Learn How To Backside Air with Me!

How to backside air on transition, while I relearn how to Mellon grab.
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[@ZackDowdy]

What trick should I learn with you next?!

[@samkupper]

can opener? Japan Air?

[@jstevo92]

Backside boneless

[@ZackDowdy]

@@jstevo92 I made one here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6rSiqNuh5Z_f7s

[@rainerkambacheld5414]

Chink Chink or Nosepick Grind

[@jstevo92]

@Zack Dowdy sorry I hadn't seen that ! Very nicely done too ... What about to fakie?

[@harleyjepson5809]

Caballerial !!! It’s a classic but you never see anyone do them ! I have faith in you 🙏🏻

[@ZackDowdy]

I really want to learn that one, thank you for the reminder.

[@michaeljohn8905]

So dope. Your killing it man . Picked my board back up after Dr. I needed to exercise. Just dropped in on a 5 ft bowl after mental blocking it for a month lol. I used to Ollie garbage cans and used to skate anything back in the day. Now Im So stoked to just be pumping around the bowls in my city . I’m 50 and my Ollie knee is thrashed so I can’t go big but I’m happy just doing this. Watching you go big is so encouraging bro. Rock on brother. Thanks for the vids. Mike ATL.

[@don.brasco]

Good tip about starting out by grabbing board while doing kick turn down low then getting higher with it. That’s something I feel like I could comfortably start trying.

[@bonadio60]

I am in the same page and this tip is a really nice one

[@brandongnarlow9162]

Been doing melons for years now. I took my time with it. I started by hopping up and turning around on the lower part of the transition and then inched my way up little by little until finally I was making it over the coping! Its my favorite trick to do. Bs airs just feel amazing and its so much fun. I have hung up before which is scary so be careful, especially in round bowls where you need to pull out more.

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

One of my goals was to learn backside airs this year. I could do early grabs when I was young, nose grab kick turns on a vert ramp is as far as I've got and it's been a while, thanks for the motivation!

[@HeyLookWhatICanDo]

Zack, you're a legend! Thanks for taking the time to walk us through your thought process. I have always wanted consistent BS airs and this will help me inch towards that.

[@victorlittle-gutierrez8657]

This is very helpful as I’m currently attempting learning the same! Thank you so much, I love the way you teach skateboarding ❤️❤️❤️

[@maxwellharmon4172]

DOWDY OUT HERE KILLIN THE GAME!!

[@Unoriginal3]

Killing it zack

[@davidharris4030]

You are very good at explaining correctly.🤙

[@tayloreanes5196]

Incredible 💛

[@christians131]

Literally my dream trick

[@Fadem12forReal]

Good ass trick tip

[@BenP227]

I can do them somewhat (nose grab) but I’m tryna figure out how to style out the trick where the vert guys push the back foot out

[@dslhernandez3001]

I'm the opposite. I can do the melon grabs but got served doing the nose grab airs so I haven't tried in a while. Might try some next time I go skate

[@taitsmith8521]

At 42 years of age, the best tip I can give anyone for learning a new trick is to commit to going to the same spot and trying the same trick every single day for 2 weeks straight. There exists this mentality of , "okay, Im going to get it today." that just doesn't serve you very well. This applies to any trick, but especially learning airs on vert is a very incremental progression of gaining the feeling. Don't spend 6 hrs one day taking slams where you need a week to recover, just commit to working on your new trick 20-30 minutes everyday for 2 weeks, and wether you get it or not, you will have progressed enough to be comfortable with the process and not get frustrated. That's my two cents for what its worth. Thanks.

[@C-G585]

This channel rips!!! Appreciate the detail and insight 👌

[@guybartlett9587]

Subbed

[@cesarflores198]

Where is the link for the knee pads

[@animateddiddy]

What Would you recommend? Doing Ollie’s fs & bs or just bonking it fs & bs

[@ZackDowdy]

I'd prefer bonking, but ollies help understand the bonk.

[@thenon_kommunzchannel9353]

Are trucks loose?

[@franciscoramirez9867]

Fakie 360 next

[@RicoG213]

talk about the pump. its seems like there is not a big pump or any pump at the bottom of the transition. it seems like the pump is near the top or its just a by product of the crouch and grab. any way. i'm also learning backsides and when ever i kinda just ride up the transition without pumping i feel like my backsides are more stable. any truth to this?

[@ZackDowdy]

Pump is pretty similar to backside grind. A lot of my pump happens at the bottom and the decompression of said pump happens in the air, when landing I'm more focused on impact, the pumping comes after. Something I should touch on in future videos.

[@mikefay4323]

Gimme ur opinion, anyone. Which is easier for someone learning to skate a half or transitions? Is it easier to skate into the transition and do a basic backside turn around or to go back fakie? Thanks for any help.

[@ZackDowdy]

It's really whatever feels natural to you at first.

[@Dolowincraft]

I'm currently learning backside airs on a hip at my local, I've got backside ollie down but I can't figure out how to grab my board melon. the board allways flies into my hand way in front of me... should I try grabing it nose first ? Do you have any tips to fix that ? Any help would be apreciated

[@ZackDowdy]

I think nose is easier to grab, but less controlled than behind the foot. Something that really helped me fix this was trying to bring my board to my hand, vs reaching for the board.

[@Dolowincraft]

@@ZackDowdy Someone else also told me that, the coping at my local is somewhat not out enough so i cannot bonk my wheels, should i ollie into it ?

[@dwdzmk]

How to bail safe way if I can't use knee pads because I can't bend knee fully after ACL etc. surgeries? Any tip?

[@ZackDowdy]

I butt slide a lot!! Haha, it really depends on the trick. Maybe I can ask someone recovering from ACL to make a video on this topic.

[@dwdzmk]

@@ZackDowdy wow, that would be awesome! This is very important topic. Many people are after ACL, meniscus surgery (I fcked everything in my knee, I'm after 3 surgeries, waiting for the next...) and they can't get full ability as before injury. Also, this is a bit scary to keep this in mind and skate fully relaxed. This is just a topic for few good videos from physical and mental side.

[@danhabu4731]

slide on one knee

[@victorycentralgaming1577]

Crazy I feel comfortable with melons, the nose grab version is terrifying

[@thestonedandstripped]

Pick up litter😊 One Peace at A Time

[@doktor_faust]

Zack i think trying to land more or always on your knees is a bad habit. I agree for learning tricks its great, but once you got the trick you should practive it bailing with kneeslides, because if not you completely unlearn to skate without pads and also worst case maybe on a fall you land on your knees not wearing pads, cause your brain is wired to it. And yes, even if you commit to always wear pads, there are days where you just forget the pads at home and than you could not skate. So: 1. Pad up 2. Land the trick 3. Practice landing and bailing with running out 4. Practice trick without pads.

[@ZackDowdy]

Solid point! Running out is still my instinct, I kept running out with knee pads on though haha that felt silly.

[@pennyhemens478]

@@ZackDowdy Wear pads on vert and call it a day. Its not like your going to start knee sliding out of your ledge tricks or skating stairs ha. Dr. Faust is on the 'bro science'.

[@Oliver_Hallowee]

@@pennyhemens478 lol

[@BlackMarketHoney]

I have been trying these for year and the board always flies away from my back foot. I try to pull it onto my back foot, but it always comes detached. I feel like the board see-saws on my front foot, like my front is in the way?! I am 6 foot 2 in and feel like I need a longer board or longer arms😔

[@ZackDowdy]

Try pushing your back-foot down more. Sounds like most of your control is the front, think of it like shooting a rubberband. You need even pressure on both ends.

[@magicwood2360]

@@ZackDowdy I've had the same problem for years , I probably just need to push my back foot down into the board more . 🤙👊

[@marty4382]

If you do a Sean penn I’ll let you take the big from al’s name and it will be big zack dowdy no questions asked

[@ZackDowdy]

HAHAH!

[@k-krops1999]

My backfoot slipped out and went backwards trying this when i was 14 but i can frontside air

[@NoCoverCharge]

My backside airs don’t know why my front foot would be flailing while my back foot was fine … front side airs was my jam … wish I could have gotten backside airs down better… knew sliding allows you to try so much more new stuff .. why run out when you can slide out better on your joints and better fall ..

[@CtrainDJ]

Lol delete that from your memory, I noticed we both skate regular. Frontside air or backside air? Which would you recommend for a beginner transition skater?

[@mathewharmer478]

I like a back side air all those different versions well ok some times you need to learn a new trick ok take care

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

I hate seeing trash all over the skate park too. PISSES ME OFF lol KEEP YOUR PARK CLEAN

[@Unoriginal3]

We are paying for our own shitty skate youth I say it every time I pick it up, karma Hard to be zen on wood with trash ererywhere

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

@@Unoriginal3 me and my homie always bring a broom to sweep out the bowls. There's always trash in there lol and your probably right about that KARMA. Sheena real bitch lol

[@charliefroess]

Bs airs are so much harder for me then frontside

[@lewisflores666]

are you supposed to ollie or bonk off of coping? i’m struggling

[@ZackDowdy]

It's more of a scoop from the bonk then ollie. You want to use the transition to also lift you up.

[@lewisflores666]

i’m also assuming i need to go faster than i think by watching your video. i’ll let you know when i get it down

[@theunwanted6122]

Great tutorial! I’m 51 and have been thinking about learning them again haven’t done them since I was 16