How To Darkslide | Skateboarding Trick Tips

What this video teaches

This learnhowtoskateboard clip carries the same Rodney Mullen breakdown, compressed into a couple of minutes. It opens with the caveman drill to learn how the obstacle slides, stresses that the pop out to switch is the real key to the trick, and warns against standing on the toes with the front foot instead of pressing it down along the rail. The exit is described as curling and scooping the back foot toes over so the board pulls back around, with the front foot released for a moment and then pulled back to land.

Key tips

• 1Caveman the board onto the obstacle a bunch of times first to learn how it slides and pops off
• 2Get the pop out right and the rest of the trick follows; landing switch is the payoff
• 3Front foot pressed down along the rail, not standing on the toes
• 4Get the board toward the back truck rather than centered, or the deck flexes and stops you
• 5It is hard to pop out with the foot flat on the side of the deck, so keep the ball of the foot on the edge and curl the toes over to scoop it back around
• 6Push the pop up rather than straight down, with a slight frontside flip motion

Summarized from the video transcript.