"halfcabs are always backside."
that's true. unless they are frontside...
"half cab" implies it's backside in the same way "rock n roll" implies it's backside- that's the way the trick is done- but f/s versions of both exist. a "fakie f/s ollie" is like the technical description of what the trick does. it's not wrong, but it's not the name of the trick. it's like you can call a "helipop" a nollie b/s 360, but it's still a helipop (granted that trick name is hardly used anymore). there's a difference between names and descriptions, although they often overlap because some tricks have weird names and some tricks are just called what their description is.
I am loving Whiteley's input on these.
Here's one for you- I thought a lien air was a frontside air with a backside grab, why do people call those frontside air nosegrabs lien airs? One is clearly about 1000 times cooler. Proper lien airs where you grab the middle look all sick and tweaked and turned late, so why does that other bullshit get the same title?
Here is one that has been coming up lately: there is no such thing as a backside lien to tail, its called a body jar.
aww, thanks gip!
lien air-- strangely, it's both. you can grab anywhere on the heel side of your board from the nose to the tail and it's all "lien" (which incidentally is "neil" backwards, after the inventor, mr. blender). they do seem like different trick though, you are right. seems like most people go to tail when grabbing the nose, and come in straight when grabbing the middle. and yes, definitely no such thing as a b/s lien to tail, that is indeed a body jar, and i think 10x cooler than the f/s version. anybody wanna get into madonnas vs. sean penns???