The Ollie - Fundamental Skateboarding Trick

By William Heeley

“The Ollie” is the most important skateboarding trick to learn. Without it most skateboard tricks are impossible to do. If you can perform the “The Ollie” you will be able to perform many other tricks. There are countless variations attributed to “The Ollie” - you can perform the Ollie on all skate able terrains, including Ollie-ing to grabs, flips, slides and stalls. “The Ollie” must be learned first it is the basic trick that will help move on to other tricks without it you will be limited in the tricks you can do. “The Ollie” is the most fundamental skateboard move for all skaters today. Get your Ollie’s down so you can start learning other skateboarding tricks.

The Ollie was created by Alan Gelfand in the late 1970s in Florida, Alan Gelfand’s nickname was “Ollie” so when he was seen around Florida skate parks pulling these aerials, the name and the trick were paired together forever. Alan perfected the trick at skate parks,half pipes and pools he used it to pop on to vertical transitions.

This is the fundamental trick that affects almost all others. The better the Ollie the better the trick. This trick can be done on flat ground, banks or transitions. You will have better results if you are rolling before you snap. Place your front foot a little behind the front bolts and your tail foot on the tip of the tail. Bend your knees and jump up as you snap the tail to the ground. Pull your front foot up toward the nose to get lift and level out the board. Land with your feet covering the front bolts and your tail foot on the tail. For bigger Ollie’s, snap the tail harder on the ground and keep practicing.

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