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The kickflip (originally magic flip, ollie flip, or ollie kickflip), also
known simply as a flip, is an aerial skateboarding trick where the
skateboarder kicks his board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the
board's long axis. The modern kickflip was invented by Rodney Mullen in
1983.
A kickflip is executed similarly to the ollie: popping (putting pressure
with your back foot on the tail) the tail of the deck and sliding the
leading foot up to the top of the deck, bringing both board and rider off
the ground. When a skater performs a kickflip, he begins a standard ollie
and the then uses his front foot and flicks it off the corner of the nose
of the skateboard to create a flip. He then brings his legs up and allows
the board to spin then lowers his feet and catches the board with his feet
after it has completed one full rotation. The kickflip has become the
defining trick of "New Sc
