A skateboarder performing an ollie

The ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand in 1976 ^[1] and later adapted to flat ground by Rodney Mullen. The ollie serves as a basis for many other skateboarding tricks, such as the kickflip, heelflip and pop-shove it. The trick is also known as the no hands aerial, because when performing an ollie, the skateboarder does not grab the board at all, and no accessories are attached to the skateboard. An inward heelflip A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard while skateboarding. ... Alan Gelfand (born 1963, New York) is the inventor of the ollie, a skateboarding trick. ... Johnny Rodney Mullen (born August 17, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is a professional freestyle skateboarder, and is considered to be among the most influential skaters in the history of the sport, skating. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... A skateboarding trick (Inward Heelflip) A skateboarding trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard while skateboarding. ... Pop shove-it is a skateboarding trick that blends the ollie and shove-it. ...

Execution

The ollie is often used to clear obstacles in one's path.

The front foot is moved slightly more towards the center of the board. The skateboarder quickly drags his front foot up as he jumps, and as he or she is about to take off he/she kicks the tail of the board down, while rapidly picking their back foot back up. The kick gives the front end of the board upward momentum, and as the tail hits the ground, it rebounds making the board completely airborne. When the board takes off, its nose is much higher off the ground than the tail is. The skateboarder slides his or her front foot up and forward on the griptape. The movement between the shoe and the board levels the skateboard and takes it further off the ground. Then as the skater descends, they land on the bolts, preferably, and then bend their knees to absorb the impact. This article is about momentum in physics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Grip tape. ...

Influence on skateboarding styles

The invention of the Ollie changed skateboarding significantly. Prior to its invention, vertical skateboarders would grab the board before leaving the ramp. Crouching down to grab the board while riding through the transition absorbs energy and reduces the height the skater can achieve. To compensate, the skater would have to build up tremendous speed to perform a single aerial trick, most of which would be lost by performing the trick. Aerials could usually only barely go above the coping. Ollieing into a grab, as first done by Tony Hawk, allows the skater to maintain and even increase speed while performing aerials back-to-back. The action began taking place above the ramp rather than inside it. This invention signaled the end of the "slash and grind" era of pool skateboarding and changed the focus to aerials performed on a halfpipe. Aerials (or more commonly airs) are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition (curved surface linking wall and ground) available. ... This article is about the American skateboarder. ... Halfpipe for snowboarding A halfpipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, freestyle BMX and inline skating. ...

Modern street skating would not exist at all without the Ollie. Street skaters use Ollies to get up on top of obstacles, clear gaps, and reach rails and ledges to do grinds and slides. Every flip trick is a variation of the Ollie. It is for this reason that most skateboarders start trying to learn to Ollie before learning any other trick. Grinds are a form of skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides on the hangers of the trucks. ... A slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or on the wheels. ... A flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard does a flip. ...

Records

A skateboarder performing an ollie over a gap.

The highest official ollie from flat ground is 44.55 inches , performed by Danny Wainwright at the Reese Forbes Ollie Challenge by Quiksilver, although Jose Marabotto from Peru was seen on a video from the early '90s clearing a stack of boards estimated at over 50 inches (127 cm).^[2] The highest official switch ollie is 40.125 inches (101.92 cm), performed by Alex Bland in a similar switch ollie competition.^[3] Image File history File linksMetadata TonySruntul_HugeGapOllie. ... Image File history File linksMetadata TonySruntul_HugeGapOllie. ... Danny Wainwright is a skateboarder from Bristol, UK. He is the official world record holder for performing the highest ollie on a skateboard on flat ground. ... Quiksilver, Inc. ... Regular stance, regular foot or simply regular refers to a skateboarder, surfer, snowboarder or wakeboarder who prefers riding with his left foot in front. ...

Variations

• Nollie, an Ollie done with the nose of the board instead of the tail.
• Switch Ollie, an Ollie done while riding switch.
• Fakie Ollie, an Ollie done while riding fakie.
• Ollie North, an Ollie where the front foot is kicked forward over the nose of the board. Sometimes called a one-foot ollie, even though both feet are used to perform the trick.
• Ollie South, an Ollie where the rear foot is kicked back over the tail of the board.
• Boned Ollie, an ollie where the board is dipped down and the legs are practically horizontal, similar to a "Melon Grab" however there is no grab

A nollie is a skateboarding maneuver in which the board is lifted from the ground without the use of the skateboarders hands, or stepping off the board. ... Footedness refers to how a skateboarder, surfer, or snowboarder prefers to ride their board. ... Fakie is a synonym for riding backwards on a skateboard. ...

Notes and references

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External links

• Trick & Tips: Ollie from Extreme Sports Channel
• Ollie Video
• How to Ollie tutorial with pictures