How to ollie on a skateboard

If you don't know how to ollie on a skateboard then read this!

Step 1 Materials

All you need is a skateboard and a helmet (optional)

Comments

[chomboo]

This is a great instructable. I can ollie now :D

[RobbySkateboard]

I'm very impressed with your ollie, I kind of expected a little pop considering how young you are, but I'm extremely impressed. I've been skating for years and years myself. I would recommend kicking your front foot out a little farther and kind of pulling the board so it bones out and gets those back wheels up another 6 inches or so. As is your ollie is extremely good for your age, but if you could get those back wheels up a little bit you're gonna be ollie-ing way higher than most skaters twice your age.

[GianniMora]

Sketchyyy.

[mberg]

good instructable. since you know about skateboarding could you answer my question.(on my profile)

[pinkydog2112]

to ollie u just have to jump off of your back foot and lean slightly forward

[millatfarhan]

halloo, any one there? please tell how to pop ollie without a nose on the skateboard? I mean, is it possible?

[(())jAkE(())]

no idea sorry. you could look it up on youtube or something

[millatfarhan]

yo, could somebody,any body  please tell me how to perform ollie on a skateboard with no bent nose(no curve at all)

[hopekiller30]

[mayo291]

no matter how hard I try I cannot get the back up more than a inch it stinks I tried sucking my legs up to my chest and it still wont work does it matter if the board is a "walmart" board or a "easternmoutainsports" board cuz mine is a walmart board and it wont work help

[a918bmxr]

your main problem is your board.
i had this same problem until i got a real board (zero)
after i had this for a good while i can now ollie up a 2 foot loading dock.

[(())jAkE(())]

just keep trying and you could like pretend to take your foot off the back while your in the air and/or push down a little on your front foot. btw this is still Ekaj i just forgot my password to my email and to my instructables account so sorry for the wait

[knexsniper1]

http://www.instructables.com/community/skateboard-tips/?comments=all#C5UQ186FYYNEBYI

can you please go here and help this person? thanks!

[ch4zm0s1s]

concentrate more on jumping then pushing the tail down the tail with naturally go down due to you jumping off your back foot I used to have the same problem

[weelilboy11]

What is the ball of my foot?

[recyclebin]

its the part rite below your toes

[NinJa_RaiZer]

to get the board higher than "an inch or two" , jump...

[recyclebin]

my problem is that i can only get the back up an inch or two

[mayo291]

same here it stinks doesnt it

[weelilboy11]

or it dosent jump up with you, or you cant jump

[masterj]

the problem im having is that if i dont jump before the board hits the ground then the board slips out from under me.

[(())jAkE(())]

like at the start of your ollie? because if you try to slow it down a little it works better (sorry i forgot my old password this is still Ekaj though)

[masterj]

or the board slides out from under you when you land

[PineapplebobTheGreat]

you left out something important. Your toes on your back foot half to be placed half way on the board and half way off. It'll take much longer to learn if you don't do that.

[Ekaj]

it kinda says it in step 2 "putting most of the weight on the ball of your foot"

[PineapplebobTheGreat]

but your foot has to be half way on and half way off the board.

[Toastalicious]

Well, the ball of your foot is pretty much the half of your foot near your toes, so he pretty much said halfway on...

[masterj]

i dont think it really matters as long as the weight is on the balls of your feet

[Guitarcat999]

I need some help my back foot keeps coming off the board or hitting down the tail again. Any ideas on how to keep that from happening?

[NinJa_RaiZer]

suck your knees into your chest and slide your back foot up a small distance to the rear bolts, and do not resist the decks movements because it will reduce height of the ollie

[regipalka]

how do u do it on a old board that has a pointy front

[halberdear]

i had a lil pointy nose board before i got my pro board, i dont think it makes much of a dif whether its pointy nosed or curved on both ends when it comes to ollies

[globe]

nice song on the vid. lol

[gnasty gnork]

if you pull your back foot up further and tweak your ollie you can make it over the three decks

[yankees9494]

I was at my local skate park and this guy tried to go up a ramp and ollie over 4 boards, when he couldn't do 3. So When he tried to do it, his backwheels hit the boards and he fell flat on his face. It was hilarious.

[pmac93]

at my local skatepark this kid aired out of a bowl over 13 boards... it was pretty crazy

[pmac93]

credit card is where it slides between your butt cheeks, like a credit card. the other is just plain racking yourself

[kraM]

it finnaly makes sence now thanks!

[baseball_babe]

Haha one of my friends thinks he is good and he cant even get a foot of the ground, he is good on a bike though

[agdollison]

this is the best video i have seen of it being done