Ollie Physics: Skateboarding Explained

Aatish Bhatia, a recent graduate with a Ph D in physics and a love for skateboarding, recently published this article on WIRED titled "The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can’t Skate." The article is nicely illustrated with a video and a series of animated GIFs the explore the mechanics of the Ollie.