The heelflip is a trick invented by Rodney Mullen. It is one of the first basic flip tricks that a beginner skateboarder would learn. The heelflip is like the harder variation of a kickflip. It is when you ollie, you kick or slide your front foot diagonally across the nose of the board, out and forward to create the flipping motion. The difference between it and the kickflip is the fact that in a heeflip the board spins in the opposite direction, which flips forward instead of backward.