Hi, my name is Justin Lauria, and today I'm going to show you how to ride a skateboard,
except this time, we're going to go backwards.
Riding backwards is referred to as riding in fakie stance, and it's important that you
learn how to maneuver in this stance as well as the other three main stances: normal, nollie,
and switch.
In fakie stance, you'll be standing on the board the same way that you would in your normal
stance, but you'll be moving the other way.
So if you're pumping back and forth on a half pipe, you'll constantly be switching between
your normal stance and fakie stance.
Getting into fakie stance on flat ground is going to be a little different than you're
used to, since you're going to be leading with what you normally think of as your back
foot.
The easiest way to do it, in my opinion, is to place your usual back foot on the front
of the board, just on top of the front wheels and push off the ground with your other foot.
Then as you place your other foot on the back of the board, carefully pick up your leading
foot and place it in front of the front wheels, and turn your head to look forward in the
direction of travel.
I do not recommend placing your usual front foot on the back of the board and pushing
like this to get into fakie stance.
Remember, this is the same thing as pushing mongo, and not only does it look bad, it'll
make things more challenging for you when you start doing more advanced maneuvers.
Now that you're rolling, you can steer just like in your normal stance, by leaning either
on your toes or on your heels.
You can actually do most of the tricks that you learned in normal stance in fakie stance.
You won't, however, be able to make quick turns by pivoting on your wheels, because
you can only pick up your trailing set of wheels when you're riding fakie.
If you want to quickly get from fakie stance back into normal stance, an easy way is to
rotate your shoulders to face forward, then, just as if you were going to do a manual,
lift up your trailing set of wheels and pivot them around to the front.
If you need to come to a complete stop, the most reliable way is just to step off the
board completely.
When you do this, take your leading foot off the board first so that all four wheels stay
on the ground.
Make sure to practice this technique a few times before you need it so that when the
time comes, your feet will already know what to do and you won't get hurt.
Now it's time to learn the fakie ollie.
If you haven't already, take the time to go back and learn how to do the stationary ollie,
and the moving ollie in normal stance.
Once you're ready to try the ollie in fakie stance, you can ease your way into it like
this. Start with a good stationary ollie, and then push off very lightly so that you
start rolling fakie but very slowly, and try to ollie again.
As you continue, increase your rolling speed once you feel comfortable with your ollies
at the current speed.
You'll notice that as you increase your rolling speed, it can become more and more difficult
to keep the board underneath you after you pop your ollie.
One of the reasons behind this is that in order to do an ollie properly, you have to
slide one of your feet along the grip tape to help lift the board into the air and level
it out.
In the case of the fakie ollie, the direction you'll be sliding your foot is away from the
direction you're moving, which is going to push the board slightly backwards with respect
to the direction you're traveling.
So, in order to keep the board from landing too far back, it's important that you give
the board a little nudge the other way as you pop the ollie so that it travels out in
front of you, and then let your sliding foot bring it back underneath you.
This technique is subtle but with a little practice, you'll most likely be able to do
it without having to consciously think about it too much.
One detail I've been glossing over that you'll want to keep in mind is that when you do tricks
in fakie stance, this part of the board is still referred to as the tail.
So even though that part of the board is in the front with respect to the direction you're
moving, you still name all the tricks the same as their normal stance counterparts.
So this would be a fakie tail stall, not a fakie nose stall, and this would be a fakie
5-0 grind, not a fakie nose grind or a fakie crooked grind.
If you still have any uncertainties, as usual, you should voice them in the comments section
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as always, remember to have fun.