how do u get height wen doing an ollie?

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

i've just started sk8in but i can't get height on my ollie's how do I ?

thanks
nik

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 14, 2004 3:37 am Post subject:

Jump higher. An ollie is only going to go as high as you jump, right?

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

i'v e tried but nuthin happens

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

but still my bak weels only go a few inches of da ground

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

what trick should i learn after an olly?
nik

DavidHoff · Posted: Aug 14, 2004 6:42 am Post subject:

After an Ollie try a heelflip, kickflip, or shuv-it or something along the lines of those. Your back wheel might not be coming how the ground alot cuz your not sliding your foot all the way forward.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

fs 180s and fakie shuvits were the easiest tricks for me to learn.

Jester · Posted: Aug 14, 2004 1:29 pm Post subject:

If the back's not coming up then you're not lifting your back foot. When you ollie suck BOTH of your legs up to your chest. My stationary ollie is about waist high, you should be able to do the same.

Don't try any other tricks aside from maybe manuals or nose manuals until you get the ollie down.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 15, 2004 5:10 am Post subject:

Waist height? Damn thats high. But it depends on how t all you are, if I could ollie waste height it would nearly break the ollie height record. But don't try flip tricks till you got ollies down.

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

cheers u lot i'll try it
fanks

cowcow93 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 City: london

nah still don't work i'll work at it
cheers anyways

Mike.H · Posted: Aug 19, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

ya deffenatly after an ollie try 180s and shuv its, kickflip will probably be the most frustrating trick ull learn, ive landded 3 in my life they werent pretty but i landed them...try small things like ollie off a curb or ollie up a ccurb, ollie a small gap, ollie a big gap, try olling stairs...start out small though obviously, build ure confedence doing 2 stairs then 3 stairs then 4 stairs and keep on going...have fun with it Smile

loser555 · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 12 City: port st lucie

so, do u tend to get more air when ollieing when stationary, or moving??? cuz, i only get like maybe a cm. off the ground @ stationary. any suggestions?? ive tried what yall said...

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 4:15 am Post subject:

You get more height moving. the only thing to do is practice really using the techniques above.

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

It take practice

colt45 · Criminal Joined: 10 Oct 2004 Posts: 58 City: dallas

just ollie and try to get your knees to touch your chest but keep the board on your feet....

wakerider123 · Newbie Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 1 City: Rockwall

it also helps for me when u slide ur foot up sort of level the front and that will make the tail come off the ground

the same thing happend to me when i was learning and this helped for me

CasWakes · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject:

yeah and once your up there and a little better might want to get yourself a box or ride at a park

aceyx · Addict Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 770 City: dirty

cowcow93, ollie height comes from how well you can pop the tail. nothing else is moving the board upwards. at the same time, where and when you level it out with your front foot decides the overall height.

try just kicking the tail down (don't worry about sliding your foot out at first), just try and get the board to come up. after you're effectively getting the snap, then try leveling it out with your front foot. place it further than midway down the board and snap. your front foot doesn't slide that much (a few inches at most) so don't go freaking out and send your board across the lawn.

at this point, it's important to realize that your feet aren't synchronized. your front foot should start coming up RIGHT when your rear foot is kicking the tail. imagine a log rolling under your feet from front to back foot; you're going to jump off your rear foot (front in the air) then bring the rear foot up, and land both feet at the same time.

more height comes from timing the jump correctly. as you start to pressure the tail, bend your knees. right as you kick, jump (like you would with the log rolling example, front foot first).

if the board is shifting out in front of you, check your weight balance. you should be mostly on your rear foot, which will also add to height (more weight down = more snap).

hope that helped, good luck to ya.

byerly137pro · Newbie Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 24

Another thing you may want to try when you ollie moving is to poke your legs fowards once they reach your chest that way your even more flat, a little more height and some major style too.

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

the only way to get good ollies is to practice. thats it height will come with practice.

metallica · Criminal Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 60

try this: find something you can put your hands on(somthing thats about waist height) for example a Workbench a washer or dryer, or anything.
this will help you keep your balance and get moreheight

(yourhands will be holding most of your weight, this will help you jump higher)

it helped me when i was learing

numbfoot · Posted: Mar 09, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject:

metallica, it does help get ollies higher, but i don't think it gives you the basic fundamentals of the ollie.

Beaver · Posted: Mar 09, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject:

when you have the basics down(pop slide push lift back foot) then just try jumping higher

metallica · Criminal Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 60

numbfoot-True, but but he was trying to learn how to ollie higher

here another tip- I notice that when im ollieing over something or up onto something it forces me to ollie higher. Try ollieing a 2 stack ( chances are you want land it the way your describing your ollie) Then take it dwon to a 1 stack youll notice that you can ollie over it much easeir then before