Tail Slides - Skateboard Forums

surrey_skater · 04-14-2003, 08:55 PM

tail slides look sooooooo sweet, i'd love to be able to do them. so firstly how do you do them. and secondly where would be the bast place to practise them (curb/ledge, rail etc...)

thanks.

Snaker · 04-15-2003, 12:34 AM

I was gonna make a thread on these, but I'll use this one. I can get into 'em, kinda, but i can't slide them. Any help would be appreciated. surrey_skater, try them on curbs/very low ledges. The way I get into them is to ollie, so that you're about the curb, then trun so that you're sideways about it, then set it down on the curb. You need some good board control for these, I've figured out.

Flipkid · 04-15-2003, 01:23 AM

its like a lipslide but different. same motion tho, except you put most of your weight on your back foot. and you have to stomp it down right on the corner of the box and lock in good.

BoArDeR420 · 04-16-2003, 02:40 AM

pretend like ur doing a smith, but rotate more. thats how i do em. im not to great at them tho

surrey_skater · 04-16-2003, 09:06 PM

are they harder to learn/do than noseslides?

Flipkid · 04-16-2003, 11:20 PM

yes

04-17-2003, 12:14 AM

Pretend like you're leaning in with your back foot with your ts's. Lean in on the ledge to keep it sliding.

DarkHawk2-2 · 04-17-2003, 02:24 AM

tailslides is all about timing. Theres lotsa weight shifting involved so it gets pretty tricky. When u ollie up and do a 90, ure gonna shift weight away from ure back foot so the tail will be right over the ledge or whatever and u wanna quickly shift and lean back onto the tail as or right before u smack the tail down. You gotta do it pretty fast depending on what ure doing it on. Sry if thats kinda weird to understand.

surrey_skater · 04-17-2003, 09:35 PM

should i learn nose slides first? or are they totally independant tricks?

AIRZ1 · 04-17-2003, 10:33 PM

Noseslides first definatly.

surrey_skater · 04-17-2003, 10:52 PM

ok, tips for noselides then please. thanks!

04-18-2003, 12:19 AM

First of all learn to ollie into noseslides don't step in noseslide because it's a filthy habit and don't look as good as ollie in ones. Just ollie onto the ledge and lean in while sliding your foot like an ollie 90 degrees. Lean into it to keep it sliding and then just turn your body to land. They're pretty easy.

surrey_skater · 04-19-2003, 12:48 PM

what should i use as wax? wax, soap, butter, or doesnt it matter?

04-19-2003, 11:58 PM

Gulf wax or candles are the best things to use. Ledge Butta you can buy at a local skateshop for like 3 or 4 bucks and it is well good.

04-14-2003, 08:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
surrey_skater Crazy Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 685	Tail Slides tail slides look sooooooo sweet, i'd love to be able to do them. so firstly how do you do them. and secondly where would be the bast place to practise them (curb/ledge, rail etc...) thanks. __________________ o0--Stuart--0o \m/ ( - _ - ) \m/

04-15-2003, 12:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Snaker Just can't escape Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 4,644	I was gonna make a thread on these, but I'll use this one. I can get into 'em, kinda, but i can't slide them. Any help would be appreciated. surrey_skater, try them on curbs/very low ledges. The way I get into them is to ollie, so that you're about the curb, then trun so that you're sideways about it, then set it down on the curb. You need some good board control for these, I've figured out. __________________ Ex-Ramprage.com Forum Super Moderator

04-15-2003, 01:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Flipkid Crazy Poster Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Andover, MA. Posts: 480	its like a lipslide but different. same motion tho, except you put most of your weight on your back foot. and you have to stomp it down right on the corner of the box and lock in good. __________________ -Ryan Farts will always be funny. POOPOO HEAD VATO www.coliseumskate.com <--best skateshop on the planet. Last edited by Flipkid; 04-15-2003 at 01:28 AM.

04-16-2003, 02:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
BoArDeR420 Insane boarder Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 604	pretend like ur doing a smith, but rotate more. thats how i do em. im not to great at them tho __________________ "I can't pinpoint the most important part of snowboarding, but the cool thing is, nobody has to. All we have to do is keep riding" -Jake Burton

04-16-2003, 09:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
surrey_skater Crazy Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 685	are they harder to learn/do than noseslides? __________________ o0--Stuart--0o \m/ ( - _ - ) \m/

04-16-2003, 11:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Flipkid Crazy Poster Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Andover, MA. Posts: 480	yes __________________ -Ryan Farts will always be funny. POOPOO HEAD VATO www.coliseumskate.com <--best skateshop on the planet.

04-17-2003, 12:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
hullo Guest Posts: n/a	Pretend like you're leaning in with your back foot with your ts's. Lean in on the ledge to keep it sliding.

04-17-2003, 02:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
DarkHawk2-2 RR Extreme Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta/Athens Posts: 4,036	tailslides is all about timing. Theres lotsa weight shifting involved so it gets pretty tricky. When u ollie up and do a 90, ure gonna shift weight away from ure back foot so the tail will be right over the ledge or whatever and u wanna quickly shift and lean back onto the tail as or right before u smack the tail down. You gotta do it pretty fast depending on what ure doing it on. Sry if thats kinda weird to understand.

04-17-2003, 09:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
surrey_skater Crazy Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 685	should i learn nose slides first? or are they totally independant tricks? __________________ o0--Stuart--0o \m/ ( - _ - ) \m/

04-17-2003, 10:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
AIRZ1 volcom sk8r Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England, Essex Posts: 1,725	Noseslides first definatly. __________________ Try and you might dont and you wont .::www.skateukv2.tk::..::www.skateukv2.tk::..::www .skateukv2.tk::. .::www.skateukv2.tk::..::www.skateukv2.tk::..::www .skateukv2.tk::.

04-17-2003, 10:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
surrey_skater Crazy Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 685	ok, tips for noselides then please. thanks! __________________ o0--Stuart--0o \m/ ( - _ - ) \m/

04-18-2003, 12:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
hullo Guest Posts: n/a	First of all learn to ollie into noseslides don't step in noseslide because it's a filthy habit and don't look as good as ollie in ones. Just ollie onto the ledge and lean in while sliding your foot like an ollie 90 degrees. Lean into it to keep it sliding and then just turn your body to land. They're pretty easy.

04-19-2003, 12:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
surrey_skater Crazy Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 685	what should i use as wax? wax, soap, butter, or doesnt it matter? __________________ o0--Stuart--0o \m/ ( - _ - ) \m/

04-19-2003, 11:58 PM	#14 (permalink)
hullo Guest Posts: n/a	Gulf wax or candles are the best things to use. Ledge Butta you can buy at a local skateshop for like 3 or 4 bucks and it is well good.

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