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== Variations ==
Once a skateboarder masters the kickflip, many variations are possible:

* Using a faster "flick" motion, the rider can spin the board multiple revolutions before landing. These tricks are named with respect to the number of revolutions: Double Kickflip (or "Double Flip"), Triple Flip, etc.
[[File:Skateboarding kickflip 2.jpg|thumb|Hardflip]]
* Many tricks combine the kickflip with a revolution of the board on the [[Cartesian coordinate system#In three dimensions|z axis]] in multiples of 180 degrees, as happens during a [[Pop-Shove It|pop shove-it]]. Backside rotations form the Varial Flip (180 degrees), 360 Flip, 540 Flip, etc. [[Frontside]] rotations form the Hardflip (180 degrees) and 360 Hardflip.
* During a kickflip the board and rider may both rotate together frontside or backside. These tricks are generally named using the number of degrees rotated and the direction of the spin—e.g. Backside 180 Kickflip (or "Backside Flip")—but may have special names for 360 rotations.
[[File:backsideflip.gif|thumb|"Backside Flip" over a ventilation grille ]]


* The rider may rotate Backside or frontside in the air while the board does not. The most common variation is the Kickflip Body Varial, where the rider spin frontside 180 degrees, landing on the board in [[switch stance]].
* The rider and board may rotate in opposite directions. These rarer tricks have less-established names. Some skaters have coined "Mother Flip" to describe a 360 Flip (rotating backside) combined with a 360 frontside body varial.
* During the board's spin, the rider may catch it with his/her hand(s) before landing. These tricks are often named according to the type of [[Grabs (skateboarding)|grab]] used. E.g. Kickflip Indy, Kickflip Melon.
* The rider may initiate the board's flip later in the ollie (after the ascent), or with the foot used to pop the board off the ground (the back foot in an ollie or front foot in a [[nollie]]). E.g., the most common is a Nollie Lateflip (or "Frontfoot Lateflip"), where the rider initiates the "flick" of a kickflip in the middle of a nollie. The Backfoot Lateflip (or "Late Backfoot Flip") has the rider using the back foot to initiate the flip during an ollie. Generally in "late" flips, since the flip occurs when the board is more parallel to the ground, the rider must initiate it with a downward tap of the foot rather than sliding a foot off an edge.
* The Double Kickflip is often combined with other types of kickflips. Examples include the Varial Double Flip (180 degree backside rotation), Double Hardflip (180 degree frontside rotation), and the Double 360 Flip (360 degree backside rotation).
* During the flip of the board, the rider may use the top of the front foot to alter the trick. In a Kickflip Underflip, the rider reverses the direction of the spin after the board has flipped once. In a Hospital Flip, the rider stops the rotation half-way, then flips the board 180 degrees on the axis pointing in the direction of the rider's feet so it lands right side up in the opposite direction.