Hand rail board slide 1. If you?going to step to handrails, this is the trick to start with. Start with small rails and work your way up. 2. Make sure you have some moderate speed???o slow. Slow speed can result in getting racked. 3. Ollie up, and make sure you get your front truck over the rail???onk. 4. At this point you?etter be sliding and committed??ling on rails is not good. 5. You actually keep your weight forward a little bit while sliding down rails. 6. Get ready to pop off. 7. Turn your body/board back and extend your legs. 8. Absorb it and stay centered to ride it out. 9. Do this trick a lot and get comfortable with it. Take it up to bigger rails. Ollieing down stairs 1. Start with like three stairs, then work your way up to the big leagues. 2. Figure out how much speed you need. Longer stairs mean you?etter go faster. 3. You want to pop an ollie right at the end of the stairs. 4. You also want to make sure you keep your weight centered and board straight to avoid slamming. 5. Spot your landing. 6. Begin extending your legs so you can absorb the impact. 7. Make the board touch the ground, make sure your weight is centered. 8. Absorb the shock. 9. Ride it out. 10. Find some bigger stairs. Backside 50-50 1. First, be sure to find a spot that hasn't been poached by fellow skaters. 2. Approach the ledge straight on or parallel, bend both legs equally, then ollie. 3. Land with both axles on the ledge, that's a 50-50. Be sure to put weight on both trucks, and stand up. 4. When you reach the end of your unpoached 50-50, step on your tail and lift up your front truck as you come off the ledge feeble grind 2. Use moderate speed and roll up right next to the obstacle. 3. Ollie up and concentrate on getting your back truck on the bar, but turn a little bit like a frontside boardslide. 4. Here's the tricky part: You want to keep most of your weight on your back truck while applying a little bit of pressure from your front foot to get locked in Get the feel for the feeble, and lock it in. 5. Lock and grind, baby! Lock and grind. 6. The end is near! Quick, lift off your back truck and prepare for landing. 7. Absorb the massive impact. 8. Ride it out.
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