FS SMITH GRINDS. THE TRICK TO THE TRICK

I have not landed any back smiths yet. But a few front smiths on ledges and front feebs on rails. So take what I say with a grain of salt. Back smith are pretty advanced and require good board control so you will have to practice a lot. I had a similar issue with my front smiths where my front toes land on the ledge. My issue is the 50-50 reflex of putting my foot on the ledge and the initial fear of commitment. It's like missing a 50-50 on purpose. It took me a while to lose the fear. Once I managed to overcome this fear and commit to leaving the front foot on the board things started to work. At first I had too much weight on the front and the nose would dip and slide away sideways. But with practice I managed to shift my weight further and further back. That's when it started sliding. A smith should feel like a weird 5-0 and not like a 50-50. You want to hit the spot where you can't put more weight on the back foot because it would cause you to slip out backwards. Dan Corrigan has a nice video on youtube explaining it on a front smith [this video] but I think it applies to a back smith too. I can recommend stalls as a first step to learning any grind or slide on a ledge. Stalls are r…

Oh shit my bad. For some dumb reason I thought you were saying back smith. Feeble is much easier than smith and they are both easier on a rail. I recommend getting them both down if you haven't already. If you don't have easy access to a rail then just don't beat yourself up over it, box is hard-mode. I also found this video extremely helpful: [this video]. Good luck and sorry for being a dick originally.