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How-To Skateboarding: Sweeper with Ben Raybourn

RIDE Channel4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2018 to 2026
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RIDE Channel Trick a Day lesson from 2012. Ben Raybourn gives step-by-step instructions for the sweeper, a trick done over a spine.

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Linked in beginner threads when someone asks what a trick is called or how to learn sweepers. Short, clear walkthrough.

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“I used to like doing that over a funbox driveway. (Like a flatbank ramp going up, along, then down the other side.) Planting my foot on the the flat top section of the ramp. …”

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u/eltictac2026 · 3 points

I used to like doing that over a funbox driveway. (Like a flatbank ramp going up, along, then down the other side.) Planting my foot on the the flat top section of the ramp. If you ollie into it, plant the back foot, while grabbing the board with your rear hand in the middle/front of the board. That's a fastplant. See 4:35 here: [VIDEO] Or if you do it like you're doing it now, but on transition it's called a sweeper. Like this: [VIDEO]

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u/WontRapeYou2018 · 2 points

Alright tough guy. Learn [Sweepers] ([VIDEO])

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u/adesme2020 · 1 points

Already looks good my man. I think you'll get the drop motion down better just with more experience. For the lip-part of the trick, it's all about how you compose your body and how you pull the board with your hand - keep videoing yourself and think about how you want to modify the motions slightly to make it look better (according to you). Some inspo here [VIDEO].

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u/Joshuadbonner2019 · 1 points

I’m 90% sure it’s called a sweeper Link: [VIDEO]

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