The Secret To Stomping The Perfect Frontside Bluntslide 270 – Trick Tips

November 7th, 2016

Transfer x Burton | Trick Tips

You can’t call yourself a seasoned jibber without having the Frontside Bluntslide 270 on lock. Watch any urban video part or slopestyle run and you’ll be sure to see the Front-Blunt-Two-Sev in the mix. This trick not only allows riders to really emphasize their control and authority over the press but this trick also enables them to keep their speed and fly through the rail faster than a lot of other rail-based tricks.

There’s no trick worth doing that doesn’t have consequences. For the Frontside Bluntslide, its most challenging aspect is the element of blindness, which can catch riders off-guard. However this can be avoided by carefully listening to the preachings of Mikey C, who’s stomped more Front-Blunt 270s than you’ve had hot dinners.

Watch closely as Mikey breaks it down into its three core elements:

  1. Takeoff
  2. Board and Body Placement
  3. Landing


The key to this trick is looking over your back shoulder, with the rail’s end sight – it’s time to start winding up for the 270 part.

Do’s:

  1. Stay alert and don’t get lazy with this one, this will help alleviate the pressure placed on your back edge and keep you from catching.
  2. Speed is your friend with the Front Blunt 270, but this is best done once familiar with the trick.
  3. Inspect your board’s edge. A burred and beaten deck will bite back when you’re going blind on any rail trick. Burton’s arsenal of freestyle and jib-specific decks are a perfect replacement to your beaten stick, Check ’em out here

Dont’s:

  1. Don’t rush in and take this straight to the down rail, this trick is easiest when performed on a flat box or wide rail.
  2. Don’t land on the rail with too much back tail, the sweet spot for the press is right under your back foot.
  3. Don’t let the trick go flaccid and anti-pop off the rail, give it your all and pop the 270 on out.

Over the last few week’s Canadian wonder boy Mikey Ciccarelli has been walking us through some of the most fundamental park tricks in his arsenal. Check out the other Trick Tips here

ABOUT MIKEY: The twenty-year-old Canadian has posted an impressive number of results in his short career. From WST’s Billabong Bro Down in New Zealand to Burton’s US Open, to Grandvalira’s Total Fight and Canada’s own WST Snowboard Jamboree, Mikey is proving his worth on every level.