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About five minutes after setting up. Snapped the nose off trying to treflip. I was pissed, but it was my own damn fault for landing so nose heavy. Roughly a dozen decks later I figured out how to quit landing so far forward and snapping noses. Went through five boards one month like that. I'm a slow learner. Pretty sure I have the five minute board snap on video. I'll see if I can post it here.
dude can you help me, how do you stop landing so nose heavy? i learned tre flips a month ago and already broke 4 boards (the most recent two days ago). I really want to practice my tre's but i cant afford to keep buying so many boards. My last resort is to have a separate VX setup (the carbon fiber board from santa cruz) just for tre flips and bring 2 boards with me to the park
I can try.
You just have to force yourself to stay over your back truck. I make it a point to move my head to where it's in line with my back truck. I look straight down and see the toe side wheel by my back foot, and I know my head is right. After that it's flick hard with that back foot and keep my shoulders closed otherwise you're asking to under rotate the shuv portion. Tell yourself you're going to jump straight up, not forward. You feel like you're really leaning back super far the first few times you do this, but you're not, and with enough time it feels less shitty.
I find myself thinking as I'm rolling, head even with back truck, closed shoulders, jump straight up, land bolts. Sounds goofy as hell, but it's been working well. It feels so much better catching it like that than when you're trying to jump forward with it. Just jump straight up and let your board do the flip. I also try not to stomp down too hard. Being a 260lb skater, that's not always the easiest thing to do.
If you notice in the clip where I broke the board, I was too far forward and as a result my front foot was too close to the ground. The act of putting my back foot on and trying to roll away was what caused the break. I also opened up my shoulders to try to force the catch. All that does is takes away momentum from the scoop, as you're using your force to turn your body instead of spin the board. I try to land pretty close to both feet at the same time. Front foot still catches it, but back foot is on the board immediately after, no stanky leg dangle here.
Coincidentally, I bought a flight deck for this very reason after my five deck month. I have yet to set up the flight deck.