, tysm!
I lost it when you stood on the ground, hinged your back, and tried to jump lol. You skate with that proper Chris Cole / Tiago Lemos posture, looks good.
Why thank you:)
I appreciate you saying it takes a long time to figure it out, I like the honesty
Thanks dude! I'm old and tore my acl skating, and just watching you helps me mentally reinforce the proper techniques for the time when I can get back on the board :)
Thanks for this Ben. I started skating a few years ago just as a bucket list item but I fell in love with it and now have a mini-ramp in my yard. The ollie has been by nemesis for years! It is easy to get frustrated and then I just do what I know how to do on the ramp and neglect new skill development. I appreciate the brutal honesty that it can take a long time to get the ollie timing down. I’ve added some ollie practice to every session now and will take your advice with me when I skate today and in the future.
Great video amongst SO many regarding this topic! Thanks for posting! Am just getting back into skating at 56! Ride Safe!
This might just be what I needed, thanks as always Ben. Keep up the good work please!
Probably the best video on this topic. I especially liked the questioning of these "how to trick xyz in 8 hours" videos.. it is completely true what you say. I learned how to ollie in 1990, and it took me a year, because I couldn't figure out the timing, together with the shifting of the weight.. If I had youtube and your video at that time I probably would have learned it faster. I never forget or unlearned how to Ollie since, even if I haven't been on the board for years!
"Up to a year..." Dudes, I am 43 and it took me 2 years to get solid flat ground ollie consequently. However, I still have trouble with my speed...it seems its just not enough to clear an obstacle all the way through yet, so by estimations my back wheels are still "almost clearing"...which means I can't try ollie over stuff yet. So, on to my third year and hopefully I will get there...The secret is to have a clear goal: And my only goal in skateboarding is to ollie properly while cruising...Everything else, every other trick is considered an extra...
That’s tenacity. I’m similar. Had a skateboard all my life and could never get it off the ground. I decided at 39 that I want to Ollie a curb and an obstacle. A kick flip would be nice as well. I used those skatertrainers while getting the mechanics down and have had good progression since then. After six months and at least 2hr/day I’m getting the hang of it.
My suggestion is: focus on speed too (and maybe put tricks aside for a while). Try with sweet lopes or push more and more: if you get used to a faster pace the rest will sort out more easily.
Are your wheels too tight? Are your bearings clean?
it took me three years to learn on my own what you just explained in 3 minutes. Specifically the hinging at the back / leaning forward issue.
Ironically I was doing number 3 for the longest time and only yesterday I caught myself "not jumping". This video confirmed my problem.
Thanks a lot! 🤘
BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH, I’ve been trying to Ollie for a month now and ur last tip was exactly what I was doing wrong, I had instant success after.
This was definitely what I needed. This tutorial is amazing!! Thank you!
Omg I never even thought about my back. Sometimes I’ll stand on the ground and do little hops to try and get the feeling for the timing before I practice learning ollies, and naturally my back will be aligned right, but now that I think of it I’m probably folded like a chair when I’m on the board. I looked back at some of my vids to check but I’ve literally never even bothered to get anything above my waist in the camera frame. That’s gotta be a big part of why I feel like I can barely get off the ground. Thank you so much. Cant wait to try this out after work tomorrow!
Thanks for making this. I've been starting on trying to learn them and it's been proving really difficult. So like learning that I can stand on the board all flat footed...That's a big help. Will still take me a while to learn but at least I've learned a few more tips on them!
This was really helpful, and i’ve been watching many videos, this one really helps me to understand the techniques. Thank u!
I love the detail in this video. Amazing !
I've skated for quite awhile and moved on to different tricks because little did i know, thank you for sharing your knowledge. 💕
Very nice tips, thanks! And great montage of your ollies, I love the sound skateboards make so much
Man, I started skating back when I was 13 and could never get a solid Ollie and gave up. Fast forward to now where I'm 29 and picked back up skateboarding and still see videos with the same explanation and I couldn't get a great ollie. Your the only person I've seen emphasize about being on the balls of your feet(maybe common sense to most but not me) and my first attempt after watching your video I got a legit ollie . Thanks alot man!
Straight back.. such a good tip. Works for kick flip too. Have just started focusing on keeping back straight and seen some progress.
Thanks Ben for those wonderful insights.
your video is the most detail and true to real life difficulty when beginner learn ollie. the best tip you give is from another video you mention the pop is a ankle pop on the ball of ur rear foot. Not totally bringing the whole rear foot down with the tail on the floor
Great videos. This really is helping me teach my daughter how to skate. I have no idea how to skate so you are my daughter's personal tutor
This video was very very helpful. I think the tip that help me the most was straightening my back. When I straightened it I was able to Ollie a lot higher than I have ever Ollied. Thank you so much!
hey Ben! your new channel is actually a gift for New skaters. you Cover Things in your tutorials that every beginner really needs to think of, instead of all the other experienced skaters that sadly dont even know anymore what the Problems of first learning the ollie is. TY SO MUCH!
This was so helpful and I put these tips together and it already helped a lot with my form. It also helped my confidence so thank you. Hopefully I'll have consistent ollies soon.
Great job Ben! I really need this kind of video.
I threw out my back twice and have been rehabbing for a year. I noticed I struggled with straight back on ollie's and kickflips and such and I'm not a beginner necessarily. glad you brought that up.
God bless you dude. That hinged back thing really got me.
I'm 34 and I've started skating again over lock down after a long break from it. While I can ollie stationary fine rolling is just not coming back to me. A lot of great tips on here that I'm going to put into practice this week!
I think the 3rd tip is the bes one for beginners. And I think that I've been doing it for years but now I found the video and I think I'll get them much better🔥🔥🔥
Thank you great video, clear and educational
thank youuuu!! this is so incredibly helpful!!
Dude thank you so much for this. I am currently still at the tennis courts trying to learn how to balance my foot up without the fence ( I’m 15 years old and have been practicing since 13) and this really helped me learn how to balance ironically, so cheers Ben!
No one could've explain what I was doing wrong any better. Thank you
Hey Man, Thanks so much on the the tip about hinging your back .. It has made me a better skater in just five minutes... THANK YOU...
This the first ollie video I have seen, that is actually helpful. Thank you!
I just started skating with a old board last week, i got no week and had to replace the bushings (i ordered grip) and i can ride pretty comftably ima use this video to learn how to Ollie the right way! Love from Melbourne, Australia
Realized I’m a back hinger and this has helped so much!!
Solid content! Adding to #2 and #3, what helped me with learning how to ollie was actually lifting my heels up shortly before bending my knees and doing the ollie (not only does it create a bit of momentum but it would also help with keeping my weight on the balls of my feet) and to do the jumping off the board (helped get that back posture right and notice which muscles I should engage).
I’ve been able to ollie for a few years now but they’ve never looked great. I’ve seen so many ollie videos before (took me a year to get an ollie lol) but I’ve never heard of these tips! Will definitely try these this summer thanks dude love you channel!
Thanks mate. Besides Fidel’s Ollie tip, yours helped tremendously. Subbed
You beat me to the ollie video but I agree 100% that it’s not where people should start. I always find it interesting that it’s the ollie or kickflip that everyone immediately wants to do. Great video. Keep up the great content!
this right here just made my whole skating career! thank you so much!
Thank you so much seriously I realized the two things I’m doing wrong flat foot and back I’m sure in no time with practice I’ll get it. I just picked up skating I used to bmx and I’m super excited.
Very nice tips, those last two I'd never heard anywhere. Good to learn that the Ollie is an advanced trick that was developed late in the evolution of skating.
This is such a helpful channel thank you for putting in the effort to help newbies
You're very welcome!
Great tip with the back thing. I was definately doing that a lot without realizing it
My son been killing it but I can barely get over a curb. When standing still I ollie as high as I can jump, but struggled moving. This explains it, I stand up straighter when not moving. It's that hinge-point. Thx, Ben!
One of the best tutorials I saw in a while!
Man. Ben sure has great deadlift form. These tips are really helpful. Especially 2 and 3.
Very helpful! Thanks!
EXCELLENT tips, cheers!
I never even thought about the fact that my back wasn't straight enough. I have watched a ton of videos and none of them even mentioned that. Thank you, you helped so much
Well youre welcome ! My pleasure ! Subscribe for more of that dope ass content
Of all the videos I've watched, this is the only one that had mentioned the balls of the feet and posture, which whilst in hindsight are pretty obvious. As a beginner, the focus is moreso on the balance (and in turn remaining flat footed) and the watching my feet and losing the posture.
Ollie's have definitely improved since focusing in these points.
Thought it worth hunting down this video again to give it a well deserved like.
You have to love the science and reasoning behind the explanation Ben gives. Even if you can do or know what he's saying. It's still boggles your mind and makes you think about what your actually doing wen skateboarding.
The moment your trying to learn a trick or movement. Your mind is empty and all you can think about is the fun and joy of progressing. That's why alot of people fall in love or fall back in love with this amazing sport. Can I get a " Keep shreddin!"?
Dude, I’ve been skating again because my son has taken a big interest in it, I’ve noticed something wrong with his Ollie but I couldn’t place it or put it into words, the “hinged back” is his issue, great video man
This is such a golden tips yo! I’ll try it on my sesh tomorrow. I think that I have that flat footed problem. Thanks a bunch for this! Instant sub 😁
You're right! Once I correct my pose, and use both ball of my feet, I got it! I can now ollie while rolling. 🙌🙌
That montage was awesome. The ollie is such a beautiful trick. I can't wait to finally be able to do it consistently and use it to cruise more freely. I've been practicing a lot these past two months, still need to improve a lot but I hope I can get there. Wish I had started when I was a bit younger tho lol (I'm 33 and started skateboarding last year). Thanks for the tips
I literally just got a new setup and started trying to re learn after a 10 year hiatus, my balance is still there but none of the muscle memory stayed haha, but I think the hinging the back thing has to be what holds a lot of people back especially if you're tall. Also making sure not to turn your shoulders. And for anyone reading this if you just want to get used to coming off the ground and landing while rolling it's my opinion that a shove it is actually easier than an ollie to just get used to impacting the ground and riding away, I think it's a technically easier trick for beginners. Thanks for posting these videos they are great!!
Very helpful thanks!
THIS HELPED SO MUCH I KEEP DOING THE FIRST ONE 🙇🏼♀️
3 years later I still think about every part of my ollie. I have been putting a lot of work into it again because my bad ollie is holding back the rest of my progression. The take away in this on for me is try and line the balls of my feet up with the center bolt line. Thanks that is a tip I haven't heard, makes sense. I definitely push closer to my front side edge.
Thanks for the tips, I think tip 2 and 3 really apply to me, haven't tried them yet but thanks
Man I’m so glad this was made I’d been hinging my back the whole time
I thought I couldn't ollie well but after watching you I'm almost as high as you get and after watching your montage it inspires me to go try to do some cool stuff with the ollie I have now, thanks man
Hey man, that tip about having ur toes on the centre of the board really helped. Cheers my guy!
you made me feel 100x better about myself ive been trying to learn a ollie seriously for about a month or 2
Thanks for this. Was having trouble till you said balls of your feet. Open a whole new world to me. Hat's off to you
Thank you so much! I will try this in the skatepark later today 💜 I have only been skating for a few weeks but i really want to learn to ollie!
i’m 40 and i just landed my first ollie today thanks to you!
Holy grail of ollie videos. Thank you man
He absolutely tutors like no other🤙I loved his kickflip tutorial
Well the third one explains alot. I'm getting back into skating. Man in my younger days, my favorite trick to do was the casper flip and a fakie 360 shove it.
This was beautiful done. Tha k for the tips.
I had no idea you had another channel...glad I found it.
Noticed two things I kinda do tbh. So thanks!
Saving the video so I remember to watch it a couple of times more.
So glad I discovered this channel. I can ollie but my main issue is obstacles. I have balance issues with my body always leaning back and even if I pass the obstacle, I fall :p.
I solved a lot of issues when I started to finally really jump and fix my backfoot position. It was too perpendicular to the board and even sometimes a bit angled with the toes towards the nose. But I noticed after analysing a lot of skaters that they put the backfoot angled with the heel toward the nose. It changed my ollie life. Now my remaining problems are my backfoot which has trouble to go up and my brain with this habit to order my body to lean back ahah. And timing. Need to commit.