First Starting Varialflips:
First you need to be able to pop shove-it consistantly and be able to at least flip a kickflip. You don't have to be able to land a Kickflip. I learned these before Kickflips.Get Into a pop shove-it position with your front foot in the middle of the board. Have your heel hanging off a little bit and point your toe towards the nose a little bit. Now start a pop shove-it and kick your front foot forwards. When the board gets to about 45 degrees you need to push your front foot down a little. You need to "snap" your ankle toward the ground like you would for a kickflip to make it flip. Now watch the board and se where it goes. Practice making these flip for a day or 2. When you can make them flip correctly you can start landing them. In order to land them you need to jump forward like for a pop shove-it. Unlike a pop shove-it, the board will be flipping. You will need to suck your legs up a little more. Jump towards the spot that board is going to land with your legs sucked up and land on that sucker. Practice. This trick is pretty easy and it looks pretty rad.


Perfecting your Varialflips: I would advise that you learn kickflips before going on to this step.
If you can land Varialflips pretty good and want to start catching them before they hit the ground you are gonna have to start making the board do its thing a little faster. Pop harder, scoop harder, and flip harder. You may notice that the board wants to fly forward when doing this. Just bend down more than you usually do so you can get better pop. Pop the board hard like you were gonna ollie a cone or something then scoop and flip it like you would for a normal Varialflip. Since the board is gonna by going a little higher and faster you are gonna need to be able to suck your legs up. Suck those legs up and stomp the board when it gets done flipping. You will need to make sure that the board stays under you like a kickflip so you can catch it better. Practice. You should learn this pretty fast. I lost my Varialflips for like a few months then got them back. A few days after I got them back I was getting them higher then before.