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Frontside Crail

Rear hand reaches across to the nose; the cited example uses a frontside tweak.

HOW TO DO IT

Frontside Crail — Source Example

Rear hand crosses the body to the nose ahead of the front binding. The directory describes frontside styling and typical rear-leg extension.

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. Rehearse Nose Grab with a modest backside shifty on a training board.
  3. Use the front hand to bring the nose toward the rear hand.
  4. Release the front hand.
  5. Develop a direct cross-body rear-hand reach before adding a tweak..
  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

Touching the heel edge may produce a different attributed contact such as Nuclear. A frontside title is not a fixed spin amount.

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
cross body grab variant
Demonstrator
Benny Milam for S2
Grab hand
rear hand
Reach route
across the body
Contact zone
nose ahead of the front binding in S2
Simultaneous hands
No
Style modifier
rear-leg extension described as typical in S2
Source label
Frontside Crail — Source Example

01

editorial review notes

Naming or placement differs between sources. Preserve source-specific wording; do not silently merge competing definitions.

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Additional teaching summary — coaching review required

S7's off-snow Crail progression adds a backside shifty to Nose Grab, uses the front hand to assist the nose into a two-hand hold, releases the front hand to leave the rear hand holding Crail, and then progresses toward a direct reach. The assisted sequence is a learning progression, not the preferred direct entry, and it does not establish on-snow readiness.

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Additional editorial review notes

The title does not establish a fixed spin angle. S7 describes Crail generally; retain that source scope rather than treating the progression as a complete Frontside Crail snow lesson.