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Flat spins are tricks that have emerged over the past couple of years. They aren't hard, and look good, but hurt a lot more if you miss them (than a standard 540 or 720).

To do these, you need to be pretty proficient on the vert, and you need to be able to get a good amount of air, so that you can execute the trick.

Pump hard up the ramp, and give your transition a slight curve, as if you were going for a grind (the way you want to spin). As you start to air, you will feel as if you are lying on your side. At this point, you want to bring your legs round hard, so that you start spinning. This will get you rotating around your belly button (if you do it right), and all you have to do is hold the position, until you have gone full circle, at which point, you will be facing away from the vert. Here, you want to give your torso a little twist, until you can see the transition. Just brace yourself for the landing, or the bail, depending on how you end up.

Sorry, I don't have the 720 flat spin up yet, but I've got a lot of work to do, and so can't skate as much as I would like to, so I haven't landed the trick yet. If anybody out there can do one, and feels like they would like to write a tutorial, then please feel free. I will do all the HTML, and please give your name so you can be given credit. Thanks :)

WARNING: DO NOT TRY THESE TRICKS ON A VERT UNTIL YOU ARE CONFIDENT YOU CAN GET THE RECOMMENDED HEIGHT ABOVE THE COPING. IF YOU DON'T, GET ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS TO BRING A MOP AND A SPONGE.

Written by Nick Habibi