Skateboarding trick
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A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick is a maneuver performed on a skateboard
while skateboarding
. Learning and perfecting new tricks is the primary goal of many skateboarders, for whom most of the time spent skateboarding is spent on tricks.
Skateboard
A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
while skateboarding
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
. Learning and perfecting new tricks is the primary goal of many skateboarders, for whom most of the time spent skateboarding is spent on tricks.
Categories
- Ollie is jumping, with the front wheels leaving the ground first. A Nollie is when the back wheels leave the ground first.
- AerialsAerials (skateboarding)Aerials are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition available. Aerials usually combine rotation with different grabs...
involve floating in the air while using a hand to hold the board on his or her feet or by not keeping constant and careful pressure on the board with the feet to keep it from floating away. This class of tricks was first popularized when Tony AlvaTony AlvaTony Alva , is one of the original Z-Boys and is considered to be one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. He was professional skateboarding's first world champion in history, a title he won in 1977.-Career:...
became famous for his Frontside Airs in empty swimming pools in the late 1970s and has expanded to include the bulk of skateboarding tricks to this day, including the ollieOllie (skateboarding trick)The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. Particularly on flat ground, it is not intuitively obvious how the liftoff is achieved, making the trick visually striking....
and all of its variations.
- Flip tricksFlip tricks (skateboarding)A flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard flips in a particular way. In many tricks, the skateboard flips upside down and/or end over end. The most common and well known flip trick is the kickflip, invented by Rodney Mullen. Flip tricks can be executed by 'popping' the...
are a subset of aerials which are all based on the OllieOllie (skateboarding trick)The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. Particularly on flat ground, it is not intuitively obvious how the liftoff is achieved, making the trick visually striking....
. An example is the heelflipHeelflipThe heelflip , is an aerial skateboarding trick where the skateboarder kicks his board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis....
, the most widely known and performed flip trick. You can spin the board around many different axis, and even combine several rotations in to one trick. These tricks are undoubtedly most popular among street skateboarding purists, although skaters with other styles perform them as well.
- SlidesSlides (skateboarding)A slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or on the wheels. This includes primo ..-Slide tricks:Anti-Casper SlideBert SlideBluntslideBoardslide, aka railslideCasperslideCrail SlideDarkslideLipslide...
and GrindsGrinds (skateboarding)Grinds are a form of skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides on the side or on the trucks. Grinds are performed on any object that may fit between the space between the wheels where the truck meets...
involve getting the board up on some type of ledge, railGrind railA grind rail is an object used by skateboarders to do skateboarding tricks on such as grinds and slides. It is usually square or round.There are two types of rails:* Handrail, a normal handrail on the sides of a stair...
, or coping and sliding or grinding along the board or trucks, respectively. When it is primarily the board which is contacting the edge, it's called a slide; when it's the truck, it is a grind. Grinding and sliding skateboards started with sliding the board on parking blocks and curbs, then extended to using the coping on swimming pools, then stairway handrailHandrailA handrail is a rail that is designed to be grasped by the hand so as to provide stability or support. Handrails are commonly used while ascending or descending stairways and escalators in order to prevent injurious falls. Other applications include bathroom handrails—which help to prevent falls on...
s, and has now been expanded to include almost every possible type of edge.
- Lip tricksLip tricksLip tricks in skateboarding are performed on half-pipes, quarterpipes and mini ramps. They are tricks that require different varieties of balance on the "lip" of the ramp. The first lip trick done was by Jay Adams.-Lip tricks:-Inverts/Handplants:...
are done on the copingCoping (architecture)Coping , consists of the capping or covering of a wall.A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point....
of a poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
or skateboard ramp. Most grinds can be done on the coping of a ramp or pool as well, but there are some coping tricks which require the momentum and vertical attitude that can only be attained on a transitioned riding surface. These include inverts and their variations as well as some dedicated air-to-lip combinations.