(Stare Down That Coping) How To: ROCK TO FAKIE | Rock To Fakie Tutorial
(Stare Down That Coping) How To: ROCK TO FAKIE | Rock To Fakie Tutorial by Tom's Tutorials is a skateboarding tutorial for the Rock to Fakie. Tom Rohrer treats rock to fakie as the first quarter pipe trick after dropping in, and covers it in unusual detail.
What this video teaches
Tom Rohrer treats rock to fakie as the first quarter pipe trick after dropping in, and covers it in unusual detail. He recommends learning it on a quarter pipe with small coping, because tall coping lets your truck hang up on the way back in, and getting used to rolling up and back down backwards before ever attempting the rock. Foot position is back foot far back on the tail with the toes flat and slightly to one side, front foot up over the front bolts and angled rather than straight, near the edge but not hanging over. His signature cue is where you look: stare at the coping from far back on the approach, because the board follows your eyes, then look down at the board as you come back in. The other key detail is body angle, matching your lean to the angle of the transition on the way up and down, and holding the stall at roughly 45 degrees out from the quarter pipe with the front leg extended and the back knee bent so momentum pulls you back in.
Key tips
- Learn on a quarter pipe with small coping; tall coping catches your truck on the way back in
- Back foot far back on the tail with the toes flat, front foot over the front bolts, angled rather than straight and near the edge without hanging over
- Press the tail just slightly to lift the front wheels onto the coping, keeping some weight on the front foot so it does not shoot up too far
- Aim to set the coping around the middle of the board: too far up is hard to pull back in, too little and you clip the coping and slam
- Match your body lean to the angle of the transition going up and coming down, then straighten out at the bottom
- Stare at the coping from far back on the approach because the board follows your eyes, then look down at the board as you roll back in
- In the stall, extend the front leg and keep the back knee bent to hold about a 45 degree angle out from the ramp so momentum pulls you back in
- Press the tail again on the way back in to lift the front wheels past the coping before setting them down
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Rock to Fakie