Author: Igor Zadruzynski

BS kickflip | 14th of April

In this weeks blog I will be covering the backside kickflip for you guys. Same as the last two weeks here’s a little Vlog showcasing the trick and me rambling on about it.

The BS kick flip was one of the first difficult tricks that I decided to learn when I was about 14, before I learnt it I had to separately practice two different flatground tricks. The first trick I had to practice was the kick flip which is where the board pops of the ground and rotates around its own axis, the second was a BS 180 which is just 180 spin on flat ground. I had to practice these tricks in order to prepare myself to combine them together.

This trick, like the impossible I covered last week, took me a good year to learn and land consistently and another year to be able to execute it over a gap like the one shown in the video which is about 1.5 meters in length. The hardest thing about doing this trick over a kicker to kicker gap is landing and not slipping out due to the angle of the landing ramp and the force and speed you are landing with.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog and seeing some of my favourite tricks to do on a skateboard.

 

The impossible | 8th of April

Welcome back! This week ill be showing you guys a trick thats a little more difficult for me personally than last week’s BS 360. In the Vlog, same as last week, you’ll see the trick in slow motion so its a little easier to comprehend as its quite a fast trick. Enjoy!

As far as flat-ground tricks go, this is probably one of the more difficult tricks to learn as the motion of the trick and foot-placement are very different to other flat ground tricks. The main motion for this trick is a powerful scoop with the back foot on the tail (back) of the board, the front foot however is used only to catch the board once it finishes the rotation. I had to practice this trick for a good portion of a year before being able to execute them consistently.

In the future I would really like to execute this trick over big gaps/stairs, however first I need to develop my impact handling by skating more gaps and stairs so that I don’t injure myself when I land at the bottom of a big drop. doing this trick over a gap also requires a more controlled spin depending on the size of the gap i.e faster rotation for a smaller gap and a slower rotation for a bigger gap.

BS 360 | 2nd of April

The first trick I’m going to showcase for you guys is the backside 360. In the Vlog you’ll be able to see the trick being performed in slow motion as well as normal speed. I apologise in advance for the terrible video quality.

As mentioned in the Vlog above I learnt this trick about 3-4 years ago and have been landing it fairly consistently since then. However, Before I started learning this trick I had to learn a BS 180 which is pretty self-explanatory. If Your wondering what backside/BS means, this is just a referral to the direction of the rotation, the opposite way is frontside/FS.

All in all this trick took me at least 3 months to master and the biggest challenge for this trick in my opinion was keeping the board under your feet, many times I found my body completing the rotation but my board would lag behind.

I’ve been thinking off new ways to develop the trick and one obvious but rather daunting option would be to land the trick into another quaterpipe after taking of from the first. This would be called a backside 360 transfer as id be taking off from the first quaterpipe rotating the 360 mid air and then landing into another quaterpipe. This is more challenging than just landing on a flat surface as you have to angle and spot your landing mid rotation which can be very scary and difficult.

 

 

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