intermediate // flatground
Frontside Shove-it
Also known as Frontside Shuvit, FS Shove-it
The board spins 180° frontside in the horizontal plane while you jump straight up. The mirror image of a pop shove-it.
The Frontside Shove-it is an intermediate Flatground trick. Most skaters land their first one within 2-4 weeks of consistent practice.
Spec
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Complexity
- Learn time
- 2-4 weeksⓘ
- Category
- Flatground
- Stance
- regular
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Variant of Pop Shove It
What the tutorials teach
All three coaches agree that the frontside shove-it is driven entirely by the back foot, with the board spinning frontside 180 while the body stays completely square. The consensus on the back foot is: toes in the toe-side pocket of the tail, hanging slightly off the edge, which is the position that creates the forward-scooping motion. The most commonly repeated mistake is the board flying too far in one direction: Skiddy Skates and VLSkate both emphasize a strong downward pop combined with kicking the back foot out in front (not just backward), while Tom's Tutorials adds that jumping slightly backward with the body compensates when the technique is not yet dialed. All coaches stress that shoulders must stay parallel to the board throughout, as any shoulder rotation ruins the trick. VLSkate's wall drill is the standout progression exercise: practicing with your back against a wall forces you to keep the board centered rather than chasing it.
- Back foot in the toe-side pocket of the tail with toes slightly hanging off: this position makes the forward-scooping motion natural
- Shoulders stay completely square and parallel to the board throughout: do not rotate your upper body to help the spin
- Pop down hard first, then scoop the back foot out in front of you: the pop is what gives lift, the scoop is what gives rotation
- Practice with your back against a wall to stop the board flying behind you: if it hits the wall, add more force to the pop and scoop
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Steps
- 1
Back foot scoop direction
Set up like a pop shove-it but scoop your back foot toward your toes (forward) instead of toward your heels.
- Force
- ●●○○○
- Direction
- forward
- Weight
- centered
TipPractice the scoop motion standing still to build muscle memory for the direction. - 2
Pop and scoop frontside
Pop the tail and simultaneously scoop frontside. The board should spin toward your toes.
- Force
- ●●●●○
- Direction
- up
- Weight
- centered
TipFrontside shove-its often feel harder because the scoop direction is less intuitive. - 3
Let the board spin
Pull your feet away and give the board room to complete the 180° frontside rotation.
- Force
- ●●●○○
- Direction
- up
- Weight
- centered
TipResist the urge to help the spin with your front foot. - 4
Land and roll
Stomp both feet onto the board once the grip tape faces up again.
- Force
- ●●●○○
- Direction
- down
- Weight
- centered
TipThese often over-rotate. Add a slight backside lean to check it if needed.
Common mistakes
Accidentally doing a backside shove-it
- What
- The board spins the wrong direction.
- Why
- Muscle memory for pop shove-it is overriding the intended frontside scoop.
- Fix
- Exaggerate the frontside scoop direction and go slower.
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Why this works
The mechanics behind the trick
- Board
- Your back foot scoops the tail toward your toes (frontside) rather than toward your heels (backside, as in pop shove-it).
- Feet
- The back foot scoop direction is the only real difference from a pop shove-it.
- Weight
- Stay centered so you can re-land on the spinning board.
Frequently asked
- How long does it take to learn a Frontside Shove-it?
- Most skaters land their first frontside shove-it within 2-4 weeks of consistent practice, once you can ollie consistently.
- What should I learn before the Frontside Shove-it?
- The frontside shove-it builds on Ollie. Get that consistent first, since the frontside shove-it reuses the same pop, balance, or flick.
- Is the Frontside Shove-it hard to learn?
- The frontside shove-it is an intermediate trick. It gets much easier once you can already ollie.
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