Many activities, especially sports, involve competitive displays of skill, and skateboarding is perhaps one of the most thought of for stunts and tricks. Many tricks have been developed and named over the years of skateboarding’s existence, and to be considered a skateboarder by friends or strangers, knowing a trick or two will come in handy. The categories a trick can fall under include: aerials, flips, ollies, grabs, lips, grinds, or slides.
Aerials are typically performed at locations where a skateboarder can easily ride from the ground, up a vertical surface. Aerials are almost always performed in combination with other tricks, such as a grab or rotation. Tricks and types that fall under this category include: 540s, 900s, Gnar Jar, Madonna, and Judo Air.
Flips are tricks that involve spinning or flipping the skateboard in the air. Popular types and variations of flips include the Kick-flip, Backside Flip, and Heel-flip.
An Ollie is the origin of most skateboarding tricks, and requires the rider to get air without grabbing their board. Ollie was invented by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand, and is done by stomping or popping the posterior end of the skateboard. Variations include the Fakie Ollie, Nollie, and Power Ollie.
Grabs are tricks where the rider grabs the skateboard, such as holding on during an aerial. Tricks that fall under this category include the Nose Grab, Airwalk Grab, and the Backside Grab.
Lip tricks require a lip to balance on, such as on a ramp or half-pipe. This category of tricks includes the Rock and Roll, Nose Stall, Frontside Invert, and Axle Stall.
Grinds are performed on a smooth object where the skateboard truck can slide (hiding the hangers). Variations of a grind include: Nose-grind, Pole Jam, Sugarcane, and Crooked Grind.
A slide is similar to a grind, but instead the rider uses the board itself to slide across a surface instead of grinding. Some types of slides are: the Blunt-slide, Power-slide, Lip-slide, and Tail-slide.
These categories are just a main idea of the many kinds of tricks that already exist and will probably develop. More skateboarding tricks can be searched for on the Internet, looked for in bookstores and magazine racks, or even found by canvassing neighborhood riders.
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