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The foot positioning that you're going to need for a smith grind front side one-eighty
out, is basically going to be to get in the same as a normal smith grind. The difference
is it's going to have to do with partly the upper body of course, and your feet when you're
in the smith grind. When you point the board down and you're in the smith grind position,
remember, you're going to want to get it ready to pop out one-eighty. So, while you're grinding
you want to make sure that you're able to get it so that you're controlling it with
an actual ollie to get it to come over front side one-eighty. The other most important
set up that you're going to have to remember is making sure that your shoulders continue
in the one-eighty motion. Getting this left arm, if your regular foot, to come over is
the most important part of getting out, because if your body follows through, then your board
will eventually come through also. Another thing to remember is the back foot and making
sure that the tip of your toe is on the tip of your tail. This is the most important part
of the smith grind, is making sure that you have total control of the board being all
the way down and able to pop it to come up, because when it gets all the way down you're
able to pop it, one-eighty, and roll away fakie. That's the foot position for a front
side smith grind, front side one-eighty out.