Alpha Flip
What it is
A backside 180 combined with a 360-degree hospital flip of the board around the front foot — the front foot never leaves the board.
- Lessons
- 0
- Channels
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- Other stances
- 3
- Level
- 5/5
Alpha Flip
How it works
- Pop and turn backside 180 while the board performs a hospital-style 360 flip wrapped around the front foot, which stays in contact throughout.
- The continuous foot-to-board connection makes the timing extremely precise; land as the board levels out of the 180.
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Alpha Flip
Other stances
The same trick from another stance. The lessons above still apply; the ones made for a stance are listed under it.
Nollie Alpha Flip
The lessons above applyFakie Alpha Flip
The lessons above applySwitch Alpha Flip
The lessons above apply
Flip tricks
Same family
Grounded in Wikipedia: Flip trick (Alpha flip)
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Global SKATE: one trick, one try, days to answer. Free, in the app.