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Lipslide
A slide where you lift the back truck over the rail so the middle of the board slides, approaching from behind.
The Lipslide is an intermediate Slides trick.
Spec
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Complexity
- Category
- Slides
- Stance
- regular
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What the tutorials teach
Videos 1 and 2 cover the backside lipslide while video 0 covers the frontside lipslide. All three agree that getting the back wheels or back truck fully over the obstacle is the primary technical requirement and the main confidence hurdle. The frontside version is taught as a frontside 180 rotation onto the ledge with a slide, while the backside version is framed as a backside shifty with full truck clearance. Both directions stress that the prerequisite trick (boardslide for frontside, frontside boardslide for backside) teaches the slide feel you need before adding the over-the-obstacle element.
- Clear the back truck or back wheels fully over the obstacle before thinking about the slide; incomplete clearance is the root cause of most lipslide failures
- Match the direction to the approach: frontside lipslide is a frontside 180 onto the ledge; backside lipslide is a backside shifty to get over the rail
- Learn the relevant boardslide first (frontside for FS lipslide, front board for BS lipslide) to internalize the slide feel with less pressure
- Stand reasonably tall on the obstacle during the slide; crouching too low reduces balance and control
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Frequently asked
- What should I learn before the Lipslide?
- The lipslide builds on Ollie and Boardslide. Get those consistent first, since the lipslide reuses the same pop, balance, or flick.
- Is the Lipslide hard to learn?
- The lipslide is an intermediate trick. It gets much easier once you can already ollie and boardslide.
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