Nose Stall
also known as: Nosestall
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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 tail stall: riding forward at the lip, the rider levers the nose over the coping and stalls standing on it, tail hanging over the transition, then pushes back in fakie. Because the stall arrives nose-first while riding forward, the deceleration and catch happen with your weight moving toward the lip, so timing the last moment of momentum is everything - arrive hot and you buckle over the deck, arrive slow and the nose never reaches the coping.
Step by step
- Ride up forward with just enough speed for the nose to reach the lip as you stall out.
- Lift the tail slightly with a light back-foot release so the nose hooks over the coping.
- Transfer your weight onto the front foot, standing tall on the nose with the rest of the deck hanging into the ramp.
- Balance for a beat with the back wheels over the transition.
- Push down through the tail side and drop back in fakie, absorbing the transition with bent knees.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | On the nose, carrying the stall the way the back foot carries a tail stall. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | Over the back bolts, nearly weightless during the stall, then loads to lever the board back in fakie. |
| Shoulders | Shift subtly toward the lip at the catch, then back down the ramp for the fakie re-entry. |
| Arms | Raised slightly for the fore-aft see-saw balance. |
| Gaze | Coping into the catch; over the down-ramp shoulder to spot the fakie re-entry. |