Casper

also known as: Casper Stall

balance freestyle difficulty 4/10
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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

A stalled balance on an upside-down board: the deck is half-flipped so the grip faces the ground, the tail tip rests on the pavement, the back foot stands on the underside of the tail, and the front foot hooks under the raised nose to hold the board up at an angle. The rider's weight runs almost entirely down through the back leg into the tail's tiny contact point; the hooked front toe supplies just enough upward tension to keep the nose from dropping. It is both a trick and the hub position for casper flips, casper slides and countless combo exits.

Step by step

  1. Half-kickflip the board (or roll it over with the front foot) so it comes to rest grip-down with the tail tip on the ground.
  2. Plant the back foot on the underside of the tail, directly over its ground contact point.
  3. Slide the front foot under the nose so the toes and top of the foot cradle the underside (now the top) of the nose.
  4. Lift gently with the front toes until the board hangs balanced at roughly 30-45 degrees.
  5. Stack hips over the back foot; the front foot holds tension, not weight.
  6. Exit by flicking the nose up and over so the board completes its flip back onto the wheels, and land on the bolts.

Body mechanics

Front footHooked under the raised nose, toes curled up; provides lifting tension that sets the board's hang angle.
Back footCarries nearly all body weight on the underside of the tail, pinned directly above the tail's ground contact.
ShouldersSlightly open toward the nose so the chest faces the board's hang line.
ArmsOut and relaxed, trimming the fore-aft teeter that the two-point (tail-plus-hook) system allows.
GazeOn the nose and front foot hook - that connection is the part that fails first.