How-To Skateboarding: Backside Lipslide with Clint Walker

What this video teaches

Clint Walker reduces the whole trick to one thought: get the back wheels over the rail, because clipping means you go down no matter what. He rolls in at a slight angle roughly parallel to the rail, pops up first and starts turning after he is already up, which leaves the board angled in the air so it contacts the rail sideways and then settles onto it. Once on, he aims to keep the rail in the middle of the board with his weight centered, neither forward nor back, adjusting for how slick the rail is, and keeps his shoulders turned to look where he is sliding. His progression is to start on the end of small rails and take it further along as it gets comfortable.

Key tips

• 1The single thing to think about is getting your back wheels over the rail; if you clip, you fall
• 2Roll in at a slight angle, roughly parallel to the rail, and go fast enough that you slide further
• 3Pop up first and start the turn after you are already in the air, so the board arrives at the rail angled and then settles on
• 4Keep the rail in the middle of the board and your weight centered, adjusting for how slick the rail is
• 5Keep the shoulders turned so you are looking in the direction you are sliding
• 6Start on the end of a small rail and work further up it as you get comfortable, then turn out or to fakie at the end

Summarized from the video transcript.