How To: FRONTSIDE BIGSPIN | Frontside Bigspin Tutorial

What this video teaches

Comprehensive tutorial from Tom Rohrer covering foot placement, weight distribution, and the shoulder-wind timing that drives the frontside rotation, closing with a five-point recap. Frames the back foot as doing all the popping and all the scooping while the front foot's only job is getting out of the way to catch.

Key tips

• 1Place your back foot on the inside (toe-side) edge of the tail, not centered, like a frontside shove-it
• 2Put most of your weight on the back foot, pressing it down harder than a frontside shove-it alone would require
• 3Keep your front foot flat and roughly centered with the toe hanging off slightly, staying flat rather than angled through the whole trick
• 4Turn your shoulders during the roll-up, timing the twist so you're nearly facing forward right as you pop, like a frontside 180
• 5Snap down on the tail as hard and fast as you can, the initial snap strength drives how much the board rotates
• 6Push the board out in front of you as you scoop, not straight down, and lean back slightly to help it get there
• 7Let your front foot lift and angle upward immediately after the pop so it's out of the way to catch, don't worry about steering it
• 8Jump slightly forward and stay above the board on the way down so your heels don't hang off the tail on landing

Summarized from the video transcript.