Backside Tailslide

also known as: Back Tail · BS Tailslide

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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

One of street skating's most coveted tricks: approaching with the ledge on the heel side, the rider pops a backside 90 so the tail's underside lands on the corner and slides, nose held high, body rotated to face over the ledge. Unlike the noseslide the support leg is behind the rider's rotation, so the lock demands turning the hips fully with the board and trusting the back leg - under-rotation leaves the tail short of the edge. Weight presses down the back leg's column into the waxed corner; the exit either turns out forward off the end or pops back in off the tail. On coping the same position slid along the lip is the backside tailslide of transition.

Step by step

  1. Approach with the ledge on your heel side at a shallow angle and confident speed.
  2. Pop a crisp backside 90, rotating hips and board together.
  3. Set the tail's underside onto the corner, nose up, back knee driving over the tail.
  4. Face over the ledge, chest above the sliding tail, front leg extended ahead.
  5. Slide with steady tail pressure, watching the end of the ledge over your front shoulder.
  6. At the end, either turn the nose out 90 to forward or pop off the tail back to flat, and roll away.

Body mechanics

Front footExtended ahead on the front bolts, holding the nose up and steering the exit turn.
Back footThe trick's platform - ball of the foot on the tail pressing it onto the corner.
ShouldersRotate the full 90 with the board and hold, chest over the obstacle.
ArmsLeading arm points down the ledge; trailing arm high behind for the wound position.
GazeOver the leading shoulder at the ledge's end throughout the slide.