Trick
Frontside Lipslide
Aliases
Front Lipen · Common short name (S7)GLOSSARY
From a frontside approach, the rider turns a quarter rotation and lifts the tail over the feature, landing with the board across it, tail first, then slides.
Context and distinction
Lipslides cross with the tail; boardslides cross with the nose.
Explore the glossary →HOW TO DO IT
Frontside Lipslide: Training-Board Preparation
Tail-crossing entry from a frontside approach. This lesson rehearses it on a Balance Bar.
Preparation and setting
Stable supported training-board positions; suitable purpose-built training equipment.
How to do it
- Position for the bar.
- Jump with enough clearance for the tail.
- Turn frontside through a quarter-turn.
- Establish centred transverse support.
- Hold the board's orientation while managing upper-body rotation.
- For a forward-exit rehearsal, use the source's counterrotation alternative and unwind on release.
Learn it
Practise clearance and support separately before connecting them.
Errors and corrections — editorial checks
Tail hits the bar: reduce the task and reassess clearance. Board continues turning: separate body movement from supported board position.
Cues
Tail clears; support settles.
Successful attempt
Controlled rehearsal and deliberate release.
Boundary
This is not a complete moving-rail lesson. Landing after the off-snow release must follow the facility's coached setup.
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- Feature approach
- frontside
- Entry rotation
- frontside quarter-turn (training-board lesson)
- Supported position
- transverse, tail crossed
- Training context
- training board / Balance Bar
01
Additional teaching summary — coaching review required
S7 training-board lesson: a frontside quarter-turn with clearance for the tail and a held transverse board position; it separates continued upper-body rotation from the board's supported orientation. Do not label a straight-on box entry a lipslide by final pose alone.