Invert
also known as: Handplant · Frontside Invert
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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 archetypal handplant: riding up frontside, the rider plants the trailing hand on the coping, grabs the toe rail with the front hand, and swings the body into a one-armed handstand above the lip - board overhead, world inverted - before pivoting back down into the ramp. The physics is a pole vault in miniature: upward momentum is converted into rotation around the planted arm, and the stall at the top is a genuine handstand balance where the grabbing arm controls the board's mass overhead.
Step by step
- Approach the coping frontside with confident speed, sighting the plant spot.
- As the board reaches the lip, reach down and plant your rear hand on the coping while the front hand grabs the toe rail.
- Let momentum swing your legs and board up overhead, stacking hips above the planted shoulder.
- Stall the handstand: arm locked, board held against the feet by the grab, body inverted above the lip.
- Unwind - swing legs back down the ramp, release the plant, set the wheels on the transition, and ride in.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Pinned to the grip by the front hand's grab, riding the arc overhead. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Presses the tail against the grab's tension, keeping the board rigid upside down. |
| Shoulders | The planted shoulder becomes the axis of the entire trick - stacked, locked, and load-bearing. |
| Arms | Rear arm plants and holds the handstand; front arm grabs the board and steers its mass overhead. |
| Gaze | At the coping through the plant, then down at the transition - upside down, the landing is above your head in view. |