I’m sure you all have had the same issue, it’s been wet for weeks now, first chance to get a Skate in today and our DIY was flooded out… Spent hours clearing sludge out and then didn’t have much energy to skate, so I can only apologise for how badly done these are, but I thought after the talk in the Feebles thread I’d set Front Smiths!
I was hoping those of you who were saying they hadn’t ever got em on blocks had some motivation to get em…
Mine isn’t a great example but I’d say Ollie in like it’s a 5.0, then dip the nose down with your toes, then pop that shit out like you’re Donny Barley… (missing from the example) let’s see em!
Nice one! Smiths have always been one of my demons…sometimes I can do 'em like I’ve done them for years and others I can’t seem to hold it up at all. Ramp ones are hardest so I’ll try and give them a go on Friday night.
Can’t lock them in. I might try and learn them on the small block at Bally at the weekend. Every time I have tried I just can’t lock it in and they just stick.
They don’t lock that’s why.
You basically point your whole body right down to your front toe, standing slightly off the edge of the ledge, not on top. You are on the ledge for as long as your poise can hold it. The better your core strength the longer you can hold your weight there.
I could never hold them for very long unless it was like a driveway block which means you’re forced to go the correct speed for the trick. On a flat block it’s tempting to go steady and you only do little ones. Faster means longer because you cover more ground in the time your body can hold that position.
i realised today that you need to put your weight more over the block than you expect, like toe side. i found it was the only way to stop the inevitable front truck dip/fall forward. leaning further and further back just makes the front truck come up but leaning toe side allowed me to hold the position a little
If you put weight over the top you’ll do a short grind and then your pack truck will pop off and sometimes that can look rad if you get the technique, it can however eject you onto your shins. If you want to grind longer though you need to lean off the ledge ever so slightly so your truck is grinding against the kingpin not forcing weight on to of it causing it to react which can be wild.
It’s throwing you forward because the kingpin is catching. When you fine tune your lean and your speed you’ll find the spot in the truck that will grind. Go faster and you’ll see. You might get ejected off the front a couple of times but you’ll soon change your entry after that as you won’t want to do that many more times. Speed and point.
This dude is on top, he’ll grind for 6 inches and he’ll do a little ollie out or the truck will eject him and he’ll roll away stoked but he’ll only ever do 6 inches.
Well done, stoked!
