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Frontside Half-Cab Rock 'n' Roll

Here's a move by Colin Nauert: the Frontside Half-Cab Rock 'n' Roll. I bit more advanced, as it's a combination trick.

This is a good trick for ditches, obviously, but you could do it on a parking block on flat too. You'll need to be able to Ollie, Frontside Rock 'n' Roll , and a Frontside Half Cab on flat wouldn't hurt (have to tape a new one with Fletcher).

Colin is a machine. The man can just throw down moves like this one after another.

Check out the video clip here.


Colin rolls fakie toward the parking block at the top of the wall. Inches from the block, he smacks the board into a Frontside Half-Cab Ollie, turning his body and board frontside.

Frame 3 shows him airborn. Nuff said. Colin gets ready to come down with the middle of his board on the block. His body is still centerd over the middle of the board -- perfect balance.

He comes down - slap - the parking block never knew what hit it. Now the hard part. Frontside rocks are not as easy as backside. Colin tweeks his positioning a bit to prepare. Look at the rear foot. On frontside rocks, you should be on the ball of that foot.

He lifts the front wheels, pivoting with great control frontside, off the block. At this point, its all about fine control. And he touches the front wheels down, ready to hit the next wall. Bad ass.