# jumping with skateboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613 "2006-03-30T22:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/1 "2006-03-30T22:35:34Z")
When people on a skateboard get it to go up with them when they jump, are they doing something with their rear foot that makes the board go up with them? It always looks like they just jump up and the board goes with them from inertia, but that can’t be right. Can it? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/2 "2006-03-30T22:45:08Z")
It’s called an Ollie. You’re popping the back of the deck off of the ground with your rear foot to make it bounce up in the air. [How to Ollie on a skateboard!](http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/HowToOllie.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/3 "2006-03-30T23:20:31Z")
> [@drhess](#): > > When people on a skateboard get it to go up with them when they jump, are they doing something with their rear foot that makes the board go up with them? It always looks like they just jump up and the board goes with them from inertia, but that can’t be right. Can it? :smack: Hey, a question I can answer! The trick is called an Ollie. Skateboard Visual aid: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_/ Basically, the skater launches the board in the air by leaping _hard_ off the ground from the back angled edge. The board kicks up like a stepped on garden hoe. They use their front foot to level it out. [Here’s a Google Video of a teenager demonstrating how to do an ollie.](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4096706365738254264&q=ollie&pl=true&auto=true) It’s a much harder trick than it looks. Took me ages to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/4 "2006-03-31T02:19:19Z")
Iasked this same question a while back. Got some great answers… sadly my search-fu isn’t what it should be. Basically, IIRC, after the bounce the front foot drags the board up with it. ---
**Author:** ![Josepsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Josepsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Josepsh)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/5 "2020-06-24T20:22:12Z")
I want too do that skateboarding ?. . ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/6 "2020-06-26T22:04:47Z")
> I want too do that skateboarding ?. . Was that a question? Or did you mean to type more, to add to the discussion? C’mon back and explain, we’d love to hear more. ---
**Author:** ![Josepsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Josepsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Josepsh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/7 "2020-06-26T22:06:40Z")
> [@digs](#): > > did Or did you mean to type more, to add to the discussion yes that ?. . ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/8 "2020-06-26T22:09:33Z")
Then please do! ---
**Author:** ![Josepsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Josepsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Josepsh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-with-skateboard/350613/9 "2020-06-26T22:11:14Z")
I just said I want too skateboard