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How To Backside and Frontside Pop Shuvit on a Skateboard

By Steve Cave, About.com Guide

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Step 6 - Pop Shuvit Pop

How to Pop Shuvit - Pop Shuvit Pop

Pop Shuvit Pop

Pop Shuvit Photo - Michael Andrus
Like I said earlier, a Pop Shuvit is a combo of an Ollie and a Shuvit.

So, for a Pop Shuvit, get setup just like you did for the Shuvit. I recommend definitely learning this one while rolling, but again, you can do whatever you want.

Once you have some speed, put your feet in the same places you did for the Shuvit (back foot - ball of your foot in the middle of the tail. front foot - across the middle of the board).

Now, ollie.

Backside Pop Shuvit

In the middle of your ollie, instead of just popping the tail with your back foot, you want to pop it, and push it back behind you. It's something of a kicking or flicking motion, combined with the pop. It might take some practice.

Frontside Pop Shuvit

For a Frontside turn, in the middle of your ollie, instead of just popping the tail with your back foot, you want to pop it, and kick it forward in front of you. It's something of a kicking or flicking motion, combined with the pop.

This motion, the popping of the tail and the pushing of the board, is often called "scooping". That might help you understand what you are doing better. The secret is to make sure you DO pop the board, but also push the board right after the pop. This combines into a sort of diagonal push, or scoop. You want to make sure you push the tail of the board towards the nose - this will help keep the board from going behind you. Also, rolling should help with that, too. Pop, and scoop the board!

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