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Flatground BS 360

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Preparation

Before sending a 360 off a side-hit, a kicker, or a park jump...it's a great idea to first learn them traversing a slope.

How to Flatground Backside 360

The setup - Come onto your toe edge and traverse across the slope at a shallow angle and a moderate speed. In your stacked position, create a bend in your knees whilst remaining balanced on the toe-edge, giving yourself a strong base to pop from. Initiate the pre-wind by facing your chest and hips towards your direction of travel, bring your elbows parallel to your shoulders and bring your hands in front of your chest (like you're about to give yourself a fist bump).
The trick - When you are ready - initiate the spin by throwing your lead shoulder towards the slope and behind you. As soon as your lead shoulder is facing the slope, pop your board from the snow, ensuring to keep your legs raised throughout the full rotation (it can be easy to catch an edge here if you don't keep your board lifted).
The landing - After you initiate the rotation and pop the 360, you can look straight down towards your board to spot the landing underneath you. Landing back onto your toe edge in a stable stacked position.

Unlike a 360 off a park jump or a side hit - depending on your speed and the height of your pop, you won't have much time to spot the landing. The whole 360 may come around in a blur.

Get used to the pop, rotation, and spotting needed by trying to spin a 270 first, landing flat based and facing directly down the slope.

Common mistakes

Ensure you take off from a strong toe edge stance with a good prewind, the trick isn't hard to land if you have those two dialled.
Keep your back straight and try to keep your shoulders as parallel as possible during the rotation.
Make sure to pop from both feet and to keep your legs lifted throughout the whole rotation, otherwise your risk catching the tip or edge in the snow

Full Tutorial

In this video, Taevis Kapalka helps you learn the Backside 360 on huge park jumps - however, he also focuses on traversing 360s at the 6:40-7:35 mark.

Video by Snowboard Addiction

Where it goes in the course

First Day

Introduction
Snowboard Gear Basics
Strapping In
Skating & One-Foot Pushing
Mountain Safety for Beginners
How to Fall
Getting Up From a Fall
Loading & Unloading Magic Carpet
Sideslip & Falling Leaf

First Turns

Heelside Sliding & Stopping
J-Turns & Toeside Stops
Reading the trail map
T-Bar and Button Lift
Riding the Chairlift
Garlands
Heel-Edge Turns
Toe-Edge Turns

Upper Beginner

Linking Turns
Avoiding Edge Catches
Hockey Stops
Dynamic Short-Radius Turns
Ground spins / pivots
Riding Flat Narrow Runs
Popping / jumping on a snowboard
Riding in deep powder
Tail Press

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Riding Variable Snow
Ollie
Flat Ground 180
Nose Press
Riding Switch
Penguin Walk
Standing 180 Nose Roll
Flatground backside 180
Backside 180 noseroll
Flatground BS 360
Your First Carved Turns

Intermediate Park

Snow Park Safety
Straight Air
Indy Grab
50/50 (Box)
Frontside Shifty
Backside shifty
Tail tap
Melon Grab
Nose Grab

Upper Intermediate Slope

Carving on Steeper Terrain
Tripod
Nollie
Dolphin Turns
Slash pop
Ninja Vanish
Reverse Eurocarve
Riding Black Slopes
Layback

Upper Intermediate Park

Frontside 180
Gorilla grab
Switch Straight Air
Backside 180
Backside Boardslide
Tailblock
Tail Grab
Frontside Boardslide
Handplant Turn

Advanced

Advanced Carving
Switch Carving
Method Grab
Disaster Rail
Frontside 360
Backside 360
Heelside Eurocarve
Butter Pretzel
Tame Dog
FS 360 nose roll
Miller flip
Caballerial

Mastery

BS 360 nose roll
Double Shifty
The Japan
MFM butter
Frontside 540
Wildcat

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