How to FRONTSIDE BLUNTSLIDE

What this video teaches

Frontside-bluntslide-specific tutorial that recommends building the trick out of the backside 180-over-rail motion, using tail smacks to find the front-blunt lock before committing to a full slide. Stresses waxing the rail heavily and weighting the toes to keep momentum through the exit.

Key tips

• 1Practice backside 180s over the rail first, smacking the tail down partway through to feel out the locked front-blunt position before committing fully
• 2Wax the rail heavily; a front bluntslide needs a slick surface or it stops dead and throws you backward
• 3Don't worry if the first landings feel more like a backside tailslide than a true nose-up blunt, the classic nose-in-the-air look comes with more back-foot weight over time
• 4Load your weight increasingly onto the back foot as you get comfortable, to lift the nose into the proper vertical blunt position
• 5Keep more weight on your toes than your heels through the slide to sustain momentum all the way to the end of the rail
• 6Prep your shoulders for the turnout early, the same way you would exiting a frontside boardslide, whether you're riding out fakie or regular
• 7Approach with enough speed and confidence that your weight distribution alone keeps the slide going, not muscling through it

Summarized from the video transcript.