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Double Heelflip
A heelflip with two full flip rotations.
The Double Heelflip is an advanced Flatground trick.
Spec
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Complexity
- Category
- Flatground
- Stance
- regular
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What the tutorials teach
Across the double heelflip tutorials and the closely related double-flip and double-kickflip breakdowns, the trick lives or dies on the front foot: start from your normal, fully consistent heelflip stance and shift the front foot back toward the tail (roughly two to three inches, tilted more than usual) rather than redesigning the setup from scratch, then throw a harder, faster flick than a single heelflip to generate the second rotation, pop force matters less than flick force. Expect meaningfully more hang time than a single flip and resist putting your feet down early; the most common failure is an under-rotated "one and a half" that lands primo, fixed by isolating and strengthening whichever half of the motion (pop or flick) is weak, and by drilling a step-off rep (popping and flicking without trying to catch) until the board completes a full second rotation on its own. Keep shoulders square and stay centered above the board through the flight so you are ready to read and react to the catch rather than guessing at it.
- Start from your normal, fully consistent heelflip stance, then shift the front foot back roughly two to three inches toward the tail with a slightly steeper tilt
- Keep the back foot centered in the pocket of the tail, same as a standard heelflip
- Prioritize a harder, faster front-foot flick over a harder pop, the second rotation comes mainly from flick speed
- Jump higher and expect noticeably more hang time than a single heelflip, do not rush your feet back down
- If you're landing one-and-a-half rotations short, isolate whether the pop or the flick is the weak half and fix that one first
- Drill the flick in isolation: pop and flick hard, step off your back foot without trying to catch it, until the board completes a full second rotation on its own
- Keep your shoulders square and stay centered above the board through the flight so you can read the landing rather than guess at it
- Watch the board through both rotations and stomp down only once it has come fully around a second time, to avoid a primo landing
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Frequently asked
- What should I learn before the Double Heelflip?
- The double heelflip builds on Heelflip. Get that consistent first, since the double heelflip reuses the same pop, balance, or flick.
- Is the Double Heelflip hard to learn?
- The double heelflip is an advanced trick. It gets much easier once you can already heelflip.
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