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How long did it take you to learn your first 360?

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RkBoarding
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Jems
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My first 360 was an accident, but my first intentional ones took me a few tries.
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RkBoarding
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JemsMy first 360 was an accident, but my first intentional ones took me a few tries.

Same, I tried to 180 off of a side hit and I guess I somehow just whipped it to hard and ended up with a 360.
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shinbangclan
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My very first three was a huck and pray off of a 2ft cat trail drop
This season I've thrown a few off of drops from catwalk trails
Just last week I grew a pair and brought it to kicker.

So yeah, it took me probably a months worth of skiing to go from nada to a 360.
It's easier off of bigger jumps.
6 years ago
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lil.Boye
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10 minutes of trying. peer pressure made me do it
6 years ago
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nmwninjart
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Should you have 180s down before trying 360s? ( I'm working on 180s now and want to get 360 soon)
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RkBoarding
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nmwninjartShould you have 180s down before trying 360s? ( I'm working on 180s now and want to get 360 soon)

I would definitely want to have 180’s on lock before moving to 360’s.
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ChadThundercock
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just go turn your release setting up on your bindings, and look under your arm not over your shoulder on about a 2-3 foot high jump
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Narcopus
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Holy shit everyone here balled out. Maybe it’s cause I had never done a 180 or anything on a jump, but it took me around 20 tries of repeated crashes on the same jump to land one. It was just so hard to get it around for some reason. Then it took me probably 200 after that to get it consistent and not feel like I was hucking with a 50% chance of landing...
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tahoearmada20
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its been 20 years but i think it was my second try, maybe third
got a whole lot easier once twin tips came out
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dolanslebensraum
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Did one the first ski vacation i started trying them.
They were a bit dodgy at first but you gotta noob somewhere
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CalumSKI
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did my first one by accident at killington
ones on purpose just came after
6 years ago
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Kevski
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First one took probably 10 tries but each try took sooooo long to work myself up for. Built a kicker on a kind of side country meadow to ease the nerves and be less self-conscious about people watching and got it around as soon as I actually committed to it.
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romozi
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I just came back to skiing after 8 years of snowboarding (4 in in park rat mode). I eventually got my first 3 off a knuckle in a matter of days. I'll say at least 4-5 tries, I didn't land it clean tho. The first few tries my tips would hit the landing before completing the rotation.

**This post was edited on Feb 24th 2019 at 5:41:14pm
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theabortionator
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Probably dozens of tries to get it clean. 180 to 360 is the hardest transition followed by 3 to 5. Getting good at 80s almost puts you at a disadvantage to learning 3s. You get so used to spotting the landing and popping the 180. You never have to spin properly.

Def a great feeliing to get those first clean 3's. That said even the 270s where you're sliding it around are a decent tool to learning.
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romozi
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The best to learn 3's is probably attempting 270's off sidehits. It will help you get through the motion of rotation faster/harder.
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Narcopus
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theabortionatorProbably dozens of tries to get it clean. 180 to 360 is the hardest transition followed by 3 to 5. Getting good at 80s almost puts you at a disadvantage to learning 3s. You get so used to spotting the landing and popping the 180. You never have to spin properly.

Def a great feeliing to get those first clean 3's. That said even the 270s where you're sliding it around are a decent tool to learning.


I can’t speak for 1 to 3 cause I did 3s first, but 3 to 5 was the easiest thing ever, just spin a little harder and you’re there. Got it second try when I couldn’t even consistently do 3s or land switch well
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theabortionator
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NarcopusI can’t speak for 1 to 3 cause I did 3s first, but 3 to 5 was the easiest thing ever, just spin a little harder and you’re there. Got it second try when I couldn’t even consistently do 3s or land switch well


It all depends on your rotation. You were flatter and more level. 180s you can ollie basicslly, 360s same woth a slightly more level spun. 5s you have to spin flatter and more level. After 5 every spin is kind of and easy commit to another 180.
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270on420out
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I was like 11 but it took me a full season to learn how to do them. Took another full season to learn how to do them clean and with grabs.
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whitenab
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Did my first 3 off a natural hit yesterday (am stoked). I've also landed a few on smaller park stuff. Seems like using a takeoff/landing I new well was helpful.

Also like others have mentioned, I definitely think 1's hurt my progression and stalled my progress to 3s because of how comfortable I was spotting my landing then having to let go of that. But I love landing and skiing backwards so it's okay with me.
6 years ago
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Phillydog1
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I agree that it is sometimes hard to look past the lip at 180 if you get too used to it. It is probably also easier to learn off of a smaller jump in the park (10-15 foot beginner jump) then anything super small. Side hits can be great to start because you still have to look past the lip at 180 but it is slightly less overall rotation.
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Phillydog1
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Another suggestion for all-try to be comfortable spinning both right and left side. This keeps your options open for more combos later down the road.
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skiP.E.I.
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2 years
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Jezza
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A few tries. Watched a dude throw a 3 off a small jump before me so I decided to try one myself. Under rotated the first couple, landed the next one.
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The.Fish
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I can front 4 and blind 2 off rails but I still can’t 360 off a jump. Every time I try it ends in shinbang so I just don’t really worry about jumps.
6 years ago
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JmckR
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skiP.E.I.2 years


Not sure if that's a serious comment but my literally took like 2 years. I've always had a constant (mental) battle with them after breaking my collar bone in France a couple of years ago trying a 360.

Nowadays I can land them pretty confidently anywhere on the mountain (of side hits, cat tracks etc) and up to the medium kickers in the park, just with 0 style. Trying to work on getting a tail grab in at the moment but I'm still nowhere near. I think I gotta grow some balls and step up to the large kickers so I've got more time to grab.
6 years ago
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losh
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Idk if this is relevant at all, but for people scared of 3s try to spin them on flat ground with skis on. Even if you can't get it around (although it's not really that hard) you'll realize how damn easy they are to get around. A good confidence boost with 0 consequences.
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skiP.E.I.
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TheMailManNot sure if that's a serious comment but my literally took like 2 years. I've always had a constant (mental) battle with them after breaking my collar bone in France a couple of years ago trying a 360.

Nowadays I can land them pretty confidently anywhere on the mountain (of side hits, cat tracks etc) and up to the medium kickers in the park, just with 0 style. Trying to work on getting a tail grab in at the moment but I'm still nowhere near. I think I gotta grow some balls and step up to the large kickers so I've got more time to grab.


It did actually take 2 years from the time i first started attempting them. I am a cautious person and was even more back then. Took a long time to get past 270, which I learned on a hip, then a long time to stop landing back seat and sliding out. Now I can do them anywhere, and usually both ways with multiple grabs. I also find it really difficult to learn any trick on a feature I didn't build.
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NickelbackFan420
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i must have been about 8-9 when i did my first one, also the same day i threw my first 180 on some backseat rental skis. We were skiing in some creek gullies and came out at the end to this nice natural hit that wasnt that big, but i spun it quick and landed it. Felt like the greatest skier in the world afterwords, had so much BDE
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