The Science of No Comply 180

What this video teaches

Whythetrick explains why the board does not hit your shin: it is not spinning flat, it spins after the nose has lifted toward the back leg, which shrinks the radius of horizontal rotation so the board passes between your legs. He recommends learning it rolling rather than standing still, because moving lets you push the board forward instead of pivoting it into your shin. His setup is front toe near the front bolts with the back foot flat on the tail and weight slightly forward, which tilts the board heel side and starts the frontside rotation on its own. Rather than jumping down off the board, he has you rotate the front foot around a vertical axis so it slips down, avoiding the timing delay that jumping creates.

Key tips

• 1Do not try to spin the board flat; pop so the nose lifts toward the back leg first, which shrinks the rotation radius and lets the board pass between your legs
• 2Front toe near the front bolts with the back foot flat on the tail, weight slightly forward, so the board tilts heel side and starts rotating frontside by itself
• 3Slip the front foot down by rotating it around a vertical axis like opening the front leg, instead of jumping down, which avoids the landing delay caused by your body dropping
• 4Learn it while rolling, not standing still, because moving lets the board travel forward instead of pivoting into your shin
• 5Send the tail forward toward the front heel side wheel; too hard and the board hits your thigh or flies away, too soft and it stops halfway
• 6Only a momentary pop is needed since the back foot follows the board mainly to stop it flipping, not to keep pushing it around
• 7Practice landing separately by setting the board down and jumping onto it in switch stance before trying to ride away

Summarized from the video transcript.