fakie

Skating in reverse

Fakie is a skateboarding and snowboarding term for riding backward—moving in the direction opposite to your normal stance while keeping your feet in their usual position.

Distinguished from switch, where you actually reverse your foot placement.

The term has spread to other board sports and occasionally appears as slang for anything done in reverse or faked: He pulled a fakie on the half-pipe.

skateboarding

ollie

Handsfree skateboard jump

switch · manual · grind · nosegrind · tailslide · backside · frontside · transition · deck · trucks

technique

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

reverse · rotation · approach · landing · commitment · timing · setup · roll-in · revert · pivot

surfing

wave

Oscillating motion through medium

  • paddleFlat-bladed water tool
  • stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
  • switchCircuit-breaking toggle device

backside · frontside · cutback · floater · tailslide · barrel · lineup · fin · reverse · approach

wakeboarding

wake

Path left in water

bindings · edge · grab · spin · rotation · switch · air · method · rocker · stance

bmx

pedals

Foot-operated levers

bunnyhop · grind · tailwhip · 360 · flair · peg · freestyle · backward · crank · sprocket

snowboarding

halfpipe

U-shaped ramp for tricks

switch · cab · butter · ollie · carving · grab · tweak · stomp · shred · backcountry

Categories
Opposites
direction of travel

fakieregular

Occurring at fixed intervals

forward · natural stance · normal · standard · frontside

stance naturalness

fakieregular

Occurring at fixed intervals

natural · switch · authentic · goofy

Phrases
Family

fake, faker, faking, fakes, fakery, fakers, fakest, fakeries

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G