Rael Caladiao Re-Practicing Kickflip Week #1 | TWS Skateboarding

Rael Caladiao is re-practicing his Kickflip again. The last time I saw him perfectly land his Kickflip was way back in 2012. I don't remember the exact year, but he really landed his Kickflip. Since then, I never saw him do his Kickflip again, but after 14 years, he is so obsessed with getting back his Kickflip that's why he is re-practicing this trick again.

Week #1

In the first week of re-practicing his Kickflip, I noticed he almost got his Kickflip, but there were a lot of problems that I saw while he was practicing his Kickflip. I've been doing a Kickflip so many times that I know why he is so hard to land his Kickflip, and I'm here to tell those problems.

Highlights

I can't remember how many times he tried to land his Kickflip, but I provide at least three attempts practicing his Kickflip.

Let me tell you what the problems are with this attempt at his Kickflip. When I was watching the clips of this attempt, he almost got his kickflip, but he failed. His footing is right, and he popped the tail with enough height. But when he started to flick the board, his two arms put too much pressure on his back, so much that a lot of pressure was transferred to his back, and that is the reason he leaned back too much. As you can see, by the time he landed his kickflip, his back leaned so much that's why he fell off his board.

This attempt is almost identical to his previous attempt what he did is almost the same. His footing is right, he popped and flicked his board very well, but again he leaned his back so much.

At least three problems that I found on Rael's Kickflip. First, the pop is most of the time. Every time he popped his board, he popped the board very low, that's why the board is hard to flip. The second problem is that he flicked the board, but he didn't flick the board at the right position. He flicked the board on his left side, that's why the board flip in the 90 degrees position.

In the first week of practicing his Kickflip, sadly, after multiple attempts, he failed to perfectly land his Kickflip. The good thing is he almost got his Kickflip not once but twice. I think that is a good sign if he always practices his Kickflip, one day he will perfectly land his Kickflip again.