Frontside boardslide trick tip

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Frontside boardslide, step 1

Exercise

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  • With your weight centred over the middle of the board, ride straight on to the box.

Frontside boardslide, step 2

Fitness

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  • As you get on to it, start to turn your body to the left (right for right-foot forward riders), centring your weight over the arch of your front foot as you go so you don't catch your heel edge or slip out.

Frontside boardslide, step 3

Exercises

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Frontside boardslide, step 4

FItness

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  • Your body should be at roughly 90˚ during the slide but you should keep looking over your shoulder so you can see the end of the rail coming.

Frontside boardslide, step 5

Frontside boardslide, step 5

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Frontside boardslide, step 6

Frontside boardslide, step 6

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  • Ride away smoothly with your head up so you can keep an eye on what's going on around you.
Nick Hutchings

Nick Hutchings worked for Men’s Fitness UK, which predated, and then shared a website with, Coach. Nick worked as digital editor from 2008 to 2011, head of content until 2014, and finally editor-in-chief until 2015.