Tre Flip

Backside Shuvit + Backside Shuvit + Kick Flip

This trick is the most emblematic flatground trick, the dream trick for most skaters

Medium

Prerequisites

Backside shuvit

Kick flip

Position

Quick start

Stand on tip toes and apply a lot of pressure in your toes

Lean toward the tail

Scoop down diagonally, toward your bakc tail wheel

Flick slightly toward the nose with your front foot

Keep your shoulders square and spread your legs

Sensation

Lean toward the tail and slightly forward, with more weight on your back foot. Apply a lot of pressure on both of your feet toes

Interactive skateboard diagram for learning Tre Flip

Tips

Put your front foot in the middle of the board, slightly more angled toward the nose and more on the edge than you would for a kick flip

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Let your back toes hang off the board pretty much, somewhere between the outer pocket and the edge of the tail

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Stand on your both feet tip toes, especially the back foot. Don't keep it flat footed

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Apply a lot of pressure on your both feet toes, slightly curving the board

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Make sure your back foot is pressuring on the edge of the board, not on the grip tip

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Lean toward the tail, put a bit more weight on your back foot. Lean just slightly forward

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Make sure you are well balanced, it is easy to lose your balance with such a foot positioning

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You can face a bit diagonally if you want to (turn the top of your body slightly toward your nose, but not facing this direction totally)

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Scoop down diagonally, not straight down as you would for a pop shuvit. The scoop also has to go diagonally between your back and the nose of your board, near your back-tail wheel

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Stay on your tip toes as long as you can, until you release the spin

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Let your front foot slightly slide off the board to complete the kick flip rotation, but just slightly. Keep in mind half of it comes from the back foot

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Both of your feet work at the same time, releasing the pressure of the board. There is no delay between them

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Transfer a bit of your weight from your back foot to your front foot as you jump

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Keep your shoulders square to your board if you are parallel, or turn them slightly as you jump if you are facing diagonally to make them parallel to your board when you land

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Spread your legs while in the air so that you don't land with your feet too close to each other

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Catch the board with your front foot or with both feet

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Mistakes

'I am not having a good balance with the tre flip foot positioning'

'This takes time. Roll around the skatepark with this position to get used to it, and make sure your feet are not too close to each other'

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'The board does not flip at all'

'You either have a bad foot positioning or a bad scoop. Don't put your back foot in the outer pocket, and let clearly your toes hanging off the tail, tiptoed. Scoop down diagonally'

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'I under rotate the 360 shuvit'

'You are focusing on the flip too much. Your front foot barely flicks the board, almost everything comes from the back foot for the tre, even half of the flip, unlike the varial'

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'I under rotate the flip'

'You are either not flicking at all, or having a bad scoop. Let your back toes hang off the board, apply presure on your toes, scoop diagonally and remember to slightly flick your front ankle'

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'It just doesn't feel good'

'You are probably missing the pop. When you scoop make sure your tail touches the ground, push more vertically if needed, you have to make the board bounce to have the right feeling'

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'I land facing toward the nose'

'You are turning your shoulders. You can face a bit toward the nose, but keep your shoulders square as much as possible, and slightly turn them toward the tail as you jump if you need to'

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'I land with my feet on the nose'

'You are leaning toward the nose. Lean toward the tail instead, slightly forward as well, and don't focs too much on the kick flip'

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'I slip out when I land'

'You are scooping too far. Your back foot should come back to its initial place as you release the bounce, in coma shape, and not keep going further in a half-circle shape. Spread your legs'

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'I do a small pivot after I land'

'You are turning your shoulders too much. Keep them square, face slightly less toward the nose before scooping, and bend on your knees a bit more'

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Helpers

Foot positioning simulation

Roll on flatground first, and then go through obstacles with the 360 flip foot positioning, with no intention of really doing it, just to feel comfortable

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Muscle memory

Practice the 360 flip scoop by trying to do the whole 360 shuvit rotation, no matter how many times it flips. Try to keep the board close to you

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Muscle memory

Practice the 360 flip flick by trying to land only half of a flip, no matter how many times it shuvits. But go for a light scoop, don't try to fully rotate the 360 shuvit

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One foot practice

Do a 360 flip and try to land it with your front foot only. Focus on keeping control and feeling the rotation. Rolling slowly tends to be easier than being stationary for this trick

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Variations

The 360 flip comes out naturally for some people, while it is as hard as any other trick for some other people. Don't feel frustrated, this trick is easy to do once you know it, but it could be pretty long to have on lock

Transition

You can put your feet very close to each other, this will help with the shuvit rotation, especially if you are a kid, but this will affect your balance, control and style