Bert slides are a fun little trick to do when you got the time or just feel like chilling. Coming up from the old days of skateboarding, many believe that this move was created on skateboards to imitate the motion of carving a nice wave. They are simple and yet if done properly can look very professional or make a simple opening or ender.
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Ok heres how to pull it off.
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You can Bert slide anywhere but generally slopes might tend to be a bit more difficult. Simply start riding at a speed you feel comfortable with.
Ok regardless of you pulling f/s or b/s Bert slides heres where setting up comes into place. Put your front foot over your front bolts and your back foot on the tail.
First up B/S Bert slides. Bend your knees and let your hands touch the ground in front of you. Plant your hands hard on there and spin your hips around like you were spinning a little 180 on your board. Use your hands to push yourself around. Move the leg that was on the tail and spin it around so that your left (right if your goofy) leg is at the back. This is one of the easier Bert slides and doesn’t look as good as f/s but can be used for turning and such.
The f/s Bert slide is the harder of the two slides but looks a lot more professional. Same as b/s, bend your knees and plant the ground but this time your going to put your hands down behind you instead of in front. Spin your body around in the same motion as b/s Bert slides and prop yourself back up. This Bert slide is definitely the better looking of the two.
First, u have to have to have built arms because it helps and when your starting out also it is helpful to do it on a bed or a trampoline if u have one. well here it is first u have to roll at a moderate speed than you take the back foot off your board and just like the boneless u have to start lifting your board up and when you reach about your knee level u have to put your left or right hand (your dominate one) you start power lifting your body up to the air and before u do that u have to lift up your needs to your chest and then from there you have to push your legs out and stay there as much and you can and try to put as much pressure on your arms as you can and extend your body before you come down and if u have to bail then this is the right time and make sure when you bail that you roll. Also the landing should be not difficult because when u reach your point of coming down you just lift you body up and bring your knees down as if your doing a backhand spring. It is not easy doing the street plant because it took me about 2 and a half years to get the basics down and it took me 3 years to perfect it.
This is an old school trick and it's really easy to do.
Go at a pretty slow speed then jump of the board so your parallel with it. Grab an Indy but don't actually hold it just keep your fingers under your board. Then jump up and do a B/S 180 Body Varial. But when you jump spin the board so it does a finger flip. This is really easy to learn and it doesn't look that good but the faster you do it the better it looks. All it is, is a finger flip while the board is on the ground and in front of you the when you jump to land on the board do a B/S 180. Simple as that!
You have to know how to boneless 180 and boneless finger flip before you try this.
Do everything the same as a boneless 180. Then put your front foot on the ground grab and Indy. When you hop of you front foot do a regular boneless 180 but with your hand that's grabbing an Indy. Flip the board. This looks coolest when you spin the finger flip when you have already done a 90 in the air.
This is a really easy trick to do. Just ollie up but don't drag too much, land your back foot on the ground, your front foot should be in the air, catch the board with your front hand. Jump of your back foot and acid drop back onto the board.
