How-To Skateboarding: Powerslides with Spencer Nuzzi
How-To Skateboarding: Powerslides with Spencer Nuzzi by RIDE Channel is a skateboarding tutorial for the Power Slide. Spencer Nuzzi gives a short, casual take filmed in the wet, where puddles make a forgiving surface to learn on.
What this video teaches
Spencer Nuzzi gives a short, casual take filmed in the wet, where puddles make a forgiving surface to learn on. His simple memory device is that the frontside powerslide is steered out with the front foot and the backside powerslide is steered out with the back foot, since those feet are the pivot points. He emphasizes that the motion comes mainly from the shoulders and hips: a slight wind up in the shoulders, then push the hips out. On backside he adds a safety note about keeping your eyes looking in the direction of travel rather than back at your feet.
Key tips
- Wet ground and puddles make a great low-grip surface for learning to slide
- The motion comes from the shoulders and hips: a slight shoulder wind up, then push the hips out
- Frontside slides come back to normal stance by weighting the front foot; backside slides come back by weighting the back foot
- On backside powerslides keep looking out in the direction you are travelling rather than down at your feet
- Sliding wheels wear cheaper than dragging your shoes, so use powerslides for speed control
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Power Slide