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The '''Kickflip''' (originally '''Magic Flip''') is an [[Aerials (skateboarding)|Aerial]] [[Skateboarding trick|Skateboarding Trick]] where the Skateboarder kicks his [[Skateboard]] in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. The modern Kickflip was invented by |
The '''Kickflip''' (originally '''Magic Flip''') is an [[Aerials (skateboarding)|Aerial]] [[Skateboarding trick|Skateboarding Trick]] where the Skateboarder kicks his [[Skateboard]] in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. The modern Kickflip was invented by [[Rodney Mullen]] in 1983. |
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A Kickflip is executed similarly to the [[Ollie (skateboarding trick)|Ollie]], and like the Ollie, it has become a defining trick of "New School" Skateboarding. The Kickflip has been ported over to other boardsports, notably [[Surfing]], [[Snowskating]], [[Wakeskating]], and [[Skimboarding]]. |
A Kickflip is executed similarly to the [[Ollie (skateboarding trick)|Ollie]], and like the Ollie, it has become a defining trick of "New School" Skateboarding. The Kickflip has been ported over to other boardsports, notably [[Surfing]], [[Snowskating]], [[Wakeskating]], and [[Skimboarding]]. |
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The Kickflip (originally Magic Flip) is an Aerial Skateboarding Trick where the Skateboarder kicks his Skateboard in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. The modern Kickflip was invented by Rodney Mullen in 1983.
A Kickflip is executed similarly to the Ollie, and like the Ollie, it has become a defining trick of "New School" Skateboarding. The Kickflip has been ported over to other boardsports, notably Surfing, Snowskating, Wakeskating, and Skimboarding.
Variations
As the Kickflip is one of the first flip tricks a skateboarder may learn, once they have mastered it and got used to the pressures and positioning needed to land the trick, they will inevitably move onto other, more complex flip tricks. Variations and extensions of the standard Kickflip are very common - some of these are (but not limited to):
- The Heelflip is the same idea as a Kickflip but the board flips in the opposite direction. They look similar to the untrained eye, but the technique for doing a Heelflip is different, with the skateboarders heel kicking off the board to produce the flip.
- Double Kickflip, where the board flips twice before being caught.
- Triple Kickflip, where the board flips three times before being caught.
- Quadflip, where the board flips four times before being caught.
- Backside 180 Kickflip: (Aka Backside 180 Flip, 180 Flip, Backside Varial Kickflip, Varial Kickflip, Backside Varial Flip or Varial Flip.) A combination of a Kickflip and a Backside 180 Pop Shove-it.
- Backside 360 Kickflip: (Aka 360 Kickflip, Backside 360 Flip, 360 Flip, Tré Flip or 3-Flip.) A combination of a Kickflip and a Backside 360 Pop Shove-it.
- Backside 540 Kickflip: (Aka 540 Kickflip, Backside 540 Flip or 540 Flip.) A combination of a Kickflip and a Backside 540 Pop Shove-it.
- (Frontside or Backside) Kickflip 180: A combination of a Kickflip and a (Frontside or Backside) Ollie 180, where the board and the skateboarder rotate in the same direction.
- The Kickflip Indy, a variation on the Indy Air where the rider flips the board and catches it with his hand rather than the feet. It was first done on a vertical ramp but now is very commonly seen done on launch ramps or other surfaces which can generate sufficient air time. It is also common to see the Kickflip combined with grabs other than the Indy.
- Kickflip sex-change or body varial is where the board spins a kickflip and the skater does a full 180 degree spin,lands on the board in switch stance.
- Hardflip, a combination of the frontside pop shove-it and the kick flip, the board does a flip while in the motion of a partial backflip, spinning halfway end over end , then flipping over.
- Mother Flip, where the board spins a 360 kickflip while the body rotates 360 degrees in the opposite direction.
- Big-spin flip, skaters body does a 180 while their board does a 360 flip.
- Late Kickflip, where the tail is popped and the back foot kicks the board down to flip the board in the motion of the kickflip.
- Varial Kickflip, where the board spins 180 and does a kickflip at the same time.
- 360 Kickflip or Tre Flip, where the board spins 360 degress and does a kickflip at the same time.
- Anti-Kickflip is where the kickflip is performed by flicking the font foot out to the opposite side then a normal kickflip otherwise looking like a heelflip but using a kickflip stance,invented by Skaters in New Zealand Morrinsville.
1970s Kickflip
There was a different skateboard trick also named 'kickflip' that was common in 1970s freestyle skateboarding. The skater would stand on a motionless or slow moving skateboard with two feet side by side, facing forward in the center of the board. One foot was then placed slightly under one side of the board, and the skater would jump up in the air, lifting the board with the toe of the foot. The board would spin and land back on its wheels, and the skater would land back on the board. Several variations were created by freestyle skateboarder Kurt 'Mr. Kickflip' Lindgren, a member of the California Free Former team. This trick is also known as the oldschool kickflip among most skaters today.