intermediate // flatground
Nollie
An ollie popped from the nose while riding in your regular stance. Your front foot pops the nose and your back foot slides to level the board.
The Nollie is an intermediate Flatground trick. Most skaters land their first one within 1-3 months of consistent practice.
Spec
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Complexity
- Learn time
- 1-3 monthsⓘ
- Category
- Flatground
- Stance
- nollie
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Nollie stance
Rotates easy but needs more pop — you're popping off the nose with your front foot.
- Snap harder: popping off the nose with your front foot is weaker than a regular tail pop.
- Front-centered pivot means it rotates fast — control the flick so it doesn't over-rotate.
Variant of Ollie
Steps
- 1
Front foot on nose
Move your front foot to the nose of the board with the ball of your foot on the tip.
- Force
- ●○○○○
- Direction
- centered
- Weight
- front
TipPractice just standing in nollie position while stationary. - 2
Back foot position
Your back foot moves to roughly where your front foot normally sits for an ollie.
- Force
- ●○○○○
- Direction
- centered
- Weight
- centered
TipThink of your back foot as your 'new front foot' for the slide motion. - 3
Snap the nose
Slam the nose down with your front foot and simultaneously jump.
- Force
- ●●●●●
- Direction
- down
- Weight
- front
TipThe snap must be crisp. A weak nose snap = minimal height. - 4
Slide the back foot
Slide your back foot backward toward the tail to level the board.
- Force
- ●●●○○
- Direction
- back
- Weight
- back
TipThis motion is identical to an ollie slide but done by your back foot. - 5
Land and roll
Land bolts and roll away in your regular stance.
- Force
- ●●●○○
- Direction
- down
- Weight
- centered
TipNollies land in regular stance — you don't end up fakie.
Common mistakes
Landing fakie
- What
- You land riding fakie instead of regular.
- Why
- Confusing nollie with fakie ollie.
- Fix
- Nollie = regular stance, snap from nose. Fakie ollie = fakie stance, snap from tail end.
No height from nose snap
- What
- The board barely leaves the ground.
- Why
- Front foot not generating enough snap — leaning back instinctively.
- Fix
- Consciously load weight over your front foot before the snap.
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Why this works
The mechanics behind the trick
- Board
- Your front foot snaps the nose down, and your back foot slides back toward the tail to level the board — the exact reverse of a regular ollie.
- Feet
- Your front foot now snaps the nose, and your back foot slides back toward the tail.
- Weight
- Staying centered is harder in a nollie because your weight naturally wants to be over your front foot while riding forward.
Frequently asked
- How long does it take to learn a Nollie?
- Most skaters land their first nollie within 1-3 months of consistent practice, once you can ollie consistently.
- What should I learn before the Nollie?
- The nollie builds on Ollie. Get that consistent first, since the nollie reuses the same pop, balance, or flick.
- What should I learn after the Nollie?
- Once your nollie is consistent, the natural next tricks are Nollie Shove-it, Nollie Frontside 180, and Nollie Kickflip.
- Is the Nollie hard to learn?
- The nollie is an intermediate trick. It gets much easier once you can already ollie.
- Who invented the Nollie?
- The Nollie was invented by Rodney Mullen in 1983 in California.
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