TAILSLIDE - It may be easier to do this trick if you think of it as a combination of a 180 ollie and a noseslide. This trick is much harder than the noseslide and when done backside can be really difficult. Approach your target at a 30 degree angle or less and ollie as though you were going to do a 180. As you rotate the first 90 degrees your tail and back trucks will be over the ledge. As you reach 90 degrees your tail should be directly over the ledge. Press down with your back foot and "push" the tail as you would in a noseslide. When you come to the end of the ledge or loose your momentum it's pretty dead even in difficulty as to whether you shift around to fakie and finish the 180 or turn and roll away with your normal stance. With this trick the hard part is getting the backfoot to guide the tail of the board to the ledge or rail, but with practise it'll come naturally. To do this trick backside isn't easy and is mush harder than frontside, but it's easier to finish of the 180 and roll to fakie, especially at speed.