I received a request form Logan to add a tip on doing nollie back side shuvits and regular front side shuvits so her it goes. Rather then breaking down each trick separately I will address shuvits in general. There are two ways to do the trick, with pop, and with out pop. If you are looking to take these tricks down stairs, off of a drop, or into other tricks you need to learn them with pop. That said it may be easier to learn them with out popping.
Shuvits are all in the scooping action of the back foot. Every one feels comfortable with a different stance but if you start by setting up like you were going to do an ollie that would be a good start. The trick is to not have you front foot interfere with the rotation. The Front foot shouldn’t do any of the work on the take off; its purpose is in the landing by stopping the rotation. Do not use your front foot to rotate the board.
If you are having trouble getting the board to rotate correctly try standing stationary with your board in front of you and work on scooping the board with one foot. This may seem like a dumb exercise but it will help you to become familiar with how to scoop the board with one foot. Hope this helps,
TJ
#1 by Logan - March 30th, 2009 at 16:02
Would you be interested in posting a link to a how to shuvit video? I made one and I could send the link to you.
#2 by tj - March 31st, 2009 at 05:14
send me the link so I can take a look at it, I may be able to post it.
Thanks,
TJ