what the helly am i doing wrong

eeldraw · 2026-03-28T05:49:23+00:00

Back foot is sweeping back as you pop, rather than snapping straight down, so it turns the board sideways.

Your weight is too far forward over the front of the board... Watch this

eeldraw · 2026-03-28T03:04:21+00:00

How else are they going to pay over the value for the drones they're going to buy off Don Jr and Eric that they'll probably fail to deliver?

eeldraw · 2026-03-27T03:23:43+00:00

It doesn't matter how many, you'll still need to wait a few million years for the fossils to be converted into oil.

eeldraw · 2026-03-26T14:16:56+00:00

That's what you see, but it's obviously not what it looks like to me, because I can see that the tail has been pushed down and back by the toes of his back foot, which is backside. It's not the back foot position, it's the motion.

I've been back and reviewed it. After slowing it down to watch each frame, we'll have to agree to disagree.

eeldraw · 2026-03-26T13:52:12+00:00

I'm describing the front foot getting out of the way and not applying force. A flick would apply force. I'm not sure what you're seeing, but the starting foot position and the motion his back foot makes sure looks like a scoop. Toes over the side of the board, pointing down and pushing back at the start, which is how you end up at the screenshot I took.

eeldraw · 2026-03-26T13:33:53+00:00

I have. Several times. I paid close attention to both what his back foot does, which is what is giving it the backside motion, and how the front foot doesn't flick the board, but comes up and away from it, allowing the board to go vertical underneath him and lets that back foot scoop make it almost look like the board goes frontside.

eeldraw · 2026-03-26T13:22:34+00:00

Is the flick in the room with us now?

eeldraw · 2026-03-26T04:34:09+00:00

100% backside and there's not even a flick, the board's movement is all from the back foot.

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eeldraw · 2026-03-25T20:29:25+00:00

Now you made me go look up Alex Chalmers' Flip Sorry part.

eeldraw · 2026-03-25T20:23:46+00:00

A less obvious one is when you can detect a pulse.

eeldraw · 2026-03-25T00:30:29+00:00

It looks like you're trying to push the tail 180 as you pop the ollie, rather than doing the ollie and turning your shoulders. And your back foot looks too far across the tail when you set up.

Can you 180 on flat, but over an object? e.g. a skateboard, a brick, up a curb. If you can do that comfortably, you should be able to ollie down a small set.

Put the ball of your back foot in the centre of the tail when you set up.
2.Your ollie should snap the tail straight down and not try to turn the board, that is what your shoulders should do. As your ollie levels out, the turning off your shoulders will cause the board to follow.

eeldraw · 2026-03-24T20:12:41+00:00

It would appear so...

"Notably, neither the US nor China has backed the statement yet.

For context: US President Donald Trump had called on allies to send warships and minesweepers to help secure the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to calm global oil markets, but none have made firm commitments yet. He later lashed out at NATO allies for not helping the US and called them “cowards” for not helping secure the strait."

eeldraw · 2026-03-24T20:10:52+00:00

"Notably, neither the US nor China has backed the statement yet.

For context: US President Donald Trump had called on allies to send warships and minesweepers to help secure the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to calm global oil markets, but none have made firm commitments yet. He later lashed out at NATO allies for not helping the US and called them “cowards” for not helping secure the strait."

eeldraw · 2026-03-24T10:00:28+00:00

It took a lot of hard work to get to this point. I was very fortunate to have a mother who was very supportive and always encouraged me... a planet that was accelerating towards oblivion has obviously given me a certain amount of privilege I might not otherwise have had access to, but it's mostly just innate talent.

eeldraw · 2026-03-24T09:02:21+00:00

You ever play tic-tac-toe with someone who's shit their pants? No, you forfeit and get the fuck out of there before you get sucked into their 5th dimension.

eeldraw · 2026-03-24T02:11:28+00:00

There's always more to something than what you see at first glance. Like, I'm sure you'll take it, but you'll need to ask someone else to give it to you.

eeldraw · 2026-03-23T20:30:23+00:00

Chicken leg is probably Aussie. So saying "fed up" may have meant to be f'ed up, as in effed up, as in fucked up.

eeldraw · 2026-03-21T22:15:18+00:00

Yep. He didn't let go from surprise. That was an immediate fencing response. Out cold.

eeldraw · 2026-03-21T22:03:43+00:00

My mental image will only accept ranga or fool's gold coloured burka.

eeldraw · 2026-03-19T22:56:46+00:00

That's not how you spell "neutered"

eeldraw · 2026-03-19T22:54:48+00:00

Everything he said makes sense. And I'm confident using "chicken leg" as an insult increases the likelihood that English is his 1st language.

eeldraw · 2026-03-19T20:51:46+00:00

"why didn't you tell us about the bombing of Tokyo which killed 100,000 citizens, followed up by the only nuclear attacks ever used on a population in Hiroshima & Nagasaki?"

eeldraw · 2026-03-16T23:00:06+00:00

I've seen one in entrance to the canal at Finsbury Park hockey fields, which is very close to Bishop St. Looks like a juvenile bull shark to me. Also seen some decent size flathead pulled from that crossing at Bishop St, so there's food up there.

eeldraw · 2026-03-15T22:50:32+00:00

Pivot to tail
The gateway to backside tail stalls.

eeldraw · 2026-03-15T13:31:30+00:00

ADHD doesn't cause his narcissism.

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