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Landed 360 flips for the first time in 15+ years, did a heck of a lot of research and just went for them today. Managed to skate a flatground spot with slick floors which definitely helped. Landed 5-6 out of 40, went 3 straight at 1 point before the lactic acid was too much. Catching with my legs too close together and jumping way too far ahead of my board, but lord that feeling of landing was indescribable. Finally learned BS Kickflips this year too, I finally have 2 tricks I'm inconsistent at for clutch use in SKATE.
Rocklobster that's so sick. What trick tips worked for you?
This post from silhouette made the difference for me:
Also for those struggling with 360 flips, yesterday at the park I taught two kids how to land their first ones, they had that typical problem of being hunched over the nose so the board would stay behind them. By breaking down the correct posture and alignment for them I realized a good indicator that I've always subconsciously used but never really defined that helped them get their landings instantly, basically before you pop you need to be sitting just as far back (and with a straight back) as so that the knee on your front leg is past your face. Looking straight down your face and vision should be focused on your thigh and nothing past your knee. If you're seeing anything past your knee then the board probably won't go in front of you because you're too hunched over. That fixes your position in a way so that your center of gravity is properly adjusted to the motions of the trick and you can basically just sit through the execution as the board stays under you while flipping (as long as you don't do anything funny with your shoulders and keep them square). I guess the same stands for impossibles as well although I've always just done the latter without overthinking its execution nearly as much.
Couple of other things I picked up:
1) had to unlearn decades of bad practices - foot in the tail pocket, front foot does 25% of the work, back foot does the remaining 75%
2) had to get my front foot really far back, like on the back 50% of the deck, and i kept it really pointy almost like I was doing a mob flip like Greco demonstrates in the old Transworld video
3) front foot does 5-10% of the trick, back foot does the 90-95% of the work
4) keeping my posture upright and my shoulders somewhat parallel with the board, dip you head and the board ends up behind you.
5) focus on jumping up instead of forward, my back foot was shoving with the force of 1000 suns but I jumping 2 feet in front of it
6) back foot on the tip of the tail, find the sweet spot between the pocket and the tip of the tail (
, Ben Degros shows photos of the preferred foot position)
7) back foot scoops down and forward, my friend mentioned thinking of it like you're drawing a "J" with your back foot, I only found this out towards the end of my session and my legs were gone, but it really help with getting a more consistent and controlled rotation and flip, I landed on the deck and fell off a couple of time which is still better than me trying and my board ending up 1/2 way to China
some guy saw me struggling with them yesterday and advised me to work on getting more tail scrape into the 360 flip, you know the kind that has your tail rubbing hard against the ground and it sounds like you get the digging sound, it offers less height and are easier to catch, either way thinking of getting a solid pop and way less ghost pop.
Also, stop saying good stuff to me. I'm already stressing I won't be able to land them next session.
Need to work on keeping my feet spread apart, I either land over my front bolts / nose like a eunuch, or over the center of my board, like a eunuch.
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