How to Do a Fifty-Fifty Skateboarding Trick

A Fifty-Fifty is a fun skateboard trick to learn after you have mastered the ollie. Like the boardslide, a Fifty-Fifty involves popping an ollie onto a rail. Instead of sliding on the board, though, you slide on the rail on your skateboard's trucks.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Approach the end of a rail at a comfortable speed, your toes in normal ollie position, front foot on top of the front bolts and back foot on top of the back bolts.

2. Pop an ollie onto the rail so that the skateboard's trucks sit atop the rail, or "clips on" the rail. To do this, pop the tail with your back foot and bend your knees to pull the skateboard up so it gets enough air to land on top of the rail, metal trucks on metal rail.

3. Keep your balance, not leaning too far forward or too far back, or to either side. During the slide to the end of the rail, you will be standing on top of your board just as if you were still skating on pavement.

4. Exit the rail smoothly by either landing the front wheels on the pavement while leaning forward to pop the tail a little so it lands after the nose. You can also exit the rail by slightly lifting the board with your feet to get a little air off the rail and land both sets of wheels on the pavement at the same time.

Tips & Warnings

• The more speed you have when you land the rail, the easier it will be for you to Fifty-Fifty the entire length of the rail.
• Some skaters feel approaching the rail head-on causes you to catch the inside of the front truck and cause a fall attempting the Fifty-Fifty than approaching it from a slight angle. This is personal preference, so try both ways until you find what works best for you.

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