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Frontside 5-0

That term may seem a little strange.  But to me, it’s the greatest part of any day it occurs in.  A frontside 5-0 is a skateboarding trick, and when I refer to it here, I am specifically talking about performing the trick on a quarter or half pipe.  Just to lay it out, the skateboarder rides up the ramp, leans back slightly while turning the body and skateboard so the front of the body faces the top of the ramp.  Then, when the skateboard is parallel to the coping (edge of the ramp), theey press on the tail, lifting the front of the skateboard while the back truck grinds on the coping.  The skateboarder then turns back into the ramp, and hopefully rides away.  This is something I try to do everyday, because the feeling it creates is the undescribable part.