Learn How to “360 Flip” from Paul Rodriguez
Learn How to “360 Flip” from Paul Rodriguez by Paul Rodriguez is a skateboarding tutorial for the Double Varial Kickflip. This video is a demonstration by Paul Rodriguez of the 360 flip (tre flip), a different trick that also uses a big backside scoop with the back foot plus a small front foot tap, not the double varial kickflip.
What this video teaches
This video is a demonstration by Paul Rodriguez of the 360 flip (tre flip), a different trick that also uses a big backside scoop with the back foot plus a small front foot tap, not the double varial kickflip. It's included here for its scoop technique cues, which share the same big-scoop-little-tap mental model used in shove-it-based flip tricks, but it does not actually cover the double varial kickflip's double rotation or varial motion.
Key tips
- Position your back foot in the pocket just after the tail starts rising, toes hanging off the edge
- Keep your front foot up on your tiptoes so it can help push the board through the spin
- Think of the back foot motion as scraping gum off the tip of your shoe, a big, committed scooping action
- Let the front foot contribute only a small tap forward, the rotation should come mainly from the back foot scoop
- Note this video covers the 360 flip's scoop mechanic, not the double varial kickflip, treat it as a tangential scoop reference only
- The big-scoop, little-tap relationship between back and front foot is a useful mental model for any shove-it-based flip trick
- Repeat the scoop motion many times, consistency in the scoop matters more than any single clean attempt
- Don't rely on this video alone for the double varial kickflip specifically, cross-reference with the dedicated varial kickflip and double kickflip videos in this set
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Double Varial Kickflip