Welcome back. Today I will be talking about the front-side 180 and backside 180. These two tricks are both very important for later tricks and are actually really fun to do once you get them down. The 180’s originated from bowl skateboarding just like the ollie did, but these two are consistently considered real tricks while the ollie is not. 180’s can be considered the easiest tricks to learn after the ollie, but some people say they aren’t. Personally, once you learn these tricks consistently I think they can be two of the most fun tricks you can learn.
The front side 180 is the easier of the two in my opinion. It is a very consistent trick that once you learn it you learn it. You can do them off of almost anything with ease and they usually look very nice. The frontside 180 involves a way of moving your board in a way that makes your body turn so that you always see the board. Sometimes I tilt my foot at an angle to make it so that it is easier to turn my body. I would usually do this while learning. I feel like the frontside 180 is less scary compared to the backside 180. It is also a lot easier to learn. Sometimes this trick is easier fakie. The fakie frontside 180 involves the person riding fakie and doing the frontside 180. Sometimes the momentum of going backwards helps.
The backside 180 is the alternative to the frontside 180 and is way harder in my opinion. This usually takes a lot longer to learn because of the difficulty of the trick. First off, you are doing the 180 in a way so that you can’t see your board. That scared me at first but then I got used to it and it is one of my favorite tricks to this day. I would say that the fakie backside 180, or the half cap is a lot easier. You can see your board the whole time and it gives you the right momentum to turn backside when you are riding regular. All in all, the 180’s are 2 of my favorite tricks and I recommend giving them a try next time you are on a board.
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