---
title: Riding fakie
image: riding-fakie.mp4
image_source: https://youtu.be/ny5cwdSVB3o
image_credit: GRANTIHERO
image_credit_url: https://www.youtube.com/@GRANTIHERO
image_title: "Quick and easy explanation on how to ride fakie on a skateboard"
image_clip: https://youtu.be/ny5cwdSVB3o?0:00-0:02.8
skill: ride fakie back down a ramp and across flat ground
prerequisite:
- regular-or-goofy
- pushing
authors:
- ManVsBoard
updated: 2026-10-15
---

## What this trick is

Riding fakie is the name given to riding backwards on your skateboard!

## Before you try it

Be comfortable pushing and riding forwards on your skateboard at a moderate speed. Have a preferred stance already (regular/goofy)

## How to do it

1. In your usual riding position, ride forwards up a flat bank or quarter pipe (start small and mellow at first)
2. As you begin to roll backwards, keep your feet where they are on the board and turn your head *not* your shoulders to face the new direction of travel. 
3. Ride it out!

**Learn more here!**

https://youtu.be/ny5cwdSVB3o

*[GRANTIHERO](https://www.youtube.com/@GRANTIHERO) · [Quick and easy explanation on how to ride fakie on a skateboard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny5cwdSVB3o)*

## Common mistakes

- Leaning too far forwards when on the ramp - results in shooting the board behind you.

- Applying pressure or weight too far back - results in the nose lifting and throwing you off. 

## How to know you've got it

Easily move from regular to fakie on mini ramps, cruise and turn fakie to set up for a trick and can revert out, back to regular forwards riding.