Eggplant
also known as: Egg Plant
Sign in to add this trick to your list.
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 backside handplant on the front hand: approaching with the back to the ramp, the rider plants the leading hand on the coping and grabs indy with the rear hand, inverting over the lip with the body rotating backside. The hand assignments are the invert's mirror - plant with the front, grab with the back - which suits the backside approach because the leading arm naturally reaches the coping first. The stall reads rounder and more coiled than a frontside invert, hence the vegetable.
Step by step
- Ride up on a backside line, leading shoulder toward the coping.
- Plant the front hand on the coping as the board reaches the lip, rear hand taking the toe rail (indy).
- Swing hips and board up over the planted arm, rotating backside into the inversion.
- Stall the one-armed handstand, knees tucked, board clamped overhead by the indy grab.
- Rotate back down the wall, release the plant, plant the wheels, and re-enter forward.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Tucks with the knees inside the grab's hold, riding the board's overhead arc. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Presses the tail into the rear hand's grab, keeping the board a fixed mass to balance. |
| Shoulders | The leading shoulder locks under the plant; the trailing one wraps the backside rotation around it. |
| Arms | Front arm is the plant column; rear arm holds indy and pins the board to the feet. |
| Gaze | Find the coping for the plant, then look through to the transition as the rotation brings it around. |