How To Rock & Roll - TR7 SKATEBOARDING

What this video teaches

TR7 names rock to fakie and kick turns as the two prerequisites, then gives explicit foot placement: back foot right on the tail with the toes over the edge so you can scoop the board round, front foot on the front bolts for a wide, controlling stance. Their staged approach is to first find the speed that puts the board halfway onto the coping, so the trucks can come up and over on the way out rather than getting hung up on top, and to approach dead straight so you exit straight. The distinctive cue is that once you are up there your weight should stay in the ramp with your shoulders held back through at least half the turn, and your head looking back in the direction you are going, since the legs and shoulders follow the head. Exiting is a matter of digging into the toe-side corner of the board to lift it over the coping, and bending the knees on landing to absorb the impact if you feel unbalanced.

Key tips

• 1Prerequisites are rock to fakie and kick turns; if you have both this comes quickly
• 2Back foot on the tail with the toes over the edge so you can scoop the board round; front foot on the front bolts for a wide, controlling stance
• 3Dial the speed so the board goes halfway onto the coping, far enough that the trucks come up and over on the way out instead of hanging up
• 4Approach dead straight up the ramp so you can come out straight and not slip out sideways
• 5Keep your weight in the ramp and your shoulders held back through at least half the turn instead of standing up on top
• 6Look back in the direction you are heading, because the shoulders and legs follow the head
• 7Dig into the toe-side corner of the board to lift it over the coping, then bend the knees to absorb the landing

Summarized from the video transcript.