How-To Skateboarding: Frontside Crailslides with SOTY David Gonzalez
How-To Skateboarding: Frontside Crailslides with SOTY David Gonzalez by RIDE Channel is a skateboarding tutorial for the Crail Slide. David Gonzalez treats the frontside crail slide as an extension of a trick you should already own: the frontside tailslide on a quarter pipe.
What this video teaches
David Gonzalez treats the frontside crail slide as an extension of a trick you should already own: the frontside tailslide on a quarter pipe. He describes getting up on top of the coping in a laid back tailslide position, setting the tail down first and then grabbing the nose, with the grabbing hand staying put for the whole slide. He also notes that a smooth, waxed coping makes a large difference to whether the board actually slides.
Key tips
- Learn the frontside tailslide on a quarter pipe first; the crail slide is that same position with a nose grab added
- Order of operations on the coping: get the tail on first, then grab the nose
- Once the hand is on the nose it stays there for the whole slide rather than regrabbing mid trick
- Set up on a smooth, slick coping so the board will actually slide once you are locked in
- Push the board around from the tailslide position to bring it back in frontside
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Crail Slide