How to Do a Frontside 180 Ollie on a Skateboard

Video Transcript

"How are you doing? I'm Simon Bingham, from No Comply Skate Shop, and I'm going to explain to you, how to do a Frontside 180 Ollie. First of all, the reason we call it a Frontside 180 Ollie, is because our front side is going to one eighty, and it's turning this way. Where as if it's back side, the back side is going to be turning towards you, or towards the viewer, rather, so what you want to do, is first get your Ollie's down really good. Once you've got those down really good, you're going to approach it with moderate speed, just like you do on your Ollie, except this time, you're going to start to rotate your shoulders, as you go into the Ollie, so you want to bend your knees. Start and smack your tail, just like you do on the Ollie, but this time, you're going to try and as you're smacking your tail, push it a little bit in the direction, that you're actually going, and once the board starts going off the ground, you're going to be catching it with your front foot, and the front foot is going to take over the turning process, and actually guide the board, one eighty. Then, once you've got one eighty, hold your body in that position, and land with your knees nice and bent. Roll away with a good feeling, and that's a Frontside 180 Ollie."