Toeside Pendy AGAIN, but with picture!

**lilyunsta** · 09-05-2009 11:44 AM

Ok, so after countless and countless tries and numerous no-response threads..I've taken the time to create a picture so you can all get a better image of my problem. I ride regular (notice my diagram) and the little sticks on the board represent my feet. Now at around step 5 when I'm trying to bring it back, my front foot tends to slide off the board even though I'm literally hanging it off the edge toeside... and by the time at step 6 my whole upper body changes in the right direction, but my board doesn't follow up...Generally, my main problem is trying to keep my front foot on the board without my upperbody being totally thrown off.

**El Capitan** · 09-05-2009 11:53 AM

I cant do pendys but if you havent seen this video it should help:

YouTube - Toe-side Pendy (trick tips)

**lilyunsta** · 09-05-2009 12:39 PM

i've already seen that vid and it helped me a lot, but I think this is a wierd problem O_o

**TM_Cruzer** · 09-05-2009 01:04 PM

Griptape? Concave? Shoes?

**MacRae** · 09-05-2009 01:47 PM

It sounds like you're trying to force the board to go back around and are winding up just pushing it away from you and pushing your foot off the board. Like I said in the other thread, the board should come back around on its own - if it doesn't, you're either not keeping your weight on your toes or you're not going fast enough. You shouldn't need to do more than keep standing on it.

Here's a video a little while back of me trying to improve my form and doing slides on a grippier hill than I'm used to:

YouTube - Practice slides

The first two are 2h pendies, about as basic as they can get. The first time I had more or less the problem you were having in your other thread - I don't manage to go all the way around simply because I didn't have enough speed to keep the board sliding all the way back. The second one is hardly the steeziest slide and I basically come to a complete stop at the end, but the board comes back around enough that I can continue rolling (albeit very slowly). I'm not really going fast enough for either slide.

Just keep trying, you'll get it eventually.

Oh, one other thing. How tight are your trucks? If they're so tight that you need to really shove on them to keep them turning, I can see why your foot might slide off.

**lilyunsta** · 09-05-2009 01:55 PM

It's not the griptape, using a dervish, brand new skate shoes. What I noticed back in the other thread was that keeping your head turned downhill helps, although my board is unable to keep up with my upper body. I run my trucks fairly loose and I'm sort of keeping my legs stiff the whole time. If any case, I DO try to kick off with my front foot to propel the board into my original stance. I've tried both ways, but recieve the same results =/