skateboarding tricks
Flips and grinds
Skateboarding tricks are maneuvers performed on a skateboard beyond basic riding—flips, grinds, grabs, and aerial rotations.
The vocabulary is extensive and specific: an ollie pops the board into the air, a kickflip rotates it lengthwise, a grind slides along an edge.
He spent months learning basic skateboarding tricks before attempting the halfpipe.
- ollieHandsfree skateboard jump
- heelflipSkateboard trick, board spins laterally
- kickflipLengthwise board rotation trick
- bonelessHaving no skeleton
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
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