My name is Aaron Kyro
I'm a skateboarder from the San Francisco Bay Area
I've been skateboarding for a very long time
And today I'm going to teach you guys
How to do a backside 180
Just like all the other tricks
I want to make sure that you've been riding around your board a lot
You're very comfortable, you've been pushing, turning
You learned your hippie jumps
You learned how to ollie
You learned how to do frontside 180s
And the next trick up is backside 180
So in order to learn this trick
You need to find yourself a good crack
Get comfortable on the board
Set your feet up like this
Your front foot is in the ollie position, same thing
And your back foot is basically the same as it is for an ollie
Basically all this trick is is an ollie
But what you're going to do differently is going to be up in your shoulders
And how you turn your body
So I'm going to give you a little preparation for that
So the first thing that I want to go over is
What you're going to do with your upper body
Because you've got your ollies down so there's no problem with that
So the thing you're going to be paying attention to mostly is your shoulders
So as you bend down and you do that motion right there
So you're going to bend down
And you're going to pop up, slide the foot
And then you're going to turn your shoulders like that
Usually the easiest way to learn this trick is to learn it like an oille
And as you're already in the air and your upper half your body is twisting
And then the lower half which is your left legs just follow through
And then you can go all the way around and do the 180
So I'm going to show you this one more time just to make it very clear
Because this is the most important part about it
Is really those upper half of the body, the shoulders
So you got your ollies down so now you're going to bend
With a lot of attention on your shoulder
And how you're turning the upper half of your body
So bend down, pop up and then turn backside which is towards the toes
Just like as shown right there
It's a little bit of a timing thing too and how I get used to it is I ollie
And then I land on the nose and then I turn
So you can see how the upper half of my body turns already
And then I just slide my feet around
This is a good way to practice the trick
Because you don't have to be able to do the whole thing in the air
Some of you guys might have a little bit of a hard time ollieing
And then landing on the front trucks like that
But I think it's a little bit easier to do it and learn it this way
So I wanted to show you this as a little bit of a gradient step
To doing the entire backside 180 in the air
Because all it is is basically you ollie
And then your shoulders are already turned as you're ollieing
And then you can bring your legs around
So once you've got that and you feel like you've got comfortable with that
Then you learn how to do the whole thing in the air
So you're going to pop up
And you see how I'm turning my legs the whole time?
But my shoulders turn first as you notice right there
And then I just bring it around
This is also one of those tricks that you can kind of look
And be watching the whole time
It's very easy to see your feet and your legs the way that you're going around
You can see my head right there
But notice how the shoulders are always turned first
That's the most important part
I think if you guys get really down where your shoulders are pointing
In terms of how your board is going to work
It's going to help you out a lot
Sometimes I have kids ask me
"Why is my boarding turning when I do a kickflip and I want it to just stay straight?"
And the usual reason for that is because you're turning your shoulders
So make sure you keep your shoulders in line with your board
If you're doing just a straight ollie, a straight kickflip
And obviously if you're doing a frontside 180
You want to turn your shoulders frontside with the board
If you're doing a backside 180 you want to turn your shoulder backside
This is something that you're going to just have to practice and get used to
And you'll get it down in no time. Don't worry
Now one tip if you're going to learn this over something
Is really just take it at first like almost like a late backside 180
Ollie up and then turn your shoulders and then turn your legs afterwards
And you can even do how I showed you the first way
Where you ollie up, you land on the first truck and you do what's called a pivot
And you just land on the front truck and then slide that back foot around
That'll also help you just learn how to do the whole thing in the air like I said
So practice this one a lot
Do it going fast, slow, just do it all over the place
Up curbs, down curbs so you get really good at it
Later on when you start learning the flip trick variations
Like you learn backside flips or backside heelflips
This is a solid fundamental trick so you're going to want to learn it well
I want to make sure you guys are practicing a lot
Like one thing is if you can get out every day
And do all the tricks that you learned before every time you skate
That's what I did and it really helped me out a lot
If you guys need help with this or any other trick
Upload a video of yourself attempting that trick to youtube and send me the link
That's always the best way to get help because I can see exactly what you guys are doing
And then I can help you out the best
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