Kickflips are a considered a basic trick, it may sound easy by that but let me start off by stating learning this trick is no picnic. It's a difficult trick to learn but it's easy to do as soon as you get it down. Basically what the trick is, is that you drag your foot of the corner to make the board flip all the way around.

Tricks to learn first: Ok before you try and learn Kickflips have the tricks down really good. Make sure you land them 90% of the time: Ollie (About 1 deck high) Shove it both ways, pop shove it both ways. I would also recommend learning 180's both ways before the kickflip although you don't need to.

Setup: Setup your back foot on the corner of the tail. Put your front foot around where you do an Ollie but have your heel hanging off. 

Performing the Kickflip: Start off with a few pushes to get going a decent speed, not too fast, add more speed as you get better. Pick a spot that you want to kickflip over. Once you almost get to the spot your going to Kickflip, pop the tail with your back foot and suck up your back foot, as soon as you pop the tail with your back foot start sliding your foot up the board and to the corner and the board will begin to flip. Wait until you see the grip tape, once you see the grip make your back foot stop the rotation and immediately put your front foot on. Land and roll away...

I know you won't land this first try, it takes a ton of practice.

Common Problems: You come down before the board flips all the way: You need to bend your knees lower before you pop the tail and jump high when your feet leave the board. 

The board flips too slow: You just need to flip the board faster, slide your foot up the board and off the corner as fast as you can. Also try putting your foot at more of an angle. 

The board goes behind you: This seems to occur quite a bit, it can be fixed pretty easy, it's just a problem of how you flip the board, you need to practice and get good control of the board. Try adjusting your feet until you find a spot that the board flips well and you have control of it.

You land in Manual: This is pretty easy to fix, the problem is that you are coming down with your weight balance bad, you need to lean more on your front foot so this won't happen, make sure your front foots on the bolts otherwise your board may snap.

Another major problem people have is just a problem committing, you have to try and land on the board, you may get hurt but you have to learn to land on the board.

Any other problems please email me: velocityskateboarding@yahoo.com or pm me in the forum.

Good Luck!