Bob's Trick Tips - skateboard trick archive -- Nollie Impossible

Nollie Impossible - by Terry Synnott

Here's another advanced freestyle tricks, also invented by Mullen -- the Nollie Impossible.

This tip is from Outlook Skateboards pro freestyler Terry Synnott. So big thanks to Terry for submitting this trick. From here on, the words are his...

The basic technique for doing a nollie impossible is the same as a regular impossible - the only difference with the nollie version is that you nollie and then scoop the board up with your front foot.

Obviously, nollie impossibles can be done rolling forward or backwards. Going forwards is probably easiest to learn since the forward momentum of the board will help you scoop it up and roll it over your front foot.

Check out the video clip here.


Stance: Start by rolling forward and placing you're feet at the opposite ends of the board. This will give the board the pressure it needs to pop off the ground and theoretically wrap around your foot. Apply pressure: As you bend down to nollie, lift your back foot off of the board - this will release the pressure and theoretically get the board to pop off the ground.

Scoop/Wrap: Now focus on scooping the board with your front foot. You want the board to wrap around your front foot - not off to the side like a 360 shoveit.

To keep the board wrapped over your front foot, lift up and kind of bring your front foot in toward your body and then out ahead of you.

Land: Sometimes the landing can be the most difficult part. Once you have the mechanics of the trick, the landing should come pretty naturally. But if you don't stay centered over you're board, you might have a tendency to land with your front foot in place and your back foot hanging off the tail. So try to stay centered. That's basically all there is to the trick. It's a fun trick to play around with and there are so many variations. Another fun one is to do the same trick but start by rolling backwards. It almost feels like a different trick because you don't have the forward momentum to help with the impossible.