How to Blunt Slide

The blunt slide is one of the more difficult rail tricks, although it can also be done on other obstacles it typically is not.  The blunt slide looks very similar to a tail slide; however is very different based on its difficulty level.  A blunt slide involves a skate boarder Ollieing over the rail then using his tail to grind across the rail.  This trick takes a very long time to master, but when you do have it down you will be glad that you took the time to learn in.  In order to do this trick you will have to have a high Ollie, be able to do a 90 degree turn in the air, and be somewhat able to Ollie backwards.  A high Ollie is key to this trick in order to get up and over the rail, as well as giving yourself time to set up for the slide.  To do this trick you will want to approach the rail with it at your back.  This trick like the board slide is easier to balance if you increase your speed.  At this point you should be approaching the rail at a slight angle with plenty of speed.  While approaching the rail you will want to have your feet positioned to pop the Ollie.  After popping the Ollie turn 90 degrees in the air so that your tail smacks and locks onto the rail.  To get out of the grind unlike the others I have discussed you just need to turn out away from the rail.  Blunt slides are extremely easy to get out of which is a good and bad thing.  The ease of getting out of blunt slides is a bad thing since it makes them much harder to grind for longer distances.  As I said earlier, this trick is very hard so don't get frustrated when trying to learn them, have fun and good luck.