Skateboard Trick Tip - Big Spin

What this video teaches

Alex Dotchev frames the big spin as weighted more toward the backside pop shove-it than the pop itself, arguing skaters should think of it primarily as a back shove-it that happens to include a pop rather than a pop trick that happens to rotate. He gives specific toe-and-edge foot placement detail most other tutorials skip, and ties the trick's most common landing failure directly to insufficient rotational commitment through the whole body, not just the feet.

Key tips

• 1Think of the trick as a backside shove-it with a pop added, not a pop trick with rotation added, and weight your focus toward the back foot accordingly
• 2Position your front foot toward the front bolts with about three toes on the board and the rest hanging off
• 3Position your back foot similarly toward the toe edge, with your foot's edge aligned right at the board's edge
• 4Look straight ahead rather than down at your feet as you commit to the spin
• 5Scoop your whole body, not just your feet, as you pop to generate enough rotational force
• 6If you're landing without enough momentum to roll away clean, the fix is committing your whole body to the backside spin harder, not just adjusting your feet
• 7Get your fakie big spin solid first, since it transfers directly into the regular-stance version
• 8Have a solid backside pop shove-it before attempting this, since the trick is built on top of it

Summarized from the video transcript.