What Skateboard Trick Should I Learn Next

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What Skateboard Trick Should I Learn Next

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  1. BigspinSpin. The board turns 360 degrees while the rider turns 180 the same way.

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Landed one trick and not sure what comes after it? Press the button for a skateboard trick, from the ollie to the 360 flip, each with the kind of trick it is and a line on what happens in it.

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Tricks are built from tricks

Many tricks are two simpler ones joined together. A varial kickflip is a kickflip with a backside pop shove-it. A hardflip is a kickflip with a frontside pop shove-it, and a 360 flip is a kickflip with a 360 pop shove-it. So the line under a trick often names what to learn before it.

Six kinds of trick

Flip tricks spin the board in the air. In a grind the trucks ride along an edge, and in a slide the board does. Airs are usually done on ramps, and so are lip tricks, which balance on the top edge of the ramp. Some freestyle tricks are done standing still.

Questions and answers

What skateboard trick should I learn first?

The ollie. It is a fundamental skill, and Wikipedia’s article says it is often the first one a new skateboarder learns, because most flip tricks depend on it.

What trick should I learn after the ollie?

Tricks that grow out of it. The basic flip tricks are the pop shove-it, the frontside pop shove-it, the kickflip and the heelflip. A 180, an ollie with a half turn of board and body, is another.

What do frontside and backside mean?

They say which way you face. In a frontside trick the front of your body faces the ramp or obstacle. In a backside trick your back faces it.

What do nollie, fakie and switch mean?

A nollie is an ollie done at the front of the board. Fakie means rolling backwards in your normal stance. Switch means riding in the stance opposite to your normal one.

What is the easiest trick on a ramp?

Wikipedia’s lists call the pivot the most basic lip trick and the rock to fakie a quick, common and easy one. Among airs, the frontside air is named as one of the easiest to learn.

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Ollies, spins and balance 22

  • 180 Spin. An ollie with a half turn of board and body, frontside or backside.
  • 360 shove-it Spin. A shove-it in which the board spins a full 360 degrees.
  • Bigspin Spin. The board turns 360 degrees while the rider turns 180 the same way.
  • Boneless Footplant. A grab trick: one foot lifts off from the ground while a hand holds the board.
  • Caballerial Spin. A 360-degree ollie while riding fakie.
  • Carve Turn. Skating in a long, curving arc.
  • Fakie ollie Jump. An ollie done while rolling backwards in your usual stance.
  • Frontside pop shove-it Spin. A pop shove-it in which the back foot pushes the tail forward.
  • Half Cab Spin. A backside 180 that starts from fakie. Half of a Caballerial.
  • Hang ten Balance. A manual with both feet straight on the nose.
  • Heelie Balance. A manual on the tail, the partner of the hang ten.
  • Manual Balance. Like a wheelie on a bike: only the front or only the back wheels touch the ground.
  • No comply Footplant. The front foot plants on the ground and the back foot pops the board.
  • Nollie Jump. Short for nose ollie: an ollie done at the front of the board.
  • Ollie Jump. Rider and board leap into the air without the rider’s hands.
  • Ollie north Jump. An ollie in which the front foot is taken off the board.
  • Pole jam Ride. The rider rolls up and over the top of a bent pole.
  • Pop shove-it Spin. A shove-it that starts like an ollie, so the board spins in the air.
  • Shove-it Spin. The board spins 180 degrees under the rider without flipping.
  • Switch ollie Jump. An ollie in switch stance, the opposite of how you normally ride.
  • Tic-tac Turn. Body and board turn from one side to the other, again and again.
  • Wallride Ride. The wheels go on the side of a wall and the rider rides along it.

Flip tricks 19

  • 360 flip Flip trick. A kickflip combined with a 360-degree backside pop shove-it. Also called a tre flip.
  • 360 inward heelflip Flip trick. A heelflip combined with a backside 360 shove-it.
  • Backside flip Flip trick. A kickflip combined with a backside 180 ollie.
  • Big flip Flip trick. A bigspin with a kickflip.
  • Double kickflip Flip trick. A kickflip in which the board flips twice.
  • Fingerflip Flip trick. A flick of the fingers flips the board.
  • Frontside flip Flip trick. A kickflip combined with a frontside 180 ollie.
  • Frontside heelflip Flip trick. A heelflip combined with a frontside 180-degree turn.
  • Hardflip Flip trick. A kickflip combined with a frontside pop shove-it.
  • Heelflip Flip trick. A kickflip the other way round, flipped with the front heel.
  • Impossible Flip trick. The board wraps a full turn over the rider’s back foot.
  • Inward heelflip Flip trick. A heelflip combined with a backside pop shove-it.
  • Kickflip Flip trick. The board flips one full turn along the line from nose to tail.
  • Laser flip Flip trick. A heelflip combined with a frontside 360 shove-it.
  • Late flip Flip trick. A kickflip done as a second motion, at or after the peak of an ollie.
  • Pressure flip Flip trick. One foot launches the board and flips it in a single motion.
  • Underflip Flip trick. The board is flipped by a foot that is under it.
  • Varial heelflip Flip trick. A heelflip combined with a frontside pop shove-it.
  • Varial kickflip Flip trick. A kickflip combined with a backside pop shove-it.

Grinds and slides 17

  • 5-0 grind Grind. A grind on the back truck with the front of the board lifted.
  • 50-50 grind Grind. A grind on both trucks.
  • Bertslide Slide. A four-wheel slide with one hand on the ground while the board turns.
  • Bluntslide Slide. The edge fits between the tail and the back truck, and the board slides.
  • Boardslide Slide. The board sits across the rail and slides on its middle.
  • Crail slide Slide. A tailslide in which the back hand holds the nose, usually on a ramp.
  • Crooked grind Grind. A nosegrind with the nose angled toward the edge and the tail lifted.
  • Darkslide Slide. The board slides upside down, with the rider’s feet on the nose and tail.
  • Feeble grind Grind. Much like a 50-50, but the front truck reaches over the top of the edge.
  • Lipslide Slide. Like a boardslide, but the back truck is lifted over the rail first.
  • Noseblunt slide Slide. A bluntslide done with the nose and the front wheels.
  • Nosegrind Grind. A grind on the front truck with the back of the board lifted.
  • Noseslide Slide. The underside of the nose slides along a ledge, rail or lip.
  • Powerslide Slide. A four-wheel slide with the board turned 90 degrees, usually done to stop.
  • Primo slide Slide. The board slides along the ground on its side while the rider balances on it.
  • Smith grind Grind. A back truck grind with the nose hanging below the edge.
  • Tailslide Slide. The underside of the tail slides along a ledge or lip.

Airs and grabs 21

  • 360 air Air. Rider and board spin one full turn in the air.
  • 540 air Air. Rider and board spin one and a half turns in the air.
  • Airwalk Air. The front hand holds the nose while both feet kick off the board, like walking in the air.
  • Backside air Air. Off a ramp, the front hand grabs the heel side and the rider turns backside.
  • Body jar Air. A backside air with a nose grab in which the tail smacks the coping on the way in.
  • Cannonball Grab. The front hand grabs the nose and the back hand grabs the tail.
  • Crail grab Grab. The trailing hand grabs the nose of the board.
  • Frontside air Air. Off a ramp, the trailing hand grabs the toe side and the rider turns frontside.
  • Indy grab Grab. The back hand grabs the toe side of the board between the feet.
  • Japan air Air. A mute grab with the board pulled up behind the back and the knees pointed down.
  • Judo air Air. A backside air in which the front foot leaves the board and kicks forward.
  • Lien air Air. A frontside air in which the front hand grabs the nose or the heel edge.
  • Melon grab Grab. A backside air in which the front hand grabs the heel edge between the feet.
  • Method air Air. A backside air with the knees bent, so the board goes up behind the rider’s back.
  • Mute grab Grab. The front hand grabs the toe side of the board.
  • Nosebone Air. A frontside air with the front leg straightened, or boned out.
  • Nosegrab Grab. The rider grabs the nose of the board in the air.
  • Rocket air Air. Both hands grab the nose while both feet stand on the tail.
  • Stalefish Grab. A heel-side grab with the back hand reaching round the back leg.
  • Tailbone Air. A frontside air with the back leg straightened, or boned out.
  • Tailgrab Grab. The rider reaches behind and grabs the tail in the air.

Lip tricks on a ramp 14

  • Axle stall Lip trick. A stall on both trucks. In effect a 50-50 that stands still.
  • Blunt to fakie Lip trick. The back truck goes over the lip and the tail rests on it; a small ollie brings the board back in.
  • Disaster Lip trick. After a 180 ollie the middle of the board lands on the lip, back truck outside the ramp.
  • Eggplant Lip trick. An invert with the front hand on the coping and the back hand in an Indy grab.
  • Footplant Lip trick. A backside air in which the back foot comes off and plants on the coping.
  • Invert Lip trick. A handplant: one hand on the coping, the other on the board, the rider upside down.
  • Nose pick Lip trick. A stall on the front truck, which is grabbed to come back in.
  • Nose stall Lip trick. A stall on the nose of the board at the top of the ramp.
  • Noseblunt stall Lip trick. The nose and the front truck balance on the edge of the coping.
  • Pivot Lip trick. The most basic one: go up and turn round on the back truck.
  • Revert Lip trick. A pivot done straight after an air.
  • Rock and roll Lip trick. A rock to fakie with a quick 180 on the way off the lip, so the rider rolls down forwards.
  • Rock to fakie Lip trick. The front truck goes over the lip, the board rocks, and the rider rolls back down fakie.
  • Tailtap Lip trick. A stall on the tip of the tail, with the front hand holding the nose.

Freestyle tricks 13

  • 360 spin Freestyle trick. A full spin on the board. Contests of the 1970s counted who could link the most.
  • 50-50 truckstand Freestyle trick. The board stands nearly upright: back foot on the truck, front hand on the nose.
  • Casper Freestyle trick. A stance with the board upside down, balanced on the point of its tail.
  • Coconut wheelie Freestyle trick. A wheelie on the side of the board, with the deck off the ground.
  • Daffy Freestyle trick. Two boards: one foot in a tail wheelie on one, the other in a nose wheelie on the second.
  • End-over Freestyle trick. A series of 180-degree pivots, one straight after another.
  • Gazelle Freestyle trick. The board turns 540 degrees while the rider turns 360 the same way.
  • Helipop Freestyle trick. A backside 360 nollie that begins with a pivot.
  • Ollie airwalk Freestyle trick. An ollie with a front-hand grab while the feet kick apart in the air.
  • Pogo Freestyle trick. The board is held upright and used like a pogo stick.
  • Railstand Freestyle trick. The board balances on one edge and the rider stands on the other.
  • Spacewalk Freestyle trick. In a manual, the lifted end of the board swings from side to side.
  • Walk the dog Freestyle trick. Footwork that spins the board 180 degrees as the back foot steps to the nose.