Pivot Fakie

• 1. Learn rock fakies, so you can get used to the sensation of coming off the lip backward(to fakie) also axle stalls and pivots.
• 2. Approach the lip as if you were going to do a rock to fakie, except you'll need a lot more speed.
• 3. As you pick up the front trucks at the lip, start to straighten your front leg while at the same time rotating 90 degrees with the lower part of your body. Center yourself over the back truck, and shift the weight to the back foot.
• 4. Once the truck makes contact with the coping, your weight should be 100 percent on the heel of the back foot (this makes your wheels lock into the coping and stall briefly).
• 5. At this point your weight should be somewhere between the deck and the transition (so you can stall). It helps to keep your upper body facing your buddies on the deck.
• 6. As your return to transition, slightly bend your front knees so as to help release you from the grip of the coping; at the same time, shift your weight from your back heel to the toes of your front foot.
• 7. The second half of this trick is identical to the first: Just keep your front trucks aloft so you can clear the lip and not hang up. Remember to keep your weight centered. After you get the basic pivot fakie down, try grinding (five-O to fakie) or ollieing out, or even slapping it to fakie rock.