Skateboarding Tricks: Nollie Frontside 180

Video Transcript

"A great variation of the straight nollie, is the nollie frontside 180. Nollie frontside 180 is almost exactly the same as the nollie, only you travel 180 in a frontside position. Frontside meaning the way that you can see in front of you. Nollie frontside 180 requires almost exactly the same foot positioning as a straight nollie, the only difference is you need to compensate for traveling in a 180 position; both with your feet, and with your upper body. The foot placement that's going to be different for this nollie frontside 180, is that you're going to want to set up a little, with a little more heel hanging off the board, and a little more toe on the board. The reason for this, is that once you travel 180, your feet, you'll find, are going to move just slightly, and you'll want them to land in the middle of the board so that you can have a good landing position for rolling away. The other thing that's going to change is that you're going to need to shift your upper body to compensate for the movement. So whatever you make your upper body do, your lower body is going to follow through with you. So, while you're in the nollie position, you're going to want to build up a little bit of steam, and follow through with your arms. And this is going to cause your bottom half to do the same. And the other thing to remember is that your eyes always tell your lower body which way to go. So, keep in mind that your eyes are looking this way and traveling to the side, and that your lower body continues after."