Skateboarding Trick Tips: Half-Cab Frontside

Video Transcript

"A great variation of the half cab 180 ollie back side, is just learn it going front side in the opposite direction. At first this is going to seem a little bit harder because, the half cab back side 180, you can see where you're going. The half cab front side 180, you can't see where you're going. So it's going to rely a little bit more on feeling and testing it out before learning it. The foot position is going to be very similar to the back side 180 half cab except, when you did the half cab back side 180, you notice that your feet had to compensate for the turn before you head into it. So the same rules apply for the half cab front side 180, and what you going to want to do is compensate for that movement by having your toes hanging over the board a little more on the facing side of the board. So when you set for the half cab front side 180, you're rolling fakie and you're also going to notice that you're going to use your shoulders to do the motion that you're going to need. So what you're going to have to do is build up some steam with your leading arm and send that arm around and watch where you're going. Wherever your eyes are looking is where your lower body is eventually going to follow through. One of the best ways to learn this trick is very similar to the back side 180 half cab, and you can just learn it rolling first, just to get the motion of where you're traveling and knowing how it's going to feel first."