Frontside Shove-it

also known as: Frontside Shuvit · FS Shove-it · Old-School Frontside Shove-it

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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 mirror of the plain shove-it: the board spins 180 degrees frontside underneath a rider who does not turn, with no pop at all - the feet simply hop and the back foot scoops the tail across, toward the toe side. Scooping frontside is the harder direction because the foot has to push away from the body rather than drag across it, so the board wants to shoot forward instead of pivoting flat. Nothing snaps, so the deck stays level the whole way round and the trick is a hop-and-catch rather than an ollie.

Step by step

  1. Roll at a walking pace with the back foot across the tail, toes hanging slightly off the toe side.
  2. Hop straight up off both feet, keeping the board level - no pop.
  3. As you leave, sweep the back foot away from you, pushing the tail toward your toe side.
  4. Lift the front foot clear and let the board pivot flat beneath you through 180 degrees.
  5. Spot the far end coming round and stop the spin with both feet as it squares up.
  6. Land over the bolts and roll away, now travelling with the other end leading.

Body mechanics

Front footLifts early and stays out of the way - it never touches the spinning deck until the catch.
Back footThe scoop: sweeps the tail away from the body toward the toe side, flat and level, not down.
ShouldersSquare and still. Any shoulder turn makes it a frontside 180 instead of a shove-it.
ArmsLow and quiet, used only to keep the hips over the board while it spins.
GazeOn the board, picking up the end that is swinging round to become the new nose.