Skateboarding slang
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Template:Cleanup-date Skateboarding slang is slang used by skateboarders. Most skateboarders use different terms for different tricks and obstacles. Most skateboarding tricks have specific names (though they usually aren't considered slang in their own right). However, many tricks have several different names, and new names and tricks are evolving every day.
Below is a list of slang terms and a brief definition.
Please note that the now-separate subcultures of skating and surfing were once extremely tight-knit and frequently crossed over, as all skaters were surfers and vice versa. Therefore, many surfer words are common parts of a skater's vocabulary, regardless of whether or not the skater is also a surfer.
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# Set
A # set (pronounced as a number + "set" refers to a set of stairs. Skaters frequently ollie off/perform flip tricks off of sets. Sets can be hard to come by, as many are privately owned. A common usage is, "let's go skate the 3-set."
5-0
While the most common usage of this term is as a trick, it is also used to refer to the police (a play on both the trick of the same name, and Hawaii Five-0).
Pigs
A derogatory term for cops. Though not skater-specific, this word is common among skaters.
Half-Pipe
A U-shaped type of ramp that is ridden as part of Vert skating. Skaters drop in at one end, skate to the other side, to a trick on the other end, and repeat the back-and forth motion. Half-Pipes are so-called because they resemble a full-pipe cut in half.
Full Pipe
A full pipe is a piece of huge cement piping with a large diameter, often of ten feet or more. Skaters start at the bottom and gradually start getting higher and higher up the sides as they push back and forth. Pipe-riding is not so common any more. A few notable full pipes are Toxic Land and Glory Hole.
3/4 Pipe
A half-pipe extended to the point where it resembles a full pipe with one quarter removed. It is ridden the same way as a half-pipe is ridden.
Roll-in
A type of ramp designed specifically for riding down. Skaters rarely perform tricks on these, nor do they ride up them (unless they are getting back up to the top for another run). These ramps are designed to give a skater maximum momentum as he rockets down them, so he gains enough speed to attempt large obstacles ahead.
Rail
Any long piece of metal or stone that is fit for grinding. Rails can be round or square, though square rails are common only is skateparks, where they are build for riding on. SKaters grind along rails. Rails that skaters commonly ride are handrails and curbs. yeaaaa....
Aerial
To propel oneself into the air as a trick. ("nice aerial, dude!") Also referred to (more commonly) as an air. The act of performing an aerial is known as "catching air."
Assclown
A derogatory term for a jerk or a stupid person who irritates a skater or gets in the skater's way. Usually refers to a lesser skater or non-skater who somehow irritates a skater. Originally a surfer word.
Kicker
A small ramp designed for catching air off of. Skaters usually just ried off them, ollie off them, or perform flip tricks off of them.
Old-School
Refers to a facet of skateboarding that is generally considered to be "extinct" or at least not a common practice in modern skateboarding. Most true skateboarders embrace their forefathers and to them, calling something old-school is a good thing "That bert was OLD SCHOOL!" Some may use it in a derogatory way, but these people are usually referred to by real skaters as "assclowns" (see above).