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RAMPAGE DESIGN
has put together a glossary of Skateboarding and Inline Skating
terms for your interest.
Skateboarding:
(or as it's better known "something I will never do")
Air:
Whenever all four wheels are off of the ground at the same time.
Acid drop:
To ride straight off of something and freefall to the ground.
Alley-oop:
When a
trick is performed in the opposite direction of which the skater
is moving.
Cabbalerial:
While riding fakie (backwards), usually at the lip of a ramp, to
complete a 360 in the air and head back down the ramp forwards
without grabbing. Named after Steve Caballero.
Crooked Grind:
Nosegrind with nose sliding at the same time.
K. Durometer:
A measurement of the resiliency of a urethane wheel, firmness of
truck or bushing.
Fakie:
Riding backwards with your weight balanced as in your normal
stance. Not the same as riding switch.
5-0 Grind:
Grind with just back truck grinding.
Gay Twist:
While riding fakie (backwards), usually at the lip of a ramp, to
complete a 360 in the air while grabbing, and head back down the
ramp forwards.
Hang up:
When either the back or front truck catches on an obstacle,
usually causing a fall.
Heelflip:
While performing an ollie, the heel pushed down on the edge of
the board causing it to flip over.
McTwist:
A 540-degree turn performed on a ramp. Named after Mike McGill.
Ollie:
A no-handed air performed by tapping the tail of the board on
the ground or ramp surface. Named after Alan Gelfand.
Noseslide:
Sliding on nose of board on ramp lip.
Railslide:
To slide on an obstacle or lip with the contact point being the
underside of the board.
Session:
A period of skating.
720:
Two 360s forward or backward.
Shove it:
A trick performed by spinning the board beneath the feet.
Varial:
An aerial where the board is spun from backwards to forwards
beneath the feet.
Aggressive
In-line skating:
(or as it's better known in the Top 10 "Stupidest thing you
can do on purpose" list)
Acid:
In street terms, this is when a skater has his front foot on
outside of grindplate, with his back foot on soul.
Acid Rain:
Skater has front foot on outside grind plate with toes turned
out, back foot on inside of grind plate. In this trick, both
feet are Royale. The webzine Sequencemag.com cited this as the
next big trick.
Bio grab:
To grab the outside of the skate with the hand of the same side.
Brainless:
A backflip with a 540 degree turn on a ramp.
Budget
variation:
A variation where only the position of one skate is changed
during the trick.
Cowboy:
Skater has front
foot on outside plate, back foot on outside plate. Trick is also
known as the Cab Driver and it resembles a mix of a Torque and a
Backslide. The name Cowboy comes from the bowed shape of the
legs when doing this trick.
Crossed up:
When the skater's legs are crossed while performing a trick.
Farside:
When a trick is performed on the outside or away edge of a ramp
or obstacle.
Fast slide:
A grind on one skate in which the skater rides the front foot on
the inside of the grindplate and the back foot is grabbed.
Flat Spin:
The trick
that turned heads in 1997/98. A skater gets air, turns the axis
of his body nearly horizontal to the ground or ramp, spins,
rights himself and lands.
Frame:
The component that attaches to the base of the skate and holds
the wheels.
Grind:
To slide on an obstacle or coping, on the skate frames between
the wheels.
Hang up:
To catch one or both skates on the lip of a ramp or obstacle
during re-entry.
Hip:
The spot where a ramp or obstacle comes to a point. Tricks are
done while flying over or off of it.
Late:
When a trick is performed at the last moment before landing.
Makio:
Skater rides with front foot soul, back foot grabbed. Created by
a Japanese skater named Makio. The topside variation is called a
Fishbrain, created in 1995 by Tom Fry.
McTwist:
A 540 degree turn performed on a ramp. Named after Mike McGill.
Miller flip:
A backflip with a 360 degree turn.
Misty flip:
A move first popularized by Ryan Jacklone. The move involves a
front somersault with a 540 spin.
Mistrial:
A skater rides with front foot soul, back foot on outside plate
with toes turning out. The topside variation is called an
Overpuss for the exposure it gives to a skater's pelvic area,
the reverse topside variation is called Misfit.
Miszou:
A grind with the front skate in soul position, and the back
skate perpendicular to the rail or obstacle. A few years ago,
the Miszou was the trick of choice for transferring from one
rail to another, usually to frontside. A topside Miszou is
called Sweatstance and reverse topside is called Kind. Miszou
means water in Japanese.
Mute:
A crossed-grab air.
Natural:
The direction that the skater feels best performing a trick,
right skate forward or left skate forward.
Pornstar:
Skater rides with front fool soul, back foot on outside of
grindplate with toes pointing in. Sequencemag.com claims that
this trick was named by Brooke Howard Smith and is probably the
only trick that Brooke has not named after a Mortal Kombat
character.
Rail slide:
To grind
on a handrail.
Rewind:
To perform a spin coming off of a grind or stall.
Royale:
Skater rides with front foot on inside plate, back foot on
outside plate, toes pointed in. The Royale was the trick of 1995
according to Sequencemag.com, an online 'zine. Brooke Howard
Smith was the founder of the Royale. He "royaled" the big rail
in the first X Games, way ahead of his time according to
Sequencemag.com.
Soul grind:
A grind where the leading skate is parallel with the rail or
obstacle, and the rear skate is perpendicular to it.
Wax:
The substance skaters spread on curbs and obstacles to make them
more slippery
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