Smith Vert

also known as: Smith Plant

invert parkvert difficulty 8/10
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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 regular frontside handplant with the legs crossed up and the board turned onto its end: instead of lying flat along the coping the way it does in an invert, the deck stands vertical to it. The cross is what does it - twisting the lower body against the planted arm turns the board with it, so the shape comes out of the legs rather than the grab hand. Because the twist loads and unloads on its own, the stall is shorter and the whole trick moves faster than a straight invert, which is the point of it.

Step by step

  1. Ride up frontside with enough speed to set the plant, leading shoulder opening to the coping.
  2. Plant the front hand on the coping and take mute with the back hand as the board leaves the lip.
  3. Cross the legs as the body inverts, twisting the lower body against the planted arm.
  4. Let the twist turn the board up onto its end, deck standing vertical to the coping.
  5. Uncross and let the board fall back flat as the rotation comes down, and re-enter forward.

Body mechanics

Front footCrosses over the back leg and drives the twist that stands the board up.
Back footStays on the tail as the anchor the cross turns around.
ShouldersSquare over the plant arm; the twist happens below them, not in them.
ArmsFront arm is the plant column, back arm holds mute and lets the board turn under the grab.
GazeOn the coping for the plant, then down the wall as the legs uncross.