First make sure you have your Ollie to the point where you feel comfortable with it, the higher and faster you have them the easier it will be to do a FS 180. A FS 180 is exactly what it sounds like you'll start with your normal stance and pop your board to make you and the board do a 180. The frontside part means that the front of your body will be facing where your going at all time, like in the picture above.
Step 1. Start riding at a reasonable rate and get your feet into the same position you would if you were doing an ollie.
Step 2. The key to this skateboard trick is all in the upper body. Basically you want to wind the trick up by dipping your shoulder in (the opposite of the way your going to spin) and then as you pop you shift your shoulders frontside. By doing this your legs will automatically follow your body and the trick will spin a lot faster.
Step 3. Make sure you pop as high as you can to allow a lot of time for you to get a full 180 in.
Step 4. As you hit the 90 degree mark you're going to want to shift you're weight back a little, you can even try landing with your weight on the nose and pivoting a little bit to complete the full 180. The only problem with pivoting is that once you take this trick to a stair set or gap you might get into some trouble. Pivoting is a bad habit but at the same time it can help you learn.
Step 5. As you reach the full 180 straighten up your shoulders, try and make sure the momentum doesn't throw you off balance, bend your knees, absorb the impact and ride away smooth.
Happy Skateboarding!
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