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STREET: 360 and Fakie 360
There is really nothing hard to do in landing a 360. You just have to spin fast enough to pull it out before you hit the ground. To accomplish this you can spin slowly and jump high, or spin fast, and stay low. For the purposes of this page, assume you want a normal jump with a fairly fast spin.
The first step in doing a 360 is the approach. Get on your favorite flat stretch of pavement, and roll at a fairly slow speed. Crouch down at your knees and waist as if you are going to jump, and put your arms on one side of you. Next explode upwards and throw your arms to the other side. Spot your landing point and direction, unwind, and land.
A couple of keys to this are head position, and body control. If you are going to spin clockwise, and you are looking over your left shoulder, your head has to turn 180 degrees before you start spinning. So make sure to look ahead over the shoulder that you are turning towards. The second key to making a 360 is keeping your body tight. Most beginners tend to jump and spin fine, but they let their body separate, with their legs and arms flailing about. This is bad because it not only slows down your rotation, but it also puts you in an off balance position, and makes it quite difficult to land. Pull your arms in close to your body, and try to keep your legs together to avoid this.
You may want to practice on grass first, or even without your skates on. It shouldn't be a problem either way.
So just jump hard, spin harder, keep a tight body, and spot your landing. It is one of the easiest tricks to learn, so keep at it!
To do this trick fakie, or backwards, is a bit tougher. The spinning part is just the same as a forwards 360, but the jumping part is a bit harder. Just concentrate on using the whole foot to jump with, instead of just the toes. Spotting your landing is probably more important in a fakie 360, because you will still be going backwards when you land. But if you can do a 360, a fakie 360 is a natural extension, and after a bit of practice, is easy to pick up.
So for a fakie 360, spin hard, jump with the whole foot, and spot your landing spot carefully.
The first step in doing a 360 is the approach. Get on your favorite flat stretch of pavement, and roll at a fairly slow speed. Crouch down at your knees and waist as if you are going to jump, and put your arms on one side of you. Next explode upwards and throw your arms to the other side. Spot your landing point and direction, unwind, and land.
A couple of keys to this are head position, and body control. If you are going to spin clockwise, and you are looking over your left shoulder, your head has to turn 180 degrees before you start spinning. So make sure to look ahead over the shoulder that you are turning towards. The second key to making a 360 is keeping your body tight. Most beginners tend to jump and spin fine, but they let their body separate, with their legs and arms flailing about. This is bad because it not only slows down your rotation, but it also puts you in an off balance position, and makes it quite difficult to land. Pull your arms in close to your body, and try to keep your legs together to avoid this.
You may want to practice on grass first, or even without your skates on. It shouldn't be a problem either way.
So just jump hard, spin harder, keep a tight body, and spot your landing. It is one of the easiest tricks to learn, so keep at it!
To do this trick fakie, or backwards, is a bit tougher. The spinning part is just the same as a forwards 360, but the jumping part is a bit harder. Just concentrate on using the whole foot to jump with, instead of just the toes. Spotting your landing is probably more important in a fakie 360, because you will still be going backwards when you land. But if you can do a 360, a fakie 360 is a natural extension, and after a bit of practice, is easy to pick up.
So for a fakie 360, spin hard, jump with the whole foot, and spot your landing spot carefully.
Tags: 360, fakie 360, how to, spin, street, tip
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Permalink Reply by SmiLe :) on -
thank you so much, u made me do a 360 and i am really plz!!!! keep up the good discussions plz :)
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Permalink Reply by Derrick on -
im a pretty good skater on flat ground but when i try to 360 i get most of the way around and do a little past 270 but i hardly ever get a really clean 360.. any tips?
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Permalink Reply by Cory Dean on -
what helps me and its pretty basic is right when your approaching the launch (assuming your not on ramp) i start to "throw" my shoulders so once i hit the lip of the ramp my upper body is almost at 90 degrees, then once i jump out of it i immediately tuck into a ball and keeping my upper body around 90 degrees ahead of my lower, this will help you keep plenty of spin as well as spotting your landing way before your lower arrives. It will also help it look much cleaner. Also jumper higher and at more speed as well as getting the feel for the launch you will get the effect of a much more "floaty" looking 3's!
Good luck man!
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