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07-13-2014 , 03:05 PM

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adept

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I'm skateboarding for a while and today I had a discussion on a spot, where everybody but me, have the same thought

I don't know if you know what an ollie is, so look below for understand how it is done. It is basically a jump with the board attached to your feet

Now the discussion is this:

When you are performing an ollie on a bank (^^ basically a slope), does the edge of the board (picture 1, frame 2) snap the ground on a different angle, so you snap quickly/slower on a bank?
IMO it doesn't while the friends POV is exactly the opposite...

EDIT:
How an ollie is performed on a bank

Last edited by 4-Star General; 07-13-2014 at 03:23 PM.

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07-14-2014 , 08:35 PM

somigosaden

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Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,069

It's traveling the same distance, so no, unless the tail is pushed down faster because of some weight-distribution or momentum characteristics. Like if you do a nollie, it may seem you are snapping the tail (in the case the front tail, moving forward) down faster, but it's just because forward momentum is assisting with the motion. The short answer is no—the relative distance and angle to the ground is the same on a bank of the ground or the ceiling.

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07-15-2014 , 12:44 AM

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adept

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Ty a lot

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