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Trick

Seatbelt

Front hand reaches across the body to the tail.

HOW TO DO IT

Seatbelt

Front hand crosses the body to the tail. This differs from ordinary rear-hand Tail Grab.

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. On a suitable training board rehearse Tail Grab with a small frontside shifty.
  3. Bring the tail toward the front hand for an assisted two-hand hold.
  4. Release the rear hand to isolate Seatbelt.
  5. Progress toward direct front-hand contact and deliberate return..
  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

Reaching down by collapsing the torso moves the rider off balance. The assisted sequence is a learning drill, not the required final entry.

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
Demonstrator
Alex Sherman for S1
Grab hand
front hand
Reach route
across the body
Contact zone
tail
Simultaneous hands
No
Style modifier
frontside-shifty-like styling in S1

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Additional teaching summary — coaching review required

On a tramp training board, S7 starts with a frontside shifty and Tail Grab, brings the tail across to the front hand to form Double Tail, releases the rear hand to leave Seatbelt, and progresses toward a direct front-hand reach. S7 also suggests stationary positioning practice. Training-board confidence does not establish on-snow readiness.

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Additional editorial review notes

Do not merge with an ordinary rear-hand Tail Grab.