Thruster
What it is
A fakie tail-grab footplant where the back foot boosts off the coping — invented by Duane Peters, popularized by Craig Johnson.
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Thruster
How it works
- Come up fakie, grab the tail, and plant the back foot on the coping.
- Boost off the planted foot — straight up and down or traveling along the coping — then return the foot to the board and drop back in.
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Thruster
Other stances
The same trick from another stance. The lessons above still apply; the ones made for a stance are listed under it.
Nollie Thruster
The lessons above applyFakie Thruster
The lessons above apply
Lip tricks
Same family
Grounded in Wikipedia: Lip trick (Thruster)
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