Backslide
The backslide is like a frontside, except that you lift your front foot, and only grind on the back foot. It is preferably done grinding on the outside...
When comfortable with the royale, and your weight is on the back foot, try to lift the front foot a little, not much, only a few inches. When you feel comfortable with this, do the royale grind again, and lift it even more. When you can lift it about one foot, or 30 cm, try to grab it too. Now you're backsliding. You've got the balance now – grinding in the groove from your outside frame and outside boot, and leaning forwards, but having your weight on your back foot.
Now we need to look at the locking in part, that might be a little hard. If you're not careful, you will fall backwards really fast, so you need to land in the groove, and lean forwards a lot. That should be it!
You can grab your non-grinding skate in different grabs – safetygrab being the most common. It used to be the rocket grab that was the most common, but it has gone oldschool a long time ago. Another oldschool combination is the christgrind, where you rest your non-grinding skate on top of the grinding skate and look like Jesus! A more newschool approach is the 'freestyle backslide' – a no-grab backslide.
Written by Anders Toxboe on August 12, 2003
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kyle benford
16 Jan, 2004
Great tips. hit it in no time. Thanks
Osama Elharek
17 Aug, 2004
I love backslides, when you are learning them, pretend you are going to land fakie so your body is over the rail properly, then its just balance.
David Andrews
27 Feb, 2005
christ grinds, they are more stylish than a freestyle backslide anyday, at least when you get low in them
Daniel Dollerup
20 Mar, 2005
I learned this trick before Royal, and i think it's way much easier then royal oO
Colt Williams
30 Jun, 2005
wats it called if u dont grab the foot
benjamin wong
5 Mar, 2006
any one footer grind is freestyle if you don't grab 'theskater' (=
Sam Knight
26 Sep, 2006
IMO best looking grind. Shame I can't do them properly :(
robert robinson
1 Apr, 2007
it took me forever to get this trick down… theskater, its called freestyle when u dont grab the foot lol it sais that in the article
Peter Dyszel
8 Jun, 2007
whenever i do them frontside, im low and have my free foot stretched out straight in front of me.
mark mckinney
1 Apr, 2008
anyone try judo backslides
Allan Smith
1 Apr, 2008
freestyle backslide
jackson mcmahon
1 Apr, 2008
just go on for a royal but dont put a foot on
Kevin Houser
1 Apr, 2008
Toxboe does a good job of explaining tricks, as this is where I learned most things when I started. I've learned a few things since though.
Make sure not to jump any higher than you need to lock onto the rail especially on this trick. it'll want to stick easier if you jump high into it. Be careful of your body over twisting. if your body twists, your h-block will want to stick a little on the rail and make you land early.
Just throw it up, hold that other foot up a foot or so above the rail and look down the rail. Looking down the rail, and not at your feet, will make the trick feel as comfortable as a makio if you get used to it.