tips for ground rotations-

hey all. i've been watching this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6-orOQX9w

and what blows my mind is the dude at 0:23 (and some other people later), who does that ridiculous rotation on the ground into what looks like a 540 off an ollie. i've been trying to emulate it, but i can't make my board butter nearly that fast without catching edge - and it doesn't even look like he's moving from edge to edge when spinning. i can currently do a 360 off an ollie, but i feel like if i could get that epic rotation before the ollie i could turn it into a 540...

anyone have any tips for doing this? i was thinking of detuning my edges (i want to for boxes and rails anyways). or could it be a TBT board that they're using? i know those can spin like that pretty easy...

anyways. thanks!

crap all i was thinkin after watching that was, i gotta work on my snowboarding.. lol

Great video.  Maybe i'll try this next time I got riding in the east since I never find pow. 

That. Is. Awesome.

i would try getting a 138 reverse camber board and grind the edges so its impossible to catch for starters...

that's sick man.

LOL that's one crazy mofo. I will end up puking if I keep spinning like that. I can only do 2 rotations on the ground before I feel dizzy 

Originally posted by Spenser W. it appears that you have to be a crazy asian ninja in order to do some of that stuff, HAHAHAHA.  TBT seems like it could help, but it's probably just a tooon of practice.  I'd rather ride pow.

Agreed. Crazy asian ninja is definitely the first requirment.

lolololol.

thanks zagfan. that's what i was looking for.

at least i got the asian part down... sadly not all asians are ninjas, though.

I spoke with the guy who posted that video before and he rides a camber board much like most other Japanese flat trick riders.  Yes, he catches an edge to give him the extra momentum to fly.  

haha I couldnt stop laughing after reading all the 'asian ninja' comments..snowboard ninjas, the sequel to surf ninjas

This reminded me/looks like exactly what these martial art/gymnastic guys do in this video, just with a board on snow.


And whether it looks like crap or not they look like they're having fun so whatever floats your boat.

an interesting idea. to catch an edge to get momentum. looks like hes not quite ready for it sometimes though.

I think i am going to have to learn to do some of that crap. I will get hurt and I will fail, but i might be able to not kill myself. So I decree.

DDR meets snowboarding

lol. well. I wasn't actually talking that trick, fishkur. it didn't impress me all that much either.

i was mostly impressed by their ability to butter so quickly and turn it into 540's off ollies.

Sick Video. I would LOVE how to do that.

i'm asian on a 152 and is very hard to do. i get tired and dizzy after only a few spins on the ground wit a couple backside 180s at half the speed.

lol at the "crazy asian ninja" comment. I can't stop watching this video.. and thinking I still really need to work on my boarding

omg thats hot!

some of this stuff looks semi doable if you can get the rotation acceleration down. Can't wait to try this winter :)

everytime they rotate, they do it when they do a sharp carve/skidded turn

wel tru, but l guess the carve is a good learning point for it 

sweeeeet.