Frontside rotating

Thats funny because the majority of riders would find doing frontside 180's/360's to be easier than learning backside because you aren't spinning blindly.

Whether you are popping off flat ground or off a lip try to carve just a little on your heel edge and pop outward with your spin. Remember to make sure your shoulders are leading the spin that should help alot also.

Thanks for the advice guys I appreciate it a lot!

Use yo arms!

turn ur head where you wanna go duhhhhhhhh

Originally posted by nixonow Thats funny because the majority of riders would find doing frontside 180's/360's to be easier than learning backside because you aren't spinning blindly. Whether you are popping off flat ground or off a lip try to carve just a little on your heel edge and pop outward with your spin. Remember to make sure your shoulders are leading the spin that should help alot also.

You do know that frontside is blind, not backside, right?

I learned practing in my basement when I'm bored helps alot

Pre Wind!

Originally posted by Goldberg13 Originally posted by nixonow Thats funny because the majority of riders would find doing frontside 180's/360's to be easier than learning backside because you aren't spinning blindly. You do know that frontside is blind, not backside, right?

A front 3 landing is "blind", a 1 is not.

Anyway. Try practicing front 1's on flatground focusing on jumping off your heel edge with both feet at the same time. Once you seem to get the full movement and comfort of jumping off your heel edge take it to small rollers on the mountain and then small drop offs. Keep in mind you wont have to spin nearly as hard as flat ground, it should be somewhat floaty, especially on bigger airs - there isn't much wind on 1's.

Once you get it down by popping off both feet at the same time try adding a little bit of pop by loading your board just a bit and get comfortable with that. Grabbing mute might help a bit as well.

Originally posted by Angry Midget Yo Originally posted by snow43 when i learned to do 180s i started going at the jump switched then my board naturally spun around front side.    and some new tricks you can learn try doing grabs in your 180s or also try to get that extra spin for a 540. Grabs are hard to do, at least for me.

Best advice I cangive you if you are having problems grabbing - bring the board to YOU. Too many riders try to reach with their arms for a grab, its much easier to just suck up your knees and then your board is right there. That way, you dont have to bend at the waist as much.

look before you jump. asses what needs to be done.

i didn't get enough speed of jumps and did like not even full 180 and get stuck and sometmes i would on bigger jumps which was weird. obviuosly i still cant get the landing down cause then i'd be riding switch

if i'm not correct its like your winding up and when you pop off you lead with your shoulders and then your body will follow into it and hopefully you make it safe.

my brain works exactly the same way as the OP: 

backside spins are easy enough for me that I don't even really have to think about doing them. 

With frontside spins, I have to quickly plan everything out in my head, depending on the size/angle of the jump....and I still frequently land with a feeling of being out of control.  Unlike BS, on FS I have to think about my set-up turn/arm wind-up, how much edge I'm digging into the lip and where my head is going to face throughout the spin.

What I learned from the snowboard addiction video is your keep you head facing forward the entire time on a FS1 (unlike a BS1, where you basically land facing backwards..."blind"). What I learned on my own is to go easy on the edge (unlike BS, where the edge isn't as critical).  Going easy on the edge keeps the board stable/flatter in the air, so you don't land as weird.

easy on edge + face forward = FS1

i can do 180's

i'm just in the process of practicing it off jumps is all.

points thats funny out of all things you would say points. douche

http://youtu.be/Q-qcVU88aaY

ya man no need to yell at each other and call names. Hes obviously trying to help. Just stick with the helping each other. If you can do them on the ground it is almost the exact same thing. Try just not popping as much so you dont overspin it.

 [/QUOTE]no, you can't do 180's... from your own mouth.  And who bumps 3 month old dead threads with a garbage post if not for points?[/QUOTE]

I have seen him do 180s.. so yes he can do 180s.  U can stop now.. U lose

EVERYBODY sit down, chill out, stop being childish and get this thread BACK ON TOPIC

definitely will check it out SnowJ

from my perspective when heading towards the jump

for a backside, never started doing frontside for some odd reason.

but anyways go from heel then toe then jump and rotate (still hard to say which part rotates first) and when i land i should be riding switch, but i have to ride away clean like MTpow said in order to be a successful landing

I can barely do a 180 while not moving and barely a 90 while moving but that does me no good because always eating an edge haha.