Updated 14 Feb 20261 min read

How to Heelflip on a Skateboard

Skateboarding · Heelflip

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Similar to a kickflip, but the board is flipped outward using the heel.

Step-by-step instructions

Stance. Similar to kickflip, but your front foot is set so the heel can flick the heel edge.
Pop and flick. Pop the tail and flick your front foot outward with your heel so the board spins the opposite way of a kickflip.
Catch and land. Catch the board after one rotation and land with both feet on the bolts.

Flick through the heel edge, not the toe. Some find heelflips easier than kickflips; it's personal.

Kickflip spins from a toe-side flick; heelflip from a heel-side flick. The board rotation direction is opposite.

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