How to: Backside kickflips with Danny Gonzales
How to: Backside kickflips with Danny Gonzales by RIDE Channel is a skateboarding tutorial for the Kickflip Backside 180. Short pro-perspective tip from Danny Gonzales (RIDE Channel) framing the trick as kickflip and backside 180 fundamentals combined, using a clock-face mental model to time the flick and catch mid-rotation.
What this video teaches
Short pro-perspective tip from Danny Gonzales (RIDE Channel) framing the trick as kickflip and backside 180 fundamentals combined, using a clock-face mental model to time the flick and catch mid-rotation. Emphasizes that persistence through the awkward combining phase, not new technique, is what closes the gap once both component tricks are solid.
Key tips
- Have proper kickflips and good backside 180s dialed in individually before attempting to combine them
- Get a clean, complete kickflip flip first; the backside spin builds on top of that flick, not instead of it
- Use a clock-face image to time the motion: kick around the 1 to 2 o'clock position and catch around 3 o'clock as the board is still turning backside
- After the catch, keep turning the body backside to finish the 180 the same way a standalone backside 180 finishes
- Expect the combined trick to take real practice even with both component tricks solid; persistence closes the gap, not a hidden technique
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Kickflip Backside 180