HOW TO FRONTSIDE 180 THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL 2020

What this video teaches

Aaron Kyro teaches the frontside 180 with a strong emphasis on upper-body wind-up: the head and shoulders must turn before the pop, and the legs follow the rotation naturally. He covers multiple learning pathways including a nose-pivot cheat step and a bank-ramp progression drill, and stresses that pre-winding upper body accounts for 90% of rotation failures. Includes slow-motion footage and a dedicated practice step for the head-and-shoulder turn.

Key tips

• 1Wind up your head and shoulders BEFORE you pop, they lead the rotation and your legs follow automatically
• 2Back foot sits in the ball-of-toe position on the side of the tail (heel-side pocket) for extra frontside scoop
• 3Front foot position is nearly identical to an ollie, drag it up the board as you turn
• 4Use the cheater pivot drill: pop an ollie, land on the nose, then pivot the tail around to feel the upper-body motion
• 5Practice the shoulder turn as a standalone drill, stand still, drag front foot up the board while rotating head and shoulders
• 6Try it on a bank ramp first, frontside kick turns up a bank mimic the motion without the landing-switch pressure
• 7Get comfortable riding switch before committing to flat-ground frontside 180s so rolling away fakie doesn't panic you
• 890% of rotation failures = not turning the upper body enough; the other 10% = insufficient ollie pop

Summarized from the video transcript.