Backside 50-50 on Transition

Backside 50-50 on Transition

Performed by Adam Sullivan-filmed by Dorian Tucker

This is a great trick to learn as it will open doors to a bunch of other coping tricks. You might want to try stalling up there before you try the grind; it will get you used to your weight placement. Roll up to the transition with a decent amount of speed. Charge straight up the transition, and as your back truck gets right near the coping, you want to turn so that your heel edge wheel rolls on top of the coping. As you do this, you want to put your weight over that heel edge to get you up on top of the coping. Once you're standing pretty much on top of the coping, set your front truck down. All that's left to do to finish off the stall is drop back in by lifting up your front truck and kickturning into the tranny. In order not to hang up, make sure you put enough weight on the toe edge of your tail so that your heel edge wheel can roll back over the coping without any trouble. Once you have the stall down, the grinding part is pretty basic. You just need a little more speed, and as you approach the coping, you want to be at an angle rather than rolling straight up to it. That way your momentum will pull you along the coping. Once you're grinding, just ride it as far as you can, then drop back in as you did with the stall.