The axle stall is a perfect place to start, as it will allow you to get used to balancing on the coping and also to pumping whilst coming out of tricks. Remember, this is called the axle ‘stall’ for a reason, you are meant to pause for a second or two

An Axle stall is quite similar to the backside 50-50, minus the moving along the coping. As the name suggests axle stall is when you stall, that is wait for a few seconds on the coping of the ramp with both the trucks of your board fixed in the coping, be

When you have Axle Stalls on lock, it might be time to step it up a bit. For a Backside 50-50 Grind you should approach the quarter with a little bit more speed and in a slight angle. Locking into the 50-50 is similar to the Axle Stall but instead of just