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Modern ollie technique. The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. [1] It is the combination of stomping (also known as popping) the tail of the skateboard off the ground to get the board mostly vertical, jumping, and sliding the front foot forward to level out the skateboard at the peak of the jump.
Ollie: A jump performed by popping the tail of the board on the ground, and using the front foot to even out body and attain air. The basis of most skating tricks, originally done on a ramp, named after Alan Gelfand , AKA "Ollie" and the flat ground ollie was created by Rodney Mullen See: Air, Pop [ 2 ]
An ollie is a jump where the front wheels leave the ground first. [2] This motion is attained with a snap of the tail (from the back foot) and sliding one's front foot forward to reach any altitude. A lot of technical tricks transpire from this element (e.g. the kickflip, heelflip, 360-flip).
John Rodney Mullen [3] [4] (born August 17, 1966) [5] is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding.He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.
This trick is a combination of an Ollie with an Airwalk. [clarification needed] The rider initiates an Ollie and grabs the board with the front hand, while kicking the front foot forward and the back foot backwards (diagonal to the riding direction). This trick was invented by Rodney Mullen, and has many variations, including fingerflips and ...
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