Double Dolphin Flip

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Shown for a regular-footed rider. Teal ring + arrow = the rider's facing direction; teal band = the tail; a dot is where a hand holds the board - bright yellow for the front hand, amber for the back one, which is the whole difference between a mute and an indy. Board and rider rotate independently - each follows its own component. Drag to orbit.

How it works

A dolphin flip with a whole extra roll folded into it. The board still pitches 180 degrees forward end-over-end, but the long-axis roll carries on through one and a half turns instead of a half. The arithmetic still works out wheels-down - a half pitch on its own leaves the board grip-down, and any odd number of half rolls rights it - so the trick finishes exactly as a dolphin flip does, ends traded, with the deck having strobed through a full extra revolution on the way. Same stroke off the nose, thrown harder and angled further toward the heels so the roll outruns the pitch.

Step by step

  1. Set the front foot with the toes square across the nose pocket, back foot on the tail.
  2. Pop taller than a dolphin flip needs - the extra roll has to fit inside the same dive.
  3. Punch the front foot down and forward off the tip of the nose, angled hard toward your heels so the roll runs faster than the pitch.
  4. Let the nose dive between your legs and count the grip tape past twice on the way round.
  5. Draw the front leg up and forward as the pitch finishes and the third half-roll comes level.
  6. Catch wheels-down over the bolts with the ends traded.

Body mechanics

Front footThe dolphin flip's down-and-forward punch, harder and angled further toward the heels - the pitch is unchanged, the roll goes three times as far.
Back footPops the tail, then lifts high and rearward so the tail can wrap over the top.
ShouldersSquare with a forward hinge, following the board's dive.
ArmsForward and low, mirroring the pitch of the trick.
GazeDown the diving line, reading the grip tape's second pass to time the catch.