Heelside Blind 180s

[bsaaron]

I have tried a few heelside blind 180s and when i have landed i fall backwards every single time, im trying to stay leaned forward but im doin something wrong, whats the general position when leaving the wake and in the middle of the trick that will let me stick this trick, hopefully this summer i can land it no prob, they look sweet.

[colefooter]

Ok for the blind 180, first off you need to learn how to do a ollie bs 180 in the flats. This is pretty simple, just cut out of the wake and take a nice big ollie. Once you are off of the water simply let go with your back hand and pull with the other. This will make you rotate the backside 180.

Once you are here, most people panic because it is going to feel very weird. You don't even need to pass the handle at this point. What you need to do is just focus on landing and keeping your balance. DO NOT let go of the rope, which is what most people will do at first, just hold on, and lean away from the boat a little bit.

Now that your board has hit the water, just complete the handle pass and turn your head around toward the boat. Ollie BS 180's are a fun trick to do in the flats.

For more info on the Ollie BS 180, go here:
http://www.wakeboarder.com/tricks/ollieblind180.phtml

The next step to going w2w HS would be a 1 wake HS BS 180. On this trick your basically going to use all of the same steps that you do on the Ollie bs 180, except your going to be moving, and instead of olling your going to use the wake to create your air. The main thing you need to remember is DON'T LET GO! Just lean away from the boat a bit and hold your edge.

Once you have those down, the only thing you're going to do for a w2w hs bs 180 is simply take a bit more of a progressive edge. These may be hard to land the first few times, but once you land it once, it's going to be easy from there on. Just remember not to let go, and lean away from the boat to hold your edge.

Just remember, this trick is just built off of the Ollie BS 180, so once you get good at those, you should be able to do w2w bs 180s with ease.

Have fun!

[mans]

try grabbing your wake to wake bs 1's. this will make you spin it later and will stop you from landing over your heels.

[J_DOGG]

Learn how to ride in the cuffed position.
WAIT until you on your way down before you spin BS.
Look away from the boat when landing.
Lean over the toes.
Grab Indy to slow everything down and keep you on axis.
Keep the handle in tight to the hip!

Handle Pass or not this is an important trick to learn and will open a lot of other spins up for you.
Plus is looks dope compared to a sketched out backroll or some other sloppy invert.

[Krashr31]

Try landing by passing the handle then progress to landing wrapped. I also always do blind bunny hops in the flats to stay good at RIDING blind.
When you land passing the handle make sure you open you shoulders parallel to the shoreline, you won't fall back towards the boat this way.