Andrecht

also known as: Andrecht Invert · Backside Handplant

invert parkvert difficulty 7/10

roll 0° yaw 0° pitch 0° body 0°

Shown for a regular-footed rider. Teal ring + arrow = the rider's facing direction; teal band = the tail; a dot is where a hand holds the board - bright yellow for the front hand, amber for the back one, which is the whole difference between a mute and an indy. Board and rider rotate independently - each follows its own component. Drag to orbit.

How it works

Dave Andrecht's backside handplant: the rear hand plants on the coping while the front hand grabs the heel rail (lien position), the body inverting backside over the lip. Compared to the eggplant it swaps both hands - rear plants, front grabs - which forces the chest to open away from the ramp at full inversion and gives the Andrecht its distinctive spread-eagle look. The open chest makes the stall photogenic and the re-entry blind, in equal measure.

Step by step

Approach backside with speed, trailing arm ready toward the coping.
Plant the rear hand on the coping and take the heel rail with the front hand (lien grab) as you pass the lip.
Invert over the planted arm, rotating backside, chest opening away from the wall.
Stall the handstand with the board held overhead on the lien grab.
Bring the legs back over, release the plant, spot the transition, and ride back in forward.

Body mechanics

Front foot	Rides the board overhead against the lien grab's pull.
Back foot	Keeps the tail pressed into the system so the board stays flat above the inverted body.
Shoulders	The rear shoulder bears the plant; the front opens skyward with the grab, unfolding the chest.
Arms	Rear arm plants and locks; front arm holds lien, controlling the board like a kite overhead.
Gaze	The blind spot is real: find the coping late over the planted shoulder as the legs swing down.

Movement components

no pop · board 180° backside · body 180° backside · lien grab · stall on hand · handplant, inverted

no popboard 180° babody 180° balien grabstall: handhandplantinverted

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Grammar reads these components as: Backside 180 Lien Grab Stall (Inverted) (irregular name - see history below)

History

Dave Andrecht

Named after Andrecht, who pioneered the rear-hand backside handplant around 1980; the name became the permanent technical term for the plant-hand/grab-hand combination. Grosso traces the chain it came out of: Jay Adams had the flyaway, flying out like a backside air and slapping a hand on the wall; Bobby Valdez then made up the invert proper; and Andrecht answered the Valdez handplant by doing the Adams flyaway while grabbing behind his foot. Flipping the legs over is optional and, in Grosso's words, a thousand times better.