The axle stall is one of the essential tricks you need for transition skating. It allows you to to a trick, and come back in regular, rather than just kickturning, and also gets you ready for all the variations that stem from it. The trick involves riding up the ramp, turning 90 degrees backside, stalling in the 50-50 grind position, and then turning 90 degrees backside back into the ramp.
You need a considerable amount of speed to get your whole board on the coping, to get this by pumping from the bottom will take forever, so get comfortable with drop ins, then try these.
What You May Find Useful:
Most people find the hardest part of this trick being the transition from being on top of the coping into turning 90 degrees into the ramp. If you feel like this part might cause you to mess up, you can simply set your board up on the coping and practice this to get the exit down. That way you only have to worry about getting into it, and getting out will be second nature.
Doing The Trick
Positioning:
To do this trick you need to be able to balance and pivot on your back foot, so make sure your back foot is centered on the tail, and that your front foot is on or below the front bolts, or in a position that will allow you to easily turn on your back truck.
Motion:
Start by rolling in your normal stance towards a ramp
Ride up the ramp until your nose is starting to pass the coping
At this point open your shoulders up parallel with the coping, this plays a big part in making the turn clean
Once your front wheels are about to hit the coping, begin to lift up your front trucks and turn 90 degrees backside, so that your back is facing the coping
Your back trucks should have done the turn on the coping, and you should now be parallel with it
Set your front wheels down while leaning back in order to get on top of the coping
You are now on top of the coping in the axle stall, to get out once again open your shoulders, this time leading the turn back into the ramp with them
Lean forward into the ramp to get off the coping
At the same time lift your front trucks up and let your body follow your shoulders back into the ramp
Once you are back in a normal riding position on the ramp, put your front wheels down, and ride away onto the flatbottom
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Troubleshooting
I can't get on top of the coping, or I get on for a second and then slide off
The solution to this is to get more speed so that you get on top of the coping, which is done by pumping, and then leaning back onto the deck to lock your trucks in so you stay up there. It might seem harder to do it this way, but doing axle stalls on the side of the coping looks horrible.
My front truck always lands on the deck, never on the coping
This is where leading with your shoulders helps. If you make your shoulders parallel with the coping, your legs will naturally follow and it will be much easier to complete the turn. If you find yourself stopping the turn due to fear of overshooting the coping and going into smith, then try starting the turn earlier but do it slower, so that you don't have as much momentum to stop.
When I try to get down my back truck hangs up on the coping
This tends to happen when you try to go back into the ramp before completing your turn out completely. This creates a weird angle with your board, and sets your back truck up to hang. In order to prevent this from happening make sure you lean into the ramp on the way out, and make sure most of the turn is completed before going fully in.
Where Do I Go From Here?
Rock n Rolls are a great trick to move onto from here now that you are familiar with turning on the ramp. You are also able to start learning variations of this trick, including doing them fakie, frontside, and even tweaking them to do feeble 5-0, and smith stalls.
Are you going to do every single basic lip trick that exists?
EDIT: and why are you writing tips for tricks that have already been written?
Where have you been? We are updating the trick tips, just nobody else is really writing them atm. And ya, I plan on doing all the basic lip tricks, unless someone else does em before me.
EDIT: and why are you writing tips for tricks that have already been written?
EDIT: and why are you writing tips for tricks that have already been written?