How to Frontside No Comply 180

The frontside no comply 180 is a cool trick to learn because there’s so much you can do with it. Land the plain 180, pivot back, add a shifty, pivot the same way, go for a 360, add a flip or an extra spin. And once you have them, they’re really consistent, so you can use them in lines.

Foot position

• Front foot: it has to get off the board as fast as possible. For me that’s just behind the bolts, pointed forward. That way I can drop my heel off, pivot on it and get off quickly.
• Back foot: flat and centered. If it’s too far toward your heels, the board flips like a heelflip. Too far toward your toes, it flips up like a kickflip. You want it stable.

If your back foot is too far back on the tail, the board just pops away and you can’t follow it very well.

How to no comply 180

1. Like any spinning trick, wind up your shoulders, then start to unwind.
2. Step your front foot off. On this one, take a big step and get your foot pretty far away, because the board spins in the same direction you’re turning. Try to land on your heel and bring it around a little extra.
3. Your weight should be centered or a little toward the back, so when your front foot comes off, the board pretty much pops by itself. Give it an extra little jab once it starts going.
4. Guide the board around your back foot.
5. Turn your body at the end, jump your front foot back on and land on top of it.

It has to pop

If you try to keep it low and flat, it hits your leg. It really has to pop up. That’s the main thing about this trick.

It feels different from anything else you’ve done. It’s not really like a frontside shove it, because you don’t catch it. It gets fairly high, but it stays vertical, so the tail stays kind of low. Pop it so it clears your leg, then turn your body at the end and land on it.

Guide it around your back foot

I had a lot of trouble with this at first. If your foot is too close to the end of the tail, the board pops and goes flying. You might still jump on top of it, but you’re not guiding it, and you lose control. That matters if you want to land in a pivot or do them on a bank.

With your foot in the right spot, you pop it and kind of pull the tail around. It feels like the board is at the same angle as your leg, almost like it becomes part of your leg. You bring it around, then jump your front foot back on at the end.

You can sneak it around your leg without much pop, but once you go faster and start adding flips, that gets really hard. Step pretty far away and pop it almost vertical so it clears your leg.

You can land in a slight pivot, but because the board goes so vertical, it’s almost definitely going to land straight anyway.

It’s a weird feeling at first, but it’s worth your time.

What’s next

From here, try the no comply varial heelflip and the no comply bigspin flip.