Guide // After the Ollie
Skateboard Tricks
to Learn After Ollie
You can ollie. What now? These are the natural next tricks, ordered easiest first. Start with the back-foot scoop of a pop shove-it, add body rotation with 180s, then earn your first flip. Each one reuses the pop and timing you already built.
The next tricks, in order
- 01Pop Shove-itbeginner1–3 weeks
- 0250-50 Grindbeginner2–6 weeks
- 03Fakie Olliebeginner1–3 weeks
- 04Backside 180beginner2–5 weeks
- 05Frontside 180beginner2–5 weeks
- 06Noseslideintermediate3–8 weeks
- 07Lipslideintermediate
- 08Nollieintermediate1–3 months
- 09Tailslideintermediate
- 10Boardslideintermediate2–6 weeks
- 11Heelflipintermediate1–4 months
- 12Kickflipintermediate1–6 months
- 13Frontside Shove-itintermediate2–4 weeks
- 14One Foot Ollieintermediate
- 15Impossibleadvanced
Common questions
What trick should I learn after the ollie?
The pop shove-it is the most natural next step. It teaches your back foot to scoop the board into a spin without adding a flick, so it bridges the gap between a plain ollie and your first flip trick. Frontside and backside 180s are great to learn alongside it.
How long after learning to ollie should I try a kickflip?
Wait until your ollie is consistent and reaches a decent height, usually a few weeks of regular practice. A kickflip is an ollie with a flick added at the peak, so a shaky ollie makes the flip much harder. Many skaters learn a pop shove-it and 180s first to build board control.
Should I learn shove-its or 180s first?
Learn the pop shove-it first. It is lower commitment and teaches the back-foot scoop you will reuse in flip tricks. Then move to frontside and backside 180s, which add body rotation and landing awareness. Both are worth having before your first kickflip.
Keep going
See where these tricks sit in the full progression, or open the skill tree to map out everything that unlocks next.