---
title: Flat Ground 180
seo_title: How to do a flat ground 180 on a snowboard
skill: do a flat ground 180
tags: [spins]
switch: true
image: flat-ground-180.mp4
image_source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYAlEt-s00
image_credit: Snowboard Addiction
image_credit_url: https://www.youtube.com/@SnowboardAddiction
image_title: "Your First Frontside 180s On A Snowboard"
image_clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYAlEt-s00?2:10.00-2:14.93
prerequisite:
- ollie
- riding-switch
authors:
- dupont
- renec112
published: 2026-04-12
---

A [frontside 180](/snowboarding/frontside-180) is one of the first freestyle tricks most snowboarders learn. In a Flat Ground 180, you don't use any kicker and just do it on the slope. Your chest rotates toward the downhill side during the takeoff. You land [riding switch](/snowboarding/riding-switch), so the trick only really clicks once switch riding feels at least passable.

- **Step 1** - setup: Ride in on a gentle heel-side edge with closed shoulders

- **Step 2** - pop and rotate: as you're popping (the same [ollie](/snowboarding/ollie) pop you already know) turn your head and shoulders forward creating the frontside rotation then bring the board around with the momentum. 

- **Step 3** - land: land on the toe-side edge. Remember to keep looking forward and ride it out 

Video lesson here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYAlEt-s00

*[Snowboard Addiction](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9chJwW7gL93LIcC3xP2uQ) · [Your First Frontside 180s On A Snowboard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYAlEt-s00)*