The Acid Soul is a grind used in Aggressive Inline Skating. It is similar to the Soul grind but differs in that the leading foot is positioned in the 'backside' position (with the heel of the skate pointing towards the object being ground). The trailing foot, like the Soul grind is placed on the sole plate of the skate, like a Makio. Sometimes the Acid Soul is abbreviated to just 'Acid'. Acid Souls can also be performed topsideknown as top acid once learnt it is an easy trick to get consistent. Variants Several modifications exist for this basic trick. Topside Acid Commonly abbreviated to Top Acid, this is the name given when the Acid Soul is performed topside Citric Acid Essentially the same feet positioning, but the leading foot is wrapped around the back of the trailing foot then placed back in front. Battery Acid Alley-oop (backwards) with leading foot only riding on front wheel.
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