Backside 180

A backside 180 is one of my favorite tricks. You can do it small while you're still learning, or huge and slow once you have it down. The technique is the same; the style is all yours.
Difficulty: Average

Time Required: Practice

Here's How:

1. Ride straight at a small bump or roller with the base of your board flat.
2. Stay flat-based until you're just about to take off.
3. At the lip of the jump, spring off of your toes.
4. Suck your legs up toward your chest and grab indy. (Once you've mastered the indy grab, experiment with grabbing mute, tail or doing a backside 180 method.)
5. Rotate slowly because you're only going to spin 180 degrees.
6. Look down between your legs to spot your landing.
7. Let go of your grab and extend your legs for the landing.
8. As you absorb the landing, continue looking uphill for just a second until your board is firmly planted. Then turn and ride away smoothly.

Tips:
Try to land a little bit on your toeside edge at first to avoid catching your heelside edge as you come around. Then get used to landing flat-based.

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