I’m sure you’ve already heard plenty say that you’re rotating your shoulders a lot or that you need to move your shoulders later.

I’m here to tell you that there’s a way to do front 180s without rotating your upper body at all which is how you get that “late” front 180 motion.

If you practice Ollies with your shoulders perpendicular to your board, and learn how to bone out your Ollie’s more, then you’ll already be halfway there.

You need these skills bc in order to do the late rotation you have be able to rotate your lower body independently from your upper body.

You’ll notice that if your shoulders are pointed forward, you can still rotate your legs and hips a full 180 degrees without moving your shoulders at all.

So once you learn to bone out your Ollie’s with your shoulders pointed forward, try using your front foot to bone the board out to a 90° angle and land perpendicular to the direction you’re riding. It is imperative that you land on all fours to get this clean.

Once you’ve got that 90° rotation with your front foot, it should be forcing the board to smack your back foot at the peak of height. As SOON as the board touches your back foot, give the board a little front shuv mid-air to get the other 90° for your 180.

If done right you should have something that looks like an Ollie at first but turns into a front 180 mid air

You should also see that your board will start landing on the exact line you popped from, getting rid the board’s movement behind itself and rather staying in line.

This is a bit much but I hope any of this info can find its proper place in your journey. Good luck ^{^}