Slob
also known as: Slob Air · Slob Grab
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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
A mute-position grab (front hand on the toe rail between the feet) taken frontside - the term names the grab-plus-direction combination, so a 'slob air' is understood as a frontside air with the front hand on the toe edge. Grabbing toe-side while turning frontside pins the chest down toward the deck through a rotation that wants to open it, giving the slob its compressed, hunched-over look and making it meaningfully harder than the same grab backside.
Step by step
- Carve into a frontside air with solid speed and pop off the coping.
- As you compress, reach the front hand across to the toe-side rail between your feet.
- Hold the grab while rotating frontside, chest folded down over the deck against the turn.
- Float the peak in the hunched slob position, board sucked to the feet.
- Release, let the chest open to finish the rotation, and extend into the re-entry.
Body mechanics
| Front foot | Anchors the toe rail under the grab and leads the frontside arc. |
|---|---|
| Back foot | On the tail, steering the rotation's radius. |
| Shoulders | Held closed over the board by the grab even as the frontside turn tries to open them - the trick's core tension. |
| Arms | Front hand grabs mute-position; rear arm trails high behind for rotation control. |
| Gaze | Over the leading shoulder, tracking the coping through the frontside turn. |