The kickflip (originally magic flip) is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder swipes his foot at an angle up the nose of the skateboard in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. Rodney Mullen invented the kickflip concept on August 13, 1983; however, he did not actually execute a kickflip until August 21, 1983.
Skateboarders execute kickflips similarly to the ollie, and like the ollie, it has become a defining trick...
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The kickflip (originally magic flip) is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder swipes his foot at an angle up the nose of the skateboard in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. Rodney Mullen invented the kickflip concept on August 13, 1983; however, he did not actually execute a kickflip until August 21, 1983.
Skateboarders execute kickflips similarly to the ollie, and like the ollie, it has become a defining trick of street skateboarding. Other boardsports have adopted the kickflip: notably surfing, snowboarding, wakeskating, and skimboarding.
Once a skateboarder has mastered the kickflip and is used to the pressures and positioning needed to perform it, they may learn many variations on the kickflip. Some of these may include:
There was a different skateboard trick also named 'kickflip' that was common in 1970s freestyle skateboarding. The skater would stand on a motionless or slow-moving skateboard with two feet side by side, facing forward in the...
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