Snowboard · Jib

180 On/Off (PVC).

180オン/オフ(塩ビ管)

丸い形状への180度回転乗り降り

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Prerequisite
01

How to

Step by step
  1. Approach the PVC box at a 20-30 degree angle, slow and steady (no faster than you can control).

    Look at the exit end of the box, not the entry. Keeping your eyes on where you're going steadies you after you spin.

  2. Just before the box, weight the arches of both feet evenly and sink into a shallow knee bend.

    Don't let your upper body turn yet. Wind your shoulders against the direction of travel, loading them like a spring.

  3. The instant you're over the box, pop a small ollie off both feet to lift the board, and at the same time release your wound-up shoulders, chest, and hips together.

    Pull your arms and legs in tight so you stay compact. Staying small lets you spin the full 180 faster on the same amount of rotation. If you entered riding forward (regular), you land on the box riding backward (switch).

  4. Set the board down across the rounded back of the box (board perpendicular to the box) and drop your weight straight down through the arches of both feet.

    A round PVC box contacts on a thin line and rolls side to side easily, so don't tip toward your toes or heels. Stack your hips directly over the board. Eyes on the exit end.

  5. Ride switch along the box.

    Bend your knees slightly and make small fore-aft corrections from your ankles only, keeping your upper body quiet. Hold your arms out level to the sides so you can quickly correct any sideways tilt.

  6. Just before the exit end, wind your shoulders the opposite way again, the same as in step 3.

  7. At the end, lightly unweight to lift the board, release your shoulders to spin the remaining 180, and land back in regular.

    On snow, bend your knees to roughly 70-80 degrees and absorb the impact by softening ankles, then knees, then hips in that order.

02

Tips & common mistakes

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Tips

Split the total 360 into two halves, one on and one off. Don't try to spin a full 360 at once. Breaking it into "half on, half off" makes each part feel like an ordinary flatground 180, which raises your success rate.

COMMON MISTAKE

You come up short of 180 and land on the box crooked → Your shoulder wind-up before the box was too light, so you started spinning too late. In step 2, wind your shoulders firmly against your direction of travel, then unwind all at once right over the box. A slightly shallower approach angle (more parallel to the box) also gives you more room to complete the spin.

The rest of the tips, fixes for each mistake, and what to try next are in the app — learn them while you log. Intermediate+ tricks are for Members.

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