Ghetto Bird
also known as: Nollie Hardflip Late Backside 180 · Hardflip Revert
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Shown for a regular-footed rider riding nollie. 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 nollie hardflip with a late backside 180. Popping off the nose, the board goes through the hardflip's frontside shove and kickflip together, rising almost vertically between the legs; the backside 180 then arrives late, once the flip has already played out underneath the rider. It is very commonly described as a hardflip late backside 180 - off the tail rather than the nose - and that reading is wrong: the nollie pop is what sets the board up to come through the legs in time for the late turn. Kareem Campbell named it and made it his, and its one filmed appearance on transition is in 411 Video Magazine issue 30.
Step by step
- Roll at speed with the front foot back at the nose for a nollie pop.
- Scoop frontside and flick down off the heel-side nose pocket, letting the board flip between your legs.
- Catch the board firmly at the hardflip's completion, still rising.
- Rotate body and board 180 backside from the catch, head leading.
- Land in switch orientation, absorbing the double rotation, and roll away.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Hardflip flick, then clamps the nose through the late spin. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Frontside scoop, early catch, then drives the backside unwind with the hips. |
| Shoulders | Quiet for the flip phase, then snap 180 backside the instant the catch is secure. |
| Arms | Compact during the flip, whipped across the body for the late rotation. |
| Gaze | Down for the catch, then over the trailing shoulder to the switch landing. |