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How To Heelflip on a Skateboard

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Step 8 - Alternate Heelflip Style
Alternate Heelflip Target

Alternate Heelflip Target

Photo: Jamie O'Clock
The heelflip can be done other ways as well. A very popular method technically isn't a heelflip at all, but the skateboard does spin in the same way. This method is called the "Anti-kickflip", or "Opposite-kickflip", and most people find it easier than the true kickflip, and it can look a lot cleaner.

In this version of the heelflip, you want to set your feet up the same way you would for a kickflip. When you pop your board into the air, you make the same motion as with a kickflip, but you flick the board on the opposite corner (see photo). This makes the skateboard spin the opposite way from a kickflip. It's a fairly simple variant of the trick.

However, be careful - the kickflip is a more natural way for your board to want to spin. With this heelflip version, the board has a good chance of flipping up and nailing you in the groin. Sound like fun? Oh, it isn't.

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