Trick
Backside 180 — Park Jump
GLOSSARY
On a backside 180 the rider turns half a rotation with their back leading toward the direction of travel, so the landing is blind at first and finishes riding switch. It is usually one of the first spins learned on park jumps.
Context and distinction
Backside 180 lands switch; a frontside 180 turns the other way and opens up to the landing earlier. The same name is used separately for flatground and jump versions.
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Backside 180: Park-Jump Example
An upright backside half-turn from main stance to switch.
Preparation and setting
Familiar straight airs, earlier small backside rotations and switch ride-away control.
How to do it
- Set up with a smooth heel-edge turn.
- Transition onto a controlled toe edge up the ramp.
- Extend through departure with modest backside initiation.
- Stay organized through the half-turn.
- Use the source's restrained-head “blind landing” strategy rather than chasing a further head turn.
- Reconnect with controlled toe-edge grip, absorb and ride switch.
Learn it
Rehearse the half-turn separately before transferring it to the park jump.
Errors and corrections
Immediate revert: examine whether continued head rotation drove continued turning. Arm flailing: simplify the takeoff release.
Cues
Controlled toe platform; stop the half-turn.
Successful attempt
Airborne 180 and a sustained switch exit.
Boundary
“Blind” does not mean eyes closed. Gaze timing and edge engagement require coaching in the actual landing geometry.
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- Record type
- jump spin
- Take-off edge (example)
- toe edge in S5's example
- Landing strategy (source framework)
- blind (S9 framework)
- Rotation
- backside 180
- Entry stance
- main stance
- Landing stance
- switch
01
teaching summary — coaching review required
S5: heel-to-toe setup, toe-edge departure and controlled pop. Its blind-landing strategy restrains the head turn and uses toe-edge grip after contact to limit a revert. Documented mistake: chasing the landing with further head rotation can continue the spin into a revert. No universal speed rule is supplied.