Back Swivel + 360 + Front Open Lion + 360

Steps

1. 01Check the prerequisites: the swivel in both directions (it comes from rolling onto the edges, as in parallels), the 360 jump landing with control, the front open lion feeling comfortable, and two combos this line inherits: #7 (front swivel to fakie 360 — inverted here) and #2 (jump into front open lion, with its progression from two feet to one). The episode doesn't teach any of them: it gives entry and exit tips and shows the line. The way to practice it: even though it reads as two pairs, break the line down into three isolated fusions — as in block 2 — and then join them.
2. 02Fusion 1 — Back swivel + 360: press into the corresponding edges, start with your torso and drive with your hip to generate the rotation. That rotation is the momentum: continue the turn with your shoulder and take off into the 360. Practice it on its own until the swivel and the jump feel like a single rotation — like in combo #7, but in the other direction.
3. 03Fusion 2 — 360 + open lion: the 360 lands on one foot and with that landing you go straight into the front open lion. It's the most complex seam of the line, so work on it separately, without the swivel: 360 jump onto one foot and push into the open lion, without resettling, until the landing is already the entry of the lion.
4. 04Fusion 3 — Open lion + 360 (the video's bonus): the leg that draws the lion cushions while you follow the continuity of the movement, and from there you close the 360. Until every open lion you do can be closed in a 360 without thinking about it.
5. 05Assemble the line: back swivel → 360 on one foot → front open lion → 360. The three fusions share pieces — the 360 closes the first and opens the second, the open lion closes the second and opens the third —, so if each one already feels like a single movement, the full line comes out on its own. Practice it from the two angles the video shows and at your own pace.
6. 06If fusion 2 doesn't come out, take it down a level: enter with a front-to-fakie swivel and a 180 instead of the back swivel and the 360 — you still reach the open lion with one level less of difficulty. And if it still feels complicated, land on two feet, push from there into the open lion and close with the 360. No version is the right one: they're proposals for you to play with and find your lines.

Common mistakes

• ×Doing the back swivel without pressure on the edges: without the corresponding edges, a torso that starts and a hip that drives, there's no rotation — and without rotation there's no momentum to continue into the 360.
• ×Stabilizing after the swivel and jumping from zero: the swivel's momentum is continued with the shoulder into the 360; if you cut it, the jump comes out heavy and half-turned (combo #7).
• ×Forcing the one-foot landing too soon: if the one-foot 360 eats the open lion's entry, go down a level — front-to-fakie swivel with a 180, or land on two feet and push from there (combo #2).
• ×Entering the open lion stiff: the leg that draws the lion has to cushion the landing while the movement keeps going; if you stop the continuity, the exit 360 doesn't come out.
• ×Practicing the whole line from the start: four movements thought through one by one get stuck at every seam. Isolate the three fusions — swivel + 360, 360 + open lion, open lion + 360 — and join them when each one is already a single movement.
• ×Taking the line as the only version: the variations aren't right or wrong — they're proposals for you to find your combos and your lines.

Frequently asked questions

Which earlier combo does this episode invert?

#7: a front swivel 180 into a fakie 360 jump, which ended there. Here it's the other way around — a back swivel straight into a front 360 jump — and the line keeps going: you land on one foot, enter the front open lion and exit with another 360.

Why does the video only give entry and exit tips?

Because this block doesn't explain each movement in depth: for that you already have a tutorial or a section that covers the fundamentals and the movements we use in the combos in detail, linked in the prerequisites. The tips are what's specific to this line: how to generate the back swivel's rotation and how the open lion's leg cushions to close the 360.

What do I do if I can't land the 360 on one foot?

Change the start of the combo: enter with a front-to-fakie swivel and a 180 from there — one level less of difficulty — and land into the open lion. If it still feels complicated, land on two feet instead of one, and from there push to enter the open lion and close with the 360. They're not right or wrong: they're proposals for you to play with.

What is the video's bonus?

Doing the open lion straight into the 360, as a separate exercise. It comes in like what we did in block 2: two movements that go really well together and that you can fuse into one. That way you know that every time you do an open lion you can close it with a 360.

How do you practice a four-movement line?

As three isolated fusions, not as four movements: back swivel + 360, 360 landed on one foot + open lion, and open lion + 360. Each pair is practiced on its own until it feels like one movement — just like in block 2 — and since they share pieces (the 360 closes the first and opens the second; the open lion closes the second and opens the third), when you join them the line comes out on its own.