How To Primo Slide - Sto Strouss - Skateboarding Trick Tip (2006)
How To Primo Slide - Sto Strouss - Skateboarding Trick Tip (2006) by Chris Castle is a skateboarding tutorial for the Primo Slide. Sto Strouss teaches the kickflip primo slide, which he calls a rusty slide, as an obstacle trick rather than a flatground one.
What this video teaches
Sto Strouss teaches the kickflip primo slide, which he calls a rusty slide, as an obstacle trick rather than a flatground one. The prerequisite is a kickflip to rail, and he notes the front foot sits higher on the board than for a regular kickflip so the flip is softer and stops in primo instead of rotating all the way over. He recommends finding a low flat obstacle, a countertop or a sheet of wood raised on bricks, set just high enough to intersect the kickflip, and waxing it well. His main riding cue is speed: without enough of it the board will not track straight along the surface, and the exit is simply riding off the end and dropping in.
Key tips
- Learn the kickflip to rail first; the primo slide is that trick landed onto and along an obstacle
- Put the front foot higher on the board than a regular kickflip so the flip is softer and stops in primo rather than rotating past it
- Set up a low waxed obstacle, a countertop or a board on bricks, at a height that intersects the kickflip
- Carry enough speed; without it the board wanders sideways instead of tracking straight along the surface
- Wax the surface heavily so the rail slides rather than catching
- Exit simply by riding off the end of the obstacle and dropping down
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Primo Slide