Pop Shove-it
Performed by John Reeves

The pop shove-it involves an ollie and a slight of foot that turns the board, but not the rider, 180 degrees. It becomes useful in situations when the rider desires that the board be reversed (i.e. pointed in the opposite direction).

To perform the pop shove-it, roll at a moderate to fast speed and assume the ollie position. Ollie upwards, but instead of sliding your leading foot to the nose - as you would for a straight ollie - keep it near the center of the board. Push the tail slightly with your trailing foot to the heel side and guide the board around with your leading foot. As the leading end of the board swings around, "catch" it with your trailing foot, and land.

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Heelflip
Performed by John Reeves

The heelflip is like the ollie flip, except that the board spins toward the toe edge rather than the heel edge. It would be wise to learn the ollie flip before attempting the heelflip. Once having mastered the ollie flip, the heelflip is but a variation.

The heelflip entails ollieing and kicking your leading foot towards the toe-side edge of the nose, rather than towards the heelside edge as you would for an ollie flip. Your leading foot should be placed just behind the front bolts, not in the center of the board as for an ollie. The combined motions of ollieing upwards by pushing down with your trailing foot and kicking forward and to the toe-side edge with your leading foot will make the board spin. As it spins around, "catch" it with your feet once the topside is up again. Land and rock on.

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