In the first section you can see how if I leave my front arm out it blocks the rotation. In the second I bring it in for a cleaner backside 180. Then in the final section I give it some beans and open up my back shoulder as well as tuck in my front arm after the pre-wind. This could be a lot to think about at once, so you can try this off your board or even better get a few jumps on a trampoline, like I’m doing here.

The other thing to remember is keep your shoulders level. The board wants to match up with your shoulder angle. If you leave the jump doing some crazy huck you’ll end up doing an unplanned corked rotation.

Once you get the power level up you’ll start to really enjoy these, especially on bigger jumps. Plus if you can take off your toes and land back on your toes then a backside 540 is a very easy step up.