---
title: Flatground backside 180
seo_title: How to do a flatground backside 180 on a snowboard
skill: do a backside 180 on the slope
tags: [spins]
switch: true
image: flatground-backside-180.webp
image_source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCwYpZ_--4
image_credit: Snowboard Addiction
image_credit_url: https://www.youtube.com/@SnowboardAddiction
authors:
- dupont
published: 2026-05-18
---

## What you'll learn

A [backside 180](/snowboarding/backside-180) is often one of the first spin tricks snowboarders learn after frontside 180s. A very stylish trick in which you rotate backside and land looking back.

Here is a youtube guide on how to land your first backside 180 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCwYpZ_--4

*Video by [Snowboard Addiction](https://www.youtube.com/@SnowboardAddiction)*

## The idea

Your first backside 180 should always be done on the slope. 

step 1 - setup: Come in on a gentle toside edge with an open chest.
step 2 - pop and rotate: as you pop you turn your head looking back, then comes the arms and shoulers. Pull the board around last.
step 3 - landing: Land on your heel-side edge and keep looking back so you dont overrotate. 

extra tip: For a lot of people it helps to initiate the rotation with the back arm ('throwing' it back)