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 How to 360 Flip
So before you get started on your 360 flips
Make sure you're very comfortable riding your board
You've been pushing around a lot, you've learned some of the basic tricks
You know how to ollie, you pop shove-it, you've got your kickflips
You've got all those down to a point
Where you can do them pretty well every time
And then you're ready to move on to your 360 flips
The first step of this, I suggest finding a nice crack
Put your back wheels in the crack and put your feet in a position like this
Your back foot is really on the side
You're going to need that to be over there
To be able to scoop the board and flip it to the full 360
And your front foot is going to be in the kickflip position
I put my foot the exact same position as a kickflip
Maybe a little more on the board
But yeah it's cocked at that same 45 degree angle
Now here's the main part of the 360 flip is that scoop that you saw right there
Now that back foot I want you to have your toe
Off the edge of the board like this
And you really s-- It's called a scoop
Because how my toe literally goes under the board and flips it around
And you've got to flip that back foot across that board
Scraping it on the ground and flipping it really hard. The harder the better
Because the harder you flick it right there, the faster it's going to flip around
And the easier time you're going to have landing it
On the motion with your front foot isn't all that much
You really just kick the board just a little bit
Just to make it flick and then you mainly just keep it there to catch it
As is done right there and land on it with both feet
The board shouldn't be really moving underneath you that much
Don't get this idea that it flies out
You see how I almost take off and land in the exact same spot there
So the main point is just that back foot again
And that scoop that goes right there
If you get that scoop down to a point where you can push it really hard
And you're popping your board properly
The board's going to flip right underneath you
You just jump up a little bit
Catch it with your front foot and then you just land
The other thing that I want to let you guys know
Is you don't have to jump high to do these tricks
I get a lot of question about how high do I have to jump?
Do I have to jump really high? You don't
You have to flick your board properly so it goes underneath you
Now notice my front foot doesn't do anything
It just stays right there in the air waiting for that board to flip to catch it
After you give that first little flick with your toe
Which makes your board flip, all you do is leave it there in the air
And wait for the board to come around so you can catch it with your front foot
On 360 flips, you catch it with your front foot
On regular kickflips, you usually catch it with your back foot
And the main point as I made before is just that flick of the back foot
I wanted to show you guys many different 360 flips
So you could get the idea here
I guess they all kind of look the same, but I hope it makes sense
I want you to notice really how hard I push my back foot
The back foot does all the work, notice that right there
Also notice the position of my knees
So you can really see how that foot scoops
It doesn't slide across, it really cocks underneath and scoops over
If you're scooping your board correctly
You're back knee is going to be real bent
So watch my back foot right here as it scoops under, scrapes across
And look at how fast and how hard my back foot of --
The toe of my back foot right there scraped around and that lifts up
My front foot has just basically been staying in the same position
Now it's going to drop down, it's going to catch on top of that board
Right there and then land
I pretty much literally landed in the same spot that I started
Right back into that crack
So you can see how much control you can get on this
So you can do it kind of in lines or wherever you want
This is a good like 'into tricks' 'out of tricks' once you get it
I don't want to give you the idea that this is the easiest trick
It's not, it's going to take a lot of practice and a lot of dedication
Which most all of skateboarding tricks do
So don't give up, keep practicing
If you need help, come to me, message me, upload your videos
You know what to do
Check out the website brailleskateboarding.com
And check out some of these other videos
I'm always down for your guys' feedback
And looking for better ways to interact with you so let me know
Thanks a lot