Bob's Trick Tips

In frame 1, I stop in a Tail Stop position.

In frame 2, I move my front foot to the tail, so I'm standing on my front foot only. Though it is hard to tell in the picture, my heel is not on the ground. All my weight is on the ball of my foot, on the tail. At the same time, I reach down and grab the nose with my front hand, thumb on top.

In frames 3 and 4 I jump and flip the board. I like to use my free foot to land. So I take off from one foot and land on the other. I find it easier to do this way, since I can really concentrate on using the free foot to trap the board during landing.

Frames 5 and 6 just show more of the mid-air part of the move. At this point, I'm really watching my landing foot and the tail. You need good timing and good aim to land on the tail without putting your foot on the ground.

In frame 7, the board has completed it's flip and I've smacked the tail with my landing foot, which stops the flipping motion.

And finally, in frame 8, I've landed the move nice and clean -- no contact with the ground by the landing foot.