Front Board slide

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 21, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject: Front Board slide

alright, ive been skateing for a good few months now... and i still cannot properly exacute a frontboard on the lip. ive watched SNAP , and practiced alot, but i just cant seem to turn and stay, ive been told i look half retarted when i do it. Please gimme tips, any tips, im riding 2marrow so hit me up.

Vance Collins · Guest

-=AlexXx=-,

Its all in the hips. Use your hips to rotate and hold that handle close to you and by your waist. Really it just takes practice. Just concentrate on doing some fs boards during each run, but don't commit your whole run to it. Just throw it in once and a while and after you practice practice you'll have it down no problem.

So you can 360 shuv but cant do a front board on the lip?? Laughing

Nekkie · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject:

do what vance said and try having your upper body stading straight and tall. Also you must NOT put too much weigh on your toes cause that will make your ass pop back and your upper body bend: "assume the position" position if u like Laughing

Put weight on your heels until you fall backwards so you know how much you can go. For the best front boards u need to be at the limit of falling backwards

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

what way is fs board slide?

Vance Collins · Guest

seven11dmd,

front foot over wake first, back towards boat.

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

ohh thanks, in that case mine are always sorta angled....like a beach

PIRATE · Guest

keep the rope at you waist that is the key

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Nekkie · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

when just riding behind the boat you can have your arm holding the handle extented so you can relax a bit, less tension on your arm.

But as soon as you want to do a trick you need to pull on that arm and keep the handle as close as you can, so that if shizzle hits the fan you can always extend your arm and get a little rope slack, and having the rope close to you throughout the trick helps a ton for balance.

also, in snap they talk a lot about moving the handle towards the boat, and away from the boat and shizzle... I don't think that works that well, just keep the handle close to you and focus on being comfortable while sliding

Vance Collins · Guest

Alex,

I believe seeing the move will better help you visualize yourself doing it. Hopefully this can help you out! There's a pic that can help you with feet, body, handle position etc, and theres a small video to help you. Good Luck!
(I actually kinda tweek it a little past a front board, I don't know what its called, but its fun.)

http://www.wakeskating.com/media/showphoto.php?photo=1279&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

andy ross · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject:

vance, that is textbook man. very nice. Cool

nick · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject:

It's sweet in sfumato when Leatherman tweaks his front board like all the way...

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 23, 2005 11:36 pm Post subject:

yo thanks guys, especialy vance, and Nekkie, ill try it out as soon as i hit the water and let yall know how it worked, ya vance i cna 360 shuv and cant fs board.. har har. Wink

Vance Collins · Guest

Nick Taylor,

Yea he got that from me! Wink

j/k

seven11dmd · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

vance, are you still skating? or are u just wakeboarding now

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject:

hey i tryed some 2day i got them going pretty good, better then i did b4, i jsut gotta work on staying on the lip. thanks again everyone

Nekkie · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject:

cool!

for staying on the lip you need to balance your weight, more on front foot to go more towards the wake, back foot to go away. But you prolly knew that already Very Happy

nick · Posted: Apr 04, 2005 6:58 am Post subject:

He got them a lot better on Saturday too

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 04, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Nick Taylor, thanks to you, buy i still need to tweak them ALOT more... looks like an off axis 50-50 lol

nick · Posted: Apr 11, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

Harold, you have them solid now don't you?