Nollie (skateboarding trick)
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A Nollie is a variation of the ollie
, where the skateboarder uses the front foot to pop the nose down and the back foot to scrape backwards to achieve lift off of the ground, as opposed to an ollie where the rider uses the back foot on the tail to pop and the front foot to scrape forwards. It is similar to a switch ollie
riding backwards.
It is not to be confused with a Fakie ollie (which is an ollie where the rider uses his/her original foot position but riding backwards).
Ollie (skateboarding trick)
The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. Particularly on flat ground, it is not intuitively obvious how the liftoff is achieved, making the trick visually striking....
, where the skateboarder uses the front foot to pop the nose down and the back foot to scrape backwards to achieve lift off of the ground, as opposed to an ollie where the rider uses the back foot on the tail to pop and the front foot to scrape forwards. It is similar to a switch ollie
Footedness
Footedness, similar to handedness, is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a kick or stomp, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while...
riding backwards.
It is not to be confused with a Fakie ollie (which is an ollie where the rider uses his/her original foot position but riding backwards).
Variations
- Nollie 180, a Nollie where the skateboarder and the skateboard rotate in a 180-degreeDegree (angle)A degree , usually denoted by ° , is a measurement of plane angle, representing 1⁄360 of a full rotation; one degree is equivalent to π/180 radians...
spin after leaving the ground. Both the skateboarder and the skateboard rotate in the same direction (Frontside or BacksideFrontsideFrontside and backside are surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding and aggressive inline skating terms that are used to describe how a person approaches an obstacle or performs a certain trick...
) with the skateboarder's feet sticking to the skateboard. After landing the trick, the skateboarder will be rolling in the opposite direction.
- Like ollies, a nollie can be combined with other tricks to form new tricks; for example, combined with a kickflipKickflipThe Kickflip, Ollie Kickflip, or Ollie Flip is a skateboarding trick where the rider ollies and flips the board over in the air before landing.It was the first of many modern flip tricks to be invented by Rodney Mullen in the early 1980s....
or pop shove-it, would form a nollieflip or nollie shove-it.