How to 360 on Skis | an Intermediate Skiers Progression

awesome Nico !

i keep landing backseated which makes me fall and hurt
what could i do better? is it my pop or?
i rotate 360 and land on skis but as i said, backseated...
any tips would be helpful

How does a dancer do a 360 degree spin?

Head, shoulder, hips all stacked vertically. Not preloading one leg. Similar to your description to not over winding up pre jumps


The other thing I found helpful was using the Samuel head / eye positions a dancer uses in a turn, keep your head ahead for as long as you can on launch and the. Whip head around to point back ahead and downslope again. Time your arms coming in with that whip around of the head to accelerate the turn.

am i the only one who spins to right

The instant feedback video teaching is the most effective. The student can see his work and have positive impact and instant correction. So many instructors try to talk so much they will make you better. Great job. Best instruction technique possible.

As a gymnast and ballroom dancer. You go where you look. Your head's center of mass at the end of your body dictates where you go by the direction in which you look. Practice 360's on land then flat snow keeping your eyes up. The next step is waiting to turn your head last. Wr learn this to not get dizzy and keep orientation while rotating in a moving frame. To the take-off challenges in gymnastics that's calling setting. You set UP then rotate. You cannot do both. Many beginners try to initiate rotation on the ground and it ends badly. Same technique to practice; on flat ground practice setting up before you begin to rotate. Once you can keep your eyes up that is.

I'm finally sending it today at the hill. I can do a 180 with my eyes closed, but I'm overthinking the 3 I think. I'm intimidated. Hoping I don't die and end my ski season early 😂 great video, man!

Do you need twintip skis to do a 180?

Do you need a specific type of skis for this?

Surely you are best.
thanks, and m not Surely.

Watching from Mammoth, great technique, great work, keep it up !! Very clean ways to help an entry level 360. Good Job to Nico.

I love your content and how it really motivates to learn new skills. But perhaps on this one it would be good to specify how long was the learning process, how many tries etc. From the video it looks everything was done in a day, from attempting the first 180 to closing a 360. It is possible the student was a particularly talented one but that is not the case for most people.

I can do a 3 on small jumps, but when I do it on bigger jumps my back slaps the ground. can someone help me plzzzz

anybody else get passive aggressive vibes from this dude? lol

Were you in Verbier?

Do you want your top bindings loose 24/7?

wow he really was not enjoying that by the end 🤣

this is the Obi-Wan of ski instructors

Nice videos there ! :)
Are you jumping with tops of boots opened ? As shown at popping while now moving (at 0 speed with no skies). Thanks a lot ! :)

This video is fantastic. I'm an intermediate skier looking to get into doing some spins this year and watching another person around the same skill level learn these tricks is very encouraging.

What kinda ski do you use:)?

I can 180 very well but never feel like I’m high enough to 360. You recommend doing this with top bindings loose??

This is going to help alot in the next ski season i think

Is it possible to do 180 on freeride skis without rocker on the back side? Im always scared my skis will stick in the snow 😂

where is this?

How do you 7x

Gotta give praise to Niko as well he was great!

Is it better to have stave

I'm always landing my 360's tilted backwards resulting in the front of my ski raising up and me losing controll on the landing. What am I doing wrong?

Fantastic video gonna give this some work this weekend

im an expert skier but i have never been able to do tricks
but now i can thanks to this guide. super helpfull

I loved how you went through the whole process and correcting mistakes. Keep up the great videos

Awesome stuff! Keep it up. 👍

I really like how brutally honest you are, and you don’t do it in vein, there’s always a helpful tip that follows. You are a great teacher, I feel like I’ve learned a lot from this channel. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve noticed helps the most it keeping the head up, especially in a 360. Even just jumping with socks and shoes on, it makes a world of difference. What I’ll need to focus on the most is what I do with my arms. I noticed he never fully got it down with the arm movement, but I understand how much it helps with momentum and keeping balance.

Hi!! I got a pair of K2 Reckoner which are mounted -4 from true center. Do I think I will still manage to learn the 360 technique or it's better to have some center-mounted skis? Yes I know pretty weird question 🤣 Thank you

Stupid question, but should I learn to reverse beforehand, or does it come naturally?

I really would love to have a trainer as well that can teaches me how to do it

This was awesome. Cant wait to hit the slopes and start practicing my 360

Please do more like this with a student

Great video!!

I wanna join the camps but they’re only for adults

That Helly Hansen suit is sick

PLEASE more vidoes like this! Great stuff!

Landed my first 180 yesterday, keep the videos coming they make me wanna try new things everytime I ski

the biggest problem is the fear

great video i ll try it too! great channel. would be great to join you in person!

Can you do this easier with nice twin tips? It’s hard for me to do 180s because I have just standard skis (Rossignol exp 77) and I sometimes clip/lose speed trying to learn to ski switch or land a 180. I’m very open to the idea of selling my current skis and renting twin tips the next season and buying them the season after once I’m out of high school

Great stuff here! Maybe you've made a video but do you recommend learning anything in the park to do it on a center mounted ski? Even if trying to progress that into more freeride directional skiing with tricks?