Frontside Lipslide
also known as: Front Lip · FS Lipslide
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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 tail-over slide with the obstacle at the toes: the rider ollies and whips the tail across the toe-side rail, landing mid-deck with their chest now facing back up the rail - a blind, wound-up slide position that pairs the lipslide's demanding entry with the front board's semi-blind balance. The hips carry a quarter-turn of stored backside rotation through the slide, released at the end to turn out and roll away forward. A staple on handrails and one of the classic slides on ramp coping, where the tail is thrown over from below.
Step by step
- Approach with the rail in front of your toes, square line, good speed.
- Ollie and whip the tail over the bar with a quarter backside turn of the hips.
- Drop the deck's center onto the rail, chest facing up-rail, head turned hard to the exit.
- Stack weight straight down through the contact; keep the wound-up hips quiet.
- Slide reading the rail's end over your leading shoulder.
- Release the stored rotation to turn 90 out at the end, landing forward and rolling away.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Anchors the front bolts on the locked deck; leads the un-turn at the exit. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Drives the pop and the tail whip over the rail. |
| Shoulders | Wind a quarter backside for the entry and hold; the head counter-rotates to sight the exit. |
| Arms | Trailing arm high over the rail's start, leading arm pointing at the exit. |
| Gaze | Over the front shoulder at the end of the rail from lock-in to landing. |