How To 180 Tail Butter 360 Out
This tutorial covers an advanced buttering trick on how to 180 into a Tail Butter and Switch 360 Out. We're going to teach you to do this, spinning both Backside and Frontside. This trick will add tons of style to your riding and is a stepping stone for other advanced buttering tricks.
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(Narrating/Riders: Nev Lapwood & Dan Gerstner)
Prerequisite Techniques
Backside 180 Tail Butter 360 Out
Most people find the Backside 180 Tail Butter 360 out easier than the Frontside version which is why we'll start with that.
Step 1:
Start by practicing Switch Frontside 360s on a mellow slope. Traverse across the slope on your heel edge and Ollie a Switch Frontside 360. The 360 Out is the hardest part of the trick so it's crucial that you can do these very quickly and easily.
Approach for the Switch Front 360 from your heel edge.
Step 2:
Next, try a Backside 180 Tail Butter to Frontside 180 Out. This is the logical warm up trick to have on lock before attempting the 180 Tail Butter to 360 Out.
You should be able to do this in your sleep.
Step 3:
After you do the Backside 180 into a Switch Tail Butter, let your board cheat a little by allowing it to continue to spin on the Tail Butter an extra 90 degrees, then pop a 270 Out.
Once you slide to 90 degrees, POP the 270 Out.
Step 4:
For the complete trick, you do a Backside 180 into a Switch Tail Butter and Ollie a Switch Frontside 360 Out. This should be a continuous movement throughout the trick with no paused moments.
The complete Backside version of the trick.
Edging:
It's very easy to catch an edge on this trick, so pay attention to what edges you are taking off from and landing on.
For the Backside 180, start on your toe edge, this helps initiate your momentum in the Backside direction for the rest of the trick.
Toe edge to initiate the trick.
Pop the 180 around to land on the tail of your board. The Tail Butter should be with a flat board, with slight pressure on the heel edge.
Slight heel edge pressure.
When you 360 Out of the Tail Butter, the entire rotation of this 360 trick is stopped by landing on your toe edge.
Nev stomping down on the toe edge to stop his momentum.
Trick Tip: The two most important things to remember are keeping your movement smooth with a continuous rotation throughout the trick, along with a strong pop for the 360 Out.
Frontside 180 Tail Butter 360 Out
The Frontside version of this trick follows the exact same steps as the Backside version. The only difference is that you will be spinning in the opposite direction and using the opposite edges of your board.
Step 1:
To nail the Frontside version of this trick, start by practicing Switch Backside 360s on a mellow slope. Traverse across the slope on your toe edge and Ollie a Switch Backside 360.
Approach Switch Backside 360 on your toe edge.
Step 2:
Next, practice a Frontside 180 Tail Butter to Backside 180 Out.
You should be able to do these easily before trying the 360 Out.
Step 3:
After you do the Frontside 180 into a Switch Tail Butter, let your board cheat a little by allowing it to continue to spin on the Tail Butter an extra 90 degrees, then pop a 270 Out.
Step 4:
For the complete trick, you do a Frontside 180 into a Switch Tail Butter and Ollie a Switch Backside 360 Out.
The complete Frontside version of the trick.
Edging:
For the Frontside 180, start on your heel edge as this will help initiate your momentum in the bBackside direction for the rest of the trick.
Nev edging into his Frontside 180.
Pop the 180 around, landing on the tail of your board. The Tail Butter should be with a flat board, with slight pressure on the toe edge.
Notice how Nev is mostly on a flat base, with a touch of toe edge pressure while in the Tail Press.
When you 360 Out of the Tail Butter, the entire rotation of this 360 trick is stopped by landing on your toe edge.
Terrain
Once you’ve learned the trick on mellow ground, you can use it on different types of terrain like rollers, over knuckles, off cat tracks and in powder. These are fun spots to get buttery and will challenge your technique!
Summary
This is an advanced buttering trick that's difficult to learn but looks very stylish when done well. Backside is definitely the easier version of this trick so give it a go today!