Skateboard Tricks: Tail Slides

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A tail slide and its variations are one of the many fun skateboard tricks to try. Learn about the tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video series.

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Skateboard Tricks: 5-0 Grind to Tail Slide
It may be easier to get into a 5-0 grind on a skateboard and force it into a tail slide. Watch an example of this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: 5-0 grind to Tail Slide Mistakes
It may be difficult for some to go from a 5-0 grind to a tail slide on a skateboard. Learn about other mistakes to avoid when doing a 5-0 grind to a tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Before Trying a Tail Slide
A front side 50-50 grinds is a skateboard trick to learn before trying a tail slide. Watch how to do a front side 50-50 from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie
The continued motion of doing a front side tail slide to fakie on a skateboard makes it easier to pop out cleanly. Watch how a front side tail slide to fakie is done from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie Foot Position
Foot position is more specific when doing a tail slide on a skateboard. Learn more about proper skateboard foot placement in a front side tail slide to fakie from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Front Side Tail Slide to Fakie Mistakes
Make sure to get all weight on the ledge when doing a front side tail slide to fakie on a skateboard. Learn other mistakes to avoid when doing this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide
Sometimes people learn to nollie front side tail slid before learning an ollie tail slide on a skateboard. Watch examples of this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide Foot Position
Skateboard foot placement depends on the height of a ledge when doing a nollie front side tail slide. Proper skateboard foot placement is further explained by a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Nollie Front Side Tail Slide Mistakes
Not shifting weight onto the tail enough is part of a common mistake when doing a skateboard nollie front side tail slide. Learn about other common mistakes to avoid when doing this trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Tail Slide Common Mistakes
A common mistake is to ollie into a tail slide and not lock in the skateboard right. Get tips for other tail slide mistakes to avoid from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: Tail Slide Learning Methods
Tail slide skateboard tricks can be learned by practicing on a curb. Discover other ways to practice a tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Skateboard Tricks: What Is a Tail Slide?
The tail slide is a skateboard trick that starts by rolling on a ledge. Learn how to do a tail slide from a professionally sponsored skateboarder in this free skateboarding video.

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Summary: Skateboarding tricks are a fun and popular way to enhance your skateboarding skills. There are hundreds of tricks to try while riding on a skateboard and many parks around the country to attempt them in. Many skateboarders have had an impact on skateboarding throughout time. A recent study showed there were over eighteen million skateboarders worldwide. Over eighty percent of skateboarders polled had used a board under the age of 18, and over seventy percent were male.

Grab that skateboard and ride like the wind! Discover another trick called the tail slide. There are different moves to add on to a tail slide. Learn each trick from a professionally sponsored skateboarder. He explains what a tail slide is, tricks to learn before attempting a tail slide, ways to practice a tail slide and how to avoid common mistakes. He also talks about doing a 5-0 grind to tail slide, front side tail slide to fakie and nollie front side tail slide. Be king of the skateboard park!

About the Expert

Expert: Shawn Connolly has over twenty years of skateboarding knowledge. 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 the northeast state of Maine, where good skate spots are hard to find, Shawn loves and appreciates the abundance of skate spots the Bay Area has to offer. Shawn 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.