How To: Frontside 180

What this video teaches

Another dedicated frontside-180-only tutorial with no flip — relevant here for its three-part breakdown of back-foot scoop, shoulder wind and unwind, and the front-foot pivot-landing technique that helps beginners complete the rotation even with a modest pop. Places the back foot in the heel-side pocket, scooping it forward through the pop.

Key tips

• 1Different trick (plain frontside 180, no flip) — kept for its rotation-drilling breakdown
• 2Place your back foot in the heel-side pocket of the tail and scoop it forward as you pop, the same motion as a frontside shove-it
• 3Wind your shoulders opposite your spin direction while rolling up, then open them frontside to about 90 degrees as you pop
• 4Let your hips follow your shoulders and your feet follow your hips — sequencing the wind-up in that order makes the rotation automatic
• 5Shift your weight onto your front foot as you rotate rather than staying back like you would for a normal ollie
• 6If you're not popping high enough for a full rotation, use a slight nose pivot to finish turning instead of forcing a bigger pop
• 7Practice the back-foot scoop and shoulder wind separately while stationary before combining them into the full popped trick
• 8Land in the switch position with your weight already shifted forward, not in a flat-footed fakie stance

Summarized from the video transcript.