Crail
also known as: Crail Grab · Crail 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
The back hand reaches all the way forward and grabs the toe-side rail at the nose - a long diagonal reach across the entire body that twists the torso over the front foot. The crail's difficulty is in the geometry: to bring the trailing hand to the nose the rider must fold forward and rotate the shoulders, which shortens the airtime available for the reach and return. It reads beautifully tweaked, with the tail kicked out behind.
Step by step
- Air off the coping with generous amplitude - the reach needs time.
- Compress and fold your torso forward while the back hand travels diagonally to the nose.
- Grab the toe-side of the nose with the rear hand, kicking the tail out slightly behind you.
- Tweak the position through the peak, torso corkscrewed over the front foot.
- Release early, unwind the shoulders, and level the board for re-entry.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Bears the folded torso's weight and keeps the nose steady under the incoming hand. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | On the tail, kicking it back and up as the hand commits forward. |
| Shoulders | Rotate front-ward so the trailing shoulder points at the nose - the crail twist. |
| Arms | Back hand crosses the whole board to the nose; front arm sweeps back to counter-rotate. |
| Gaze | At the nose during the grab, then snapping back to the re-entry point below the coping. |