Trick
Frontside 180 In → Switch Tail Butter → Switch Backside 180 Out
HOW TO DO IT
Frontside 180 In → Switch Tail Butter → Switch Backside 180 Out
A popped frontside entry, trailing-end support in switch, then a counterrotated switch backside exit. The final stance is the original entry stance. Direction labels change with stance even when overall rotation continues the same way.
Preparation and setting
Gentle snow; independent entry and exit turns, switch support and controlled landings.
How to do it
- Use the source's heel-side setup for Frontside 180.
- Pop the entry and settle into the switch trailing-support butter.
- Preserve a relatively flat supported contact while organising the exit.
- Pop and counterrotate Switch Backside 180.
- Return to balanced riding in the original stance.
How to learn it
Publisher progression: slide both turns without a press; pop both without a press; slide into the butter and slide out; slide in and pop out; finally pop in and pop out. The exit setup uses toe-side control; do not treat that setup as permission to catch an edge across the slide.
Errors and corrections
Cannot hold the support: return to the sliding-entry drill. Mixing turn direction and stance names: identify each phase before practising. Trying both popped phases too early: retain the sliding entry.
Checks and cues
Distinct airborne entry and exit, visible supported middle phase, controlled main-stance ride-away. Cue: enter, support, release. Record physical board end separately from the publisher's switch-tail label.
Existing entry
Batch 02 / 06.
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teaching summary — coaching review required
The source develops sliding and popped entry/exit turns before adding the butter, popped exit and popped entry; entry rotation and exit counterrotation remain distinct tasks.
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editorial review notes
Frontside and backside labels are relative to the stance of each phase.