Ollieing Off Stairs
Information:
The skateboarder rolls up to a set of stairs and jumps down them with his/her board seemingly on their feet. He/she lands on the board and ride away.
Description:
The skateboarder rolls up to a set of stairs and jumps. The board comes with him/her and he/she jump down the stairs then land on the ground.
Technique:
1. Push a few times until you are riding upto the stairs at a fair speed. You don’t want to go to slow, or else the impact will make you stop dead and fall.
2. Place your feet in the ollie position. Bend your knees and pop an ollie when you are almost at the first stair. Staying low (not too low) will make it easier to keep control of the board and make taking the impact easier.
3. Keep your shoulders and hips parallel to the direction you are traveling. This will ensure that you don not turn in the air.
4. Land evenly on all four wheels. Bend you knees to take the impact and ride away.
Extra help: Many people claim to have trouble keeping the board on their feet when first learning how to ollie off things such as stairs. This problem is psychological (in your head). They are scared to land on their board and kick it away or let it go out from under them. It is fear keeping them from landing, not a bad technique. If you have this problem the only way to overcome it is just to force yourself to land on the board. Ollie like a regular ollie and don’t take you feet off the board.
Additional Help:
Problem: My board flies out from under me when I’m in the air.
Reason: You are probably actually kicking the board away because you are scared. It happened to me when I first learned to ollie stairs.
Solution: You just need to take a chance and force your self to land it. No guts, no glory.
Problem: I ollie, land on my board, then I immediately fall.
Reason: You’re are going to slow, or you’re landing with your feet in a bad position.
Solution: Go faster. Think about where your feet have to end up. Try and land with them over the trucks to reduce the chance of a snapped board.
