Varial Fingerflip

also known as: Fingerflip Varial · 180 Fingerflip · Fingerflip 180

flip freestyle difficulty 4/10
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roll 0° yaw 0° pitch 0° body 0°

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 fingerflip with 180 degrees of yaw folded in: as the wrist snaps the flip, the hand also sweeps the nose horizontally toward the tail's original position, so the deck flips once and swaps ends before the catch. Both rotations come from a single compound hand motion - roll from the wrist, yaw from the arm's sweep - which is easy to blend and hard to proportion. The rider catches the board wheels-down and reversed, landing with nose and tail exchanged.

Step by step

  1. Grip the nose as for a fingerflip, crouched and rolling slowly, and lift it into a wheelie.
  2. Jump and begin the wrist snap for the flip.
  3. During the same motion, sweep the hand horizontally so the nose travels back toward where the tail was.
  4. Release once both rotations are loaded - the board flips and swaps ends simultaneously.
  5. Spot wheels-down on the now end-swapped deck.
  6. Catch the bolts, compress, and roll away.

Body mechanics

Front footClears the compound rotation and catches what is now the tail-end bolts.
Back footLands its bolts simultaneously; the end-swap means each foot lands on the opposite end it left.
ShouldersRemain forward-facing so the board's 180 reads clearly against a still body.
ArmsThe flipping arm blends wrist roll with a horizontal sweep - the proportion between them is the whole trick.
GazeFixed on the deck's rotation, confirming both flip completion and end-swap before the feet commit.