Quick and Easy 180 Tutorial - 7 Minute Tutorial
Quick and Easy 180 Tutorial - 7 Minute Tutorial by Skate IQ is a skateboarding tutorial for the Kickflip Backside 180. Rotation-fundamentals tutorial from Skate IQ covering both backside and frontside 180s, isolating the ground-up pop-and-spin mechanic and the blind-navigation problem specific to backside rotations.
What this video teaches
Rotation-fundamentals tutorial from Skate IQ covering both backside and frontside 180s, isolating the ground-up pop-and-spin mechanic and the blind-navigation problem specific to backside rotations. Does not include any flip element, but its shoulder/hip wind-up and backside spin-blind cues transfer directly into the rotation half of the backside 180 kickflip.
Key tips
- Note: this video teaches the plain 180 (no flip); combine its backside-rotation cues with kickflip flick practice for the full combo trick
- Generate rotation from the ground up: wind down and into the turn, then push straight up and unwind fast at the top, rather than sliding weight back and forth
- Spread the knees to wind up the hips naturally instead of just swinging the shoulders around
- For backside rotation, balance over the front foot in a slight hip hinge before spinning, since the landing spot cannot be seen on the way around
- Push the back foot straight back to send the tail toward the direction of travel, then distribute weight onto both feet before looking
- Delay looking for the landing until the rotation is nearly finished to avoid over-rotating and falling off the heel side
- Keep the upper body square to the board through the wind-up so the rotation carries real speed and power
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Kickflip Backside 180