How to Do a No Comply on a Skateboard

An interesting old school trick you can work on learning after you are comfortable with your ollies is a no comply. This trick is essentially a mix between an ollie and a boneless. Personally, I like to think about the no comply as a one-footed ollie. If that doesn't make sense to you right now, hopefully it will after I explain how the trick is done.

First of all, this is a trick with many variations which is what makes the no comply so appealing and versatile. In my personal experience, the technique I will explain here is the most common way to approach a no comply, and once you get comfortable with it you can go ahead and incorporate your own style.

The entire trick is in the back foot - ollie by slamming your back foot down, and as the board rises you want to step off with your front foot and plant it on the ground. Then, with your back foot, you want to both guide the board and level it out. You may now see the similarities between the no comply and the ollie.

So now hopefully you understand the physics behind a no comply, but how do you do one?

Place your back foot on the tale of the board in the same place you would when you go for an ollie. Place your front foot right before the nose of the board.

Like I briefly explained before, we want to step off the board with our front foot at about the same time we slam our back foot down for the ollie. When you step off with your front foot, place your foot facing the direction you are going, parallel with the board. It will help if you hang your front foot off the board a little bit prior to stepping off.

Now, once you slam your back foot down for the ollie and your front foot is on the ground, jump off of your front foot. As you jump, guide the board up with your back foot, and then level it out if necessary so you can land on it.

Now you want to lean forward and land back on the board to complete the trick. When you come down for the landing, you will most likely be in a position like if you were doing a manual. This is normal, but you can work on leveling the board out a little more with your back foot.

The most common mistake people encounter when trying to learn how to do a no comply is pushing the board out and away and not being able to land back on it to complete the trick. Committing to the trick is crucial to your success - don't do a lazy man jump or skip over some steps and then get frustrated. Look down at your board, and make sure you jump and get a decent amount of height.

No complies are difficult tricks to learn and they take a lot of practice to master. This is mainly because it is a one-footed trick and takes a lot of adjusting to. Keep practicing and you can incorporate 360 flips or varials into your no comply.