360 Ollie Setup

The 360 Ollie is a sweet looking skateboarding intermediate trick. There are few street skateboarding tricks that look smoother. The 360 Ollie is one of those tricks that you can bust out when you really want to show off, or just remind yourself that you are alive.

The 360 Ollie (or just "360", as most people call it) is where you are skateboarding along, and then you pop the board up into an ollie super high, while spinning all the way around in the air, and land rolling the same way you started. Most 360 ollies are done off of high curbs or ramps, because you need an awful lot of hang time in the air to spin all the way around.

360 ollies can be performed frontside or backside. I think backside 360 ollies are easier to learn, but these step-by-step 360 ollie instructions will cover both backside and frontside 360 ollies.

Here's what you'll need to already know, before learning to 360 ollie:

• Know how to skateboard. Of course. But you need to be pretty intermediate, at least, before tackling the 360 ollie. You want to be confident on a skateboard, have good balance, and know how to take a fall without getting too hurt.
• Know how to ollie. Again, of course. But you want your ollies to be high. You need to be able to stay in the air long enough to spin all the way around!
• Know how to 180 ollie. Make sure you feel very comfortable and confident with your 180s, before you move on to 360s.

Once you are good with these skateboarding skills, you can attack the 360 ollie! Read the rest of these directions, all the way through, and make sure they make sense to you before you head out and try to 360 ollie. Print them out if you want, but have them handy, and when you are ready then get out there and learn to 360 ollie!

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