How To Backside Lipslide | Skateboarding Trick Tips

What this video teaches

Skate Warehouse presents the back lip as the mirror of the frontside lipslide, with the same approach but the opposite rotation. Ride up at a slight angle, not dead straight but not too angled either, snap the ollie and start the rotation, then the moment you know the back truck is going to clear the rail, sweep the back end out and pull in with the front foot to set the board down. Their key body cue is the split between legs and shoulders: the legs end up across the rail while the shoulders stay as close to in line with the rail as possible, looking down the slide. They also recommend having backside 180s in your bag first, and warn against over-waxing the rail.

Key tips

• 1Ride up at a slight angle to the rail, neither dead straight nor heavily angled
• 2Have backside 180s comfortable first, since the rotation carries over
• 3Snap the ollie and start rotating, then sweep the back end out the moment you know the back truck will clear
• 4Pull in with the front foot to help rotate and set the board down on the rail
• 5Keep the shoulders as close to in line with the rail as you can while the legs sit across it, and keep looking down the rail
• 6Land with a slight angle so you stay on the rail rather than sliding over it, and exit either regular or continue the rotation to fakie
• 7Do not over-wax the rail

Summarized from the video transcript.