How to Frontside Shove It - Beginner Skateboard Tricks Tutorial (Slow Motion)
How to Frontside Shove It - Beginner Skateboard Tricks Tutorial (Slow Motion) by Skiddy Skates is a skateboarding tutorial for the Frontside Shove-it. Skiddy Skates delivers a history-to-mechanics breakdown of the frontside shove-it (originally called the Front Pop by Steve Rocco in 1979), emphasizing that the trick is a frontside 180 for the board without any body rotation.
What this video teaches
Skiddy Skates delivers a history-to-mechanics breakdown of the frontside shove-it (originally called the Front Pop by Steve Rocco in 1979), emphasizing that the trick is a frontside 180 for the board without any body rotation. The tutorial focuses on the importance of a strong downward pop paired with the scoop, using slow-motion footage to show the back foot curling under the toe-side pocket and kicking the board in the frontside direction while the shoulders stay completely square.
Key tips
- The frontside shove-it is the board spinning frontside 180 while your body stays square, not a rotation trick
- Solid ollies are the mandatory prerequisite: the pop-and-level-out timing transfers directly to this trick
- Back foot sits in the toe-side pocket of the tail with toes hanging slightly off so the foot can curl under and scoop forward
- Front foot position is close to ollie stance, slightly angled, with toes hanging a little off the toeside edge to keep the board level
- Shoulders must stay parallel with the board throughout: any shoulder rotation causes the board to go sideways or fly past you
- The scoop is a forward and downward motion: the back foot curls under the tail and kicks the board in front of you, not behind
- Jump straight up and let the board come to you, not backwards chasing the board
- Learning backside shove-its first is optional but helps build the catching and landing confidence needed for the frontside version
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Frontside Shove-it