How to Backside Flip

What this video teaches

This is a detailed breakdown of the backside 180 KICKFLIP (not the heelflip), covering six phases: setup, load, launch, tail strike, footwork, and landing. Included here because its backside-180 wind-up, shoulder pairing, and halfway-catch mechanics are identical to those needed for the backside 180 heelflip; only the actual flick motion differs, kickflip toe-drag versus heelflip toe-out.

Key tips

• 1Wind up and squat at the same time rather than winding up after you are already low, pairing the shoulder rotation with the launch gives far more spin power
• 2Take your trailing shoulder and bring it over your front toe as you squat, this keeps your balance centered through the pop
• 3Pair the backside rotation directly with the launch: start spinning as your legs extend into the jump, not after you leave the ground
• 4At the halfway, 90-degree point, the board should sit on the heel side of your body's centerline for a backside-spinning trick, this confirms the rotation is tracking correctly
• 5Keep your feet soft and accurate on the catch rather than rushing or overpowering it, precision matters more than speed
• 6Stay floating in the air as long as possible before extending your legs down to stand on the board
• 7The wind-up cues here (shoulder pairing, halfway catch, heel-side centerline) apply directly to a backside 180 heelflip, only the front-foot flick motion changes from kickflip to heelflip
• 8If you keep falling off the tail or off your toes during the pop, you are not winding up enough before the launch, it is not a landing problem

Summarized from the video transcript.