I really hate being nit picky at these kinds of things because it makes me feel mean so I’ll let someone else decide
After reviewing my footage when I recorded I was disappointed that many I thought were good were not, only had one that I considered to be actually 180, the rest were between 150 and 170 - I have perfectionist tendancies at times
I get how annoying it is to re-do it, I did the entirely wrong trick the first time
If you lift the wheels spin the board around so your back end is facing the other way, land and carry on rolling it its a land dude, I think you are thinking too much about it if you wouldn’t class 170 as a land.
Id like to think if you can turn out of it to straight its a 180.
If it was a 90, there is no turning out of that.
So Id like to think if you can land it then it can be considered a 180.
Even some go 190, would that no longer be a 180 then?
I think even those who go 190 would say its a 180.
Its that area between about -25 or +25 from 180 I would consider acceptable if you can keep it rolling.
I believe anything more and your prob eating dirt.
ok, so i think i did it? got little time nefkre the weather kicks in, it was still like 93 feels like 103 when i recorded
i think i ended up doing a BS nollie here and there
but hopefully some of the other attempts count (ignore the regular nollies if you want, i was tired)
Backside 180 is scary
This challenge helped me to face the fear and improve it further
I pulled a muscle, sprained my ankle and the heatshrink of the battery was torn.
It’s harder on dirt jumps because you need some speed and if you fail you are fucked. The thing is that you have to ride in reverse after the jump which needs a lot of practice. The “mini” jump in the video is a small table which you should clear, you know what happens if not .
In the video there is one single normal jump, I wanted to do a frontside 180, tried it twice but didn’t have the balls. I can do frontside 180’s (or 360’s) on smaller jumps when landing on flat but on steep dirt jumps with sloping landing I have a blockade in the head. I must finally pull myself together.
If you want to practice small jumps or 180’s I can recommend to search for a step up feature. E.g. a small natural kicker with flat grass landing. On a step up it’s easier to practice and falling hurts much less. Here an example of a nice spot where I did my first 180’s, the natural kicker is not visible here but you can imagine it. Also the evidence that I improved my fakie skills.