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LEARN THA TERMS
  • Backside - When you have your back towards the object or you spin your body around backwards
  • Frontside - When you are facing an object to do a trick onto or when you spin your body around fowards
  • Grip tape: sandpaper affixed to the top of the deck with adhesive, used to increase the friction between the deck and the skater’s feet.
  • Nose: the front of the skateboard, from the front truck bolts to the end.
  • Rail: the edge of the skateboard, also, plastic strips attached to the board’s underside.
  • Tail: the rear of the skateboard, from the back truck bolts to the end
  • Trucks: the front and rear axle assemblies that connect the wheels to the deck and provide the turning capabilities for the board.
  • Wheels: usually made of polyurethane and sized between 39 and 66 millimeters in diameter; their hardness is measured by durometer, a number ranging from 0 to 100—soft wheels have a durometer of about 85, hard wheels have a durometer of 97 or higher
  • Wheelbase: the distance between the front and back wheels, measured between the two sets of innermost truck holes.
  • Air: riding with all four wheels off the ground; short for aerial
  • Caballerial: a 360-degree ollie while riding fakie, named after skater Steve Caballero
  • Carve: to skate in a long, curving arc
  • Fakie: skating backwards—the skater is standing in his or her normal stance, but the board is moving backward (not to be confused with "switch stance")
  • Goofyfoot: riding with the right foot forward, the opposite of "regular foot"
  • Grind: scraping one or both axles on a curb, railing, or other surface, such as:
  • Crooked grind: grinding on only the front truck while sliding
  • 50-50 grind: grinding on both trucks equally
  • Nosegrind: grinding on only the front truck
  • 5-0 grind: grinding on only the back truck
  • Kickflip: a variation on the ollie in which the skater kicks the board into a spin before landing back on it
  • McTwist: a 540-degree turn performed on a ramp, named after Mike McGill
  • Mongo-foot: a style of pushing where the back foot is kept on the board and pushing is done with the front foot. lame.
  • Nollie: an ollie performed by tapping the nose of the board instead of the tail
  • Noseslide: sliding the underside of the nose end of a board on a ledge or lip
  • Ollie: a jump performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground; the basis of most skating tricks
  • Railslide: a trick in which the skater slides the underside of the deck along an object, such as a curb or handrail
  • Regular foot: riding with the left foot forward, the opposite of "goofyfoot"
  • Shove-it: a trick performed by spinning the board 180 degrees beneath the feet while traveling forward
  • Switch stance: riding the board with the opposite footing than usual, i.e., "goofyfoot" instead of "regular foot"
  • Tailslide: sliding the underside of the tail end of a board on a ledge or lip
  • Street skating: skating on streets, curbs, benches, handrails and other elements of urban and suburban landscapes.
  • Half pipe: a U-shaped ramp of any size, usually with a flat section in the middle
  • Vert ramp: a half-pipe, usually at least 8 feet tall, with steep sides that are perfectly vertical near the top.
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