How to Bluntslide a Ledge or Box

What this video teaches

RELATED-TRICK KEEP: a general bluntslide tutorial covering backside, frontside, and nose blunt variants on ledges and boxes, focused on wax prep and weight control rather than trick-specific footwork. The on-camera demonstration is a standard tail-end bluntslide, not a nose blunt specifically, but the presenter explicitly states the same wax, weight, and commitment principles apply directly to a nose blunt on a ledge, making it a useful supplementary reference.

Key tips

• 1Wax the ledge or box heavily before attempting any blunt slide variant, since insufficient wax stops the slide from being smooth no matter how good your technique is
• 2Practice standing in the blunt position first, such as blunt to fakie on a quarter pipe or curb, to get comfortable with the stance before trying it on a ledge
• 3Load the majority of your weight onto the foot that presses the board into the blunt position, keeping the other foot mostly along for balance rather than pressure
• 4Ollie high enough to land completely on top of the ledge, not partway, since staying fully over the obstacle is the key to locking in cleanly
• 5Approach at only a slight angle and open your shoulders as if starting a frontside 180 to help set the board into the slide
• 6Expect the hardest part to be maintaining the blunt once you are in it, not just getting into it, so drill holding the position on a curb or quarter pipe
• 7Start practicing at the very end of a box or ledge so you do not have to commit to the whole length while you are learning
• 8These same wax, weight, and commitment principles apply directly to a nose blunt on a ledge, not only to the backside or frontside tail-end version shown here

Summarized from the video transcript.