Editing Kickflip (section)

== Execution ==
[[File:Kickflip.ogg|thumb|Video of a skateboarder performing a Kickflip]]
To perform a kickflip, the rider ollies into the air and lifts the back foot from the board while simultaneously sliding the front foot across the skateboard diagonally forward and towards the heel side. This front foot motion, sometimes called "the flick",<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Skateboarding Field Manual|last=Stutt|first=Ryan|publisher=Firefly|year=2009|location=Buffalo, NY|pages=72}}</ref> spins the board, flipping it completely over. Before landing, the rider stops the spin by returning the feet to the board as it nears its original position.

The board revolves around its longitudinal axis, like an [[aileron roll]]. To understand this motion and the direction of rotation, imagine stepping backwards off a skateboard, leaving it in front of you, then rolling it over on the ground toward you; during the kickflip, the board spins similarly, but in mid-air beneath the rider. During a [[heelflip]], a similar trick, the rider slides their front heel toward the opposite side that they would with a kick flip, resulting in a rotation of the board opposite to the kick flip. 
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