Doing a 360 spin is very tricky. The rotation of the board is not the problem, the problem is keeping your momentum and balance.
To start this trick, you want to enter the trick with speed, but not insanely fast. Just enough that you are gaining on the boat. Lean forward and bend your knees so that you are building speed. At the same time you want your weight to be ini the centre of the wake surf board. This is probably the most important part of the 360, and if you are falling off backwards, you're not leaning forward. If you plow through the wake, you are leaning too far forward.
The next step is the turn up and into the wake which is combined with dragging your trailing hand in the wake. You must keep your focus on trying to place the nose of your board at the very top of the wake. Also, where you place your hand in the wake will be where the nose of the wake surd board will rotate. Technically, your hand is the picot point and you should leave it in the water. As the board starts to rotate, you'll pull your hand out and the board will rotate using the momentum you have created.
Finally, the tough phase. When you are up and around, you need to start looking for the boat. After that, you will be square to the boat, once you are square it will cause your rotation to be slow and wide. Now you will begin to come back around to the boat, start looking for the boat and your will rotate completely.
The three components of the trick are:
1)Set up, board flat, some speed
2)Turn up the wake and drag your trailing hand
3)As the board reaches about 180, turn your head over your shoulder and loot for the boat.
This video shows a 360 spin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKbW0NQfQ-Q
sources: http://www.wakeboardingmag.com/wakeboarding-brand-channel/malibu-wakeboard-boats/2013/03/14/how-to-wakesurf-360s-made-simple/
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