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Sucks that it's on the berries but the gum/cigarette methods help me get the scoop right for 360 flips.
https://youtu.be/6YlQAFip5mc?t=37
Another tip that got me closer was that back foot scoop direction should be more of a behind you forward motion (as if you were trying to push your back lag towards the front of your board but keeping it behind your front leg (hard to explain and I cant find the vid but this one is saying the same thing:
https://youtu.be/pT6n82iLeeg?t=32
My tip for impossibles:
Visualize how a bicycle crank works (facing the crank and using your hand to rotate it). Now pretend you are grabbing a pedal from the 3 O'clock position and bring it up to 12 O'clock really fast. 5:30 is where you ollie and 630 is where you push the back forward and start to bring it up.
Ollie (we're not doing bitch 360 shuvs here) now you push down and forward just slightly then complete the crank motion.
Thing is, it's not a fast trick when you first learn it...it's very slow do to the wrap motion and the wrap doesn't work like a tre flip, you have to make it wrap but making your back foot moved down, forward and up...you've all done the motion of you done them sitting down popping the tail and fucking around.
What does my front foot do during this entire time? Like the bicycle crank visual you mentioned.
Mike Mo kickflip video for those who were looking.
Tried this, fixed my kickflips up today. Was hating them over the past few weeks and couldn't get the timing right. Popping closer to the tip helped get the board off the ground instead of me ninja kicking prematurely.
not an actual trick tip but i learned how to front shuv much better from watching chris cole; bringing the front knee up instead of out made it click.
This one helped a lot too, the board rotated under my feet and I didn't have to jump back as much.
I've read a lot of good 360 flip tips (scoop in the direction you are rolling, weight over the back leg, pressure on your big toe etc etc,) on here and they make sense in my head, but my body just doesn't want to do the motions.
The back tail thread has been very helpful, its probably the trick I've progressed the fastest with. Reading that you need to do a solid ollie first then use your hips/front leg to sort of whip the board 90, rather than try to scoop it like you do a back 180 really unlocked them for me. They are still very much a work in progress for me but I think the tips I've read on here have really helped me understand the trick more than others I've tried to learn.
Glad that thread helped you out. I've shared this picture so many times to everyone trying them -
Using the back foot to give a slight nudge after locking in is needed to overcome the inertia of locking in so you can keep sliding forward, really get that baseplate pressed up against the ledge for the controlled slide. Also, rotating / opening up your shoulder after locking in ensures you can keep your forward momentum and prevent just slipping out fakie.