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  After the ollie, the flip is the bread and butter of a skateboarders bag of tricks. By combining different flip styles, riding styles, board movements and body rotations, skaters can arm themselves with a near-limitless array of potential tricks. Each of the following tricks has many such permutations, but these are the most basic flip tricks from which others are built.
  
  

Kickflip

• The kickflip is the most basic flip trick and generally the first one learned. During an ollie, the skater uses his toes to flip the board towards him. It rotates lengthwise at least once. Properly timed, the skater lands on the board with the wheels down, after the board flips once, twice or even three times.
  
  

Heelflip

• Similar to a kickflip, but instead of the toes, the heel is used on the opposite side of the board, rotating it lengthwise away from the skater's body. It is more difficult than a kickflip because the foot positioning needed for an ollie tends to draw the feet towards the body, away from where the heel needs to be for the heelflip.
  
  

Underflip

• An underflip is performed by hooking the toes underneath the skateboard while in the air and lifting, causing the board to rotate lengthwise. This can be difficult because it requires the foot to move under the board after the ollie, which if done too quickly or without enough movement, can actually cause a late kickflip.
  
  

Fingerflip

• A fingerflip is any flip done using the hands instead of feet as the impetus for movement. These are less common because most of the time when a hand touches a skateboard it is for a grab. Generally, fingerflips use the same movements as other flip tricks, but with the hands instead of toes or heels.
  
  

Shove-it

• A shove-it, or pop shove-it, uses the movement of the feet at the beginning of an ollie to cause the board to rotate from front to back while the skater's body remains facing one direction. While not technically a flip trick, as the wheels remain facing downward, it is generally considered in the category because it uses foot movements to manipulate the board while in the air.