Christ Air
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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
Christian Hosoi's masterpiece: at the peak of a huge air the rider takes both feet off, holds the board out to one side by the nose in one hand, and spreads the body into a crucifix - arms out, legs together, floating. Nothing about the pose helps you land; it is pure amplitude spent on iconography, and the price is a full mid-air reassembly, swinging the board back beneath the body and finding both bolts with the wall approaching. It demands the biggest airs of any grab trick in this file.
Step by step
- Generate maximum speed and boost the biggest air you have - the pose needs a long peak.
- Grab the nose with one hand on the way up and kick both feet free of the board.
- Extend the grabbing arm out to the side, board hanging vertically, and spread the other arm and legs into the crucifix.
- Hold the pose at the apex for as long as the arc allows.
- Swing the board back under your feet with the grabbing arm, plant both feet on the bolts, release, and drop in.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Leaves the board entirely and hangs in the pose, then targets the front bolts on reassembly. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Same - off, extended, then recovered to the tail in the final beat of the descent. |
| Shoulders | Thrown open and level in the crucifix, then rotated back over the incoming board. |
| Arms | One holds the board's nose at full extension; the other spreads wide to complete the figure. |
| Gaze | Out over the ramp at the peak - the pose is the point - then hard down at the re-entry. |