How-To Skateboarding: Frontside 180 With Matty Hunt

What this video teaches

Matty Hunt from the RIDE Channel gives a clean, concise breakdown of the frontside 180, noting you can do a low swooped version or a popped high version depending on your progression level. He highlights bending into a crouch and already starting the shoulder turn during the crouch so the spring off the tail launches you already in rotation, and stresses keeping shoulders centered over the board throughout.

Key tips

• 1You can learn a low swooped frontside 180 first, then work toward a high popped version, both are valid
• 2Begin turning your shoulders during the crouch (before the pop) so the rotation starts as soon as you leave the ground
• 3Back foot in normal ollie position on tail; front foot with toes just slightly hanging off the edge
• 4The spring off the tail combined with pre-turning shoulders makes the board naturally begin to guide its rotation
• 5Whip your shoulders around to complete the 180 and keep them centered over the board at landing
• 6Stay centered, shoulders over hips, hips over board, to avoid falling forward or backward on the fakie landing
• 7This trick is great for warming up and for cruising, learn it low-commitment first before adding height
• 8Being able to ride switch before attempting the trick makes the fakie landing feel much less intimidating

Summarized from the video transcript.