How to Spin Flip on a Skateboard

A spin flip is a skateboard trick that involves kicking the foot of your skateboard so that it spins 360 degrees while you spin 180 degrees above it. You can use this trick in competitions or to impress your friends. Follow these steps to learn how to do a spin flip on a skateboard.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Master the 360 flip before attempting to do the spin flip on a skateboard. The basis of the spin flip depends on your ability to do the 360 fluently on the skateboard. (See the related eHow article titled "How to do a Backside 360 Ollie on a Skateboard.")

2. Go fakie at a speed that you are comfortable with. The faster that you travel then the quicker the spin flip will be. Your front foot is in the position for a kickflip.

3. Start with a 360, but after reaching 45 pop the tail of the board. Kick the board swiftly with your foot so that the board starts to turn a kickflip. Let the board spin 180 while you turn 90.

4. Complete a 180 while your board turns 360. This will complete your spin flip. Practice regularly to make the spin flip a smooth and fluid trick on your skateboard.

Tips & Warnings

• Fakie is riding the skateboard with your feet opposite from the way you would normally ride, but with your body positioned in your normal skateboarding stance. If your right foot is normally near the nose, then your left would be there when riding fakie.
• The higher above your skateboard, the more time you have allotted to spin flip.

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