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Skateboard Tricks: Boardslide

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Skateboard boardslides are tricks that can be performed on the surface of most obstacles. Learn how to do a boardslide in this free skateboarding video from a sponsored skateboarder.

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Tags: techniques, flips, skating, tricks, skateboarding, skateboards, boardslide

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Summary: The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950's. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations, and often skate on city built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks.

The board slide gets its name because a skateboarder is rolling up and sliding on the middle of the board. The board slide used to be called a rail slide because, at one point, rails were attached to the middle of the board to make it easier to slide. In this free video series, a sponsored skateboarder will teach you how to do a boardslide, from foot placement and common mistakes to variations on the boardslide, including a boardslide fakie, switch boardslide, and how to do a boardslide on a straight bar. With these tips and techniques, you'll soon have mastered a new skateboarding trick that you can take all the way to the X-Games!

About the Expert

Expert: Shawn Connelly has more than 20 years of skateboarding experience. He has appeared in Slap, Thrasher and Transworld magazines and his sponsors include Venture Trucks, Ricta Wheels, Roughneck Hardware and FTC Skate shop. Originally from Maine, where good skate spots are hard to find, Connelly loves and appreciates the abundance of skate spots the Bay Area of California has to offer. Connelly enjoys sharing the art of skateboarding and believes that it is one of the few sports that teaches real patience and determination, allows for limitless growth, and nurtures individuality at the same time.

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