Basic Skateboard Tricks: Backside Fakie 180

Video Transcript

"Next I am going to show you what is known as the backside fakie 180 also known as a half cab and contrary to the original backside 180 that I showed you that even I have a lot of difficulty with on the ground, this is much easier to perform. What you are going to need to do for this trick is to be comfortable riding in the fakie position that I showed you earlier which is with your feet in the normal position that they would regularly be but you are riding backwards and with the fakie half cab the difference between this backside 180 and a regular one is on a fakie half cab you can see where you are spinning. So same sort of things to keep in mind with the normal backside 180 is before you spin turn your upper body in the direction that you don't want to spin so you can get some momentum, start to ollie and as your foot flies up spin the rest of your body in the direction that you want to turn and you will be able to get the full 180 degrees. And when you put it all together it looks a little something like this, but don't get frustrated when you are trying to do this trick because even I have trouble with the regular ones, it just takes a little time and practice."