Gazelle Flip

also known as: Gazelle Kickflip · 360 Bigspin Kickflip

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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

A bigflip scaled up by 180 on both axes of yaw: the board kickflips once while wrapping 540 degrees backside, and the rider spins a full 360 backside with it. Relative rotation between board and rider is the familiar bigspin 180, but everything happens inside a full-body spin - the scoop, flick, and shoulder release all fire at once, and the rider must re-find a flipping board after turning completely around. Lands ends-swapped, rolling in the original stance.

Step by step

  1. Wind the shoulders hard frontside over a deep crouch in 360-flip position.
  2. Pop, scoop the 540 backside wrap, and flick the heel-side nose corner while releasing the full wind-up.
  3. Spin the body 360 backside, tucked, keeping the flipping board under your center.
  4. Re-spot the deck as your rotation comes around the final quarter.
  5. Catch over the bolts, land on the swapped ends, and roll away in your original stance.

Body mechanics

Front footFlicks the heel-side nose pocket exactly as in a tre flip, then tucks into the body spin.
Back footDelivers the extended 540 scoop and immediately drives the hips into the 360.
ShouldersFull frontside wind-up, total backside release - simultaneously the flip's platform and the spin's engine.
ArmsThrown at release, tucked mid-spin, opened to brake at the catch.
GazeLeads the spin; the board is tracked, lost, and re-acquired in the last 90 degrees.