Skateboarding Tricks: What is a Frontside Noseslide

Series Summary

The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950's. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations, and often skate on city built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks.

Approach a ledge with the ledge on the frontside of a skateboard. In this free video series, a sponsored skateboarder will teach you how to perform a frontside noseslide skateboarding trick, as well as several variations. After learning what a frontside noseslide is and how it works, you'll learn how to place the feet for the trick and how to perform a frontside noseslide. Next, you'll learn how to do a fakie frontside noseslide, a backslide noseslide, a nollie frontside noseslide, and common mistakes to avoid when doing these skateboarding tricks. With these tips, you'll soon find yourself doing all kinds of skateboarding tricks in the park, off of rails, and on the way to the X Games!

Video Transcript

"Front side nose slide on a ledge. Front side nose slide means that you're going to do a nose slide and you're going to approach the ledge with the ledge on your front side. So this means while you're actually sliding in a nose slide you're going to be a little bit blind side and you're not going to see what direction you're headed in. So the name Front side just means the direction that the ledge is approaching not the way that you’re sliding. So for in Front side nose slide what you're going to want to do is approach the ledge front side and Ali into a Front side nose slide position. In Front side nose slide you're going to notice that you're going to have to be a little bit twisted. One thing you're going to want to do is keep your eyes in the direction that you're headed. So you Ali into a Front side nose slide and you're going to slide this way and when you get to the end of the ledge you're going to want to pop out and roll away straight. So this again is Ali into a Front side nose slide position and then pop out and roll away forward."