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Frontside 180-Stacy Lowery

Berrics Trickipedia3 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2016 to 2023
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Berrics Trickipedia entry on the frontside 180 with Stacy Lowery, published in 2012. A 77 second look at how the trick is done and what separates frontside from backside.

Why skaters like it

Linked in r/NewSkaters threads when people ask how to get fs 180s higher or fix early shoulder turns. Skaters point to how pros snap the tail and turn after the slide.

“I realized I was doing the shoulder turning too early (during the pop) rather than after I got my ollie up.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/No_Computer_42092023 · 4 points

Well I feel like you’re turning your body a tiny tiny bit too early but I mean whatever is comfortable for you, but essentially the same way you tried to get your Ollie to go higher is the same way you’re gonna get these higher, you just got a pop a little harder, slide a little longer etc. also when you are popping and sliding try get your slide foot a little more towards the nose so that when you land you can pivot

u/Agrodoom2022 · 2 points

You're not getting much height out of it because you're doing a kind of 'scoop+pop' almost shuvit like motion thing where you're getting the majority of the 180 from the back foot pushing it around which comes at the expense of being able to pop it well. If you wanna really pop them, pop more directly straight down with only a tiny nudge in the direction you want it to go and use your shoulders more to get the rotati

u/ixAp0c2016 · 2 points

I see you are having the same problem with your Frontside 180 that I was having, until I watched more closely at the pros [VIDEO] and noticed how most rotate their legs around after the foot slides up. Basically you don't want to turn your legs until you slide your foot forwards, once you start sliding your foot forwards is when you want to start your turn in the legs. If you start to rotate your legs as you pop, the

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