The 360 thunder flip is a pressure flip variation, this is a backside 360 varial heel side pressure flip.
I know two ways to do this trick, you can do it by applying pressure behind the back bolts or by applying pressure on the corner of the tail. Most of the time I use the second one, this is the method I will explain here, if you wish to learn them with the first method, I recommend Dylan Jones trick tip for 360 toe flip.
I suggest learning ollie impossible and varial thunder flip first.
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Feet placement:
-this is a pressure flip variation, so the front foot does nothing, it just gets off the way, I suggest to place it somewhere between the middle and the front bolts, with toes hanging off the toe side, ready to get off the board.
-the back foot placement is critical, you have to put the ball of your foot on the heel side corner of the tail, very close to the heel side edge and the tip of the tail.
How to do the trick:
1/ get the front foot off the way, and scrape the tail forward and toward your back as you would for an impossible, but harder and faster. Because of the back foot placement you will be able to let the board go into a backside/vertical 360 flip motion instead of wrapping around your foot, to do this just keep pushing forward/toward your back with your foot to get it off the way, pushing the board hard forward will also help at keeping the board under you.
2/ jump high, done this way this trick takes space.
3/ let the board spin and flip then land, for this trick the landing is quite natural.
Tips:
-Feet's motion for this trick is very similar to what you would do for an impossible, but with a totally different feet placement.
-They are easier with a good amount of speed and/or off a bank.
I know two ways to do this trick, you can do it by applying pressure behind the back bolts or by applying pressure on the corner of the tail. Most of the time I use the second one, this is the method I will explain here, if you wish to learn them with the first method, I recommend Dylan Jones trick tip for 360 toe flip.
I suggest learning ollie impossible and varial thunder flip first.
Animated gif 1
Animated gif 2
Feet placement:
-this is a pressure flip variation, so the front foot does nothing, it just gets off the way, I suggest to place it somewhere between the middle and the front bolts, with toes hanging off the toe side, ready to get off the board.
-the back foot placement is critical, you have to put the ball of your foot on the heel side corner of the tail, very close to the heel side edge and the tip of the tail.
How to do the trick:
1/ get the front foot off the way, and scrape the tail forward and toward your back as you would for an impossible, but harder and faster. Because of the back foot placement you will be able to let the board go into a backside/vertical 360 flip motion instead of wrapping around your foot, to do this just keep pushing forward/toward your back with your foot to get it off the way, pushing the board hard forward will also help at keeping the board under you.
2/ jump high, done this way this trick takes space.
3/ let the board spin and flip then land, for this trick the landing is quite natural.
Tips:
-Feet's motion for this trick is very similar to what you would do for an impossible, but with a totally different feet placement.
-They are easier with a good amount of speed and/or off a bank.
