How to tuck

**carvecraze** · 04-25-2011 08:39 PM

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....86956418017674

short little video of a fun slowish hill, what do you think of our tucks, im the one on the avenger with lime zigzags...
lots of fun on that run, passing three wide on a narrow path with a biker oncoming XD

**b0red** · 04-25-2011 08:56 PM

I feel less stable when I tuck on my switchblade, its probably the concave but than again I almost never do tucks since I just like sliding around.

**Demon Dog** · 04-25-2011 09:19 PM

I'm not that great by any means myself but to me the footing looks good but your upper body could be lower, chest closer to forward knee.

**blisterplaster** · 06-09-2011 04:49 AM

When you tuck, are your toes meant to be slightly off the board in terms of width? Or is the deck width meant to be wider than your feet?

**paintskater925** · 06-09-2011 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by blisterplaster

When you tuck, are your toes meant to be slightly off the board in terms of width? Or is the deck width meant to be wider than your feet?

Get lower, your chest should be practically on your front leg and your but up so that your back is pretty straight. For me personally, I like to keep a little bit of my heel off from my front foot because it gives me more leverage taking heelside turns. I don't think I've ever seen someone with their toes hanging off.

**blisterplaster** · 06-09-2011 05:58 AM

Thanks!!! Is a 31 inch roger brothers RB32 too short to go downhill? I'm only 5'3!

**humbi** · 06-09-2011 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by blisterplaster

Thanks!!! Is a 31 inch roger brothers RB32 too short to go downhill? I'm only 5'3!

the RB32 is a slalom deck, not even 8.5" wide and a 19"-21" wheelbase, any hanger wider than the 125mm randal will stick out from the deck and on such short wheelbase you can easily end up kicking the wheels while pushing.

all that said... if you don't know if you can take this downhill, you prob shouldn't.

how old are you? what is your experience skating?

**Bookworm** · 06-09-2011 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by blisterplaster

When you tuck, are your toes meant to be slightly off the board in terms of width? Or is the deck width meant to be wider than your feet?

toes have nothing to do with it. it's about your torso. Some people ride decks much wider than their feet (little kids on a 10.25" wide voodoo) or others ride boards narrower than their feet (me and other big-footed people). it's about minimizing your frontal profile, which is mostly the big block rectangle that is your shoulders to butt area.

**TustinLongboarder** · 07-03-2011 12:42 PM

Thin decks ftw!

**LightDarkAce13** · 11-06-2011 01:43 PM

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How is this tuck? I,m on the right.

**Bookworm** · 11-06-2011 08:37 PM

looks pretty tight. at that point cleaning it up more takes careful thought about how you hold your body in a tight tuck.

**orionlong** · 01-03-2012 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by K-Rimes

If you're not tucking like this. You're doing it wrong.

I wish I could post a picture of myself and say that with such confidence LOL...Such a boss...awesome picture.

**Bookworm** · 01-04-2012 11:15 AM

pfffffffft. Even k-rimes can do better than that.

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**CoolAidMan** · 01-25-2012 05:51 PM

where do you put your back foot? on the rail, dead center, .etc?

**Stasi** · 01-25-2012 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by CoolAidMan

where do you put your back foot? on the rail, dead center, .etc?

Different people do it differently, but I like to have it between my toeside edge and my W concave.

**Stasi** · 01-25-2012 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by CoolAidMan

where do you put your back foot? on the rail, dead center, .etc?

Different people do it differently, but I like to have it between my toeside edge and my W concave.

**jeffvyain** · 05-04-2012 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by schmoose

it seems like im too skinny to have a fast tuck,

there is always a pocket, no matter how hard i try to correct it. I guess i just haven't found something fast yet. . . .

I'm pretty thin. This has been working for me. Learned it from my teammate, Mr. Royce. He has since moved onto smaller and better things, but I can't seem to find a way to speed up with both hands back. Wit this one, my arm touches my leg all the way down and seems to form a little block that closes all my gaps. Also adds stamina and lets me literally pull my chest into my knee, which I have a really hard time doing otherwise because of lack of flexibility and lankiness.

**The Ryan** · 05-04-2012 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by jeffvyain

I'm pretty thin. This has been working for me. Learned it from my teammate, Mr. Royce. He has since moved onto smaller and better things, but I can't seem to find a way to speed up with both hands back. Wit this one, my arm touches my leg all the way down and seems to form a little block that closes all my gaps. Also adds stamina and lets me literally pull my chest into my knee, which I have a really hard time doing otherwise because of lack of flexibility and lankiness.

Try putting your hand that currently holds the front of the board behind your back like normal, then put your other hand in the pocket underneath your chin if you want. That seems to be the best one hand back tuck