Manual 180 Out

All three coaches agree the trick is really a rotation problem, not a manual problem: the 180 out is driven by winding the upper body while you are still in the manual, and your shoulders decide where you rotate. ExpertVillage and Braille both say to pre turn well before the end of the pad, with ExpertVillage giving the concrete distance of six inches to a foot from the edge, and Braille warning that you have to be turned far more than feels comfortable or the legs cannot finish the pivot. Everyone treats this as a step up from an existing manual trick, with ExpertVillage and Braille building on the ollie or manual out, and Cooper Wilt requiring frontside 180s and switch nose manuals since his version enters with a 180 as well. They differ in scope: ExpertVillage and Braille teach a regular manual with a frontside 180 exit, while Cooper Wilt teaches the harder 180 fakie manual 180 out and focuses on landing the entry 180 with all the weight over the back truck. Cooper Wilt is also the only one to argue against cheating the rotation, saying a full committed 180 actually catches and pops you into the manual. The shared practice advice is to isolate the pieces, whether that is flat ground 180s and manuals separately, or drilling the pivot without pop.

• →Wind the upper body while you are still in the manual; the shoulders predict the direction of the 180
• →Set the shoulders roughly six inches to a foot before the end of the pad rather than waiting for the edge
• →Be far more turned than feels natural, because if the upper body is not wound up the legs cannot complete the rotation
• →Practice flat ground 180s and manuals separately, then drill the 180 out with little or no pop before combining them
• →Land with your weight over the back truck and stay on the teeter totter point rather than reaching for the front wheels
• →Commit to a full uncheated rotation instead of scraping it around, since the committed weight helps catch the landing

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