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Skateboarding Tricks: Kickflip Varials

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Do a kickflip varial and similar skateboarding tricks with professional instructions. Learn how to do a kickflip varial and how the trick works with free video tips from a sponsored skateboarder.

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Tags: techniques, flips, skating, tricks, skateboarding, heel, skateboards, kickflip, varials

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Summary: The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950's. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations, and often skate on city built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks.

A kickflip varial is when a skateboarder does a kickflip and a 180 shove-it at the same time. The front foot does the flipping and the back foot does the shove-it 180. In this free video series, a sponsored skateboarder will teach you how to perform a kickflip varial skateboarding trick, as well as several variations. After learning what a kickflip varial is and how it works, you'll learn how to place the feet for the trick and how to perform a kickflip varial. Next, you'll learn how to do a fakie kickflip varial, a heelflip varial and common mistakes to avoid when doing these skateboarding tricks. With these tips, you'll soon find yourself doing all kinds of skateboarding tricks in the park, off of rails, and on the way to the X Games!

About the Expert

Expert: Shawn Connelly has more than 20 years of skateboarding experience. He has appeared in Slap, Thrasher and Transworld magazines and his sponsors include Venture Trucks, Ricta Wheels, Roughneck Hardware and FTC Skate shop. Originally from Maine, where good skate spots are hard to find, Connelly loves and appreciates the abundance of skate spots the Bay Area of California has to offer. Connelly enjoys sharing the art of skateboarding and believes that it is one of the few sports that teaches real patience and determination, allows for limitless growth, and nurtures individuality at the same time.

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