A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick, is a maneuver performed by manipulating a skateboard, usually with one's feet, in a specific way to achieve the...
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A flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard rotates around its vertical axis, or its vertical axis and its horizontal axis simultaneously...
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The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands. It is the combination of stomping...
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Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment...
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A freestyle skateboarding trick is a trick performed with a skateboard while freestyle skateboarding. Some of these tricks are done in a stationary position...
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types of skateboards are the longboard and shortboard. The shape of the board is also important: the skateboard must be concaved to perform tricks. Skateboarding...
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Lip tricks in skateboarding are performed on half-pipes, quarterpipes and mini ramps. They are tricks that require different varieties of balance on the...
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used in the vocabulary of a skateboarder in order to reference specific parts, tricks, and locations efficiently. A skateboard is made up of many parts both...
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one of skateboarding's most technically demanding tricks. On June 27, 1999, Tony Hawk, one of the most successful vertical pro skateboarders in the world...
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plastic or ball-bearing wheels, like a skateboard. A fingerboard can be used to do traditional skateboarding tricks, such as an ollie and kickflip. Fingerboards...
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Tony Hawk (category American skateboarders)
Hawk completed the first documented "900" skateboarding trick in 1999. He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published...
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slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or the trucks. Frontside A slide with the skateboarder's frontside...
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The benihana is an aerial trick performed on a skateboard. The benihana was invented by Lester Kasai and named after the Benihana restaurant chain. A...
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X Games (category Skateboarding competitions)
in Rhode Island. The competition often features new tricks such as Tony Hawk's 900 in skateboarding, Shaun White's Double McTwist 1260 in snowboard, Dave...
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The 1080 is a skateboarding trick that can be performed on a vertical skateboard ramp or on a mega ramp, in which the skateboarder makes three full revolutions...
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Street skateboarding is a skateboarding discipline which focuses on flat-ground tricks, grinds, slides and aerials within urban environments, and public...
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Casper is a freestyle skateboarding trick that was invented by Bobby "Casper" Boyden in the late 1970s. Boyden had a very pale skin and he was nicknamed...
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Aerials (or more commonly airs) are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall...
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Bob Burnquist (category American skateboarders)
stance skateboarding, and creating vert tricks. He has a signature trick called the "Wee Willy grind". In 2000, Burnquist won the X Games' best trick contest...
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plane in order to perform skateboarding tricks. Vert skateboarding has its genesis in "pool riding" - the riding of skateboards in an emptied backyard swimming...
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In skateboarding, grinds are tricks that involve the skateboarder sliding along a surface, making contact with the trucks of the skateboard. Grinds can...
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Christ Air (redirect from Christ Air (skateboarding trick))
Christ Air is an aerial skateboarding trick where, while flying in the air, the skateboarder picks up their board into one of their hands and then spreads...
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Nollie (redirect from Nollie (skateboarding trick))
Professional skateboarders Karl Watson, Shuriken Shannon, Tuukka Korhonen, and Sean Malto have been recognized for their ability to perform the nollie trick. A...
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Australian professional skateboarder from Melbourne, Victoria. Shane is a member of the SLS "9 Club" meaning he has landed a trick in the Street League competition...
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and freestyle, which can encompass trick skating and executing tricks often associated with street skateboards. The first longboards were made by Preston...
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The 1260 is a skateboarding trick, performed on a mega ramp, in which the skateboarder makes three-and-half revolutions (1260 degrees of rotation) while...
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professional skateboarder. Anderson is best known for his unique style, which blends classic tricks of the early decades of skateboarding with more modern...
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different categories: skateboarding to perform tricks and skateboarding as a means of transportation. Styles of skateboarding have evolved and are influenced...
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Rodney Mullen (category American skateboarders)
professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all...
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Mitchie Brusco (category American skateboarders)
as a young talent in skateboarding. Brusco is the first skateboarder in history to successfully land a 1260, a skateboard trick in which the rider makes...
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