Crailslide
also known as: Crail Slide
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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 frontside tailslide on coping with the trailing hand grabbing the nose - the crail grab - folding the rider into the arched, reached-over shape that made the trick an icon of 1980s ramp skating. The grab physically closes the kinetic chain: pulling on the nose lets the arm help hold the board's 90-degree set on the coping, so the slide is steadied by grip strength as much as leg pressure. Release means letting go, swinging the nose back over the transition, and dropping in off the tail.
Step by step
- Ride up the transition frontside with speed to reach the lip.
- As the back truck passes the coping, swing the tail onto it in a frontside tailslide set.
- Reach your trailing hand across to grab the nose - crail position - as the tail locks.
- Slide along the coping, arm pulling the nose into the arch, chest open to the flat.
- As momentum fades, release the grab and steer the nose back over the coping.
- Shift weight down the transition and drop back in, riding away.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | On the front bolts, pushing the nose up into the grabbing hand. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Presses the tail onto the coping, carrying the slide. |
| Shoulders | Open frontside with the trailing shoulder reached far across the body for the grab. |
| Arms | Trailing hand holds the nose (crail); leading arm swings back over the deck for counterbalance. |
| Gaze | Along the coping during the slide, then down the transition for re-entry. |