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W alk to Frontside Nose Slide pg 2
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Arching nose slide
I begin to rotate my shoulders counterclockwise, starting a frontside turn. I push my left arm farther back for leverage. I make the arch in my back more extreme. This is done partially for style, but also to keep my weight back. Notice my back arm is held down to help the weight stay down. One of the strange things about the nose slide is it's almost too easy. You don't want it to be a kick turn. You want some scraping of the wheels for control. Arching back keeps the board from nose wheelie-ing and messing up the slide effect I'm trying to get.
My twist to the left is pretty firm now and the board is about to break into the slide. My back hand now is used to help the turn.
As I twist into the slide, I raise my back arm up and forward in the Coleman Slide position. This is a very modified Coleman, as the stance is so tall. The "matador cape" gesture and tall stance go really well with the classic longboard style.
The board is 90 deg around in the nose slide. At this point the heavy board may develop some momentum, especially if you're going fast. Some effort will need to be made to control the ending.
Check
I check the rotation by turning my shoulders counter clockwise, against the flow of the slide. I bring my back arm back and my front arm forward. The board stops neatly at a 180, and the slide is complete. I'm now rolling backwards, in a fakey stance.
This would be a good moment to blow a nice routine. After a cool walk up and matador pose into a slide, I could shuffle desperately back to the tail and look really sloppy and unpolished. But I don't do that. I calmly walk switch back to the tail and regain control.
Walk to tail
The next part looks like a walk to the nose, but it is really a walk to the tail, which is forward. I take a front cross step toward the tail. This is a little tricky, because I'm switch stance cross stepping. You need to be able to walk switch so you can pull off this routine smoothly. It's a good example of why you need to practice advanced basic footwork.
My left foot crosses in front, foot pointed diagonally to the left, in a switch cross step. There's not much room left, so it has to be a small step.
After the cross step, I take a step with my right foot onto the tail. I'm in a very narrow fakey stance. I'm at the tail, but it feels like a switch nose ride.
My last move is to adjust the fakey stance a little wider. From this position I can kick turn the board around 180 to get back to a regular tail stance, going forward. Or I can just foot brake and end the routine, and just push back in the direction I came.
