scare crows and toeside tricks

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

Ive been seriously riding for just over a year now and i can stick hs 3's and just did my first tantrums and am beginning to work on hs backrolls and it has dawned on me that i have no real toeside tricks aside from ts 180s. Last season i kind of neglected to work on my toeside skills and i have now noticed that my toeside skills are seriously lacking. I can go wake to wake toeside and do 180s, but i just dont feel as comfortable and sometimes on regular ts w2w jumps i land on my heelside edge and skid out. I also dont go nearly as big ts as i do hs. These problems all came together and pretty much made it impossible for me to even come close to landing a scarecrow. So i was just hopin,g someone can help me out with going bigger toeside and becoming more consistent, thanks

alanp · Criminal Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 52

before you learn any inverts id learn how to pop correctly. edge out. put the handle a couple inches away from your front hip. keep everything else still. dont break at the waist, knees, or arms, anything. hold the position and you will fly into the wake and get decent pop.

ibusthard · Outlaw Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 223 City: Houston

I had the same sliding out problem on ts w2w, and I started grabbing indy and stopped falling so much. When you lean over and grab, it puts me in a better position for landings, on your toes.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I had this same problem. I started extending my knees at the wake and I got a lot higher. Other things to work on:

Grabs: Indy, Stalefish, tail are the easiest without going 180
TS 360: They are actually easier to initiate just harder to land

Now I keep my back straight and as I approach the wake I bend my knees and extend at the top of the wake. I also found that I naturally extended too early. I had to force myself to wait for the pop.

holdsworth · Posted: Jun 09, 2005 10:32 am Post subject:

toeside backroll (just edge to the wake, at the peak, lean back and do a backflip rotation. it's like doing a gainer off of a diving board)
toeside roll to revert (i landed this before the backroll, just hold on with both hands the entire time so you roll/spin easier)
scarecrow (get a good pop, and once at the peak of the wake dip your rear shoulder and then turn your front shoulder outward like a TS FS 180.