How to Do an Air to Fakie on a Snowboard

Tricks are fun to learn on a snowboard after you've become confident in your general riding abilities. Snowboarding is somewhat recognized for the spinning tricks that its top athletes are able to pull off. You can learn how to do an air to fakie on your snowboard fairly easily. This trick is also known as a 180. It is the basis for more advanced tricks. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Board

Do an Air to Fakie on a Snowboard

1. Find a small jump that you can get about 2 feet of air off of. Many people can do standing air to fakies, but for first attempts, you'll want to focus more on the rotation part. This way you won't have to worry about jumping too much.

2. Approach the jump at a moderate speed. Bend your knees like you're preparing for an ollie. You also need to rotate your shoulders to face the tail of the board.

3. Lean back and jump a little when you pass over the crest of the jump. Once you leave the ground, you want to rotate your shoulders towards the nose of the board.

4. Pay attention to how hard you rotate your shoulders. Too much can make you over rotate and too little can make your landing very rough.

5. Look over your shoulder towards the new front end of the board once you've rotated 180 degrees. If you also rotate your shoulders to face the front of the board, it can help stop you from over-spinning.

6. Bend your knees as you land to absorb the shock form the impact. You'll then be riding fakie. Stop or do a quick nose roll to get back to riding regular if you aren't comfortable riding fakie.

Tips & Warnings

• You want to master the air to fakie trick if you plan on learning more advanced tricks.
• It's useful to learn to do an air to regular trick. It's just like an air to fakie, expect you go into the jump riding fakie. You rotate 180 degrees and end up riding regular.
• The speed of your spin depends on how quickly you rotate your shoulders. If you don't finish the 180 before you land, try to rotate your shoulders faster next time.
• You should always wear a helmet when you snowboard, but if you're doing an air to fakie or other jumping tricks, a helmet is even more essential.

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