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Trick

Double Tail Grab

Both hands hold the tail, with the front hand reaching across the front of the body as in Seatbelt.

HOW TO DO IT

Double Tail Grab

Both hands hold the tail simultaneously; the front hand crosses the front of the body in a Seatbelt-like route.

Preparation and setting

Use comfortable stationary positioning or the appropriate supervised training-board context first. For any snow application, an independently controlled take-off, flight and landing must already exist; this card does not prescribe a new jump size or trajectory.

Execution / application sequence

  1. Establish the selected contact in comfortable positioning before changing airborne demand.
  2. Establish Tail Grab and the assisted Seatbelt position.
  3. Bring the tail toward both hands.
  4. Overlap the holds briefly.
  5. Release and return the board beneath the hips..
  6. For a technically reviewed snow application, preserve the established take-off, take the hold only after departure, then release and recover board alignment before contact.

Learning and practice

Learn contact, route and modest styling as separate tasks. Rehearse the return as deliberately as the hold. Add a short contact to a familiar controlled air only after the specific version has been technically reviewed; shorten or omit the hold if landing organization becomes rushed.

Errors, limits and corrections

Front hand behind the back is a different route. Do not confuse this with the sequential one-hand Swallow Double Tail.

Observable checks

The intended hand, contact zone and route are distinguishable; styling is modest and recoverable; the hold is deliberately released before landing.

SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL

Characteristics

Record type
simultaneous two hand grab
Demonstrator
Frank April
Grab hand
both hands
Reach route
front hand across the front of the body; rear hand to tail
Contact zone
tail
Simultaneous hands
Yes
Style modifier
frontside nose poke suggested in S5

01

Additional teaching summary — coaching review required

The source suggests a frontside nose poke as an accessible styling direction for the cited example.

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Additional editorial review notes

Distinct from Bloody Dracula's behind-the-back front-hand route and from sequential Double Grab.