How to Rock to Fakie - Mini Ramp Basics Skate Tutorial

What this video teaches

Gerard Amento presents rock to fakie as the first lip trick on a mini ramp and focuses on commitment more than mechanics, since the scary part is riding away backwards. He uses a wide stance with the back foot in the pocket and the front foot over the bolts, and recommends starting by barely lifting the wheels over the coping and only pushing the board further up as you get comfortable. His two named mistakes are lifting the board far too high and trying to force it back down, when in reality the lift is tiny and on some copings you barely need to lift at all, and simply not committing. His reassurance is that if you can already pump up to the coping, you can ride back down the same transition.

Key tips

• 1Use a wide stance: back foot in the pocket of the tail, front foot over the front bolts
• 2Start by barely lifting the wheels over the coping and only push the board further up as you get comfortable
• 3The lift is small; a common mistake is lifting the board way too high and then trying to force it back down
• 4Depending on how far the coping sticks out you may barely need to lift the board at all
• 5Keep both feet on the board and commit; bailing halfway is where the real danger is
• 6If you can pump up to the coping you can ride back down the same transition, so trust it

Summarized from the video transcript.