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Skateboard glossary

360 flip- When your board spins around a full 360 degres while doing a kickflip.
 
Kickflip- When your board flips around towards you.
 
Heelflip- When your board flips outwards from you.
 
Ollie- When all four of your wheels come up of the round and you jump up with the board.
 
Frontside- Tricks towards your heels.
 
Backside- Tricks outwards from you heels.
 
Shove-it- When your board spins around 180 degres.
 
50-50- A grind when both of your trucks are straight on the surface you are grinding on.
 
Boardslide- A slide where the middle of the deck is on the surface you are grinding.
 
Noseslide-  A slide when the nose of your board is sliding along whatever you are sliding.
 
Slide- When your deck slides along a raised surface.
 
Grind- When your trucks or truck grind along a raised surface.
 
Darkslide- A slide where your board slides on the grip tape side.
 
Varial Kickflip- When your boards spins around a full 180 degres while doing a Kickflip.
 
Varial Heelflip- When your board spins around a full 180 degres while doing a Heelflip.
 
Lipslide- A slide when you do a 180 degree Ollie then boardslide a raised surface.
 
180 Ollie- When you Ollie and you spin aroind 180 degrees with your board.
 
Impossible-  When your board spins straight up and down around your back foot.
 
Airwalk- An air trick when you jump up catch your board and walk on Air.
 
Nosegrab- An Air trick when you grab the Nose of your board.
 
Tailgrab- An Air trick when you grab the Tail of your board.
 
Indy- An Air trick when you grab the side of your board.
 
Rock to Fakie- A trick on a Quarter pipe where you stall with your deck on the coping.
 
Nosestall- A trick on a Quarter Pipe where you stall with your nose on the coping.
 
Griptape- The Grippy paper on the top of your deck.
 
Wheels- The round things on your trucks used for riding with.
 
Trucks- The Metal piece attached to your deck keeping your wheels on.
 
Berrings- The things inside the Wheel that make your wheels spin.
 
Hardware- The bolts used to keep your trucks on your Deck.
 
Deck- The wooden part of the Skateboard used for standing on.
 
Axle stall- A trick when both trucks are on the surface you are stalling on.
 
Benihana- A trick where you are in the air and you take your back foot of the board and grab the tail with the hand closest to the tail.
 
Quarter pipe-A ramp which starts to curve then goes straight up and down near the top with coping along the top.
 
Half Pipe- A ramp which is 2 Quarter pipes put together on each side (Half a pipe).
 
Hip Transfer- when two ramps are placed in a triangle pattern and you clear the top of the triangle.
 
Spine Transfer- When two Quarter pipes are placed back to back and you transfer from one Quarter pipe to the other.
 
 
 
 

If you have any questions about any of these words or their meanings e-mail me at mattp_19_@hotmail.com

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