How To: FRONTSIDE FLIP - With Guest Pro Jordan Maxham | Frontside Flip Tutorial
How To: FRONTSIDE FLIP - With Guest Pro Jordan Maxham | Frontside Flip Tutorial by Tom's Tutorials is a skateboarding tutorial for the Heelflip Frontside 180. Covers the frontside flip (a kickflip combined with a frontside 180), not the heelflip version — relevant here only for its frontside-rotation coaching, since the shoulder-and-hip wind-up mechanics carry directly over to heelflip frontside 180.
What this video teaches
Covers the frontside flip (a kickflip combined with a frontside 180), not the heelflip version — relevant here only for its frontside-rotation coaching, since the shoulder-and-hip wind-up mechanics carry directly over to heelflip frontside 180. Jordan Maxham stresses standing up on the toes of both feet before popping, twisting the shoulders through the pop like a frontside 180, and pushing the board out in front of you to avoid getting ahead of it.
Key tips
- Different trick (kickflip-based frontside flip) — only the rotation and setup cues transfer to heelflip frontside 180
- Twist your shoulders through the pop just like a plain frontside 180, aiming to face forward by the time you pop
- Stand up on the toes of both feet, not flat-footed, right before popping to get a harder pop and flick
- Lean back slightly after popping and push the board out in front of you so you don't get ahead of it and lean too far forward
- Flick early, right as you're popping, rather than waiting — a late flick is a common timing mistake
- Think turn 90 degrees through the pop and let your body carry the rotation the rest of the way to keep the board level
- Commit fully once the board is under you rather than trying to kick it away, since a half-committed board tangles between your legs
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Heelflip Frontside 180