ollie

Handsfree board leap

An ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider pops the board into the air without using their hands, achieved by snapping the tail down while sliding the front foot forward.

It's the foundational trick for most aerial skateboard maneuvers: I spent weeks learning to ollie before I could kickflip.

The trick is named after skateboarder Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, who invented it in the late 1970s. (Capitalized Ollie is a given name.)

skateboarding

kickflip

Lengthwise board rotation trick

  • heelflipSkateboard trick, board spins laterally
  • fakieBackward-moving board stance
  • manualWritten instructions for use

grind · halfpipe · tailslide · noseslide · frontside · backside · skatepark · thrasher · rails

Categories
Opposites
skateboard trick complexity

ollie900

Number before 901

impossible · standing still

board rotation/manipulation

olliekickflip

Lengthwise board rotation trick

heelflip · 360 flip · boneless · impossible · shove-it

board contact method

ollieboneless

Having no skeleton

grab · bean plant · hand plant · caveman

Family

ollied, ollies

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G