Skateboarding Trick Tips: Half-Cab Footwork

Video Transcript

"The foot placement that you're going to need for the half cab 180 ollie backside is, you're going to have to set your feet up with anticipation of traveling 180 degrees. So, even though you're going to set up for the normal fakie ollie position or ollie position, you're going to want to compensate for the movement that you're feet are going to make while traveling the 180 degrees. So what you're going to do is you're going to set up almost as close as a regular ollie except you're going to hang your heel off a little more than you normally do. The reason for this is that as soon as you hit the tail and you travel 180 degrees or maybe even 90 halfway across, your feet are going to travel with you and it's going to cause them to move a little bit forward. This is ok as long as you compensate for it first. After you've ollied, when you do land in it, your feet will land in the proper position. So just remember, keep your heel hanging off a little bit more than normal and keep your foot in whatever normal ollie position is comfortable for you which is going to change with every trick. So the more you test foot placement the better. "