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...

A varial flip is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard rotates around its vertical axis, or its vertical axis and its horizontal axis...

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...

A freestyle skateboarding trick is a trick performed with a skateboard while freestyle skateboarding. Some of these tricks are done in a stationary position...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hawk completed the first documented "900" skateboarding trick in 1999. He also licensed a skateboarding video game series named after him, published...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

plane in order to perform skateboarding tricks. Vert skateboarding has its genesis in "pool riding" - the riding of skateboards in an emptied backyard swimming...

Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder starts skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from...

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...

Street skateboarding is a skateboarding discipline which focuses on flat-ground tricks, grinds, slides and aerials within urban environments, and public...

a skateboarding trick performed in a half pipe, but has now been adopted in styles other than vert, and is also performed in BMX. The original trick is...

Professional skateboarders Karl Watson, Shuriken Shannon, Tuukka Korhonen, and Sean Malto have been recognized for their ability to perform the nollie trick. A...

an acro dance Juggling trick, a maneuver performed while juggling Skateboarding trick, a maneuver performed on a skateboard Trick shot, a shot played on...

In skateboarding, grinds are tricks that involve the skateboarder sliding along a surface, making contact with the trucks of the skateboard. Grinds can...

A bertslide, Bertlemann slide, or bert, is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder puts one hand on the ground and rotates the board while it is still...

imitate their water-based maneuvers on skateboards when ocean conditions were poor. In the 1960s, many freestyle tricks were derived from gymnastics and dancing...

November 14, 1973) is an American professional skateboarder. He is known for popularizing the skateboard trick "The Ghetto Bird" which is a nollie hardflip...

The kickflip is a skateboarding trick, in which the rider flips their skateboard 360° along the axis that extends from the nose to the tail of the deck...

Lip tricks in skateboarding are performed on half-pipes, quarterpipes and mini ramps. They are tricks that require different varieties of balance on the...

and freestyle, which can encompass trick skating and executing tricks often associated with street skateboards. The first longboards were made by Preston...