Which way is frontside and backside

I realized the direction that the skater is travelling is the factor deciding the name of the trick. This works for nollie tricks too. The direction of travel of the skaters body determines the front or back side name of the trick. This is true even though some tricks are identical when you look at how they are performed. They may have different names due to the skaters stance and the way they are facing during the trick.

The same applies to horizontal board-rotation tricks, where the skater does not rotate: a regular stance skater performing a frontside shove-it spins the board counter clockwise, as seen from above. When applied to tricks involving obstacles, backside and frontside take on different meaning: the terms define how the obstacle is being approached.

For example, when performing a frontside boardslide, "frontside" means that the obstacle e. To carry out a frontside boardslide, a regular-stance skater will rotate slightly clockwise before sliding, facing away from the direction of travel. This is the opposite direction of rotation to a frontside ollie. In snowboarding, frontside and backside have the same meanings as in skateboarding. When turning, backside is analogous to a heelside turn, and frontside is analogous to a toeside turn.

Most often when describing a boardslide or lipslide trick or many other tricks, the reference to "frontside" is not used. Examples of tricks like this are: Lipslide and Backside Lipslide. Boardslide and Backside Boardslide. Noseslide and Backside Noseslide. Blunt and BackSide Blunt.. It is intuitive to assume what a frontside is Basically the perceived more difficult trick is the one that is clarified with either FS or BS. Skateboarding Wiki Explore.

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