How To: BACKSIDE BIGSPIN (Center of Tail!) | Backside Bigspin Tutorial

What this video teaches

Tom Rohrer breaks the backside bigspin into precise foot placement and timing, correcting the common assumption that the back toe should hang off the tail edge. He shows how twisting the shoulders before the pop, as in a backside 180, drives the spin, and closes with four numbered key takeaways for quick recall.

Key tips

• 1Keep the back toe in the center of the tail rather than hanging off the edge, hanging off actually causes the board to flip
• 2Line the front toe up with the back toe so both are centered rather than off to either rail
• 3Angle the front foot slightly more forward than a normal ollie stance
• 4Rise up onto the toes of both feet before popping, weight more on the ball of the front foot and even more on the ball of the back foot
• 5Shift a touch more weight onto the back foot right before the pop, then snap up and scoop
• 6Twist the shoulders into the spin direction as you bend down to pop, just like a backside 180 wind-up
• 7Turn your face and look in the spin direction as you pop so the whole body follows
• 8Let the front foot catch the board first as it comes around, then bring the back foot down to connect

Summarized from the video transcript.