Alright, so you think you might be interested in trying to learn inward heelflips? Good call, if I do say so myself. It's a pretty fun trick, and it's one not too many people spend enough time doing, I think. And hey, just in case you're unsure, an inward heelflip is the combination of a backside pop shove it and a heelflip... Like, you know what a hardflip is, right? Well a hardflip is like an inward kickflip, so this is the mirrored version of that trick.
If you want to learn a trick that consists of multiple more basic tricks.. You're going to want to know the said basic tricks, right? So before you try this, you should have a solid backside pop shove and a solid heelflip.
Other Skills:
The more overall board control you have, the better. This is a combination of two fairly easy and basic tricks.. But don't let that fool you! This can be a pretty weird trick to figure out.
What You May Find Useful:
If you can do backside 180 heelflips, it might make this trick a bit easier to figure out. And also, trying this one fakie can be a bit easier, also. Consider playing with this trick in fakie stance a little bit to get a better understanding of how it works.
Doing The Trick
Positioning:
The back foot
The back foot is pretty important in this trick, needless to say. And it's placement is sort of weird. You sort of will set it up like you would for a regular heelflip, more towards the edge of the tail. But with this trick, you might want to put a little bit more of an angle on your foot than usual.
The front foot
Front foot will need to be set up sort of like it would be for a heelflip. I'd suggest hanging a little bit more of your toes off the deck, as well as maybe scooting it back down the board an inch or so.
Motion:
Alright, so you think you're ready to try this one out for yourself? Cool, cool. Give yourself a push or two and get riding, and place your feet as noted above. Alright, you're ready.
Alright, so this trick starts with the popping of your tail. You'll quickly find that it's really weird to make the backside shove it motion with your backfoot placed the way it is, but you just gotta make it happen. Get a solid pop, and begin the rotation of your board.
While your back foot is doing the above step, you want to drag your front foot up the board. It's going to feel a lot like doing a heelflip, in ways. You're going to slide it up the deck, and flick/roll your foot out at an angle to start the boards heelflip motion.
Remember, as you're sliding your front foot up the board to do the heelflip, you're going to have to cut it at a bit more of an angle as it approaches the nose, since you're board is rotating in the direction you're trying to flip. It's also worth pointing out that when doing this trick, you're going to be doing more of a sort of "kicking" motion with your front foot than usual.
Once you got the motion going, go ahead and pull your legs up and let the board do its thing under you.
As the motion begins to finish up, put your feet back down over the board. The catch on this trick is done primarily with your back foot.
Once your feet are back on the deck, prepare for the landing. Land on the ground leveled, and absorb impact properly. Ride away, and you've done it.
Video Trick Tips:
Troubleshooting
Weird tricks lead to weird problems. More than likely you'll be scratching your head over this one. But hey, don't worry, check out below and we'll try to sort it all out.
When my board is doing the motion, it gets away from me
Not an uncommon problem here. If this is happening, it's likely happening because of your front foot. You need to focus a little bit more on getting a clean slide and flip motion with it. With the backside shove it motion going on at the same time as you try to flip the board, it's really easy to accidentally kick this one away with your front foot. If that is happening, consider sliding your front foot up with a little more of an angle.
If it not getting too far from you, and is just going out in front of you a little bit.. You can consider trying to sort of "jump with the board" on this one. If you feel like you have a pretty good idea where the board is going to go, jump in that direction to help you stay over it.
The heelflip doesn't flip all the way/doesn't flip at all
The motion of this trick is sort of awkward... So it's not unusual for people to find that it takes a bit more effort to make the heelflip happen. If this is a problem, you need to try putting some more force into the motion of your front foot that makes the flip happen. And remember, like I said earlier, this trick requires a bit more of a "kicking" motion of the front foot than a regular heelflip would. Make sure you're giving it that extra kick to make it flip.
The board hits my legs
There's just something about this trick, I have to say. It's really easy to pop is high as fuck sometimes! If it's hitting your legs, make sure you pull them up higher next time and get them out of the way. And if you are pulling them up as high as you can, and the board is still just rising up and hitting you, consider putting less force into the pop. You and I both know a trick that's high makes it look all the better, but you gotta keep it low enough to give it enough room to flip.
I don't get the full 180 shove it
It can be hard with the way your back foot is positioned for this trick. All I can really say is just try to put a little more force into it, spinning it a little harder.
Some people also claim they use their front foot to help make the 180 shove it motion happen. They sort of kick it around while they flip. I personally don't do this myself, nor have I ever. But if it helps some people, you might want to consider trying it out if you think you need to.
I am making this trick happen, but I'm doing it all with my back foot
With a weird enough placement of the back foot, you can sort of make a pressure inward heel happen. Those are swell and all, but while it looks like an inward heel, it's not quite as reliable, if you will. Doing that will make it much harder to control, and much harder to catch. If you ever want to try taking this trick down any gaps, or make it fairly consistent, I'd suggest doing it as suggested in this trick tip.
This is an odd trick, to say the least. It will take some playing around with it before you really start feeling comfortable. But I will say that once you get it down solid, it's one of those tricks that you can do and it will feel like it requires hardly any effort at all! Practice it a lot and make it nice.
Where Do I Go From Here?
This is a weird trick that opens doors to even weirder tricks. You might want to throw a frontside body varial in there to make it look even more confusing to spectators. Or maybe you think you're up for a challenge, and want to try 360 inward heelflips! Whatever you do, have fun with it. Good luck!
with the inward heel my legs dont land on the board
But what's stopping you from landing it? Like.. Is it getting away from you and out of reach to land it, or what?