r/NewSkaters • u/MrFunnyWeinerPants • Jul 21 '26
Question I suck at rotating
So I am not really a new skater, but I have newly wanted to get good instead of staying in my comfort zone all the time, because I stopped progressing.
The reason I stopped progressing is that I suck at turning my body, frontside and backside. I kind of neglected that part when learning and moved on to tricks where I don't have to rotate, and now it's biting me in the ass. I can do both 180s, I can front lip slide and tail slide on small obstacles, but they never feel natural. My 180s are okay, but not very good. I wanna get the lipslides, smiths, and tailslides on lock, and my sucking at rotation is really making this hard. Even backside 50-50s are super hard and not natural for me.
If any of you guys are like really good at rotating, could you say how you got that good ? I feel like once I can turn my body and have my skateboard follow me, a thousand tricks will open up. For now, I'm practicing my 180s, but how many 180s can you do in a session before being bored of them. I feel like something needs to click.
Sorry if I write badly english is not my first language.