All
kinds of skate tricks can be preformed. Here
are some of the basic tricks.
Each trick
can be performed by facing either way on the board. The direction you are facing
and foot placement are defined by three terms.
Regular foot: if your left foot is forward to the nose.
Goofy
foot: if your right foot is forward to the nose.
Fakie if
you are riding backward.
The
Ollie
A
fundamental manueuver that leads to more tricks.
The
Ollie Kick-flip
Doing
an Ollie while rotating the board under the feet 180 degrees.
The
Frontside 180
Doing
an Ollie while rotating 180 degrees.
Basic
Grinds & Slides
Railslide
Sliding
on the underside of the deck, either on the sidewalk edge or handrails or poles.
Noseslide
Sliding
on the underside of the nose end/front of the board.
Crooked
grind
Grinding
on the front trucks.
5-0
grind
Sliding
along with only the back truck in contact with the edge. Also called a manual
grind.
50-50
grind
Sliding
along with both trucks in contact with the edge.
Nose
maunal
A
wheelie on the front two wheels.
.: Skate Slang :.
Acid
Drop: Dropping off something such as a ledge, and landing on the
bottom.
Air: What you get when you hit a ramp or fly off
a ledge. Any time a skater and board leave the riding surface together.
Ali oop: Spinning in the air the opposite way you are traveling.
Mainly used on quarter pipes, halfpipes and transitions.
Backside:
A move where a skater's back faces an obstacle.
Coping:
The material on the edge of a ramp or pool used for grinding or sliding.
Dropping in: When a skater goes down a ramp from a still position.
Fakie: Riding backwards
Frontside: A
move where a skater faces an obstacle.
Grab: When a skater
reaches down and grabs the deck of the skateboard.
Grind: To
scrape one or both axles on the edge of an object.
Nollie:
Like an ollie, but instead of snapping the tail down you snap the nose down to
get air.
Slide: When any part of the deck slides on a surface.
Stall: Resting a part of your board on something for a second
or two.
Street skating: skating on streets, curbs, benches
and handrails.
Transition: Refers to any curved incline
rising from a flat riding surface.
Vert skating: Skating
on ramps and other vertical structures designed for skating.
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