how to get air on a gravity minicarve???

[AGENT WD-40]

i have been skating with my mini carve for about a year or so and i was wondering if anyone knew how to do 180's like the ones you see in some of their videos...any help would be great...thanks

[frank]

go fast

[AGENT WD-40]

i dont mean slide, i want to know how to do an aerial 180...some of the guys on the g-team can do 180 aerials and i want to know how...

[doctor worm]

same way as on any other board. it involves an ollie. 8)

[frank]

did I say slide? You dont need to ollie to get air. You just need speed and balls. Pump off the coping grab turn and come back in.

[Mr. Zogs]

grab the rails of the board, hold on tight, pull up and jump sorta with the board, while spinnin, u'll 180 hopefully

[doctor worm]

i was thinking banks/flat ground not vert/pool

[crash]

answer is still pretty much the same...speed

start small and work your way up. try starting off by just grabbing the rail as you approach just to get the feel of the body position. then start going faster and faster in that position. you may not have to ollie, but you will have to get the nose up.

but again, go fast, grab, pull hard and bingo, air

[sk8thedowner]

ok... with a a mini carve, its hard to get the pop right due to a flat tail with a foam kick. you have to use more of a scooping motion with your back foor when doing f/s and b/s 180's. really push the side of the tail around to get it rotating.

really its just practice. ollies on a mini carve work better when the tail is worn down, so the angle is more like a real kick.

some people don't think its worth the time or effort to learn how to skate them aggressively, but once you get it, it feels great. keep at it.