The Role of the Front Foot in a Low Ollie

Lifting the board isn't the front foot's only job. Try this yourself: stand with both feet on the ground and pop the tail. The board will rotate upward, lifting the nose, and if you do nothing, it will continue rotating until it flips over. In a real ollie, your front foot is pushed upward by the nose, naturally controlling the board's rotation. Soon after, the board loses the upward motion of its center of mass and begins to fall back toward the ground. Unlike the mechanism behind a high ollie (Link), in a lower-powered ollie, the front foot's role is not to lift the board, but to prevent it from over-rotating.