Frontside Salad Grind

also known as: Front Salad

grind streetpark difficulty 6/10
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surface obstacle

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 diagonal 5-0 with the obstacle at the toes: the back truck grinds while the nose is punched across the ledge to hang over the far side, deck clear of the edge, board skewed like a front feeble that never sets its shelf down. Committing the chest over a toe-side edge while balancing one hanger is the crux - leaning back to safety pulls the truck off the corner. The pop-out is a tail-snap back toward the near side that squares the board under the rider before landing.

Step by step

  1. Roll at the obstacle on your toe side with confident speed.
  2. Ollie in, twisting the front of the board over the edge while keeping the nose up.
  3. Land the rear hanger alone on the corner, nose suspended past the far side.
  4. Drive your chest over the ledge, hips stacked on the back axle.
  5. Hold the diagonal with quiet upper-body tension as the truck grinds.
  6. Snap the nose back over the near side and pop off the tail, landing square and rolling away.

Body mechanics

Front footHolds the nose across and above the obstacle; its lateral tension sets the salad skew.
Back footAll weight through the ball of the foot on the tail, over the grinding hanger.
ShouldersClosed slightly toward the ledge with the chest committed above it.
ArmsLeading arm reaches past the far side; trailing arm balances low behind the hip.
GazeOver the far side at lock-in, then down the grind line.