Darkslide

All three tutorials describe the same trick shape: a frontside half flip in, a slide on the griptape with the board upside down, and a pop out, with the traditional exit landing switch or fakie. Every coach agrees the exit is the hard part and the part to solve first, and that foot placement on the edges of the deck rather than flat on the middle is what makes popping out possible at all. The Rodney Mullen based videos give the finest mechanical detail: press the front foot down along the rail instead of standing on the toes, push the pop up rather than straight down, land nearer the back truck so the deck does not flex under you, and curl the back foot toes over to scoop the board back around. Braille agrees on wide feet and adds the postural fix that matters most in practice, which is leaning forward, since the effort of getting into the trick leaves nearly everyone leaning back. The main difference is the learning path: Mullen starts with cavemanning the board onto the obstacle to learn the surface, while Braille starts with dark stalls on the lowest obstacle available and works up through baby slides to rails. Braille also differs on board position, preferring to land nearer the middle of the board for leverage, and offers a round rail alternative where you push down and let the board fall out instead of popping to fakie. Both agree it is a trick that takes a long time, wax, and a board you are willing to destroy.

• →Solve the exit first: caveman the board onto the obstacle or set up dark stalls on the lowest thing you have, and practice popping out before you ever try flipping in
• →Keep the ball of each foot on the edges of the upside down deck with a wide stance; feet flat in the middle give you no leverage to pop out
• →Press the front foot down along the rail rather than standing up on the toes, and lean forward once you are sliding, since the natural mistake is leaning back
• →Push the pop up rather than straight down and do not over rotate the flip in; the board should hang at upside down rather than keep turning
• →Wax the obstacle and dedicate a board you do not mind ruining, because the griptape slide chews the deck and the trick takes many sessions

Synthesized from the top video tutorials. Watch them