Slides (skateboarding)
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A slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or on the wheels. This includes primo
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[edit] Slide tricks
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
- Bluntslide
- Performed by fitting the edge/rail between the tail and back truck of one's skateboard and sliding. Can be performed on flat ground. (called a bluntstop)
- Boardslide
- The front trucks go over the obstacle and the skateboarder slides on the center of the board. [2]
- Crail Slide
- This is a tailslide where the skater grabs the tail of the board with the front hand while sliding. Usually performed on a ramp. It comes from the same idea as the more popular Lien-to-tailslide, in that in both tricks the skater grabs the board to help put it in position for the tailslide. Since the invention of the Ollie, it is more common to Ollie in to a tailslide.
- Darkslide
- The Dark slide is a seemingly complicated looking trick in which the rider approaches a ledge or rail and does a flip trick onto the obstacle so that the rider lands on the board upside down with their feet on the nose and the tail and slides across the obstacle. Generally a half-kickflip or half-heelflip is the flip trick used to get into a darkslide. [3]
- Lipslide
- Similar to a boardslide only the skater turns 90 degrees so that the trailing trucks are placed over the rail/ledge/coping and the skater slides on the middle of the board. Considered more complex than a boardslide due the rotation over the obstacle at the beginning into the trick and the re-entry or dismount. Note that in this case a frontside lipslide involves facing forwards while a backside lipslide involves facing backwards. Also known as a Disaster slide.
- Noseblunt
- Same as a blunt slide, only performed with the nose and the front wheels. 90 degree ollie over the object to be sliding, locking the nose into a slide position. Wheels drag across the ledge/platform like a power slide while the nose slides along the lip. on a rail, the rider 'ollies over' into a nose slide position.
- Noseslide
- A noseslide is performed by riding parallel to an obstacle (ledge, rail, etc...) The skateboarder then does an ollie and turns the board 90 degrees. They then land on the ledge with the nose of the board sliding on top of it. This can be done frontside or backside. The skateboarder can then come off the ledge either regular or fakie (backwards).
- Tailslide
- Similar to the noseslide only when turning 90 degrees the tail of the board is landed on the edge of the ledge/rail.
- Casperslide
- A casperslide is performed by flipping the board into an up-side down state with one foot on the bottom (now top) of the tail and the front foot underneath the front truck (griptape side) and sustaining momentum, thus sliding on the tip of the board's concave. It can be performed on rails (rarely done) or flat ground. Often Attributed to Rodney Mullen.
- Railslide
- A Railslide is performed by one-quarter heelflipping the board into a primo stance (on the the edge of the board and wheels)
and maintaining momentum, thus locking the rail between the wheels and the boards edge Often attributed to Rodney Mullen.
- Anti-Casper Slide
- Performed by flipping your board into a casper stance, then rotating so the board is slanted down while still moving forward. Most often performed on ramps or inclines, attributed to Rodney Mullen.
[edit] Braking
- Sliding is also a technique used for braking. The use of "sliding gloves" is recommended. These can be made from regular household gardening gloves with cutting board (or any stiff plastic) attached to the palms and the fingers or purchased from longboard focused skate companies. To slide one place your hands on the ground and pulls an extremely sharp turn, making the board lose complete traction. Sliding is convenient to stop quickly or just to show off. Naming slides uses standard skate/snowboard positions (heelside/toeside) and then the type of slide. There are several types of slides, the Coleman Slide (the board "rotates" 180°), The Coleman Pendulum (the board "rotates" 180°, then returns to the original position), there are many more complex slides like 360s and variations of the Coleman Slide.
- Cess Slide
- This is a four wheeled slide performed on inclines, banks, ditches, and transition. most common riding frontside or straight up the transition. At the peak of momentum, the rider unweights the board and slides the back wheels up to 'catch up' with the rest of the body at 90 degrees. Then as as the body's momentum returns, the rider pivots the back truck while sliding the front wheels 90 degrees back toward the bottom of the incline. Simply put, backside shred up, pivot back down. a fun lazy way of riding transition backside. if you ride up frontside, you do this trick in a backside 'alley-oop' fashion. This is also VERY common in backyard pool riding, due the benefits of 'feeling' your way around the cement.
- Coleman Pendulum Slide
- This is where a rider wearing sliding gloves performs a frontside slide using their downhill hand with the glove to break the wheels free of traction while swinging the uphill hand close to the body to revert the board back from the initial slide in a pendullum motion. Named after slalom champion and sliding godfather Cliff Coleman, it is regarded as a staple trick in downhill sliding because it allows riders to see what is coming at them (objects, cars, hazards) all while in control.
- Powerslide
- The powerslide is a four wheel slide usually performed to stop the skateboard. It is performed by gaining speed, and turning the board 90 degrees while leaning the body back. The hands do not touch the ground when performing a powerslide. The skater can also turn the board more than 90 degrees resulting in the board continuing to roll and a very stylish maneuver.
- Bert Slide
- A four wheeled slide in which the rider puts one hand on the ground and rotates the board while it's still "grounded". Used to brake, turn, or just show off. Originated in 'DogTown' while Tony Alva etc. attempted to copy surfers
[edit] References
- ^ YouTube: Bluntslide Retrieved on 2007-01-31
- ^ YouTube: How to boardslide Retrieved on 2007-01-31
- ^ YouTube: How to darkslide by Rodney Mullen. Retrieved on 2007-01-31
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