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Frontside 360

aka FS 3

A full frontside rotation off a small to medium kicker, spotting the landing late and riding away regular. Commit the shoulders and keep the spin stacked.

Difficulty 5/10 · Intermediate Jumps & Transitions
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Step-by-Step

The Breakdown

Four phases from roll-up to roll-away. Scrub the analyzer above — each phase lights up as the board hits it.

  1. 01 Approach

    Speed and stance

    Approach a small to medium kicker with enough speed to clear the knuckle, base-flat and centered over both bindings. Keep your knees soft and your weight stacked over the board. Lock in your line up the takeoff and commit before the lip.

  2. 02 Wind & Pop

    Coil and spring off the lip

    Wind your shoulders and arms hard against the spin as you ride up the takeoff. Pop off the tail right at the lip and unwind frontside, driving the rotation from the upper body. Keep your weight stacked over the board so the spin stays flat, not thrown out.

  3. 03 Spin & Spot

    Stay tight and find the snow

    Pull your knees up and keep the rotation compact and on-axis through the full 360. Keep your eyes leading the spin and trust the wind-up to carry you around. You will spot the landing late on a full rotation, so stay patient and stacked.

  4. 04 Landing

    Stomp it regular

    Pick up the landing as you come back around to regular and reach both feet to the snow. Aim for the sweet spot on the downside of the jump and land base-flat over both bindings. Absorb with bent knees and ride away centered.

Bail Clinic

When It Goes Wrong

The most common ways Frontside 360 bails — and the fix. Diagnose your slam, then get back on.

How do I land my frontside 360 without spinning out?
FIX

You are losing the spot or landing edge-first. On a full rotation you pick the landing up late, so stay patient and keep your eyes leading frontside until the snow appears. Land base-flat over both bindings with even weight and absorb with bent knees.

My frontside 360 stalls at about 270 and I come up short.
FIX

You are not winding up or popping enough for a full rotation. Coil your shoulders harder on the approach and release them off a strong pop at the lip. Keep your knees tucked and the spin compact so the rotation carries all the way around to regular.

My frontside 360 spin goes flat and off-axis, why?
FIX

You are throwing your shoulders out instead of keeping the rotation stacked over the board. Drive the spin from a tight, centered upper body and pull your knees up to stay on-axis. Pop straight off the tail at the lip rather than leaning the spin out.

How much speed and what size jump do I need?
FIX

Start on a small to medium kicker with enough speed to comfortably clear the knuckle onto the downside. Too little speed and you land flat or on the knuckle; too much and you overshoot. Watch others hit it, match their speed, and commit fully before the lip.

The frontside 360 is where flatground spins graduate to the kicker. It is the same wind-and-release motion as your frontside 180, just carried a full rotation around and spotted late off a jump. The whole trick lives in a committed wind-up, a clean pop off the lip, and a tight, stacked spin.

Don’t rush to a big jump — dial it on a small to medium kicker with steady speed first. Keep the rotation compact, trust the late spot, and stomp it base-flat on the downside. Once your frontside 360 is consistent, bigger spins and grabs come from this exact foundation.

Hardware Check

Dial In Your Setup

Gear that makes this trick easier to learn. Tune the setup, not just the technique.

Gear

Medium-flex park board

Medium flex · true twin

A slightly stiffer twin than your flatground board holds together off a kicker lip and stays stable through a full rotation. The twin shape still lets you ride away clean whether you land regular or switch.

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Gear

Duck stance setup

Roughly +15 / -15 angles

Balanced duck angles keep you centered through the full 360 and ready for either landing direction. Symmetrical stance helps you stay stacked over the board instead of getting pulled off-axis in the air.

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Responsive bindings

Medium to stiff highbacks

More responsive bindings transfer your pop into the lip and give control on a bigger landing. The added support helps you stomp base-flat off a medium kicker without washing out.

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