Varial Heelflip Foot Placement

First up you need to know the right foot position for a varial heel.

Varial heelflip foot placement. Making the front foot perpendicular to the board improved my nollie heelflips when i was learning. Let s go through the basics of a varial heelflip. Reviewing these 5 crucial steps will help you with your varial heelflips. The best position i ve found is having your back foot on the tail with your toes on the back of the board and the rest of your foot off the edge like a frontside shove it.

Put your front foot like you would for a heelflip or a little more to the left if you re goofy and right if you re regular. Notice that heelflips are all about where you put your front foot while frontside shuvits are all about back foot placement. Position your front foot as if performing a heelflip. Of course we all differ when it comes to these tricks but basically you want to put your front foot where you heelflip but angled towards your tail a little more.

For this trick your front foot will be positioned for a heelflip while your back foot is in the same position it would be for a frontside pop shove it. So varial heels are simply a combination of the two. After the heel of your front foot has left the nose the board starts to flip or rotate. Slide the front foot over and get your weight on your heel just like heelflips.

Then lift up with your back foot and the board should pop into the air. Take a look at the photos below for reference. Varial heelflip trick tips. Pop your tail and slide your front foot up the board towards the nose and kick your front foot out so that your heel catches on the edge of the nose of your board.

Put your back foot like you would for a frontside pop shove it. The following trick tip will show you how to varial heelflip. This is for anyone struggling with rocketflips or nollie heels that drift frontside. Your rear foot is on the tail.

The back foot goes to the backside of the board making it easier to throw it frontside. This will make it flip with the kick of your heel. It is essential to know how to do an ollie before attempting the varial heel flip. You will keep one foot on the back of the board and the other in the middle.