Ollie on a snowboard

Reviewer About as complete as an ollie tutorial gets -- worth the full watch.

Moderator Long, thorough, entirely about the ollie -- definition, technique, timing games, and where you'll use it in the park. Never wanders off topic.

Reviewer Watching a real beginner get corrected in real time and visibly improve — this is how you coach an ollie.

Moderator Whole video is a live ollie coaching session start to finish. Can't get more on-topic.

Reviewer Best structured progression in this batch — drills before tricks.

Moderator Entire video is the ollie broken into a clean progression. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Explains what goes wrong and why, not just what to do right -- strong lesson.

Moderator Comprehensive, dedicated ollie lesson -- approach, takeoff, air position, landing -- with troubleshooting for the two most common failure modes (weight too far back or forward).

Reviewer Goes deeper than the usual ollie explanation -- genuinely useful nuance.

Moderator Entirely and specifically about the ollie -- goes past the generic explanation everyone gives and into the actual mechanism (loading and reading your board's flex/rebound) that makes it click.

Reviewer Clear, well-sequenced, and it actually explains why it works instead of just what to do.

Moderator Core focus is teaching the ollie mechanic itself - flexing the tail, using the spring-back, timing the pop, landing balanced. Also usefully distinguishes ollie from a plain pop.

Reviewer Names the exact mistake most beginners make -- worth watching for that alone.

Moderator Full lesson on the ollie mechanics, start to finish, plus a named common mistake and where to practice.

Reviewer Efficient, complete, no wasted words -- exactly what you want.

Moderator Entirely an ollie lesson from setup to speed control on the way out. No detours.

Reviewer Textbook beginner progression — safe spot, feel it stationary, then add speed and obstacles.

Moderator Straight-up foundational ollie tutorial from a resort instructor, nothing else competing for the runtime.

Reviewer Short, structured, and explains the landing part most beginners miss.

Moderator Whole clip is the ollie, broken into three clean parts: load the front foot, pop off the tail, level out for landing. Nothing else going on here.

Reviewer Names the mistakes, then fixes each one - well structured.

Moderator Thorough ollie lesson - names three common mistakes, then gives the full technique to fix them, then applies it to actual riding.

Reviewer The shoulder-twist warning is the standout - that's what actually causes most ollie crashes.

Moderator Three distinct, correct ollie tips - shoulder/hip/board alignment, weight shift plus leg pull, neutral body position in the air for landing.

Reviewer Good fundamentals and a real credible voice — just wading through a booking pitch on either end.

Moderator This is the ollie, full stop — takeoff, air, landing, nothing else competing for attention. Squarely on the sub-skill.

Reviewer Good depth — takes you from standing still all the way to riding it in a traverse.

Moderator Fully dedicated to the ollie (and its mirror, the nollie), staying on topic the entire time.

Reviewer Proper progression, not just 'here's an ollie, go try it.'

Moderator The entire video is a progression specifically for learning the ollie — nothing else competing for time.

Reviewer Breaks the movement into pieces before asking you to put it together -- solid teaching.

Moderator Straightforward, dedicated ollie tutorial from the ground up -- exactly the sub-skill, built explicitly for first-timers.

Reviewer Solid breakdown, just wade through the intro fluff to get to the good stuff.

Moderator Whole video is the ollie start to finish -- history of the name, why it matters as a foundation trick, and a full technique breakdown. Nothing else competing for airtime here.

Reviewer Clean, systematic, professionally taught - strong.

Moderator A snowboard camp's full mechanical breakdown of the ollie, start to finish - stance, loading the tail, extension, landing.

Reviewer Same good refinement tip as the other copy of this video.

Moderator Same content as the matching belly-button/knees-up video - squarely the ollie plus the knees-up refinement.

Reviewer The knees-up tip is a nice refinement once you've got the basic pop down.

Moderator Squarely the ollie, with an added refinement (bringing the knees up in the air) beyond the base mechanic.

Reviewer Useful real-park tips, just delivered a bit loosely.

Moderator Squarely about ollie technique and its application -- loading the tail, lining up straight, bending knees, then how it carries over to boxes, jumps, and switch riding.

Reviewer Real technique upgrades - snap point, timing on rollers, squaring out in the air. Skip past the merch pitch.

Moderator Whole video is about getting more out of an ollie you can already do - camber snap point, timing the pop on rollers, riding with momentum instead of standing still. Core focus stays on the ollie throughout, just the refined end of it.

Reviewer Same solid speed-management fix as the other copy.

Moderator Same content as the matching approach/speed-management video.

Reviewer Good conceptual explanation, a little choppy in delivery.

Moderator Breaks down the underlying two-phase mechanism of the ollie - building pressure, then releasing it as pop.

Reviewer Nails a mistake most tutorials skip: managing your speed into the ollie.

Moderator Focuses on the approach phase specifically - finding the right terrain and speed before attempting the pop.

Reviewer Good side-by-side to see what separates a clean ollie from a sloppy one.

Moderator Numbered breakdown of the actual ollie mechanics — stacked stance, loading at the base, extension through the lip. Squarely the technique itself.

Reviewer Solid basics, doesn't go much beyond that.

Moderator Squarely the ollie - weight forward, shuffle to flex the board, spring off the tail, land on both feet.

Reviewer Good, specific correction if you're already landing your ollies but they're heavy.

Moderator Names the exact common mistake (pulling legs in) versus the correct focus (extending the back leg) for the ollie — squarely on topic.

Reviewer Gets you started and gives you drills to practice with a friend - light on the how-it-works part.

Moderator Squarely the ollie - what it is, why it matters, and how to start drilling it with a buddy. Core focus of the whole clip.

Reviewer Good drills once you get past all the channel promo.

Moderator Whole video, guest coach and all, is a straight-up ollie lesson -- stationary drills into moving drills. On topic throughout.

Reviewer Clear and correct, if a bit brief.

Moderator A snowboard instructor teaching the ollie as the first trick you learn, full step-by-step.

Reviewer Real tips, but half of this is a jacket commercial.

Moderator Short clip, entirely devoted to ollie technique — alignment, board flex, knees up. On topic throughout.

Reviewer Decent style cue for riders who already have the ollie down, thin as a standalone lesson.

Moderator Entirely about ollie technique and making it look bigger — belly button behind the back binding, decambering the board, knees up. On topic, just narrow in scope.

Reviewer Good points, but narrated over someone else's riding rather than taught directly to you.

Moderator Still core ollie content, just a refinement angle -- assumes you can already ollie and breaks down the four things that add height (tail flex, knee tuck, arm use, approach speed).

Reviewer Good fix for a real mistake, but keeps steering you to paid content.

Moderator A ride-critique specifically diagnosing an ollie mistake - trying to load and spring in one motion instead of two - and how to fix it. Core ollie technique.

Reviewer Good variation ideas, light on the fundamentals themselves.

Moderator Opens with the basic static ollie, then extends into toeside-to-toeside and heelside-to-heelside ollie variations while carving - still squarely about ollie mechanics.

Reviewer Correct but bare - just the steps, nothing extra.

Moderator Direct step-by-step ollie instruction start to finish - stance, pop, leveling the board, landing.

Reviewer More showcase than lesson - doesn't explain the variations.

Moderator About practicing ollie variations (switch, fakie/nollie, off different edges) - squarely on the skill, but as a demo reel of variety rather than a technique lesson.

Reviewer Explains what an ollie is for, not really how to do one.

Moderator Ollie and nollie both squarely on topic — explicitly framed as a beginner lesson on this exact move.

Reviewer Smart when-to-use-what breakdown, more conceptual than a hands-on how-to.

Moderator About half this video is actually about 'pop', a related but distinct two-footed move, used as a foil to explain the ollie. Genuinely useful contrast but it dilutes how squarely this is 'about' the ollie specifically.

Reviewer Correct info, but it's talked at you rather than shown - pair it with a demo video.

Moderator It's about the ollie mechanic - flexing one leg, shifting the board, popping off the tail - but it's delivered off-snow, standing still, in fairly abstract body-mechanics language ('flexion and extension of the legs independently'). It's on topic, just not the clearest packaging of it.

Reviewer Too short to actually teach you the move -- just a taste.

Moderator Short clip, but every second of it is about the ollie -- loading the tail, popping, nothing else in frame.