Theres lots of skaters out there that don't know some names of tricks or whatever, heres what your missing... Sorted from A-Z! Compliments of an unknowing Skateboard.com.
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*50-50
When your grinding on both the front and back trucks.
*360 flip
A trick that consists of a kickflip combined with a 360 pop shuvit
*5-0
When your grinding on only the back truck.
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*ABEC
the universial rating's for bearings on a scale of 1(worst)-11(best)
*Air
When you and the board are both off the ground. Distance of the ground to you.
*Airwalk
This trick can be done with or without grabbing the nose; once in the air the front foot is kicked out and the back foot is kicked back so they are in a walking type position
*Alley-oop
A spinning trick on transition that entails spinning to the right while airing to the left, or vice versa
*Am (amateur)
Everyone who is not a pro
*Anchor grind
A grind on the front truck, with the tail pointing back, down, and away from the obstacle
*Axle
The pin, threaded on both sides, that rests in the hanger and that the wheels are mounted to
*Axle Nut
The nut that screws on to the axle, holding the wheel against the outside of the hanger; it is a 1/2" hex
*Axle Slip The act of your axle slipping one way or another inside the hanger, causing one wheel to lock up; axle slip can be caused by landing primo, though some truck manufacturers guarantee no axle slip
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*Backside
1. When a skater or his board are spinning, they are spinning backside if the rotation leads the skater’s back or the heel edge of the board to turn immediately forward
2.When approaching an obstacle, the potential trick will be called backside if the obstacle is on the heel side of the board upon approach
*Bail
While in the air, deciding your not going to land your trick and kicking your board away for a hopefully painless landing.
*Bank
Any incline used for riding up, completing a trick, and riding back down
*Barley
grind An ollie 180 to switch smith grind *Named after Donny Barley
*Baseplate
Aside from the hanger, it is the other main piece of the truck, used for mounting the truck to the deck
*Bearing
Skateboard bearings come in a standard size, various precisions, and have 7 or 8 balls enclosed in races between two shields, some of which are removable; one skateboard wheel takes two bearings
*Bearing Spacers
Thick washers placed between the two bearings of a wheel
*Beni-Hana
A grab in which, after the ollie is initiated, the front foot pulls the board as far forward as possible, the back foot is left to hang in the air, and the back hand grabs the tail of the board before pulling it back under the skater's two feet
*Bigflip
A bigspin with a kickflip incorporated into the spin
*Bigspin
A trick in which the skater and his board both rotate along a vertical axis, but the skater rotates 180 as the board rotates 360
*Bitch Slap
Grabbing right near the front wheel on the heel edge with your front hand, then pushing the tail over to the left (right if goofy foot) by crossing your back leg underneath your front leg
*Bluntslide
A slide on the tail or nose, with the respectful truck resting atop the obstacle, and the opposite end of the board pointing up and towards the obstacle
*Boardslide
A slide in which the nose is brought up over the obstacle and the board slides between the two trucks
*Body Varial
The spinning of ones body along its vertical axis while the board does not spin
*Bomb a hill
To skate down a big hill
*Bowl
A vert or miniramp with concave transition wrapping around 360 degrees, forming a bowl shape
*Bushing Cups
The cupped washers that are placed on the kingpin, one on top of the small bushing and another underneath the large one
*Bushings
Rubbery components that surround the kingpin and aid in turning
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*Carve
The act of making big fast turns usually in a large bowl or transition
*Casper slide
A slide in which the board is flipped for half of a kickflip, then caught with the back foot on the darkside of the tail and the front foot holding up the nose from the griptaped side of the deck, and brought down by the skater into a slide on the peak of the tail
*Casper
A trick in which the board is flipped for half a kickflip, then caught upside down and flipped back over and spun backside 180 degrees on its vertical axis, all while in the air(Named after Josh Casper)
*Catch
To stop the board from rotating by placing your feet back on the board while in the air
*Cess Slide
The act of sliding sideways on all four wheels while on a transition
*Chip
When a piece of wood is broken off of the deck
*Christ Air
Once in the air, go into the crucifix position, holding the board out to the side with one hand
*Complete
A skateboard composed of all the necessary components; deck, griptape, 4 wheels, two trucks, and bearings; a complete is often referred to as a board
*Concave
The curves of the deck by where the tail and nose attatch
*Coping
Any grindable and slidable material attached to an obstacle for easier grinds and slides
*Crooked grind
A grind on the front truck, with the tail pointing up, back, and away from the obstacle
*Curb Cut
The transition created between the bottom of a driveway and the top of a curb that is used as a hip
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*Darkslide
A Boardslide where the board is upside-down, and you stand on the tail and nose.
*Darkside
Your board is darkside if it is upside down; the darkside of a deck is the side that the baseplate is mounted to
*Deck
The wooden part of the skateboard assembly, made usually of hard maple
*Delamination
The result of a manufacturers defect when the plys of the deck become unglued and peel apart
*Demo
Parks and shops host demos, where pros and ams demonstrate their skateboarding.
*Disaster
The smacking of the center of the deck on the coping during re-entry into a quarter pipe, mini ramp, etc.
*Dog Piss
Grab mute right by your front foot and kick off your back foot as if you were a dog taking a piss, hence the name
*Double set
A stairway with two sets of stairs seperated by a flat section
*Double sided ledge
A ledge that is narrower than your wheelbase, allowing for boardslides and lipslides without any wheels sliding on top of the ledge
*Drop-in
Any obstacle where a skater can place his tail on the edge of said obstacle and lean forward to drop in to a transition of some kind
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*Early Grab
Grabbing your board before leaving the ground or the transition
*Escalator
On some bowls, quarters, minis or vert ramps, the escalator is the part of the coping that is not parallel to the ground, but rather slopes from one height to another
*Extension
A part of a ramp where the transition extends higher than normal
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*Fakie
Standing in the ollie position but going backwards.
*Fast Plant
A trick initiated with an ollie, the back foot then planting on the ground and pushing off while the board is controlled by the front foot and some kind of grab; the trick is landed with both feet on the board
*Feeble Grind
A grind on the back truck, with the nose pointing forward, down, and toward the obstacle
*Flatbar
A rail or bar that is not sloped down stairs or an incline
*Flat
Skateboarding without any obstacles, with the exception of something to trick over
*Flatbottom
Any flat surface at the bottom of a transition
*Flatspots
These appear as clean spots on your dirty wheels as a result of the dirty urethane being rubbed off by the wheels sliding on some surface
*Flip
To flip your board is to make turn on its lengthwise axis, as in a kickflip or heelflip; to flip your body is to go head over heals as in a McTwist
*Flip Trick
A fliptrick is a move that involves the board spinning on any or a variety of its axes
*Focus
To break a board in half
*Footage/Footie
Skateboarding captured on tape
*Frontside
1. When a skater or his board are spinning, they are spinning frontside if the rotation leads the skater or the toe edge of the board to turn immediately forward
2. When approaching an obstacle, the potential trick will be called frontside if the obstacle is on the toe side of the board upon approach
*Frontside Flip
The name given to a frontside ollie 180 with a kickflip
*Frontside Grab
An indy grab while airing frontside
*Funbox
Any variety of box (usually wooden) with grindable and slidable surfaces
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*Gap
A distance between two riding surfaces which skaters ollie over, and often do other more sophisticated tricks over
*Gay Twist
A caballerial with a mute grab *Lance Mountain and Neil Blender gave this trick its name after being humble enough to call their version of a caballerial "gay"
*Goofy
You are goofy footed if you normally skate with your left foot on the tail
*Grab
Using either hand to grab anywhere on the deck while in the air
*Grind
Any variety of tricks where the hanger(s) of the truck(s) grind(s) along the edge of an obstacle
*Griptape
A sandpapery sheet with strong glue on its underside, put on the top of a deck for grip and control
*Grommet
Little kid skaters
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*Half Cab
The name given to a fakie ollie 180
*Halfpipe
A ramp composed of a flatbottom with concave transition leading to vert on both sides
*Handrail
A rail that is down stairs or an embankment and is of at least moderate height
*Hang Up
While trying to drop back in off of the coping after completing a trick, the truck that was above the coping does not clear it on the way back into the transition; this often results in a slam, but can be pulled off by some
*Hanger
The largest part of the truck, it contains the axle, pivots on the baseplate, and is used to grind on
*Hardflip
A trick consisting of a frontside 180 pop shuvit and a kickflip
*Hardware
The nuts and bolts of your skateboard
*Heelfip
The rotation of the board around its lengthwise axis as a result of kicking your front foot off the toe edge of your board
*Hip
The junction of two banks, transitions, or other riding surfaces which meet at an angle, usually anywhere from slight (300 degrees) to right (90 degrees); these angles are ridden, grinded, and flown over
*Hip Ollie
An ollie off of a hip
*Hipper
A large, painful strawberry bruise on the hip which often becomes a hematoma, or a swelling of blood; avoid at all cost
*Hurricane Grind
A grind starting with an ollie 180, then the back truck (which is now in front) is placed on the obstacle with the nose pointing back, down and towards the obstacle
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