I forgot the name of this skate trick.
December 21, 2011 8:06 AM Subscribe
Help me identify this skateboard trick whose name has escaped me.
It's where you stamp your back foot down on the coping (or another surface that's raised), holding the board at a stall there, then stick your front foot out in front of you, not touching the board at all, kind of like a karate kick.
It's where you stamp your back foot down on the coping (or another surface that's raised), holding the board at a stall there, then stick your front foot out in front of you, not touching the board at all, kind of like a karate kick.
I think that trick did have a particular name back when it first became popular. I recall saying something else than judo tailblock when doing it, although that is the descriptive name.
posted by perhapses at 9:35 AM on December 21, 2011
posted by perhapses at 9:35 AM on December 21, 2011
You may have been thinking of a Boneless but, just for reference, it is a different trick than the one you described.
When doing a boneless, you plant your rear foot on the ground and kick your front foot out in front of you, but you lift the board up so that it stays in contact with the kicking foot rather than the planted foot.
Here's a video of Mike Vallely doing a boneless.
posted by 256 at 11:25 AM on December 21, 2011
When doing a boneless, you plant your rear foot on the ground and kick your front foot out in front of you, but you lift the board up so that it stays in contact with the kicking foot rather than the planted foot.
Here's a video of Mike Vallely doing a boneless.
posted by 256 at 11:25 AM on December 21, 2011
oops, I mean plant your front foot and kick your rear foot.
posted by 256 at 11:27 AM on December 21, 2011
posted by 256 at 11:27 AM on December 21, 2011
It's a boneless when the front foot is doing the touching of the ground/coping, a fastplant when it's the back foot. However, I believe you're actually describing a tailblock.
posted by rhizome at 12:16 PM on December 21, 2011
posted by rhizome at 12:16 PM on December 21, 2011
The pics you referenced are one-footed tail stalls (well, the second one is a one-footed tailslide).
posted by PSB at 1:00 PM on December 21, 2011
posted by PSB at 1:00 PM on December 21, 2011
Response by poster: So... it's not a boneless? I can't tell what conclusion we came to.
posted by jitterbug perfume at 4:13 PM on December 21, 2011
posted by jitterbug perfume at 4:13 PM on December 21, 2011
Watch the video I linked. If that's the trick you were thinking of, then it's a boneless. If not, then not.
posted by 256 at 7:36 PM on December 21, 2011
posted by 256 at 7:36 PM on December 21, 2011
Response by poster: It's NOT a boneless, actually - a boneless is its exact opposite - for anyone reading this, and I am still eluded by the name. I continue to hope someone will see this who can answer. I'm thinking maybe judo?
posted by jitterbug perfume at 1:49 PM on December 24, 2011
posted by jitterbug perfume at 1:49 PM on December 24, 2011
Best answer: Opposite of the boneless in that video is a backside boneless.
"back foot down" type tricks:
frontside tail block
backside tail block
backside fastplant
frontside fastplant
"front foot off" type tricks:
aforementioned backside boneless
bean plant
I'm not sure what else to cover.
posted by rhizome at 6:10 PM on December 24, 2011
"back foot down" type tricks:
frontside tail block
backside tail block
backside fastplant
frontside fastplant
"front foot off" type tricks:
aforementioned backside boneless
bean plant
I'm not sure what else to cover.
posted by rhizome at 6:10 PM on December 24, 2011
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I'm not sure it has a specific name. The kicking the leg out thing is usually called a "judo," so I'd say "tailblock with judo" or "tailstall with judo."
posted by 256 at 8:57 AM on December 21, 2011