How to do a Backside 360 on a snowboard

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By Gabriel Avila
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Accomplishing the backside 360˚ isn’t easy. But if you’ve progressed to backside 180’s and are looking towards taking it to the next level, the backside 360˚ is waiting, and it’s not as hard as it looks. Frontside 360˚ means landing blind, while the backside lets you see what’s coming.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Snow shovel

Step 1

The best place to practice is on a hand-made kicker into deep powder. Find a good 35 degree slope that flattens out at the end. Build a kicker about fifteen feet before the flat. Don’t make it too steep, but enough to launch you out and up for four seconds at least. Experiment taking straight jumps till you find an angle that feels right.
Step 2

Approach the jump with moderate speed. At the end of the kicker settle your weight slightly forward and ollie while looking over your outside rotating shoulder.
Step 3

As soon as you can, find your landing spot. You’ll now be in switch stance and with a simple turn of the hips landing in your normal stance to mad applause!
Step 4

Of course, it sounds easier than it is. Just watch your speed, look over your shoulder, spot your landing and shift your weight, with practice and patience the backside 360˚ will be in your bag.