ramptricks

BACKSIDE 50-50 - on transition
This is a great trick to learn as it will open doors to a bunch of other coping tricks. You might want to try stalling up there before you try the grind;
it will get you used to your weight placement. Roll up to the transition with a decent amount of speed. Charge straight up the transition, and as
your back truck gets right near the coping, you want to turn so that your heel edge wheel rolls on top of the coping. As you do this, you want to
put your weight over that heel edge to get you up on top of the coping. Once you're standing pretty much on top of the coping, set your front truck
down. All that's left to do to finish off the stall is drop back in by lifting up your front truck and kickturning into the tranny. In order not to hang up,
make sure you put enough weight on the toe edge of your tail so that your heel edge wheel can roll back over the coping without any trouble. Once
you have the stall down, the grinding part is pretty basic. You just need a little more speed, and as you approach the coping, you want to be at an angle
rather than rolling straight up to it. That way your momentum will pull you along the coping. Once you're grinding, just ride it as far as you can, then
drop back in as you did with the stall.

BACKSIDE AIR
Forget about early grabs. You'll never go big, and people might laugh.
Start by trying some backside kickturns up near the coping and grabbing
your board just in front of your front foot. You should be compressed with
your knees bent, so it should not require much effort to reach your board.
Once you get the feel for grabbing your board, you can start trying airs.
Go up the wall at a very slight angle. Don't carve too much at first because
your board will tend to fly away from you. As you approach the coping, your
front wheels should start coming off of the wall at the same time as your hand
reaches down for your board, which is the same as the kickturn. As your back
wheels hit the coping, put the slightest pressure on your back foot, almost scooping
it upward. This will help bring your board into your hand, as well as sending you in the
right direction, which is up. You are in the air now with your body facing the
coping. Stay calm, stay compressed. Your back foot should steer your board
in a nice arc facing you back into the ramp. As you come back in, suck your
legs back under you to land nice and smooth on the vert. Go bigger on the
next wall. P.S. This is definitely a "less is more" type of trick. Don't try to
ollie grab into it or go huge at first. Land some small, mellow ones, then work your way up.

FRONTSIDE 5-0 - on transition
Don't fool yourself, kids, a frontside 5-0 does not consist of a kickturn on the coping. You have to get up on top of that thing and scrape some metal off your trucks. To do this, or even attempt this, see that you can do a frontside 50-50 so you're comfortable with the feeling of the transition being behind you. When you've gathered your courage, pump towards the tranny going all fast. Start to turn and throw your body weight frontside, to get you momentum going that way, about a foot below the lip. Then, just lock your back truck onto the copes like you would for a 5-0 on a ledge. Once you get comfortable with balancing in that position, you can grind frontside 5-0 for days. Going down escalators is the best (no, not the kind in the mall).

FRONTSIDE 50-50 - on transition
For some, the frontside 50-50 is easier than backside, but for most it's more intimidating having your back face down the transition. Once you get over this fear, though, a whole new world of frontside coping tricks is opened up to you. Doesn't that sound appealing? Now that you're anxious to expand your ramp skating, let's get started. Just as with the backside 50-50, learning the stall first will help. Cruise straight up the transition, but as you get right near the coping you want to turn to get your toe edge wheel of the back truck over the coping rather than the heel edge wheel. With the frontside stall, it's important to get that toe edge wheel as far over the coping as possible to allow yourself some stability while your up on the lip. Just like with the backside stall, get on your back truck first then set down the front truck, placing your weight predominantly on the toe side of the board. To drop back in, just do a little kick turn into the tranny. Remember, don't let your toe edge wheels hang up. Now, to grind rather than stall you're going to need more speed and remember to approach the coping at an angle so your momentum will take you along the coping instead of just straight up and out.