Backside Lipslide

also known as: Back Lip · BS Lipslide

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Shown for a regular-footed rider. Teal ring + arrow = the rider's facing direction; teal band = the tail; a dot is where a hand holds the board - bright yellow for the front hand, amber for the back one, which is the whole difference between a mute and an indy. Board and rider rotate independently - each follows its own component. Drag to orbit.

How it works

A boardslide entered tail-first: with the rail on the heel side, the rider ollies high enough to swing the TAIL and back truck up and over the bar, landing mid-deck on the rail in the open, forward-facing slide position. Because the back half of the board must clear the obstacle, the entry demands more pop and a quarter-turn of the hips, and mistimed swings hang the back truck on the near side - the classic lipslide catch. Once locked it slides identically to a backside boardslide, and exits with a 90-degree turn-out off the end. On coping, the same tail-over entry from below is the backside lipslide of transition skating.

Step by step

  1. Approach with the rail on your heel side, slightly faster and squarer than for a back board.
  2. Ollie high, lifting the back truck and swinging the tail up and across the bar.
  3. Rotate the board a shade past 90 so the deck's middle drops onto the rail, then square it to perpendicular.
  4. Land in the open straddle, chest facing down the rail, weight through the contact patch.
  5. Slide centered, knees deep, reading the end of the rail.
  6. Turn out 90 degrees off the end (to forward or fakie) and roll away.

Body mechanics

Front footOver the front bolts, spotting the deck onto the rail and anchoring the slide.
Back footSupplies the big pop and the tail swing - the defining action of the lipslide entry.
ShouldersQuarter-wind frontside on approach, then open square down the rail once locked.
ArmsSwing with the tail on entry, then spread wide for slide trim.
GazeThe lock-in point on the rail until locked, then the rail's end.