One Foot Ollie

All three coaches start from the same place: the setup is an ollie setup, and if your ollie is solid this is a small step beyond it. Tom Rohrer and Skate Warehouse both keep the back foot square in the centre of the tail and the front foot near the front bolts, and both describe the trick as a change to the front foot slide rather than a change to the pop. Skate Warehouse frames it most simply, saying you just keep pushing the front foot straight off the edge of the nose instead of stopping it to level the board. Tom adds two refinements: the kick is faster than an ollie slide and it is deliberately delayed, so you ollie first and then kick off the nose, and the back foot tilts slightly once the board points down to keep you square above it. Ron Allen teaches a noticeably different version of the same trick, aiming the nose into the inside of the thigh so that leg pops the board back under your feet, which makes it feel like a step hop forward and demands more speed. Tom says you do not need to lean either way, while Ron wants you jumping forward into it. Ron is also the only one warning about the board catching your knee or shin, and the only one stressing that you must travel perfectly straight or you will tic tac out of the landing.

• →Set up exactly as you would for an ollie: back toe centred on the tail, front foot at or just behind the front bolts
• →Instead of stopping the front foot slide to level the board, keep pushing it straight off the edge of the nose
• →Kick the front foot out faster than an ollie slide and delay it slightly, so you ollie first and then kick
• →Keep your shoulders square and parallel with the board through the whole trick
• →Angle the back foot slightly once the board points down to stay square above it and help level it out on the way back
• →Carry comfortable speed and travel in a straight line, since drifting makes you tic tac out of the landing

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