Trick
Backside Handplant
GLOSSARY
On a halfpipe or quarterpipe wall, the rider plants one or both hands on the lip, goes upside down supported by the hand, and rotates backside before dropping back in. Named grabs can be added during the plant.
Context and distinction
A handplant is supported by the hand; an invert air is fully airborne. A brief hand touch is not a handplant.
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Andrecht / backside handplant — source-context preparation
A backside hand-supported invert; the Walker lesson uses a rear support hand and optional front-hand Melon. Specific named grab requirements vary by source.
Preparation and setting
A well-built quarterpipe and professionally supervised handplant training; control of low backside transition airs is the source's preparation.
Known phases / unresolved execution
- Establish the intended transition line before adding hand support.
- The written lesson approaches aligned and pops near the lip.
- Place the rear support hand close to departure rather than reaching forward across the deck.
- Keep the legs compact while the free hand may take the documented hold.
- Look toward the returning transition.
- Recover compactly and land balanced on the return.
Learning and practice
Use a coach to teach the actual support, inversion and release. This source summary supplies useful phases but not a complete load-bearing inversion curriculum.
Errors, limits and corrections
Reaching too far forward changes support geometry. Grabbing early can interfere with departure and the support hand.
Observable checks
Support hand, actual hold, return surface and landing outcome are recorded separately.
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Definition-first entry
This entry currently provides a verified identification and connected routes. Detailed instruction has not been fabricated.