Trick
Bluntslide — Feature
GLOSSARY
A bluntslide is a slide where the rider crosses the feature from the side and slides on the tail end with the rest of the board up past the feature, in a blunt position. Names vary between sources, so the context is kept.
Context and distinction
A bluntslide on a feature is different from Blunt Slide — Snow, which is a flatground move. Tailslides and noseslides support on one end without the blunt position.
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Bluntslide — Feature
The reviewed snowboard adaptation carries the board farther across support than a tailslide, near the rear foot or toward the tail. Front/back examples depend on approach geometry.
Preparation and setting
Established transverse balance and source-matched training support.
Execution / application sequence
- Compare tailslide and blunt support locations on the training bar.
- Reposition the board beneath stable hips.
- Hold the selected end-supported position briefly.
- Rehearse counterrotated return or the separately reviewed fakie finish.
- Reset before adding a rotating exit..
Learning and practice
Learn contact location before adding270. Keep front/back approach and chosen exit separate.
Errors, limits and corrections
Copying skateboard trucks/wheels creates incorrect contact mechanics. Pushing past available support: reduce displacement and restore hips over the bar.
Observable checks
The source-specific blunt support differs from ordinary centred transverse slide.
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- Source-recommended preparation
- Tailslide — Feature
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Additional teaching summary — coaching review required
The source contrasts frontside and backside examples with tailslides and develops counterrotated returns, exits to fakie and sameway 270 exits.
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Additional editorial review notes
Skateboard truck and wheel analogies are not literal snowboard contact mechanics; keep snow blunts separate.