| Railslide or 50/50 Grind - | | | | straightening back leg. Drop lead shoulder and look |
| 1. Ride towards the "rail" with enough momentum to | | | | over it during the slide. |
| keep you moving while sliding, ollie soon enough to be | | | | 3. When you are at the end of the feature, start to |
| able to get onto or above the rail. | | | | square up your shoulders so you can pop off and |
| 2. Land with your board sideways across the rail for | | | | ride away regular. |
| a railslide or parallel to it for a 50/50 grind. Do not | | | | 4. Once you feel comfortable on a rail or flat box, try |
| force landing on the rail as you may catch an edge | | | | the backlip on a C-box. These will need some |
| and wipe out. Instead just let gravity do it's job and | | | | practice. |
| bring you down gently carrying your momentum | | | | Boardslide into Switch Frontboard - |
| through the rail. | | | | 1. Ride straight at the rail with a little more speed |
| 3. Just so you know, your speed will change when | | | | than for just a boardslide. |
| you land on the object so be ready to keep your | | | | 2. Ollie onto the box and start your boardslide. Stay |
| balance! Metal is slicker than snow and wood is | | | | flat and keep knees bent ready to pop to switch |
| stickier meaning: metal=faster and wood=slower. | | | | frontboard. Keep box centered between bindings. |
| 4. Check your landing, be ready to hop off the rail | | | | 3. Half way through the slide, pop up and rotate 180 |
| and proceed to ride away or setup for the next | | | | degrees. Look over your now leading shoulder, |
| feature in the park. | | | | keeping knees bent and putting weight on foot that |
| Backside Lipslide - | | | | is locked into the switch frontboard. |
| 1. Approach the rail from the left if goofy foot and | | | | 4. After reaching the end, ollie off and ride away |
| right if you are regular. You want to be straight into | | | | switch stance. |
| the feature with not too much angle. | | | | Start off practicing these railslides and once you have |
| 2. After ollieing onto the rail, turn your board 90 | | | | them mastered, move on to spins or more difficult |
| degrees and be in the frontside position. Keeping | | | | rails. |
| your base flat, put weight on front leg while | | | | |