Skateboarding trick

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Template:Cleanup-date Image:Skateboarding.jpg A skateboarding trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard while skateboarding. Most tricks are based on the Ollie (once called the Ollie Pop), which was invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand of Florida in the late 1970s. Skateboarding tricks can involve varials, jumps, flips, grabs, slides, grinds and stalls, and may even be combined with twists of various multiples of 180 degrees. Tricks which require some kind of ramp, sometimes a half-pipe, are known as transition tricks; the rest can be performed on flat ground or off of curbs and on rails and are known as street tricks.

Competitive skateboarding is primarily judged on the difficulty and success of such tricks.

Most of these skateboard tricks were named before the release of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game. Some were named afterwards, and some were actually made up for the game. Template:TOCright

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Ollie

Main article: Ollie

The ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick which is the basis for most tricks. While performing an ollie, the skateboarder does not grab his board with his hands, toes or accessories attached to the skateboard.

Various types of ollie include the nollie, switch ollie, and fakie ollie.

This trick was invented for vert by Alan Gelfand in 1976, and many credit Rodney Mullen for bringing the trick to flatland, or street.

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Flip Tricks

Main article: Flip tricks (skateboarding)

A flip trick is any trick where the board flips in the air. Many tricks cause the skateboard to flip end-over-end or upside down. Many simple tricks, such as a kickflip and heelfip, as well as a pop shove it, can be combined to form more complex flip tricks. Flip tricks are an essential part of street skateboarding.

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Aerials

Main article: Aerials (skateboarding)

Aerials, or more commonly 'airs', are tricks usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition (curved surface linking wall and ground) available. Aerials usually combine rotation with different grabs. Most of the different types of grabs were originally aerial tricks that were performed on vert ramps before flatground aerials became common. Aerials can be executed by ollieing just as the front wheels reach the lip, or can be executed simply by lifting the front wheels over the coping (or lip). The former is preferable on shallower ramps where the skateboarder has less speed to lift them above the ramp.

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Grabs

Main article: Grabs (skateboarding)

Grabs are different ways to hold the skateboard during an aerial trick. Grabs usually combine aerials with rotation as the skateboarder grabs and holds the board.

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Grinds

Main article: Grinds (skateboarding)

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Grinds are tricks where the skateboarder slides on the hangers of the trucks. Grinds are performed on any object that may fit between the space between the wheels where the truck meets. They are commonly performed on handrails or the lips of objects such as benches.

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Slides

Main article: Slides (skateboarding)

A slide is a trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or on the wheels.Its usually performed in rails.

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Lip tricks

Main article: Lip tricks

Lip tricks are performed on half-pipes, quarterpipes and mini ramps. They consist of tricks that require different varieties of balance on the "lip" of the ramp.

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Freestyle tricks

Main article: Freestyle skateboarding tricks

A freestyle skateboarding trick is done while one is freestyle skateboarding. Freestyle skateboarding was pioneered by many skateboarders back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The most notable of all was Rodney Mullen, who invented many tricks commonly seen today, like the Ollie Kickflip (originally called the Magic Flip). The aim for early freestyle was to carry on a series of different tricks choreographing the skateboarding to a soundtrack. Many tricks such as the Wheelie, Casper, Tic-tac or the Spacewalk were used to link tricks together. In competitions, points were awarded for style and variation of tricks choreographed to music. Most modern tricks were developed from these freestyle variations.

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Miscellaneous tricks

Acid drops/Bomb drops
These are slightly different street tricks but more or less used in the same fashion. An acid drop is where the skater uses his board to ollie off an object e.g. a wall, from a tail stall position onto a lower surface. A bomb drop is similar only the board is usually held and then placed under the feet, mid jump. Vert variation: A roll-in on vert from riding on the platform somewhat parallel to the coping, then rolling over the coping and dropping in. Not to be confused with a disaster in. The middle of the board never touches the coping. Popularized by Duane Peters who did the trick with an even harder variation: rolling straight in - perpendicular to the coping! Vert Bomb Drop - A drop-in done from above or on the coping. Stand on the object (extension, railing, etc.), and grab the board (any grab) and jump off and into the ramp, pool while placing your feet on the board. Danny Way has the world record for a bomb drop, set in 2006 when he jumped off the Hard Rock Cafe guitar in Las Vegas into a ramp, 82'3 ft, a 28 foot free fall onto a 56 foot ramp.
Boneless One
This classic trick, invented by Gary Scott Davis, dates back to the freestyling era of skateboarding. Variations include rotations, varials, and hand flips. Basically the principle is where the skater grabs his board while simultaneously stepping off the board and jumping with one foot. The skater then replaces the board under his feet and lands. It is commonly used to gain more height or performed down stair sets.
Bean Plant
A variation of the boneless executed as a lip trick on a ramp, bank or ditch. The skater ollies or drifts out over the lip and then grabs the board, takes their front foot off and plants it on the lip, then jumps off their foot and puts it back on the board and rolls back into the ramp. resembling a fridged air with the front foot touching the lip. No weight is transfered to the front foot during the 'plant.'
Fast plant
A variation on the boneless except the back foot is used to plant and not the front. Invented by Neil Blender.
Manual
The original definition of manual is often mixed with the Wheelie and very often a regular Wheelie is called a manual. Most often a manual is performed by doing an Ollie or another trick up onto an obstacle, rolling in a wheelie all the way to the other side of the obstacle and then either dropping straight off the obstacle back onto all four wheels or performing a trick out of the manual. A variation of the manual is the nose-manual, wherein the skateboard balances on the front two wheels. There is also the One Wheel Nose Manual, One Footed Manual, One Footed Nose Manual, Trans Manual (Manual on both sidewheels - in direction of motion backward) and Cant Manual (Manual on both sidewheels - in direction of motion forward).
No-Comply
The front foot slides off the side of the board. With the body weight on the back foot over the tail, the board 'snaps' up and can be guided with the back leg/knee. To ride away the skater jumps with his/her front foot back on. The No-Comply was commonly used by street skaters in the mid to late 80's, most commonly being done off parking blocks.
Figure 4, Calf Wrap, Flamingo, Pretzel Plant, Brain Surgeon
This is an odd looking trick. The rider snaps the skateboard up scooping the back tail like an ollie impossible while the front foot slips off to the ground like a no comply. At this moment the back foot should scoop up the board and pin it to the backside of the calf on the planted leg. The griptape should be touching the backfoot (and inner side of the back knee *originally*) and the graphic side of the board should be wrap the back of your calf of our front leg. With a fluid forward motion your board 'unwraps' your back calf and your board falls back into place. If done straight and fast It should look like a 'parking block no-comply off your front leg.' It is most commonly done backside on banks and mild transitions with a more exagerated twist at the lower body and legs. Invented by Derek Belen, made popular by Rey Gregorio, then perfected by Dorian Tucker, and Kris Markovich.
Flamingo
The Flamingo is a freestyle footwork manuever that involves riding forward, spontaneously doing a 180 slide with the nose of the board and lifting your back foot off of the board. So you ride, slide the 180 and you slide one footed like a figure skater does when she jumps, spins 180, and lands riding one footed backwards. Popularized by Pierre Andre and Natas Kaupas
G-Turn
A nose wheelie/manual while carving. Gets it's name from the path of the board when seen from above - shaped like a letter "G" due to the carve spiraling inward. Varitaions: One-wheeled, grabs
M-80
This trick is fun and simple. This trick works different for different boards that are different heights. Essentially, when a curb is the perfect height in relation to the riders board a very loud pop sound can be made. the rider simply rides off a curb bearing all his/her weight behind the back wheels, not quite on the tail, but RIGHT BEHIND the back wheels. When the front wheels leave the curb, all weight continues to bear down behind the back wheels. like a 'level' manual. Once the rider gets to the edge he/she snaps down hard at the end of the board. (like ollieing off the curb .9 seconds too late) a loud POP should be heard when done correctly.
Sal Flip
Invented by Salvador Lucas Barbier. in motion this trick mimics a fingerflip and 360 pop shove it. While riding forward, the rider mildly hits the tail like a backside pop shove it. at about 45 degrees into the rotation with the leading hand, catch the nose with the palmside of the hand touching the grip tape (thumb underneath) with an ELBOW motion, flare the board forward and outward for the rest of the rotation (315 degrees) with the feet up and out of the way until the rotation is complete . depending on air time the feet may 'catch' the board in mid air or casing the trick at touchdown. on flat ground this trick may not 'flare' as much and may look similar to a (palmside) finger flip that 'pirouts' vertically using more of a wrist motion as opposed to an elbow motion. the higher the rider goes the more exaggerated the movement can be, IE instead of a wrist or elbow rotation the rider can actually 'flare' the board with a shoulder motion.
Wall ride
This is a difficult, impressive trick where the skater places all four wheels onto a wall and rides along vertically until ollieing off. This ollie is known as a "wallie". If the skater grabs the board and kicks against the wall with his foot it is known as a "wallplant".
Caveman
A caveman is simply holding your board in one hand, jumping into the air, landing on the board, and rolling away. It was commonly used by street skaters in the mid to late 80's as a way to boardslide handrails that were otherwise unskateable.
Firecracker
This trick should sound like a string of Chinese of firecrackers igniting when done properly. The Firecracker was invented by Rey Gregorio. Its a variation of a few tricks. 1) A trick simply called an M-80, where the rider literally slaps the tail down onto the edge of the curb eminating a loud POP. 2) Another precedent is an old trick of simply riding down stairs on all four wheels. However, this trick was stumbled upon when Rey realized he couldn't ride down stairs while going fast using all four wheels (without ollieing of course). Out of necessity he realized that you can actually manual down a set of stairs, and in doing so, creating a loud slapping noise with the tail each time it comes in contact down each step, like a succession of very loud M-80s going off.
French Maid
This Trick is an old pool trick. Basically a Big backside carve *all four wheels* in a pool while grabbing your front rail of the board with both hands_no bend at the knees. Rendering yourself upside down while looking like a naughty housekeeper. Made popular by Jeff Grosso and Duane Peters.
The Loop
Trick where you must skate in a loop. Currently, there only 13 known skaters who have landed it, such as Tony Hawk, Bam Margera (the first street skater to land it successfully), and Bob Burnquist. Duane Peters was the first and only person to do the loop for 20 years until Tony Hawk. Special note: Bob Burnquist has modified his own backyard loop with a removable top section from approximately 11:00 to 1:00, enabling him to air across the gap upside down.
Natural Loop
This loop differs from the regular Loop in that the normal loop has a roll-in ramp and exit ramp, and the overall shape is like a Hot Wheels racetrack. Speed is gained from dropping from the top of the roll-in. A natural loop is done entirely within the cylinder itself, with all the necessary speed gained from pumping the fullpipe. To date, Bob Burnquist is the only person to have done this successfully. After breaking one foot and twisting the ankle of the other at an attempt at legendary Mt. Baldy fullpipe, he purchased a 14-foot metal fullpipe for his house, where he successfully pulled it.[1]
Coffin
Similar to street luge. While skating at speed, the skateboarder moves to the front of the board. They sit down in the middle of the board, knees bent sharply, holding onto the sides of the board with both hands. They lean back until laying straight, and extend both feet ahead of the nose. Before the 1970s, this trick was performed like the early longboarders of the time, where the rider turns around and lays down backward/head first.
Texas Plant or Tex Plant
Go up to the lip frontside and take the back foot off and plant it on the coping, while grabbing like a slob air and extending the front leg. Possibly invented by John "Tex" Gibson.
Thruster
A fakie tail grab foot plant, where the back foot boosts off the coping. Can be done straight up and down, or moving across the coping. Popularized by Craig Johnson.
Chippy
Also known as a "pop it and catch it" this a trick to get off your board or stop. You set up your feet kind of like a heelflip but lean towards the toe side of the board, you pop the tail fairly hard and move your front foot off the toe side of the board causing the board to go vertical in the air, you back foot should have already come off naturally, you then catch the board by the nose with your leading hand and walk away looking cool as hell.
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