Issue
Why can't I get height?
Push Your Front Foot Backward
Mechanism / Why It Happens
The basic mechanism for lifting the board is the same as an ollie.
The basic technique for getting height on a backside 180 is the same as for an ollie. Pop hard, lift your front knee, and push the nose down with your front foot. The only difference is the direction in which you push your front foot. In this case, you should push it backward, opposite to your direction of travel, with a compact motion directed as downward as possible. Immediately after popping the tail, while the board's center of mass is beginning to rise, sharply pushing the nose downward allows the tail on the opposite end of the board to rise.
What to Do
There's a reason your front foot can stay on the board even when you push it backward.
When you hear that you should push your front foot backward, you might think it would simply slide o