---
title: Kicker FS180 (S-Kicker)
seo_title: How to do a frontside 180 off a kicker on a wakeboard
skill: land a frontside 180 off the small kicker
tags: [air, spins, kickers]
switch: true
image: 24-kicker-fs180.mp4
image_source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8La743v0M
image_credit: Raph Trinidad
image_credit_url: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFaT31Y6_AiwbbIZ4IMMf6w
image_title: "HOW TO KICKER 180 - WAKEBOARDING TUTORIAL"
image_clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8La743v0M?0:23.00-0:28.00
authors: []
prerequisite: [straight-airs-all-stances, surface-bs180]
published: 2026-04-12
---

Your first aerial rotation. Approach the small kicker like a [straight air in all stances](/wakeboarding/straight-airs-all-stances), but initiate a frontside rotation as you leave the lip. Rotate 180 degrees and land [riding switch](/wakeboarding/switch-riding). The handle pass works the same as on a [surface BS180](/wakeboarding/surface-bs180), just compressed into the airtime. Start with heelside approach, then progress to toeside, and eventually both in switch.

The heelside FS180 is the natural first one. The rotation flows in the same direction as your heelside edge, so the spin almost happens by itself if you commit. The key is separating the pop from the spin in your head. Pop first, spin second. If you start winding up before you leave the ramp, you lose the air.

In depth guide here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8La743v0M

*[Raph Trinidad](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFaT31Y6_AiwbbIZ4IMMf6w) · [HOW TO KICKER 180 - WAKEBOARDING TUTORIAL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8La743v0M)*

## Key tips

- Get comfortable with straight airs first. This adds rotation on top
- Start the rotation at the lip, not before
- Spot your landing by looking over your shoulder
- The handle pass happens in the air. Practice the motion on flat water first
- Land with knees bent riding switch
- If you under-rotate, you need more pop, not more spin