How to Do a Backside Boardslide on a Skateboard

Series Summary

The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950's. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations and often skate on city-built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks. In this free video series, a professional skateboarder demonstrates a variety of skateboarding tricks and provides advice for buying skateboard parts, skateboarding clothes and buying skateboards. Discover how to do a backside boardslide, how to do a kick flip and how to do a pop shove-it. With these skateboarding trick tips, any skateboarder can take their new gear and hit the ramps with confidence.

Video Transcript

"How are you doing? I'm Simon Bingham, from No Comply Skate Shop, and I'm going to explain to you, how to do a Backside Boardslide. First, you're going to want to know how to do an Ollie, which is going to enable you to get the skateboard off the ground, onto the rail. You want to approach the rail with moderate speed, so that you'll be able to slide, when you're on top of the rail. As soon as you get near the rail, do an Ollie, and turn your board ninety degrees, which it also helps to know how to do a Frontside 180, because you're going to be doing a ninety degrees Ollie, to land on top to the obstacle. When you feel your board touch the obstacle, absorb it with your knees a little bit, ride the slide, and then turn with your back foot, to bring the front nose forward, so that you can ride away, and that's coming out forward. If you're going out backwards, you want to get on the rail and slide, and turn with your front foot, to go fakie, and then absorb the landing, with your knees a little bit, to absorb the shock. Ride away."