1. RIDING SWITCH *Fakie, see description below.
Riding in the opposite direction to your normal direction of travel. If you right regular, then riding right foot forward instead, if you're goofy, left foot forward instead. Elsewhere is a detailed arguement about switch vs fakie and which is the accurate description. As defined by the BASI: Fakie is the term for riding orientated in your 'un-natural' direction, Switch is any trick done while in Fakie. So, really, you're thinking of riding fakie.
2. OLLIE
Using the board, more than your own legs, to power a jump. An ollie is launched from the tail of the board by moving your weight back, so the nose lifts, and then forward again, so the pop in the board gets released through the tail, propelling you into the air. This is the natural progression from the nose and tail presses. Different instructional governing bodies then state that a ollie is only completed when landed in a certain way (SSBS - On the nose of the board, BASI - On the flat of the board) but when I teach I say that the ollie itself is the actual jump using the board. Ollies shouldn't be used over kickers as, if you get used to it on smaller kickers, it can cause you to have your weight too far back or forward for landing. This hurts. A lot.
3. NOLLIE
As above, but with the movement orientated to the front of the board, not the back. Both tricks to be done when riding in your usual direction. If you ride fakie into an ollie, ie, still go off your 'normal' tail (fakie nose) then it's actually a switch nollie. Complicated or what?
4. NOSE PRESS
Moving your weight to the front of the board so as to lift the back of the board into the air. For best balance should actually be achieved using your legs. If you stand first on a flat area, strapped into your board, you should be able to move your weight by bending either of your legs. If you bend your front leg enough, while keeping your back leg straight, it will move your weight over the front of the board and bringing tail up. This is the most stable, and most effective, way of doing a nose press. The continuation is to now try this moving, at which point it becomes a nose RIDE. You won't be able to control the board very easily, and trying to hold an edge is almost impossible. The best way to control the board becomes counter rotation if you're trying to stay in a straight line, or rotation if you are trying to turn or butter the board (See below). A nose press/ride can also be done on a rail or box as a grind, but we'll ignore that at the moment.
5. TAIL PRESS
As above, but on the tail of the board. (This is the correct movement to start an ollie)
6. BUTTERING
- "a butter is a tail/nose press ON SNOW, WHILE ROTATING. It's not in the air, or off a jump. A single "butter" would be a rotation of 180 degrees from nose to tail or vise versa.
NOW, to do a butter 3,5,7,9, or whatever,
1. First practice tail/nose presses and spinning 360 degrees on snow. Once you are comfortable finding that center of balance and keeping it;
2. As you are doing a tail/nose press, turn your head and shoulders in the direction you want to spin, if you turn your head 360 degrees, your body and board will follow. Make sure you keep the tail/nose press thoughout the spin (ON SNOW). Keep spinning till you want to end the trick;
3. Once you want to finish, either ollie out, or simple reconnect your tail/nose with the snow and continue on shredding. Voila, it's that simple." - MikeTrick 2006
(liked this last explanation a lot)
To do specific butters, like 'butter the muffin' (don't quote me on the name) you have to connect the different types of butter. Try my personal favourite for 'kudos' at the start of a run on piste: ollie fs 90 to nosepress fs 90 to switch bs 180 to tailpress fs 180 to bs 180 and ride out. Once you can start to string that sort of stuff together then you can use it coming onto rails etc.
If any of that's not clear, say and I'll edit it later. Only just woke up and am pretty hungover.
[Edited by Ben_S on 14/10/2006 at 05:57]
