HOW TO SAL FLIP IN UNDER 5 MINS (2021)

What's up, welcome, hello and how are we? Welcome back to Trick Tip Tuesday. Today we tackle one of the most requested tricks that I do in my videos, the saddle flip. This is probably one of the fastest tricks for a beginner to learn and can be made to look sick when performed correctly, so let's go. Right, so there's not a lot of requirements before you can jump straight into learning the trick. All I will say is get comfortable riding the board, get comfortable popping up, get comfortable chucking it down and riding on it. Once you've got stuff like that, you're ready to learn this trick. So the first thing I'm gonna talk about is foot position. And for this trick, it's not really that important where you have your feet, but I'm gonna tell you how I have mine. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna have one foot about halfway up the board, probably just about 60% of the way up. And with your back foot, you're gonna have it pretty much in the center of the tail. So obviously the meat and potatoes of the trick is done with your hand. And you pop it up from your right foot to your left hand if you skate regular. Goofy, you pop it from your left foot to your right hand. Right, now that you know what you're gonna be doing, we're gonna talk about how you're gonna pop it up into your hands. So the first step is just as simple as getting that movement down. So just get used to popping it at a slight angle. I'd say have your toes in the center of the tail, pointing about 45 degrees that way. And doing so, you're gonna kick the board in that slight angle as well. Doing that is gonna help the board come up and then you're gonna catch it about sort of 90 degrees, maybe a bit less. But doing this is gonna give you a lot better momentum for when you throw it around to get the full rotation. So just keep that in mind when you learn how to pop it up. And once you've got it properly, you shouldn't have to bend down at all. So once you've popped it up and caught it like this, you're gonna wanna make sure you can get the rest of the spin round. So the easiest way to do that is to flick your wrist round like this. So catch it around 45 degrees and then just throw it around like this and try grab it with one foot. Step two is basically just practicing this as much as possible. Get used to throwing the board around, get used to stopping it with that one foot. Once you've done that enough times, you should be ready to move on to step three. But if you wanna practice step one and two together, it's gonna make step three a lot easier. So what you wanna do if you're gonna do that, you're gonna pop it up, catch it with the hand, throw it around and then stop it with the back foot, just like this. Practice those steps together as much as possible. Once you've locked that down, we're moving on to step three. So practice that, get used to the rotation, get used to the movement, and then step three will fall into place a lot easier. By the way, don't worry if this takes time. Some tricks can take a lot longer than others. For example, some skaters are really good at ball, while they may not be good at flat land and vice versa. If you're struggling to learn this trick and it's taking a while, don't beat yourself up. Don't get yourself down. Trust me, you will get it. Just keep pushing forward. Okay, right, the final step remains. We're finally gonna jump back onto the board. First thing we're gonna do with this step is once you've got used to throwing the board around, obviously you already know how to do that because you've paid attention during step two. When you're gonna do that, you're gonna try and jump back onto the board and that's what's gonna get us used to landing the trick. So even if you don't pop it up at first, if you just wanna practice throwing the land, I would highly recommend doing that. It's gonna get you on point a lot easier, just like this. If you look at the way my wrist throws the board, it'll help you a lot more in how you can get that rotation nice and fluid. So you really wanna make sure the wrist does the movement and goes around with you. And then as you jump, you're gonna wanna spot that board, land over the bolts, and you should be all gravy. So there's not a lot else to this step, apart from just make sure that you land with your weight evenly distributed. Because obviously if you throw the board, aim to land over the bolts. And the one thing that you wanna aim not to do is landing with your feet close together. The worst thing you can do on a trick, especially when you're first learning it and you're not really expecting to land it in your first few attempts, you land like this, the board is likely to go. And it's RIP no more tricks for you, so you've gotta avoid that. So obviously the correct way to do it, evenly distribute your weight, land with both feet, spread apart, try to keep your shoulders straight as well, and you should be rolling away smooth when you do eventually land it. But anyway, practice that, get it down, along with steps one and two, and then we're finally ready to combo this meal together. And the really great thing about this trick is you can pretty much learn it at your own pace. You can do it almost as three separate movements. And as you get better at the three movements, you can speed them up and try to get it more fluently as time goes on. Get every part of the trick from step one to three on lockdown, and then slowly add them all together at your own pace. You can literally ride at the slowest pace you want, pop it up, stop for a second, throw it round, and then jump on it, and then do that all at your own pace. And once you've got it all down fluently, it should come together nicely. Well, that being said, guys, that's pretty much it. You know, I really hope this video helped you and inspired you to learn something new. If there's any other tricks that you want to learn, do not hesitate to comment them down below because I'm only here to help you guys. And obviously, if you want to learn a trick, I want to be there to teach you. So let's work together and make you the best skater you can possibly be. Oh, one more thing. I have a Discord with nearly 300 skaters in it, all trying to spread the knowledge, all trying to teach each other something new. If this is something you want to get involved in, there'll be a link in the description. Would love to have you in there. All right, that's it, shredders. See you in the next one. Ah!