Pop Shove It Definition
This trick is a classic one. Pop Shove its are achieved by using your back foot to pop and spin the skateboard around 180 degrees in the air while you stay neutral above it.
The Pop Shove it by default is Backside, meaning the tail of the board would spin away from your back-foot’s heel side. A fun alternative to this trick would be a Shove-It, which is the same trick with no the pop of the tail.
Before you get into this trick, it’s important to be comfortable with your board. Make sure you have this down before you attempt this trick! In classic Skateboarding Made Simple style, you should also have your Ollies, Frontside 180s & Backside 180s down. Is it necessary to have all of these down? No, but it definitely is helpful.
The pop shove it is a classic trick and has been around for awhile. There are many variations of this trick, such as the frontside pop shove it. Many skaters like to combine this trick with other tricks in a line as it adds some style points. There’s something about this trick that just looks so good!
Enough talk, let’s get into the trick
There are a few things to cover when going over this trick. As mentioned above, it’s important to have at least your ollies and your regular shove its down before going for this trick. You’ll see why below.
Here’s what we’re going to cover:
- Foot Position
- Shove its
- Back Foot Flick
- Practice Steps
- Common Problems
Foot Position
The foot position for this trick isn’t too far from the regular riding position. Your front foot is up near the front bolts. You could have it at a 45Β° angle if that helps. The front foot is pretty simple, but is your point of control. It should come up slightly to make sure the board doesn’t flip under you.
The back foot is where the magic happens. Your back foot is pretty center on the tail. Your toes should be slightly hanging off the board, but not too much. This is because you’re going to want a good amount of force from your back foot as you swing the board around and makes sure it gets that full rotation. When you do the pop shove it, you’re going to force your back foot down and back so it gets that pop. Check the photo down below for reference.

Shove its
The secret to the pop shove it, is actually to try the shove it. Sounds weird, I know. But getting the motion of the shove it down is very important to getting the pop shove it. The shove it is the exact same thing, just without any pop. The board will still rotate under you, but doesn’t pop at all.
The secret to learning the pop shove it, is learning it with no pop…
-Aaron Kyro
Back Foot Flick
When practicing the shove it, your back foot is simply scooping back, but not down. When you scoop back, your board will rotate and not want to flip at all. You’re going to jump just a little bit, and your front foot should stay directly above the board while your back foot flicks back and then comes on top of the board.
Get your regular shove its down, then continue on and learn it with the pop. You should practice these for awhile before you try the pop shove its.
The practice steps below are almost the same. The biggest difference for the shove it, is flicking your back foot straight back and not down. When you go for the pop shove it, you have to flick it down and back. Other than that, they’re the same.
Practice Steps
The first practice step is to get the rotation with your board. Practice getting the rotation down and catching it with your back foot. When you’re doing this practice step, make sure you’re flicking the board back and down which creates the pop. This really is the only difference between the shove it and the pop shove it. So practice popping the board and getting that rotation. Practice this for 10 minutes, or however long it takes to where you’re catching the board consistently.
After that, you’re going to do the rotation and the pop and step off with your back foot. Pay attention to catching the board with your front foot. This will give you a good idea of how the board will react when you pop it.
You still want your front foot to be right above the board so it can control it. Since you’re scooping down now, your board will want to start turning under you, so having your front foot right there to catch it is key. if it does start to turn, your front foot will be there to stop it.
At this point, you basically have the trick down. From here, all you have to do is bend your back knee. Once the board does the full rotation under you, you can extend it again and place it right on the tail. This doesn’t always mean jumping higher, just make sure the board has enough room to rotate under you.
Common Problems
This is a pretty simple trick, but there are a couple of common problems that you might run into.
Too much force
If your board is over rotating or starting to flip under you, it’s because you’re flicking that back foot too hard. It doesn’t take a lot of force to get the board to pop and rotate under you. Keep this in mind when doing the practice steps!
Not Enough Shove its
As we stated before, the shove it is the secret to this trick. When Aaron sees people at the skatepark asking for help on their pop shove it, he asks them to do a shove it. After they land that, he has them do a pop shove it. And most of the time, they land it right away.
Make sure you practice the shove it enough times before you continue to the pop shove it. Then, simply apply all the same actions except flicking your back foot down and back.
Front Foot
The front foot should stay directly above the board so it can catch it if it starts to flip. If the front foot is too high or too far off to the side, then it won’t be there to catch it. If you’re having this problem, go back to the practice step of catching the board under you.
Below is a video we made all about the pop shove it. You can visually see how the trick plays out and how important the back foot is. We hope you enjoy it and can see all the different tips and tricks to landing this classic trick!
Pop Shove It Tutorial
We want to see your best pop shove its! Film a quick video and tag @brailleskate, #brailleskate and #brailleskateboarding on Instagram. Let us know what part of this helped you the most to landing this trick so we can help get everyone into skateboarding!
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does pop shove it makes your board go in front or just below you??
in front. Frontside popshuv would be behind you. – Nigel
I’m doing a pop shove it but I cannot land my two feet on the board only 1 foot stays on
practice holden on to something and do the pop shuvit or just a shuvit.then do it with out holding on to something
Commit to it
hi Braille(aaron) big fan of the channel and im a what you could say a pleb at skating and so what simple trick should you recommend I should learn first?????
If you want tricks that are like tricks you can pull in a flat ground game of skate, Ollie, Fs 180, Bs 180, shuv it, fs shuv it, Kickflip (if you ride normal if not heel flip first) heelflip, varials, and so on.
it will land under you
In front of you. hope it helps π
my back foot will not for the love of God stay on the board can you guys please help me
Maybe try to control the board with your front foot while its in air, creating a kind of an axis around which your board rotates. Hope this helps you like it did me
same lol
I keep on trying the shuv it but I make the board go 180 but it lends far away and I donβt land back on it
Today i tried my first pop shove it i see in the comments that Achillie had the same problem as my i do the shove but the board lands to far i cant get back on it
every time I try to do the shuvit, my board does the full 180, but it lands diagonally in front of me… any thoughts?
Can you please teach me in person I always fool onto my back Iβm only 12 please help me in person
I really want to pop shove it
It takes a while to understand, mine naturally drift to the side, that when i pop and jump i have to jump more to the side and forward to catch it because I scoop too much it sends it more. What helped me is standing stationary and going one foot pop shove for about 10 mins, than trying it slowly and low building up. I still miss mine sometimes but when i do i dont land trucks cause mine wont stay directly under
I literally have the exact same problem than everyone else, my back foot cant fall back on the board, wether the board spin feels right and doesnt land too far, my back foot like lands on the ground right after popping.. to sum, cant launch a pop shove it and make myself jump at the same time π Heeeeeeeeelp Braille sk8boarders
How do you keep it not flying away from you
Scoop it faster and behind you.
Who replied on that
How long after the pop do i scoop?
The board keeps on flying forward whenever I do the pop shove it what should I do
Hi Sean,
Check out this video if you haven’t already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyXwyN_t-is
If you need more help, submit a video to our Skate Support and they’ll give you some more tips! https://brailleskateboarding.com/learn-to-skate/skate-support/
I hope this helps. Keep practicing! Good luck out there, Sean!
– Erika from The Braille Shop
Hey there, awesome videos, super helpful. I can pop shove it standing still. But when I try rolling I’m struggling to land comfortably back on the board. Any tips on this ???
Hi!
Keep practicing. Keep your body aligned, don’t psyche yourself out. (Tends to happen when you’re attempting a trick while rolling) Don’t shuv as hard as you think.
Whenever I try a shove it, my board only turns halfway. Any tips?
my skateboard keeps flying out from under me
When I do it, it goes out in front of me and I only land on one foot
The board flies away from me! What do I do!
Hi Charlie,
I recommend trying to anticipate where the board is going to land before you pop and then trying to jump in that direction so you can compensate for that. If you would like, you’re welcome to send us a video of you trying it to us at shop@brailleskateboarding.com π
I started skating because of you guys, thank you so much for making my life better
when i try to pop like i cant control the board and it keeps on going out of control. Can someone help me with this?