Basic Skateboard Tricks: Fakie Ollie

Video Transcript

"The next trick I'm going to show you how to do is what's known as the Fakie Ollie. And if you're going to Fakie Ollie you first want to know what Fakie is. Fakie is a riding position on the board when you're riding in your regular stance, go backwards. It's a lot similar to what's know as switch when you're completely riding the opposite way with your front foot as the back foot, and your back foot as the front foot. But again with the Fakie Ollie it's just basically like riding backwards. So when you want to do the Fakie Ollie you want to make sure that you're very evenly balanced over the entire board because your momentum will throw your body in one direction and the board in another and you won't be able to complete the Fakie Ollie. But it's pretty much just the same exact thing, evenly disperse your feet. Front foot in the middle, back foot on the tail. Stomp on the tail slide your front foot up and get all four wheels off the ground. Like I said it feels a little weird because your body wants to go one way and the board wants to go another, but with enough speed and practice you'll be able to successfully do this trick."