How to Do a Nollie and Hardflip a Stair Set

Doing a nollie and a hardflip on a stair set is one way to make eyebrows rise and jaws drop and cause heart attacks. Not only are you flipping your skateboard, you're adding stairs as well. Of course, this move takes some practice. Read this eHow and get started.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Put your front foot on the front of the front of the skateboard and your back foot on the middle of the board. Your back foot should face toward the back of the board.
2. Flip the board by doing a nollie. Step down on the nose and flip the board end to end.
3. Land on the board with both feet on the bolts—the front foot on the front bolts, and the back foot on the back bolts. If you look at the move in slow-mo, it'll look like the back foot slides down the board to the back bolts. Do this first way before even thinking of adding a hardflip and a nollie to a stair set.
4. Do a nollie hardflip between your legs by turning the skateboard so that the wheels are perpendicular to the direction you're traveling. Flip the skateboard by flicking the side that's facing away from the direction you're going in with your back foot and pressing down with your front foot on the side that facing the direction you're going in.
5. Add a stair set to your nollie and hardflip by going forward at a good speed—not too fast or to slow.
6. Near the stair set, and when you're about a foot away or so, do a nollie and a hardflip. Make sure you pay attention to where you're going and land on those bolts. You don't want to break the board when you land.