360 Spin

also known as: Flatland 360 · 360s

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Shown for a regular-footed rider. Teal ring + arrow = the rider's facing direction; teal band = the tail; a dot is where a hand holds the board - bright yellow for the front hand, amber for the back one, which is the whole difference between a mute and an indy. Board and rider rotate independently - each follows its own component. Drag to orbit.

How it works

The foundational freestyle spin: board and rider rotate together around a vertical axis over the rear wheels, the nose held just clear of the ground. The rider winds the arms and shoulders, releases the torque into the deck through the feet, then pulls the arms in to accelerate - every additional rotation is bought with a tighter tuck and a cleaner axle stack. Multiple-rotation 360s are one of freestyle's oldest record disciplines, going back to the 1960s Hobie/Makaha contest era and kept alive by specialists like Richy Carrasco, with record runs into the dozens of consecutive rotations.

Step by step

  1. Set the back foot on the tail with the front foot ahead of center, and wind arms and shoulders hard against the spin direction.
  2. Lift the nose a few centimetres and release the wind-up, driving rotation through the hips into the deck.
  3. Center all weight on a single point over the rear axle, riding the ball of the back foot.
  4. Pull the arms progressively into the chest to speed up and extend the spin.
  5. Keep the nose height fixed; any front-wheel touch scrubs the spin dead.
  6. As momentum fades, open the arms, set the front wheels down, and roll away.

Body mechanics

Front footRests ahead of center controlling nose height - a rudder for pitch, deliberately weightless.
Back footThe pivot: ball of the foot on the tail directly over the rear axle, bearing nearly everything.
ShouldersGenerate the entire angular impulse in the wind-up and stay stacked over the pivot afterward.
ArmsFlywheel control: extended at launch, drawn in to accelerate, flared to brake.
GazeSpots a fixed reference each revolution to count rotations and hold the axis vertical.