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How-To Skateboarding: Half Cab Frontside Board Fakies with Ben Fisher

RIDE Channel4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2020 to 2026
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41K views · 12 years ago · Tutorial · Intermediate

RIDE Channel how-to with Ben Fisher on half cab frontside board fakies. Step-by-step instruction on the trick, published 2013 as part of the weekend How-To Skateboarding series.

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Gets linked in threads arguing over what to call a fakie frontside boardslide and how to do it. Short and clear on the trick itself.

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“Okay you're right must've been just local terms Still seems to be backside not frontside though.”

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u/bstix2020 · 2 points

Think about it if it were a blunt slide or nose slide. Those are easier to see and are also frontside if the skater has the back to the sliding direction. Tailslides are opposite. The defining factor of whether the ledge is in front of you only works when you do the trick normally. Going fakie will turn your body, but it doesn't reverse the name of the trick. F.i. I ride regular, left foot in front. Frontside tailsli

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u/streetwearbonanza2025 · 1 points

Like I said, you are objectively wrong. There is absolutely nothing you can say that will make you right besides "that's a fakie boardslide". Fakie front board [VIDEO] Jaws learning fakie flip front boards [VIDEO] Fakie boardslide [VIDEO]

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u/XDmonFML2022 · 1 points

Okay you're right must've been just local terms Still seems to be backside not frontside though. [VIDEO]

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