HOW TO POWERSLIDE ON A SKATEBOARD THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL!
HOW TO POWERSLIDE ON A SKATEBOARD THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL! by Braille Skateboarding is a skateboarding tutorial for the Power Slide. Aaron Kyro at Braille frames the powerslide as an advanced riding technique rather than its own trick, and covers frontside first then backside.
What this video teaches
Aaron Kyro at Braille frames the powerslide as an advanced riding technique rather than its own trick, and covers frontside first then backside. He links each direction to the matching 180: learn frontside 180s before the frontside powerslide and backside 180s before the backside one, because the shoulder and foot motion is the same, just performed on the ground instead of in the air. His practice step is standing on the nose, pivoting on the front truck and deliberately dragging the back wheels across the ground so they make noise, then speeding that pivot up until you can run into a full slide. He is explicit about the balance window: too much weight forward stops you and throws you over the nose, too far back and the board slides out from under you.
Key tips
- Learn frontside 180s before frontside powerslides and backside 180s before backside ones; the shoulder and foot motion is identical, just done on the ground
- Practice by standing on the nose, pivoting on the front truck and dragging the back wheels so they audibly scrape, then speed that pivot up over time
- Turn the head and shoulders first, then let the back leg follow around
- The back wheels are what drag; the front truck can pivot freely, so the extra pressure belongs on the back wheels
- Too much weight forward stops the board and pitches you off the front; too far back and the board slides away and you fall backwards
- Bend your knees, especially on the frontside version, and learn frontside before attempting backside
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Power Slide