Treflip Tutorial

Alright, Trey Flip Tutorial, you guys have been asking for a little while, I figure what better day to give it to you guys than one year out from the day we did El Toro. So here it is, 8-24-2026, one year anniversary and you guys get your Trey Flip Tutorial. Everybody's happy. Alright anyways, Trey Flips. Now these have become such second nature that it's a little hard to explain them, I guess, but I'll do my best. That's right, you're going to want to grip your tail with your toes, essentially kind of like this. I'll show you guys. So you're going to grip the tail like such to where you have your toes almost curled around the edge. That's the goal. Obviously the shoes don't really allow that, but that's the goal there with the back foot. Front foot is usually at about a 45 degree angle with the board, just below the top bolts, anywhere from a centimeter to an inch, give or take, depending on flat ground, pyramid, off stuff, whatever. This is the typical setup for a Trey Flip that I like to go about right here. Gripping the tail with the toes, 45 degree angle with the front, shoulders aligned with the board, and then from there, once you're set up, your next move is going to be your pop. Now with the pop, I like to use my arms to get a little bit of momentum, and you're going to want to jump up as high as you can, because a lot goes on underneath you when you're doing a Trey Flip. The board has to do a 360 shove it, and a kick flip, so you've got to give it some time. Jump as high as you can. Once you've got the setup, back foot grips, front foot 45, I use my arms as a little bit of momentum when I jump, right? So that's how I pick myself up as high as I can, because I'm a little dude, I can't jump very high, so I've got to pick myself up. So, when I come down, swing my arms, use it for momentum, pick myself up. Set up, grip the tail, 45 degrees, squat down, pop, now the front foot, when it flicks, for me personally, it doesn't do a whole lot of flicking, unless I'm like aiming for a Trey Flip flip or something, but when doing a standard three flip, my front foot kind of just flicks and gets to the catch at the same time, essentially. You should kind of do that both at the same time, and not do a whole lot, because once it's set up and it flicks, that's really all it does, is it waits around for the board. And so yeah, you're going to set up, squat down, pop as high as you can, give that back foot a good old scoop, and then gripping it with your toes really helps to get that scoop going. That's my take on it, at least, and the grip, the scoop, the flick basically just becomes the catch, so you wait for that to come around, catching it with your front foot, placing your back foot back on it, and voila, you have a Trey Flip. Certain tricks had some waves to them, you know, the fakie flip had the motion to it, and the backside flip has, you know, that motion to it, so your body has to kind of like, you know, do that pole vault thing we talked about, Trey Flips do not have that, you are straight up when you jump. Just jumping as high as you can, feet are doing the rest. So I'm not kidding you when I just say it's just a straight box jump, with a kickback and a flick forward, that's all it really is as far as the body goes. So straight up, box jump, kickback, flick, and there you have it. So like I said, this is going to be hard for me to explain, because in my mind I've dialed it down to such an easy thing to do for me that I have to really break it down to explain it to you guys, but I've learned in doing this, it helps me in a sense too, so no worry there. So yeah, we're just, I guess, going to narrow it down to those things right there, those are the key factors, and also if you're having a hard time getting your pop dialed in, you can play with your bushings a little bit. I've noticed that over time, if I tighten my trucks, I tend to get a better snap, which lets me pop higher, which gives me a better three flip. So play with the bushings, tighten your trucks, do what you wish, as you wish, because that's skateboarding, there are no rules, and yeah, there you have it, do your best to learn them. Something I did wrong for quite a while was I had my shoulders open doing three flips, so I would three flip like this, and that's how you three flip flip, in case anybody was wondering, but I would also do that down gaps for a little while, because I was confused, so I would end up three flipping gaps, catching them here, and then they'd finish their shove it, I'll try and include one here if I can find a footage of one, but yeah, that's another key aspect of it, making sure the shoulders are aligned with the board the whole time. So the setup, shoulders are aligned, squat down, three flip, land, and experience is the best teacher, so I could tell you all about it as much as I want, but you guys going out and practicing it and getting it dialed in for yourselves is going to be what helps you the most, so take these little tutorials for what they are, and go practice. I'll give you guys some slow-mo's and some tips, or some slow-mo's, some videos, out of the bumps, maybe down the stairs, over a rail or something, we'll see what we can do. Maybe that'll help you guys dissect them a little more too. This is just a drop, not a gap, just a drop, so I have more time, making it feel like I was able to hop this high, basically. So yeah, find something at your local park similar to this, and practice. Ay-yay-yay. I don't know if I'll flip right here. Back to the old way. Nope, nothing. Set it the same all the time then. Dude. This is demonstration. That's the old photo there, bro. Alright. Stay tuned for more videos. Like, subscribe, comment, yada yada yada, bro. Come on now, see y'all at the next one.