Bob's Trick Tips

The first part of this trick is just getting into a regular 50-50 stand, so make sure you can do that. You can get into it many ways, but I just do it from a nosestop this time.

Now things get fun. A sidewinder is a transfer trick, and it inlvolves a shift in weight. So its very important to stay center over the board throughout the transfer, or everything will mess up. Your going to bring your free front foot up and stick it above the truck on the nose. While this happening, the nose is going to be dipping down. Stay with it!

Next, whille getting the foot on the nose, your backhand will be reaching down and grabbing the the toeside wheel on the back truck.

Now time to transfer. With a little hop, your front foot will push down, smacking the nose on the ground as you backhand lifts up on the back truck/wheel. Hold on! Now you end up in a switch handcasper position.

The transer is the hardest part. At first you'll kind of fall into it and then pick up the backend. But after some pratcice, the nice clean trasnfer will come.

From this point, use your imagination to get out, or continue. Some variations including going into a nose casper, throwing it into rail, jumping up into a pogo...skies the limit. This clip is a little old, so I just threw the board over to a regular stance.

Once you master this version of the sidewinder, go on to 50-50 sidewinders, where you transfer into a switch 50-50 instead of a casper. 50-50 sidewinders are very impressive trick.

Good luck, and have fun learning this awesome trick!

Sarge