How to: Slappy Frontside 50/50

[@sheateeley1]

Hey Robbie - just got home from learning (sketchy) fs slappy 50s and I wanted to thank you for something you said in this vid… “you gotta let the curb lift you up.” That really unlocked it for me. It was incredibly weird just riding straight into the curb without ollieing, but I kept repeating your advice in my head until I started to get it. Thank you, brother! 😄

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

@@sheateeley1 man that’s so awesome!! That was the thing that helped it click in my head. Nobody ever told me that and then a lightbulb went off one day lol

[@stickersteve007]

Yes! This is the video I needed. Gonna go try some after work. Thanks dude! My bs 50's are feeling much better now

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

No problem at all!! Stoked that so many people are finding these helpful!!

[@stickersteve007]

@eastcoastcurbkillers hell yeah! Your killin it dude.

[@AndySo2000]

I could do them a few years ago, and I am pretty confident on bs 5050 even though I am not great at them. The keeping your feet parallel really opened a door for me on your backside 5050 tutorial. I can't buck up to Frontside again after a couple surgeries, it's coming though. I've never really even fallen on them when I could them before. You're humble, honestly was impressed by your skating! Keep these going! FS krook and feebles seem so weird to me but I so want to learn them. Frontside is always strange to me but once I actually go for it I realize how easy they are to get into once I actually commit. It's way easier to stay in control too versus backside 5050 where its harder to lock in and stay in the grind for long. Peace!

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Man thank you so much for the kind words! I really do appreciate it. The feet more parallel seem to just help a lot with both FS and BS. Seems much easier to dig into either your heels or toes that way. I’m sorry to hear about the surgeries and I hope you get that confidence back!!

[@MikkoHenrikki]

Thanks! Really good tips for slappy bs and fs 50/50s. 🙌 Cheers from Finland! 🤙

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Thank you brother!!! 🍻

[@ericlara6615]

Thanks for the slappy HACK!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Haha no problem brother! Hope it helps!!

[@foreroa]

Slappy frontside feebles or slappy backside noseslide-to-switch-5050, or frontside noseslide-to-switch-5050. Slappy front blunt slides. Frontside hurricanes. Thank you!

[@iansantos1597]

Mad helpful, gonna practice this

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Sick!! Let me know how it goes bro!

[@frankschumacher6427]

Hey, that is interesting! I also need a little more weight on my back foot on bs50/50 slappys. And yes, those willie grinds are nerve wracking! I really need to focus on holding the pressure ether on the toes at bs or at the heels for fs 50s. If I lose the pressure too early, the result is a willie grind, fs or bs. Have a great one and keep up the slappucation 😊

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Thanks for watching and I hope this helps you out!!

[@Mardinovic]

Damn it! it’s 12.16am here! I guess i’ll have to wait for afternoon to come 😂

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Hahahaha my bad bro!!!

[@taranmehta6356]

Dude I’m just tryna learn slappies. They are so sick. Tried some bs got really close. Watched both ur tutorials and wanna get back out there. Had the feeble of doom on bs so gonna try your cool foot position. This fs tutorial is so good. For frontside I always am front truck heavy, end up doing a revert off the nose towards the curb. Wierd so I’m gonna try leaning further back, lighter and get up on that curb.

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

You’ll get it man!! Just gotta keep at it!! And thank you for watching!

[@bnzps123]

This was super helpful man - thanks! Any advice on getting off halfway down the curb? I always sketch out on the landing for some reason, probably because I’d prefer my foot to be more on the tail

[@chrish725]

Hey Robbie, You are rad curb skater! I have become obsessed with curbs, and i want to up my skills or lack of skill. I subscribed as a gold member on your KZbin. I was hoping maybe I could get help with my fs 50 slappys like how to get them consistent, how to pop out of them, how to get more on top of the curb😅 I posted a vid on my insta. Thanks

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

@@chrish725 thank you so much!! I’ll send some videos your way in just a bit with some tips based off of what I saw on your IG!

[@chrish725]

@@eastcoastcurbkiller damn that's rad!

[@jaredmciverimagery]

my biggest issue with consistency with slappies is decades of needing to keep my back foot ready to pop something. my brain and body have a hard time processing the fact that I'm not popping. getting there, though.

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Man I feel you on that big time. I quit skating for about 12 years and came back in the middle of 2020. Didn’t know anything about slappys and saw someone do a slappy crook…when I saw that it blew my mind and I had to figure them out. Took a long while to dissect other people’s Instagram vids and then play with each trick enough to figure it all out. You’ll get it man. Repetition will get you right.

[@Drghoulie]

I have a few different setups do you think traditional shaped wheels or square shaped wheels would help more with slappys?

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

It’s tough because a wheel with a rounded edge glides up the curb easier but a wheel with a more square edge locks in better. The bones v1 shape seems to have a good mix of both. So does the spitfire conical (not the conical full)

[@Drghoulie]

@@eastcoastcurbkiller I might need to try those, I have spitfire tablets, classics and I have a pair of those dragon wheels from bones. Last time I tried fs 50/50 slappy I was either getting into a Willy grind or actually riding up over the curb

[@soberskater]

Dad board is waking up in California... time to grind homies. When the sun is your enemy, make friends with shade...

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

What I would give for California weather lol

[@soberskater]

@@eastcoastcurbkiller make a mental note... this is the first time anything has been better in Ohio...🤪.. appreciate the videos bud

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

@@soberskater hahaha thanks man!

[@Curb_Dweller]

💛❤

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Cerk_du_soleil]

Slappy buntslides or crooks plz 🙏

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

I’ve got frontside and backside crooks already on my channel but I’ll add bluntslides to the list!

[@KevinNiceTry]

I was the opposite, ha. I learned fs super easy, and bs is such a pain in my ass!

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Haha seems like every person I’ve met struggled with one of the two at first. I was always so jealous of the people that would rip frontsides

[@KevinNiceTry]

@@eastcoastcurbkiller slappy fs crook trick tip next? Haha. You got those so good.

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

@@KevinNiceTry haha I actually already did that one! Go give it a look! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@mikeegbert6584]

at 50, almost have the fs slappies down. was hard for me to learn, for sure

[@mikeegbert6584]

also, could you do some slappy tailslide tutorials? been trying the bs and fs powerslide to tailslide, kind of tricky to xfer weight to sit on the slide.

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

That’s rad that you are getting the frontside slaps! And yeah I can powerslide into the front tails but for backside I pivot off of the nose

[@ianthetourist]

siiiiiick

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

Appreciate it brother!!

[@sonnyrico]

Is that 3 parking blocks butted up then grouted seams

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

It’s five parking blocks (30 ft) that were poured by my buddies. They are secured to the ground and then the seams have been bondo’d

[@johnod112]

Slappy feebles please. 🙏

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

That one is on the to-do list!! 👊🏽

[@foreroa]

Slappy front feebles preferably please

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

@@foreroa I’ve honestly never tried those lol

[@Matthew-x6y]

I can only front side I can’t backside. I just learned like a week and a half ago.

[@eastcoastcurbkiller]

You’ll get it brother!