How To Backside and Frontside Pop Shuvit on a Skateboard

By Steve Cave, About.com Guide

So, you have your feet placed right. Now bend your knees. You don't need to go as low as with an ollie - just enough to jump.

Now, jump!

For a Backside Shuvit

When you jump, you want to push the tail of your board back behind you, using the ball of your foot. Your front foot should stay just above the board, so it keeps the board from popping into the air. Some people like to also kick with the heel of their front foot, to help it spin more - this only works if your foot is NOT in the center of the board, which is where you want to have it once you have the Shuvit figured out. I prefer to just get that front foot out of the way and let the board spin (but keep your front foot above the board - don't pull it too much out of the way). In a Shuvit, your back foot does most of the work.

For a Frontside Shuvit

When you jump, you want to kick the tail of your board out in front of you. Otherwise, everything that works for the Backside Shuvit works for the Frontside Shuvit. Your front foot should stay just above the board, so it keeps the board from popping into the air.

Spinning

Either way, you want to make sure that you push that tail hard enough to get the board to spin around, at least 180 degrees (all the way around once, so that the tail ends up where the nose was). If you end up making it spin around twice (360 degrees), that's fine too! Or even more! But for now, just aim for one spin.

Previous

• Step 1 - Pop Shuvit Setup
• Step 2 - Shuvit Stance
• Step 2 - Shuvit - Backside or Frontside
• Step 4 - Shuvit Jump and Push
• Step 5 - Shuvit Landing
• Step 6 - Pop Shuvit Pop
• Step 7 - Pop Shuvit Front Foot
• Step 7 - Pop Shuvit Landing
• Step 8 - Pop Shuvit Problems

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